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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, the global luxury hospitality brand, today unveils “Wellness Without Walls,” a landmark global campaign that redefines well-being beyond the confines of a traditional gym or spa, featuring world-renowned footballer Kylian Mbappé as Fairmont’s first ever Wellness Ambassador.

Luxury hotel Burj Al Arab in Dubai will shut during a major 18-month renovation, a ​staff member confirmed on Wednesday, its first since ‌opening in 1999 and at a time when tourism in the region has slowed due to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

The Manchester group has acquired four assets in Kensington and Chelsea, including Ashburn Hotel, Ashburn Court, Chesham Court and Claverley Court. They include serviced apartments and boutique hotel rooms.

EasyJet holidays has added more than 140 new hotels and resorts to its portfolio for 2026, including over 50 hotels across Europe and North Africa and 90 European city break options.

UAE-based investment platform and IHC Group affiliate DIAFA has secured a controlling interest in the hospitality interests of British businessman Richard Caring.

The Lakeville hotel that hit the headlines in January when it was accused of denying service to ICE agents in the Twin Cities to conduct Operation Metro Surge has been sold. A certificate of real estate value shows that the Lakeville Inn, at 20851 Keokuk Avenue, sold for $8.5 million on March 26.

The former Mandarin Oriental at one of Miami's most exclusive locations was demolished Sunday to make way for something bigger. Demolition experts completed the controlled implosion of the 23-story building in Miami on Brickell Key, a man-made island at the mouth of the Miami River, across from downtown.

Minor Hotels partners with Google Cloud, Salesforce, OneTrust and Deloitte to build an AI-powered platform connecting 640+ properties by 2026.

Louis Vuitton is bringing its legacy to London this spring, announcing Louis Vuitton Hotel London, an immersive hotel-style pop-up coming to Mayfair from 24th April to 21st June 2026.

More than 150 people have been evacuated from the Rey Don Jaime hotel on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca after part of a dining room gave way, causing several injuries

IHCL's CEO Puneet Chhatwal anticipates that Dubai's travel demand will stabilize by September-October, though hotel rates and occupancy may take longer to rebound. The West Asia conflict has sharply diminished hotel occupancy rates, challenging recovery in a normally slow summer season. Airfare hikes further impact long-haul travel demand.

The Coca-Cola Company has signed an agreement with Marriott International to replace its competitor Pepsi as Marriott’s beverage provider around the world.

Recent discussions with hospitality operators in Austria highlight labour market pressures that will sound very familiar to workers and businesses across England. While Austria faces a number of unique challenges, particularly around language requirements, the underlying problems of recruitment, retention and rising operating costs are shared across both countries.

At least seven people have been injured after part of a hotel ceiling collapsed on Easter Sunday in the Spanish resort of Benidorm.

A cook from Bihar working in a hotel in Sagar, in Shivamogga district of Karnataka, was allegedly murdered by the owner and others on April 2.

ORA Hospitality, the luxury travel arm of ORA Developers, today announces the appointment of Vincenzo Falcone as Chief Executive Officer. 

Industry groups urge regulators to review how Google applies Article 6(5) of the Digital Markets Act, citing concerns over favouring its own services.

Accor SA has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its stake in Essendi to a consortium including Blackstone Inc. for up to €975 million ($1.1 billion).

The Africa Hospitality Investors Council (AHIC) has been officially launched during the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Nairobi, establishing a new investor-led body focused on advancing sustainable hospitality investment across Africa.

Marriott International and the Leali family, founders of Lefay, today announced their plans to enter into a joint venture to bring the highly awarded luxury wellness hospitality brand Lefay into the Marriott portfolio.

A misdemeanor court in Port Said acquitted a hotel manager of a gender discrimination charge after he refused on Jan. 4 to book a room for a woman journalist on her own. The manager claimed that internal rules barred women from checking in without a companion. The incident sparked broad rights and feminist solidarity at the time.

Witnesses reported seeing more than 10 police vehicles at Rossett Hall Hotel in Wrexham following a major incident involving armed officers where battering rams were used

Part of the fifth floor of the four-star Olas Hotel in the Costa Tropical resort of Almunecar, around 50 miles east of Malaga, was badly damaged in the blast, which left one man injured.

Chief executive officer of Sunset Hospitality Group, Antonio Gonzalez, says high-end venues reliant on foreign visitors have been hit hardest