Airbnb hosts throw tantrums over strict rule changes as site loses its shine
They’re taking their spare keys and going home.
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Count Your Missed Calls Before You Buy Phone AI
Exclusive Feature: If you run a small hotel, someone has probably tried to sell you an AI that answers the phone, and the pitch may have opened with a figure about how many calls hotels miss.
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Exhausted Chinese working mums book solo hotel stays to escape childcare and sleep
A 2025 study shows over a third of Chinese working mothers spend more than two hours daily on chores – far outpacing working fathers.
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Why the next hospitality design opportunity is refurbishment
Keeping guests happy is the number one priority in hospitality, yet when we talk about hotel design, much of the conversation is focused on what is new…
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Andy Murray swaps tennis court for hotel renovation in new TV series with wife Kim
Three-part series follows the couple and their 80-strong team as they transform Cromlix, the five-star hotel where they married in 2015
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AI Search is Forcing a Return to the Fundamentals of SEO
'SEO was once the big thing, but despite its importance, it gradually became an afterthought'.
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Hospitality has become the top real estate asset class for family office capital in Asia-Pacific, highlighting the sector's growing appeal to private investors.
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Top UK hotelier warns against ‘disaster’ Labour minimum wage pledge
A major UK hotelier has warned she may no longer be able to hire 18-year-olds if the minimum wage increases.
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480,000 phishing emails sent from a PC hidden behind a fridge in a Japanese hotel room
Police arrested a Chinese couple for placing the computer that was found in a Kobe hotel and using stolen credit cards to make purchases.
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Jamaica’s hotel operators are exploring the possibility of collectively restructuring their property insurance arrangements amid mounting dissatisfaction over delayed and reduced settlements of Hurricane Melissa claims…
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Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris launches own hotel brand with $112 million Mykonos resort
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is passing over global hotel chains and launching his own ultra-luxury brand, starting with a €100 million resort on Mykonos.
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Who is buying and selling hotels, and why?
Boutique Hotel News held its latest Feed Your Mind hotelier breakfast in partnership with AHV Associates, hosted at the House of Lords.
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Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules
Accommodation platform acts after long-standing guest complaints over doing dishes, taking out rubbish and stripping beds
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Even LinkedIn is getting tired of your AI-written posts
Bland, AI-generated posts have made LinkedIn the butt of many an internet joke this year. The platform has heard its users’ complaints about lengthy, generic missives never touched by human hands loud and clear…
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The Hotel Investment Lifecycle Is No Longer Linear, According to New Cushman & Wakefield Insight
Higher capital costs, operational complexity and shifting investor expectations are forcing hotel owners and developers to revisit decisions at every stage of ownership.
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International hotel groups’ next chapter in China: Who knows consumers best?
Opportunities for both competition and collaboration between international and domestic hotel groups are growing.
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KFC Ditches Pepsi for Coca-Cola Across Its US Restaurants
Fried-chicken chain KFC reached an agreement to serve Coca-Cola Co. beverages in the US, dislodging PepsiCo Inc. as a longtime restaurant partner.
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China’s tourists flock to experience a pretend typhoon as ‘dark tourism’ flourishes
The concept of ‘paying to suffer’ soars in popularity, with simulated disasters proving a modern twist on visiting sites of historic tragedies
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