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 Long synonymous with the Singapore Sling and grand hotel glamour, Raffles Hotels and Resorts is now translating its signature style to the wardrobe.
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The breakfast buffet is a strange social experiment where generations collide over scrambled eggs and mini muffins, revealing patterns that are impossible to ignore.
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What started out as minimalist sleeping pods for Japanese salarymen has morphed into an urban hospitality trend, with London leading the charge.
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Mori Trust is looking for overseas partners to launch condominiums in Japan that can be rented out like hotel rooms, its chief executive officer said, as the company seeks to profit from the nation’s tourism boom…
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The two cities have much more in common than meets the eye—including an eye-popping number of hotel rooms. But Dubai is racing ahead in more ways than one.
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About a year ago, I shared the Hotel Brand Pyramid a chart I had picked up at a seminar. It turned out to be both old and incomplete, and the feedback came in fast: wrong brands, missing brands, and far too simplistic for today’s hotel landscape…
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You know the saying: "As Colossus stands, so shall Rome. When Colossus falls, Rome shall fall. And when Rome falls, so falls the world." Well, the same is true of brands.
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Mechanical and semi-automated parking systems offer an alternative to the permanent rigidity of ramps and wide circulation aisles. Systems like stackers or puzzle platforms condense vehicle storage into smaller footprints, freeing up land or…
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Steep rises in operational costs and an uneven recovery after Covid have put leases under the spotlight. Do hotel leases still deliver the right balance of risk and reward for both owners and operators…
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After registering record hotel transaction volumes in 2024, Japan’s hospitality market is on track for another stellar year. Last year saw deals reach US$2.9 billion in the first half of 2024, climbing to around US$7.7 billion by year end – 20…
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Patrick Saada highlights boutique hotels as the future of hospitality.
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The evolution of leisure real estate is well underway, driven by shifts in consumer demand and an increasing desire for flexible spaces that combine multiple asset classes. As the middle class expands globally and remote working culture becomes…
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Africa’s hospitality sector is booming — but is development keeping up with demand? That was the key question tackled by a panel of industry leaders at the Future Hospitality Summit Africa 2025, held from 17 to 19 June at The Westin Cape Town…
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A recent post on LinkedIn declared the end of the search engines as we know them. the list even declared “R.I.P…
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A weaker dollar and the lack of major sporting events is placing pressure on room rates.
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Many companies have said there’s no standard methodology for determining the ratio for CEO-to-median employee pay, which makes direct comparisons tricky.
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Hospitality pros say Marriott will need to work hard to ensure CitizenM doesn’t cannibalize its other lifestyle brand, Moxy. CFO Leeny Oberg says that won’t be a problem.
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After years of stagnation and subdued investor appetite, Germany’s hotel sector could finally be on the cusp of a rebound. Bolstered by government efforts to revive the economy and a slowly improving outlook for growth, the market is beginning to…
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