Opinion

Luxury: the brand premium pays, but not at any price

Summer 2025 reinforced the observation: domestic middle classes arbitrate every euro and shift toward entry-level or alternative solutions, while international clienteles and higher-income visitors from neighboring countries continue to pay for sing...

Vanguélis Panayotis
Vanguélis Panayotis
CEO MKG Consulting & Hospitality ON / MRICS
Hospitality ON
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Vanguélis Panayotis
by Vanguélis Panayotis
6 February 2026Hospitality ONLuxury Travel
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What’s Next for Hotel Cybersecurity: Emerging Threats to Watch in 2026
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What’s Next for Hotel Cybersecurity: Emerging Threats to Watch in 2026

Hotels have rapidly transformed into high-tech environments. Smart features like connected lighting, thermostats, locks, and other IoT devices have been part of the guest experience for years now, but fresh innovations continue to change the hotel c...

Pam Lindemoen
Pam Lindemoen
Chief Security Officer and Vice President of Strategy for the Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC)
Retail & Hospitality ISAC
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Pam Lindemoen
by Pam Lindemoen
6 February 2026Retail & Hospitality ISACInformation Technology
What’s Next for Hotel Cybersecurity: Emerging Threats to Watch in 2026
The AI Dilemma: Should Hotels Wait or Build?
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The AI Dilemma: Should Hotels Wait or Build?

AI is moving so fast it’s really really hard to keep up. One week it’s all about chatbots. The next, it’s local AI agents like OpenClaw executing full workflows on a local device. It’s amazing. But it’s also messy.

Martin Soler
Martin Soler
Partner at Soler & Associates
Soler & Associates
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Martin Soler
by Martin Soler
5 February 2026Soler & AssociatesInformation Technology
The AI Dilemma: Should Hotels Wait or Build?
AI Concerns for the Hospitality Industry
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AI Concerns for the Hospitality Industry

This article is based on research including experimenting with a few AI programs myself. The information here is to encourage personal research on the subject. I am not an expert in this area, just an author. The information here is presented to cre...

Frank Wolfe
Frank Wolfe
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), HFTP
HFTP
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Human Resources
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Frank Wolfe
by Frank Wolfe
5 February 2026HFTPHuman Resources
AI Concerns for the Hospitality Industry
Presence Is The New Luxury
Opinion

Presence Is The New Luxury

Hospitality has always been about how people feel, but over the last decade or so, the industry tried to improve that feeling through structure alone. Better systems. Better standards. Better efficiency. The assumption was that if everything worked ...

Franck Desplechin
Franck Desplechin
CEO Founder | Author | Expert Mindset Coach | Hospitality Task Force Provider | Industry Connector | F&B Expert
Cheffranck.com
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Franck Desplechin
by Franck Desplechin
5 February 2026Cheffranck.comConsumer Trends
Presence Is The New Luxury
Opinion

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and the Essential Need for More Human Intelligence in Talent Acquisition Strategies

Algorithm-based applicant tracking systems (ATS) have been in place for over 20 years. Recruiters have generally come to rely on the algorithms to find the most qualified talent for the specific roles that are being filled. AI is exposing the weakne...

Donald Hoover
Donald Hoover
Principal, DHR Strategies
Cayuga Hospitality Consultants
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Donald Hoover
by Donald Hoover
4 February 2026Cayuga Hospitality ConsultantsRecruitment
Cayuga Hospitality Consultants