The author argues hotel tech vendors should attend investment conferences like IHIF to understand what drives CEOs and institutional owners, shifting focus from incremental software upgrades to anticipating where entirely new travel demand is emerging.
Quest Apartment Hotels has today opened Quest Canberra Dickson, more than doubling the brand’s accommodation footprint in the nation’s capital.
HSMAI Europe is launching a weekly video podcast on AI and hospitality strategy, inviting up to three Founding Partners and select AI Content Partners to co-create the platform.
HSMAI Europe outlines a packed autumn schedule spanning six cities across five countries, with Commercial Strategy Week set for InterContinental London Park Lane in January 2027.
Fully transformed hotel one mile from Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta is now taking reservations for fall baseball, business travel, meetings and group stays.
HSMAI Foundation names four hospitality students as 2026 Mike Dimond Scholarship recipients, each receiving a $2,000 grant, conference access, and mentorship from an industry executive.
Hilton's South East Asia Pulse Check of 3,000 travelers finds 59% plan to spend more per trip, with Gen Z and Millennials driving frequency and spending growth across six regional markets.
Set in the heart of Niseko, Japan’s renowned ski destination, within the celebrated Hanazono landscape, Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited (“PCPD,” SEHK: 00432) and Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced ONE HANAZONO VILLAS, a curated collection of 13 private residences that will become the first Park Hyatt-branded villas in Japan. Bringing together the architectural vision of Kengo Kuma, interiors by André Fu and service by the Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono team, the development introduces a new expression of refined alpine living shaped by privacy, design and effortless immersion in the natural landscape.
Hyatt survey of 2,000 U.S. business travelers finds 90% rely on their hotel room as the only true off-clock space during work trips, used to promote its 700+ property Essentials portfolio and limited-time loyalty bonus point offers.
The signing adds to the Garner’s rapidly growing pipeline in India while further strengthening IHG’s partnership with United Hospitality Management India.
EEG launched the Emirates Hospitality Sustainability Alliance (EHSA) in Sharjah to unite UAE hospitality operators around collective sustainability action, knowledge sharing, and a future sector-specific sustainability standard.
GEO builds on top of SEO, so SEO is not dead.I think that Search (Google) helps with Research and Planning, not necessarily Inspiration. I agree that Inspiration often lives in different areas, ie Social. I don't think people use OTAs for Inspiration, either.
I think that there may be some truth here, but I’d draw a different conclusion. First of all, maybe we have historically given SEO too much credit for branded organic traffic. If someone discovers a hotel through Instagram, Booking.com or a friend and then Googles the property name and books direct, SEO didn’t necessarily create that demand; it helped capture it.
U.S. hotel performance surged in July driven by FIFA World Cup displacement effects, with non-host cities like Chicago and Detroit posting RevPAR gains of 16-17%, while ADR grew 8.2% above inflation.
Hilton today announces the opening of Motto by Hilton Guadalajara Centro Historico, a 154-room lifestyle hotel in the heart of Guadalajara’s historic center. Owned and developed by Grupo Megaterra, the hotel is housed in a restored 1950s Art Deco building and introduces Motto by Hilton’s neighborhood-driven hospitality experience to one of Mexico’s most culturally rich urban destinations.
Monday brought the first brand-side answer to Friday's Google launch. Hilton put an AI Planner on its own site and app, joined Google's AI Mode with Honors Points redemption, added a ChatGPT plugin, and confirmed a Claude Connector in development, with booking redirected to Hilton.com in each case. Airbnb's hotels leadership put numbers to its push: 650 million user accounts, 90% of demand arriving direct, hotel nights growing roughly three times faster than homes from a single-digit share, and no master agreements with the big brand families yet. Four separate pieces argued that inconsistent or unstructured property records are keeping hotels out of AI recommendations entirely. Choice named Dominic Dragisich permanent CEO, and Duetto announced the death of founder Marco Benvenuti.
A case study of a Florida hotel where an executive housekeeper paid two ghost employees nearly $470K over four years, exposed only when a new AGM audited I-9 records on her first day.
Hyatt today announced the opening of Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana, marking the debut of the Hyatt Vivid Hotels & Resorts brand in the Dominican Republic and further expanding Hyatt's growing all-inclusive portfolio in one of the Caribbean's leading leisure destinations. Located along the tranquil shores of Cabeza de Toro in Punta Cana, the adults-only, all-inclusive resort brings the Hyatt Vivid brand’s vibrant, experience-driven approach to hospitality to Punta Cana, encouraging guests to reconnect with themselves, each other and the destination.
Minor Hotels, a leading global hotel owner and operator, has announced Avani Cypress Lakes Resort, a premium lifestyle and wellness resort set to launch in phases from October 2026 in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley.
A McKinsey 2025 Technology Trends Outlook analysis filtered for hospitality, arguing that agentic AI is reshaping the guest booking layer and that governance, not model capability, is now the key constraint on adoption.
As generative AI platforms capture a growing share of travel research, hotels with inaccurate or inconsistent online records are being excluded from AI-generated recommendations before guests even enter the booking funnel.
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