Forecasts are Falling: It’s Time to Look Inward and Refine Your 2026 Plan

The final U.S. hotel performance forecast of 2025 is in – and it’s not the news many hoped for. According to the latest from CoStar and Tourism Economics, both 2025 and 2026 projections have again been downgraded across occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR, s...

Rob Lawrence

CEO

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CEO Pay in Hospitality 2025

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 politi...

Emily Whitmore

Associate | New York, Aethos Consulting Group

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How the USALI 12th Revised Edition Enhances Hotel Benchmarking and Drives Hotel Performance

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 labo...

Arlene Ramirez

Senior Vice President of Learning, HFTP

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Responsible Investing: Progress, Pitfalls and the Path Ahead

EHL Hospitality Business School held the third edition of the Sustainable Investment Forum in June 2025, focusing on shareholder engagement as an essential driver of sustainable strategies. This article shares insights on what responsible investing ...

Adam Aoun

Assistant Professor at EHL Hospitality Business School

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2025 Lodging Tax Report - USA

Since room sales generate lodging tax revenues, an overview of hotel market trends provides insight into the industry’s current and future fiscal impacts. As documented in our 2024 HVS Lodging Tax Study, the national lodging market has experienced r...

Thomas A. Hazinski

Managing Director of HVS Convention, Sports, & Entertainment Facilities Consulting in Chicago

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How Hoteliers are Moving from Green Screens to Guided Insights

Hotel tech looks simple from the lobby; but as we know, behind the front desk it’s anything but. Recently, Otelier’s Distinguished Architect Lex Raleigh sat down with SnapLogic CMO Dayle Hall to explain why hospitality’s data problem is unlike any o...

Jason Q. Freed

Hospitality Data Evangelist

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Restricted Appraisal vs. Standard Appraisal: Understanding the Differences

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...

Brian F. Bisema

Managing Director and Partner of HVS Boston

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Is your hotel demand forecast stuck in the past? Why relying on historical data could be costing you money

Here’s the core truth: sole reliance on internal historical data represents a fragile forecasting strategy in such a dynamic environment, which can hinder your profitability.

Jonathan Gough

Content Team Lead at Lighthouse

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Begin With The End In Mind – Creating a Financially Engaged Leadership Team In Your Hotel

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 differe...

David Lund

The Hotel Financial Coach

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Top 10 Hotel Industry Concerns

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.

Martin Soler

Partner at Soler & Associates

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Forecasts are Falling: It’s Time to Look Inward and Refine Your 2026 Plan

CEO Pay in Hospitality 2025

How the USALI 12th Revised Edition Enhances Hotel Benchmarking and Drives Hotel Performance

Responsible Investing: Progress, Pitfalls and the Path Ahead

2025 Lodging Tax Report - USA

How Hoteliers are Moving from Green Screens to Guided Insights

Restricted Appraisal vs. Standard Appraisal: Understanding the Differences

Is your hotel demand forecast stuck in the past? Why relying on historical data could be costing you money

Begin With The End In Mind – Creating a Financially Engaged Leadership Team In Your Hotel

Top 10 Hotel Industry Concerns

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