Another Star closes $685M refinancing led by J.P. Morgan following Marriott's acquisition of the citizenM brand and integration into Marriott Bonvoy.
A podcast series explores financial leadership concepts in hospitality, using AI-generated discussions based on the author's writings.
Mews, the operating system for hospitality and shared spaces, has announced that its embedded financing partnership with YouLend has provided nearly €2 million in funding to hotels across Europe and the US. With the partnership now live across multiple eligible markets, hotels can access flexible funding directly through the Mews platform. The latest addition of France completes the rollout, extending Flexible Financing to one of Europe’s most dynamic hospitality markets.
As budgeting season rolls around, it’s easy for hoteliers to fall back on familiar habits: looking at last year’s numbers, trusting gut instincts, or relying on the usual KPIs. But in today’s fast-changing hospitality landscape, planning in a bubble can lead you far off course.
In last year’s study of CEO pay, we explored the ongoing shifts in compensation following the pandemic’s disruptive impact on the hospitality industry. This year, we turn our focus to a period defined by mounting global uncertainty, driven by political transitions, tariffs and worldwide trade deals. Amid this backdrop, reassessing CEO compensation and corresponding performance metrics has been critical.
Discussions of the ‘AI Bubble’ among social media influencers surged in October 2025, increasing by almost 200% on platform ‘X’ compared to the previous month. This dramatic escalation was fueled by growing concerns over the sustainability of massive investments in AI versus its tangible returns, highlighting fears among influencers of an impending collapse similar to the dot-com or housing bubbles, reveals the Social Media Analytics Platform of GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
A new joint report by Skift and Mews, "Why Hotels and Their Investors Are Leaving Millions on the Table," challenges one of hospitality's oldest assumptions: that success should be measured by rooms sold.
Questions are commonplace in any hotel business. Who hasn't been in a budget meeting or financial review when someone has asked if the food and beverage margins are competitive, or if the spa department should be generating more revenue, or how labor efficiencies compare to other properties of the same size? Transforming these questions into actionable insights is what hotel benchmarking can do—creating concrete, data-backed comparisons.
Unlike generic fintechs retrofitted for tourism, HotelRunner Ruby is travel-native: unifying bookings, payments, and compliance in real time. Alongside tackling long-standing settlement delays and frictions, Ruby delivers faster, more transparent, and regulation-ready payment flows, reshaping the financial backbone of global travel commerce. More than settlement, this is just the beginning of a roadmap transforming how global travel moves money.
More than 30 industry associations representing hotels across the country today sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate urging them to end the government shutdown.
As the world’s leading minds in hospitality investment prepare to gather at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai next week for Future Hospitality Summit – FHS World 2025, investors have shared their insights on the trends and strategies that are shaping the future of hospitality investment.
The volume of U.S. hotel rooms under construction decreased year over year for a ninth consecutive month, according to CoStar’s September 2025 data. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.
According to a new economic impact report conducted by Oxford Economics, Denver's hospitality industry continues to serve as a powerful engine for growth and opportunity. The report details the Denver hotel industry's far-reaching economic impact, finding that hotels generate nearly $7 billion in economic activity, support 34,000 jobs, and contribute $1.1 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. This principle—articulated by leadership expert John C. Maxwell—sits at the heart of Verticon Strategy, a new consulting practice launched to help new and existing hospitality suppliers navigate the industry’s complex ecosystem and scale the right way.
From maypole dancing to cheese rolling, the UK is home to some of the world’s best cultural experiences and quirky, local traditions. Yet according to new research from Airbnb, many of these remain off the radar for holidaymakers.
Having worked in the hotel business for over four decades, I know most people think the numbers are the “hard” part of hospitality. There’s a common belief that the financials are best left to professionals who can sort out the complex interplay between the different departments of a hotel. It’s just too challenging and complicated for anyone who didn’t go to accounting school.
Per the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), there are two appraisal report formats: the restricted appraisal report and the standard appraisal report. But what’s the difference between these two report types, and how do you choose the right type for you?
Uniting the strength of Visa’s trusted infrastructure with HotelRunner’s deep presence in hospitality, this strategic preferred partnership sets the foundation for a new era of embedded finance in travel. By bringing Visa’s products directly into HotelRunner’s platform, this collaboration will enable seamless, secure, and scalable cross-border payments and settlements for thousands of travel businesses worldwide.
Creating a financially engaged leadership team in your hotel is no different from creating a strong guest service culture or a team that has colleague and leader engagement as their mission. What you attend to grows, it’s that simple. What’s different with the finances is you and your focus. The picture you want to create needs to be clear, and you need to have a plan to follow and resources to employ to create financial leadership. It’s no different from guest service or colleague engagement. We would not expect these two disciplines to grow and prosper in our hotel on their own. No, we recognize that these require constant attention and nurturing. The financial leadership in your hotel is exactly the same.
I spent some time researching what are the main concerns of hotel company leaders. I put the list below, but it is quite familiar: People, talent, and culture top the chart. Finding and keeping good staff has apparently never been harder.