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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2025/26 Federal Per-Diem Update: Steady Rates Ahead

The federal government per-diem rate is made up of a lodging allowance and a meals and incidental expense (M&IE) allowance. The per-diem lodging rates, which set the maximum amount a federal traveler can reimburse, are based on the average rates for...

Chelsey Leffet

Managing Director, Northeast Leader, HVS

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H1 2025 European Hotel Transactions

Transaction activity remained high in the first half of 2025, marginally shy of the 2024 levels over the same period but, at €10.4 billion, above the average for the last decade. Single-asset deals were at the forefront of the investment landscape i...

Maxime Gauthier

Consulting and Valuation Analyst, HVS London

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Dynamic Budgeting: Redefining the True Cost of Visibility

For too long, the debate around hotel distribution has been framed within a deceptively simple equation: place the commission paid to an OTA on one side, measure the acquisition cost of a direct booking on the other, and then declare whichever is lo...

Piergiorgio Schirru

Executive Vice President & Board Member at Blastness

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Beyond the Skyline: How Global Investors Are Winning in the UAE Hospitality Market

In the lead up to the Future Hospitality Summit - FHS World 2025, taking place at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai from 27-29 October, Amr El Nady provides insights for international investors looking to enter the UAE’s hospitality sector, including the re...

Amr El Nady

Head of Hotels & Hospitality MEA and Managing Director, Global Hotel Desk, JLL

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The Hidden Cost of Manual Accounting in Hospitality

Manual accounting may seem like a manageable process—especially for small hospitality operations—but the reality is far more costly than it appears on the surface. From labor-intensive data entry to delayed financial insights, manual systems create ...

Jon Giuliani

Chief Revenue Officer at Ximplifi

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Budgeting for 2026: A Strategic Approach for Hoteliers

Budget season isn’t just about numbers—it’s about vision. As a hotel finance executive, I have found that success in 2026 will come down to discipline, collaboration, and clarity. Hoteliers face a marketplace defined by uncertainty: shifting demand ...

Paul Isaacson

Chief Financial Officer

Hospitality America

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Sustainability and Investing: An Incompatible Combination?

On June 12, 2025, EHL and Asteria Investment Managers held its third-annual Sustainable Investing Forum on the school’s flagship campus in Lausanne. The focus of this year’s event was on shareholder engagement as a critical driver of sustainable str...

Philippe Masset

Associate Professor at EHL Hospitality Business School

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Budgeting for Experiential Tech in 2026: Why Hoteliers Cannot Afford to Wait

As summer winds down and the robust vacation season slows, it’s time for resort and venue operators to shift gears and ramp up for budget season. Fall offers the perfect opportunity to take a step back, evaluate what worked, what didn’t, and new opp...

Brad Van Orsow

Director of Marketing at UrVenue

UrVenue

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Market Segments

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Chatbots, Robotics & AI

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Guest Experience

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The Hotel Brands of the World

About a year ago, I shared the Hotel Brand Pyramid a chart I had picked up at a seminar. It turned out to be both old and incomplete, and the feedback came in fast: wrong brands, missing brands, and far too simplistic for today’s hotel landscape. Fa...

Martin Soler

Partner at Soler & Associates

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