Cloudbeds showcases how five operators across the US, Mexico, Malta, Vietnam, and Thailand used its Open API to build custom integrations, automate workflows, and create differentiated guest experiences at scale.
Monday opens with the launch of the AI Hospitality Alliance, a neutral body set up to steer responsible AI adoption across five workstreams. Terence Ronson argues that falling AI costs move the edge from buying technology to managing it well. On the commercial side, BWH's free breakfast campaign earns £13.1 million, and Hyatt, Nobu and IHG all add to the pipeline.
Bohopo opens Casa Laveni in Milan and Mila Porto in Porto, growing its operational portfolio to eight hotels across five European markets, with three more assets under development.
Max Starkov argues that the rise of AI platforms as travel discovery tools is reshaping hotel distribution faster than most properties are prepared to handle but that chasing AI visibility without fixing the fundamentals of guest retention is a strategic mistake. The hotels most at risk, he contends, are independents that have neither invested in the tech stack needed to feed AI systems nor built the first-party data infrastructure to keep guests coming back.
Swiss craft beer awards like the Swiss Beer Award are acting as legitimacy signals that help beer enter fine dining contexts, with implications for HORECA operators, chefs, and distributors.
BWH Hotels GB's 'Year of the Free Breakfast' campaign generated £13.1M in revenue and 124k room nights, illustrating how added-value strategies outperform rate cuts in driving occupancy and loyalty.
Gilda Perez-Alvarado, CEO of Orient Express and Group Chief Strategy Officer at Accor, discusses how luxury brands endure by anchoring to core principles rather than surface-level identity.
NEWH's Structures of Hospitality Excellence program, now in its third year, offers up to $20,000 in scholarships for skilled trades students and an award for construction firms, with nominations open through October 1, 2026.
The author argues AI favors independent hotels over chains because value comes from operational clarity and data quality, not budget, shifting competition away from OTA bidding wars.
IHG® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, has signed a management agreement with Embrassio Hotels & Resorts Private Limited, the hospitality arm of Vrindara Group, to develop Holiday Inn Mathura. Scheduled to open in early 2030, the signing reinforces IHG's commitment to expanding its presence across high-potential travel markets in India and driving growth in demand-led destinations across the country.
Five hotel transactions across South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan totaling hundreds of millions in deal value, covered in HVS Asia Pacific's weekly newsletter for the week ending 19 June 2026.
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, signs a Kimpton-branded hotel in Madrid, located in Goya Street, 89, in partnership with El Corte Inglés. The signing, advised by Colliers Hotels Iberia, marks the brand’s debut in Madrid and a significant step forward in IHG’s continued luxury and lifestyle growth in Spain.
Hyatt will open three hotels in Italy by 2028, adding 428 rooms across Rome and Sicily, including the country's first Hyatt Regency and Thompson Hotels properties.
JLL data shows APAC luxury hotel transactions hit $2.1bn in 2025, up 77% since 2017, with Thailand's Bangkok, Phuket, and Samui posting double-digit ADR growth since 2019.
A data-backed examination of hotel industry workforce culture covering upward mobility, poverty wages, physical injury rates, high turnover, trafficking exposure, and the post-pandemic labor shift.
The Asia Pacific Outbound Traveler Handbook 2026 covers 26 Asian source markets with actionable intelligence for destination marketers, airlines, and tour operators, available free at AsiaTravelTrends.com.
Terence Ronson argues that falling AI software costs are shifting competitive advantage in hospitality from technology procurement to organizational judgment, and introduces TCPG as a new metric for managing AI consumption costs.
The AI Hospitality Alliance launches as an independent, neutral body to guide responsible AI adoption in hospitality, with five workstreams covering direct booking, technical standards, governance, education, and industry events.
LiveStay has officially opened the doors to Punthill Epping, a new 100-key apartment hotel positioned within Melbourne’s rapidly growing northern corridor and the landmark $2 billion New Epping urban renewal precinct developed by Riverlee.
Griffin Capital Partners and PRIMESTAR Group launch a 50/50 JV targeting Poland's major urban markets, with acquisitions, developments and conversions planned across midscale to luxury segments.
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