APAC hotel transactions hit USD 17.0 billion in 2025, up 51.9%, as high construction and financing costs pushed investors toward acquiring and repositioning existing assets over new development.
Journey Beyond, Australia's leading experiential tourism group, today announced a new era of barefoot luxury for Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef, with a major refurbishment set to reimagine the beloved eco-luxury stay.
Homegrown hospitality group Majestic Hotels has expanded its presence in Dubai with the official launch of Majestic Central Hotel, marking its fourth venue in the city. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Friday, September 11, with Mr. Matar Al Tayer, Managing Director of Al Ghandi Electronics, attending as Chief Guest.
With 65% of hotels reporting staffing shortages and an 8.6M worker shortfall projected by 2035, the article argues perception and culture gaps matter more than wages in attracting Gen Z.
CHTA's third AI Guidebook edition focuses on workforce implications, offering Caribbean hospitality leaders templates, road maps, and tools to integrate AI responsibly into people management and operations.
A firsthand account of The Leela Palace Bangalore illustrates how pre-arrival personalisation, zero-waste flower recycling, and spiritual rituals define a regenerative hospitality model that extends beyond check-in and check-out.
Paris hotels hit their highest August occupancy since 2015, with RevPAR up 11.7% year-over-year, driven by the Rock en Seine music festival in late August.
Adelaide hotels hit a record August RevPAR of AUD139.13, up 7.3% year-over-year, driven by a Clash Tribute concert and the Day Hospitals Australia National Conference.
PolyU's SHTM is the first hospitality school to hold the ShanghaiRanking No. 1 position every year since the subject was introduced in 2017, also ranking No. 2 in the 2026 QS World University Rankings.
The percentage is the wrong question. Strategy is the right one. Throwing 6% at marketing without a plan wastes 6%. Spending 2% with clear priorities and discipline beats it every time. Here's what matters more than the number: Where are travelers actually finding you today?
I’d encourage hoteliers to approach budgeting from a slightly different direction. Every reservation that comes from an OTA costs 15% to 18%… or more. And too many hotels receive too large a share of their revenues from OTAs. Consider a very conservative example.
Let's take a step back. Before diving into traditional budget allocation, given travelers' growing openness to adopting AI-enabled services (over 70%, according to Accenture's 2026 study), hotel properties should start considering Agentic AI as a primary customer acquisition channel.What does customer acquisition via Agentic AI look like?
HVS Europe's weekly bulletin covers six hotel transactions across the UK, Spain, Germany, and Denmark, including Starboard and LaSalle's nine-hotel UK portfolio deal and a €105M Madrid luxury hotel sale.
UAE-based Phoenix Hospitality Group officially launched at Arabian Travel Market, consolidating 15+ properties and F&B concepts under one platform with expansion targets in India, Georgia, Lagos, Zanzibar, and London.
Fragmented hotel tech forces staff to manually bridge system gaps, creating a hidden labor cost that connected platforms like FCS1 claim can cut task response times by up to 40%.
Monday opened the week with Pertlink arguing that the hospitality industry's AI governance narrative is missing audit trails, board oversight, and decision envelopes for the human layer as much as the AI layer, Soler and Associates on conversational AI restarting the guest interface battle that OTAs won in 2010, and Hotel Mogel profiling Nayara Bocas del Toro's Panama private island model generating ADR above $1,500 on 20 keys and no marketing spend. PRISM's stake in Sircle Collection, U.S. RevPAR's 21st straight positive week, and three property announcements opened the session.
Barceló Hotel Group announces the opening of the city of Murcia's first five-star hotel: Palacio San Juan, a Royal Hideaway Hotel. Owned by Grupo Fuertes, the property opens its doors following an ambitious, comprehensive restoration project that restores the unique building to its former glory while preserving highly valuable heritage elements such as the iconic San Juan Arch and the neoclassical elegance of the original architecture. The result is a destination in its own right: a place designed for those seeking to discover Murcia through a deeper, more authentic, and sophisticated lens.
An explainer comparing boutique and chain hotels across size, operations, location, and guest experience, with guidance for independent hoteliers on competing with fewer resources.
PRISM-backed Sunday PropTech acquires a stake in Sircle Collection, giving the 16-property European lifestyle group capital and infrastructure to expand its hotel management platform into new international markets.
Marriott International, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with Özak GYO to introduce its first luxury, all-inclusive resort in the Europe, Middle East & Africa region. Situated in Kemer within the Antalya region, The Ritz-Carlton, Kemer, All-Inclusive is set to deliver legendary service and an elegant aesthetic, along with an immersive resort experience in one of Türkiye's most coveted coastal destinations.
The "AI handles logistics, humans handle feeling" narrative in hospitality lacks governance teeth: audit trails, decision envelopes, and board-level oversight of AI agents are the missing layer.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, today announced the signing of a Gateway hotel in Sambalpur, Odisha. This is a greenfield project.