Midscale Hotels and Experience-Focused Resorts Drive Profit Gains Across Europe
Some parts of the European hotel market are doing much better than others — and the winners might not be who you’d expect.
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Midscale Hotels and Experience-Focused Resorts Drive Profit Gains Across Europe
Some parts of the European hotel market are doing much better than others — and the winners might not be who you’d expect.
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How Local Activations and Community Engagement Drive Hotel Success
I used to treat ADR and RevPAR as gospel—twin pillars holding up the temple of “successful” hotel management. Then a six‑year‑old shuffled into our lobby, laced his fingers through Santa’s glove, and whispered that we were the only place he’d get to…
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Still Pitch Slapping? Let’s Fix Your Hotel Tech Sales in 2025
Why your hotel tech sales strategy is annoying buyers and what to do instead
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When Technology Undermines Hospitality
In the summer of 2025, traveling on business, I checked into a U.S…
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Portman shifts to acquisition mode
The prolific, big box project developer recognizes the need to acquire assets where their ability to execute complex renovations can drive better returns.
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Hotel groups grow loyalty membership despite 'points fatigue'
Accor is targeting more than €100 million in revenue from loyalty partnerships in the next 18 months…
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How Art-Invest improved revenues, profit and value at the Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz
Since acquiring the Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz four years ago, Art-Invest Real Estate has improved revenues, profit and value at the 346-bedroom property.
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Why leases struggle to please all stakeholders
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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Please hold, your upgrade is coming: 10 promising European startups focused on hospitality
Hospitality is built around people. It covers everything from restaurants and hotels to guesthouses and campsites, focusing on how visitors are welcomed, served, and looked after. It is a day-to-day, operational sector that relies heavily on timing…
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Is AI going to make hotel websites obsolete?
We are already witnessing the emergence of the Personal AI Agents. ChatGPT Operator, Google Gemini AI Agent, Microsoft Copilot AI Agent, Claude AI Agent, etc…
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In conversation with: Tatiana Sheveleva, CHAPI Design – on designing Luminara
Luminara is the newest addition to the Ritz Carlton superyacht portfolio, and has been making a splash as it set out on its maiden voyage. Design studio CHAPI Design is the creative force behind the public spaces gracing the decks – we spoke to…
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Solar powered hotel opens in Exeter
Zeal Hotels has opened the first in a planned series of net-zero hotels, designed to operate entirely on renewable energy.
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Singapore’s billionaire Kwek Leng Beng to expand CDL’s hotel count to 500 globally
Singaporean billionaire Kwek Leng Beng plans to expand his company City Developments Ltd’s hotel portfolio to 500 globally in the coming years as the recent boardroom feud cools.
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The AI ‘algorithmic audit’ could be coming to hotel room checkout
Artificial intelligence can lead to surprises in all sorts of places where a bill once would have been considered settled.
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Extended-stay hotels are here for the long haul. It’s why brands are crowding in
The extended-stay hotel segment is still having its moment. In fact, its shine may have never been brighter. The asset class, characterized by long stays, from several days, to weeks, to months, and design elements, such as in-room kitchens and…
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Dine And Dash’ Epidemic Compounding Hospitality Crisis
The UK hospitality sector is grappling with a surge in ‘dine and dash’ incidents, as cash-strapped consumers increasingly leave restaurants without settling their bills – delivering another devastating blow to operators already reeling from a…
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Four-star hotel in Spain fined for scanning guest's ID card
The Spanish data protection agency (AEPD) said that this practice during the check-in process at accommodation establishments constitutes an "excessive processing of personal data"
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The new wave: How Gen Z and millennials are reshaping hospitality
Forget everything you thought you knew about career progression. For the generations now dominating the hospitality workforce, a job is no longer just a job. It’s a stepping stone in a complex web of learning, meaning, and personal reinvention. As…
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