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The Rise and Fall of Harry Gordon Selfridge: How His "Customer is Always Right" Philosophy Revolutionized and Nearly Ruined Modern Hospitality
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The world’s most expensive hotels charged record prices last year as wealthy travellers splashed out for access to amenities such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy and sound baths, defying a slowdown in the broader luxury sector…
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The hotel transaction market is moving again, but not as it did when debt was cheap and assumptions carried weight. Today’s capital is more selective, more structure-driven and far less interested in forward narratives…
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The UK Building Safety Act was introduced in 2022 to enhance building safety regulation in response to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. Although widely supported, it has resulted in higher costs and longer timescales…
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We’re all weathering the same storm, but too many organizations are doing it in boats with missing oars or worse, with crews rowing at double speed just to stay afloat. The “run lean” mantra has become a badge of honor in many industries, especially…
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As managing director of Exclusive Collection, Danny Pecorelli oversees one of the country’s most distinctive luxury hotel groups, with a portfolio that spans country house hotels, a gastro pub, destination spas, Michelin-starred dining, golf…
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Every day, hotel front desk staff welcome new guests and collect their personal identifiable information (PII), such as names, addresses, emails, credit card numbers, and even passport data. This trove of data makes hotels attractive targets for…
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Luxury travelers and major eventgoers are slated to drive hotel demand this year, while rising labor costs and advancements in artificial intelligence could shift hospitality operations.
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The World Inequality Report 2026 exposes an unprecedented wealth concentration crisis, revealing that just 56,000 ultra-wealthy individuals control more wealth than the poorest half of humanity combined, while calling for urgent global tax reforms…
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2026 will be defined by two forces: frictionless travel experiences and the industry’s struggle to keep up with AI‑driven change. The hotel industry needs to move from fragmentation to a unified system, but the speed of AI innovation is creating…
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Midas PR founder Dr Karine Lohitnavy-Frick offers a different perspective on the year ahead
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It’s that time of year again. The holiday decorations are up, the budget reviews are dragging on, and your inbox is drowning in "The Top Trends for 2026."
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Noma closed and not because René Redzepi ran out of ideas, the landscape changed on him…
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Global Power City Index 2025 sees city rankings shift due to tourism gains in East Asia and inflationary pressures in the west, 48 major cities evaluated in Mori Memorial Foundation’s GPCI-2025 report…
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Amazon's lawsuit against Perplexity intensifies scrutiny of AI-generated answers and data sourcing, with knock-on effects for how travel demand is identified and directed online.
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In the United States, food and beverage trends don’t just shift, they erupt, rewriting the rules of how we cook, sip, and gather. The question for 2026 isn’t what’s next, but how fast we’re willing to follow…
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It’s not every day that a capital city is redefined from its edges. Yet just beyond the north of Riyadh, the $63 billion Diriyah project aims to do just that, with the Kingdom framing the development of what is essentially a whole new city as a…
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Flow Thru — this is my abbreviation — is a catch-all phrase that measures how much made it through your business comparing one period to another. What made it through, from revenues to profit. Another term to describe this measurement is retention…
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