Opinion Articles

Developing a Guest-Centric Culture: Training and Best Practices for Superior Service

Hospitality, at its core, is about making people feel seen. It’s about creating the kind of moments that cut through the noise of everyday life and lodge themselves in memory forever.

Sleep’s First Night Effect and Hotel Room Assignments

Sleep tourism is a very real trend. Working closely with hotel owners and executives to help ideate and set up sleep programs at hotels, one of the most common challenges that we have to overcome is limiting capex and opex so that the sleep program is both turnkey and easy to operationalize as well as acceptable to the guest’s price elasticity.

From Data Chaos to Intelligent Strategy: How AI & Human Insight Are Redefining Revenue Leadership

Have you ever found yourself buried under a mountain of spreadsheets at midnight, still trying to close your weekly forecast?

Today's News

STR Weekly Insights: 2-8 November 2025

Against an easy comparable from last year’s presidential election week, U.S. revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose 6.2% for the period ending 8 November.

Whitebridge APAC Hotels Monitor, Issue 12

According to McKinsey, economic activity was strong across much of the region in Q2 2025 as companies front loaded activity to capitalise on a pause in the implementation of reciprocal tariffs.

Wellness Hotels Demonstrate How Diversified Revenue Drives Profit Stability

Wellness hotels are holding ground in 2025, with revenue and profit remaining steady despite inflationary pressures, according to the latest Mid-Year Wellness Real Estate Report from RLA Global in collaboration with HotStats.

Savills: Investor confidence drives surge in Iberian hotel market

Appetite amongst investors for Iberia’s hotel sector is surging, according to research from international real estate advisor Savills.

HVS Asia Pacific Hospitality Newsletter - Week Ending 14 November 2025

Jaleel family’s Singapore-based JD Properties, through its investment and asset management arm High Street Holdings, has acquired the 102-key George Williams Hotel in Brisbane’s Central Business District from Australia-based YMCA Queensland for an undisclosed sum.

Upper Upscale Hotel Projects in Europe Reach Record Highs at Q3 Close

According to the Q3 2025 Europe Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the close of the quarter, the region’s total pipeline stands at 1,666 projects/245,705 rooms and remains relatively unchanged year-over-year (YOY).

UN Tourism Welcomes TikTok Superstar Khaby Lame as Ambassador, Recognizing Pivotal Role of Creative Economy

UN Tourism has welcomed Khaby Lame, the world’s most-popular TikTok creator, as its newest Ambassador.

HSMAI Announces the Robert A. “Bob” Gilbert Award for Career Achievement in Commercial Strategy

Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) is pleased to announce the Robert A.

Alec Dalton of Accelerating Leaders is the 2025 Recipient of the ISHC Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting

The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) has named Alec Dalton of Accelerating Leaders as the recipient of the annual Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting.

Angelique van der Merwe Appointed Head of Marketing and Brand at Millennium Hotels and Resorts, New Zealand

Andy Goss Appointed Group Head of F&B at Clermont Hotel Group (CHG) in London, United Kingdom

Celine Du Appointed Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at Pan Pacific Hotels Group in Singapore, Singapore

Kerzner International and Assets Group Announce Atlantis The Royal in the Maldives, a Unique New Icon in Hospitality

Dar Global and The Trump Organization Announce Two Global Firsts: Trump International Hotel Maldives and the World’s First Tokenized Hotel Development Project

InterContinental debuts the first international luxury resort in Ha Long Bay

Ciel Dubai Marina, Vignette Collection debuts as the world’s tallest hotel

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Cloudbeds and HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions) Announce Industry-First Collaboration

The Landgrove Inn modernizes guest experience and operations with Mews

Uniguest launches Google Cast support on Samsung Hospitality TVs

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