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When climate risks become a reality: water

Melinda Ratkai

Dr. Professor of Hospitality Business

Hotelschool The Hague

Environment & Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

One tool that revenue managers and commercial strategists at larger hotels and chains have long relied on are stay restrictions. When operating on your own or with a small team, however, implementing these strategies can feel overly complex, time-co...

The Hotelier’s Guide to Stay Restrictions: Tips and Tactics from a Revenue Manager

Laure Cremers

Content Specialist at Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Revenue Management

Boutique hospitality is thriving on the power of reinvention. This week’s stories center on how hotel brands are reactivating legacy properties and redefining their presence in both rural and urban markets. Casetta Hotels’ revival of Big Bear’s icon...

Issue 796: Boutique Hospitality Embraces Storytelling, Style, and Social Relevance

Ariela Goharik Kiradjian

Partner & COO

BLLA

Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association (BLLA)

Over the past decade, the hospitality landscape has undergone a profound transformation. At the center of this shift is the meteoric rise of short-term rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, which have redefined what it means to “travel like a local...

Competing with Short-Term Rentals via Community Building

Jungho Suh

Assistant professor of management and project director at the Korean Management Institute at The George Washington University School of Business

GWU

Short Term Rental (STR)

There is no doubt the White Lotus series will bring in a small boom for Thailand and an even bigger boom for the hoteliers of Ko Samui island. The Four Seasons hotel chain, which hosted all three seasons of the White Lotus series, has done a spectac...

Successfully Managing The White Lotus Effect

Tim Hentschel

Co-Founder and CEO of HotelPlanner

HotelPlanner.com

Miscellaneous

Consumer Trends

Markets & Performance

The days of generic, one-size-fits-all travel marketing are over. Instead, catering to specific tourism niches is the perfect way to attract the right guests and gain those all-important direct bookings. In today’s evolving travel landscape, underst...

10 Types of Tourists You Could Attract to Your Hotel

Lisa Came

Digital Marketing Specialist at GuestRevu

GuestRevu

CRM & Loyalty

Wellness and well-being

Every hotel promises escape. But few offer anything worth escaping into. In a world drowning in curated noise, the idea of a place that offers nothing starts to feel oddly luxurious. No notifications. No itinerary. Just open sky and unapologetic qui...

When the Sky Becomes the Amenity

Vafa Foroughian

MBA in Hospitality & Tourism | Business Strategy & Research | Future of Service Design | Feasibility, Concepts & AI in Experience

Vafa Foroughian

Consumer Trends

Duetto is excited to welcome Sathis M Aravinda as our new Regional Director of Sales for MEIA.

What’s next for hospitality in the Middle East?

Sathis M. Aravinda

Regional Director of Sales MEIA

Duetto

Appointments

We live in extraordinary times. Never before has humanity had such seamless access to the world. Today, 80% of global youth (ages 15–24) own a smartphone and are more globally connected than any previous generation. With one click, they can board a ...

Next-Gen Navigators: Empowering Youth as Champions of Purposeful Travel

Harry Theoharis

Candidate for Secretary-General of UN Tourism

UN Tourism

Environment & Sustainability