All Latest News Filter 10 more External All aboard Rome’s new hotel inspired by the Orient Express When he began to reimagine Rome’s Fonseca Palace hotel as the new Orient Express La Minerva, architect Hugo Toro knew he would break at least one rule. “I hate orchids. I don’t understand when hotels put them everywhere,” he says. “Orchids have just... theglobeandmail.com More from this brand Orient ExpressMore in this category Design and Architecture More like this External Four historic train stations reimagined as luxury hotels In the late 1800s and early 1900s, cities around the world built vast, lavishly decorated train stations to serve as inspiring gateways for travellers. Enormous murals, arched ceilings and gilded details became the norm, creating the sense of romanc... bbc.com More in this category Hotel OpeningsMore in this category Design and Architecture More like this External How Auberge Collection Is Redefining Luxury Wellbeing As wellness tourism expands into a multi-billion dollar industry, BoF sits down with Vivianne Garcia-Tunon, vice president of wellbeing at Auberge Collection, to unpack how the ultra-luxury hospitality brand is strategically delivering on luxury tra... The Business of Fashion More in this category Wellness and well-being More like this External Barry Diller returns after 20 years! Hear what he says at The #Phocuswright Conference 2025 Barry Diller is one of business’s most candid and visionary strategists. Two decades after his last Phocuswright appearance, the chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group returns to the stage at a moment of massive transformation for tr... Phocuswright, Inc. More in this category Online Travel Agencies (OTA) More like this External Social Search, Viral Inspiration with Reddit, TikTok, YouTube - The Phocuswright Conference 2025 Travel discovery has moved far beyond OTAs and metasearch. Platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Reddit are shaping how new generations dream, research and even book their trips—compressing the path from inspiration to transaction. With hotel booking p... Phocuswright, Inc. More in this category Digital Marketing More like this External America’s Top Hospitality Architects & Designers: Crafting Exceptional Spaces To mark the publication of Forbes’ inaugural America’s Top Hospitality Architects & Designers list, we gathered a group of distinguished principals from listed firms—each not only an award-winning designer but a thought leader in the field—for a con... Forbes More in this category Design and Architecture More like this External 35th Housekeeping Olympics Crowns Frontline Cleaning Heroes at ISSA Show North America in Las Vegas The 35th annual Housekeeping Olympics celebrating guest room attendants and environmental services workers took place in Las Vegas on Monday. ISSA-The Association for Cleaning & Facility Solutions More in this category Housekeeping More like this External Sonder Hotels Liquidation Exposes Limits of Tech-First Hotel Models Sonder, once a high profile hospitality startup promising a tech enabled alternative to hotels, has entered liquidation after a failed attempt to scale an asset heavy model and a collapsed partnership with Marriott. Its downfall highlights the risks... DSCENE More in this category Innovation More like this External Collapse of Sonder, a Marriott-backed hotel chain, leaves guests stranded mid-stay Patrick M. D’Aoust probably didn’t expect his anniversary trip to end early, but he definitely didn’t think he’d have just 15 minutes to vacate his room. cnn.com More like this External The future of agentic payments in travel The world is inching closer to end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-powered travel booking in chat, and the payments layer is essential to achieving that goal. Phocuswire More in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AI More like this The Hotel Yearbook 2026 Converging Forces – The Future is Hybrid by Design Explore Your content on Hospitality Net? Hospitality Net membership explained
External All aboard Rome’s new hotel inspired by the Orient Express When he began to reimagine Rome’s Fonseca Palace hotel as the new Orient Express La Minerva, architect Hugo Toro knew he would break at least one rule. “I hate orchids. I don’t understand when hotels put them everywhere,” he says. “Orchids have just... theglobeandmail.com More from this brand Orient ExpressMore in this category Design and Architecture More like this
External Four historic train stations reimagined as luxury hotels In the late 1800s and early 1900s, cities around the world built vast, lavishly decorated train stations to serve as inspiring gateways for travellers. Enormous murals, arched ceilings and gilded details became the norm, creating the sense of romanc... bbc.com More in this category Hotel OpeningsMore in this category Design and Architecture More like this
External How Auberge Collection Is Redefining Luxury Wellbeing As wellness tourism expands into a multi-billion dollar industry, BoF sits down with Vivianne Garcia-Tunon, vice president of wellbeing at Auberge Collection, to unpack how the ultra-luxury hospitality brand is strategically delivering on luxury tra... The Business of Fashion More in this category Wellness and well-being More like this
External Barry Diller returns after 20 years! Hear what he says at The #Phocuswright Conference 2025 Barry Diller is one of business’s most candid and visionary strategists. Two decades after his last Phocuswright appearance, the chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group returns to the stage at a moment of massive transformation for tr... Phocuswright, Inc. More in this category Online Travel Agencies (OTA) More like this
External Social Search, Viral Inspiration with Reddit, TikTok, YouTube - The Phocuswright Conference 2025 Travel discovery has moved far beyond OTAs and metasearch. Platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Reddit are shaping how new generations dream, research and even book their trips—compressing the path from inspiration to transaction. With hotel booking p... Phocuswright, Inc. More in this category Digital Marketing More like this
External America’s Top Hospitality Architects & Designers: Crafting Exceptional Spaces To mark the publication of Forbes’ inaugural America’s Top Hospitality Architects & Designers list, we gathered a group of distinguished principals from listed firms—each not only an award-winning designer but a thought leader in the field—for a con... Forbes More in this category Design and Architecture More like this
External 35th Housekeeping Olympics Crowns Frontline Cleaning Heroes at ISSA Show North America in Las Vegas The 35th annual Housekeeping Olympics celebrating guest room attendants and environmental services workers took place in Las Vegas on Monday. ISSA-The Association for Cleaning & Facility Solutions More in this category Housekeeping More like this
External Sonder Hotels Liquidation Exposes Limits of Tech-First Hotel Models Sonder, once a high profile hospitality startup promising a tech enabled alternative to hotels, has entered liquidation after a failed attempt to scale an asset heavy model and a collapsed partnership with Marriott. Its downfall highlights the risks... DSCENE More in this category Innovation More like this
External Collapse of Sonder, a Marriott-backed hotel chain, leaves guests stranded mid-stay Patrick M. D’Aoust probably didn’t expect his anniversary trip to end early, but he definitely didn’t think he’d have just 15 minutes to vacate his room. cnn.com More like this
External The future of agentic payments in travel The world is inching closer to end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-powered travel booking in chat, and the payments layer is essential to achieving that goal. Phocuswire More in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AI More like this
