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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

An Egyptian TikTok influencer fell to her death from the top of an abandoned hotel while filming a video for TikTok to gain views.

Room00 Next Gen Hospitality has announced plans to invest more than €330 million in 2026 to accelerate its expansion across Southern Europe and into London for the first time. The company will add 20 new properties and 1,421 rooms throughout Spain, Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom as part of a broader strategy to reach 200 properties and 15,000 rooms in the coming years.

Aspen Hotels today announced a major expansion of its statewide hotel portfolio, reinforcing its position as Alaska’s largest Alaska-owned and operated regional hotel brand. 

City council will decide March 31 whether to refer a rezoning application to a future public hearing for a proposed 250-room floating hotel that would be moored in a water lot near the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Hotel Sacher Vienna, one of the city’s most iconic and historic landmarks, is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026. To mark this monumental milestone, the hotel has unveiled two captivating sculptures by renowned Austrian artist Erwin Wurm.

 A five-star hotel near ‌the Elysee presidential palace in Paris reopened on Wednesday after a blaze earlier ​forced around 400 people to ​evacuate the building, the French capital's ⁠firefighters and the hotel said.

Capstone Hotel Management and Marsden Group have completed their merger, forming New Zealand’s largest locally owned hotel management platform with over 40 properties nationwide.

The world's first hydrogen-powered hotel opened its doors in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Wednesday. Its operator, Namie-based Date Juki, runs heavy machinery rental and freight transport services.

The report, titled The Valuation Blind Spot and published by Valpas, highlights that pest condition remains the only physical risk in hotel operations without standardised inspection protocols, certification requirements or recognised pricing mechanisms in transactions.

Accor SA opened a probe following a short-seller report that questioned the group’s human rights practices, saying it denies “involvement in the alleged systemic exploitation of human or child trafficking.”