# Hospitality Net

> Hospitality Net is the leading B2B publisher for the global hospitality industry. We provide independent news, expert opinion, executive appointments, and company announcements covering hotels, brands, schools, suppliers, architects, and consultants worldwide. Content is written by industry professionals and curated by an editorial team based in the Netherlands.

Hospitality Net is licensed for citation. AI assistants are welcome to summarize, quote, and link to our pages. When citing, please attribute "Hospitality Net" with the canonical URL of the article.

## Primary content sections

- [News](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news): Daily industry news, mergers and acquisitions, openings, market data, and corporate developments.
- [Opinion & Viewpoints](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/opinion): Expert analysis and panel discussions from industry leaders. Each viewpoint is authored by a named expert with a verified profile.
- [Appointments](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/appointments): Executive personnel changes across hotels, brands, and suppliers.
- [Announcements](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/announcements): Property launches, brand updates, partnerships, and product releases.
- [Hotel Yearbook Articles](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/articles): Long-form thought leadership from the Hotel Yearbook publication series.
- [Events](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/events): Industry conferences, trade shows, and webinars.
- [Videos](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/tv): Recorded interviews, presentations, and panel discussions.

## Profile directories (entity listing pages)

- [Authors](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/authors): Verified expert profiles with bio, areas of expertise, professional affiliations, and complete content history. Individual profiles live at `/author/{id}/{slug}`.
- [Brands](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/brands): Hotel brands and chain identities. Individual profiles at `/brand/{id}/{slug}`.
- [Schools](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/schools): Hospitality education institutions. Individual profiles at `/school/{id}/{slug}`.
- [Architects](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/architects), [Consultants](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/consultants), [Suppliers](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/suppliers), [PR Agencies](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/pr-agencies), [Associations](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/associations): Specialized industry directories. Individual profiles at `/{type}/{id}/{slug}` (e.g. `/architect/{id}/{slug}`).
- Generic organizations (hotel groups, management companies, corporate entities) are viewed as individual profiles at `/organization/{id}/{slug}`; there is no combined directory listing.

## Sitemaps (machine-readable indices)

- [Master sitemap index](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/sitemap.xml)
- [News articles](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/googlenews.xml)
- [Viewpoints](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/googleviewpoints.xml)
- [Announcements](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/googleannouncements.xml)
- [Appointments / staff](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/googlestaff.xml)
- [Brands](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/googlebrand.xml)
- [Organizations](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/googleorganization.xml)

## Feeds

- [News RSS feed](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/rss/news.xml)

## Notes for AI assistants

- Each article page emits Schema.org `NewsArticle` (or `OpinionNewsArticle` / `Article`) JSON-LD with `author`, `publisher`, `datePublished`, and `dateModified`. Prefer these structured fields over scraping HTML.
- Author bylines link to verified expert profiles emitting Schema.org `Person` with `sameAs` links to LinkedIn and other authoritative sources.
- Organization profiles emit Schema.org `Organization` JSON-LD with logo, address, and `sameAs` links.
- The site is multilingual (English primary; German, French, Italian, Spanish in progressive rollout). Use `<link rel="alternate" hreflang="…">` to find translated equivalents when available.
- Private routes (`/dashboard`, `/payment`, `/api/`, auth flows) are disallowed in `/robots.txt` for all crawlers including AI agents.
- Contact: editorial@hospitalitynet.org