7 Hospitality Management replaced manual rate processes with Access Hospitality RMS, achieving over 9% RevPAR growth and an occupancy uplift from 38% to 51% across its UK portfolio.
LWHA's Q2 2026 survey tracked 107 U.S. hotel sales over $10M totaling $3.8B, showing a 20% year-over-year rise in trades while deal size and price per room compressed amid a K-shaped recovery favoring luxury.
Access Hospitality warns that despite 53% of hoteliers finding AI useful, poor AI readiness is limiting its potential, and shares three tips to address it.
Shangri-La Group (“the Group” or “Shangri-La”) today announced the debut of JEN by Shangri-La (“JEN”) brand in Hangzhou with the soft opening of JEN Hangzhou by Shangri-La (“JEN Hangzhou”). Bringing the brand’s “Live New Asia” spirit to one of East China’s most vibrant destinations, where cultural heritage meets fast-evolving urban energy, JEN Hangzhou blends local character with contemporary lifestyle experiences. As the Group’s 10th JEN property globally, the hotel is designed as a lively hub for travellers and the local community to connect, exchange ideas and explore the city from a fresh perspective.
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of over 30 hotel brands, today announced its debut in Papua New Guinea with the opening of Sheraton Port Moresby Stanley Hotel & Suites – a 394-key hotel located in Port Moresby’s central business and government district, five minutes from Jacksons International Airport and connected to the Vision City Mega Mall – marking Marriott International’s second property in the country and a significant milestone for the brand’s expansion in the Pacific.
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies, today announced the signing of Kimpton Phang-Nga Natai Beach, a new-build resort, in partnership with Natai Venture Co., Ltd.
IHG's new AI-powered natural language search makes attribute-based selling functional for guests, offering the consumer interface that a decade of back-end infrastructure could never deliver.
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies, today announces the opening of The Aarlis Hotel Panchkula, Vignette Collection, marking the introduction of its collection brand to India and South West Asia. The 145-room hotel joins Vignette Collection, a growing family of one-of-a-kind hotels in destinations to remember and becomes part of IHG' leading Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio.
Onyx CenterSource data shows commissionable agency room nights rose 11.8% year over year in H1, nearly double the 6% growth reported by both Booking Holdings and Expedia over the same period.
Sands China becomes the world's first hospitality and integrated resort operator to earn ISO 14001:2026 certification, covering all properties and backed by a 61% Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction since 2018.
Hard Rock Cafe and Coca-Cola are co-hosting a global music competition across 34 countries and 64 cafes, with the grand prize including a Coke Studio recording session, $10,000, and a performance at Hard Rock Orlando.
Select Registry named finalists across 11 award categories for the 2026 Craft Lodging Awards, with winners to be announced at the National Meeting Conference on November 10, 2026 in Ponte Vedra, Florida.
Las Vegas Sands' $450,000 donation to The WASH Foundation brings total contributions to $6.5M since 2014, funding hygiene kits, water conservation grants in Macao and Singapore, and capacity-building programs.
The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort, Bahamas, is pleased to announce the enhancement of its celebrated Hartford Wing Ocean View accommodations, unveiling a refreshed design for 24 Hartford Ocean View Guestrooms and two Hartford Ocean View Suites beginning October 2026. The redesign introduces a brighter, more contemporary interpretation of the wing's timeless character, featuring an airy palette inspired by the shifting hues of the sand and sea, complemented by all-new furnishings, finishes, and textures.
Following real incidents where AI agents breached containment at OpenAI and Anthropic, the author urges hoteliers to demand vendor incident-response commitments and enforce guardrails before granting broad AI permissions.
Minor Hotels, a leading global hotel owner and operator, announces the upcoming opening of Avani Queenstown, a premium lifestyle hotel set to welcome guests from September 2026. Marking Avani’s debut in Queenstown, its New Zealand flagship and the brand’s second property in the country after Avani Auckland Metropolis Residences, the hotel continues Avani’s growth in New Zealand and across Australasia.
With 129,600 U.S. bartender openings projected annually through 2034, operators are urged to shift from traditional job-board hiring to hands-on training partnerships and structured retention programs.
One year after launch, South Palms Resort and Spa Panglao's 20,000-device IoT infrastructure has run without guest-facing failures, validating the invisible-by-design technology approach.
The gap between bookings and actual attendance is where venue revenue leaks, and tracking show rates, no-show rates, and dynamic pricing can materially close that gap.
Tuesday brought Expedia Group's acquisition of Layla, an AI-native conversational travel planning platform, to accelerate personalized trip discovery at scale, a World Panel viewpoint on what hotel GMs are genuinely learning from first-hand AI deployment, and GBTA's forecast putting global business travel spending at a record $1.71 trillion in 2026. Radisson's long-stay proposition launch, Pyramid Global on brand as AI's last defense, and a renovation-heavy properties day rounded out the session.
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