Call for Contributions: The HOTEL Yearbook 2026 – Converging Forces: The Future is Hybrid by Design

The HOTEL Yearbook invites forward-thinking hospitality leaders, analysts, consultants, and innovators from around the world to contribute to its highly anticipated 2026 Annual Edition, themed: "Converging Forces – The Future is Hybrid by Design."

As the hotel industry enters a pivotal phase shaped by rapid technological acceleration, climate imperatives, changing guest values, and workforce disruption, this year’s edition will explore how leading organizations are responding - not by choosing one path over another, but by intentionally designing hybrid models that embrace complexity and balance apparent contradictions.

From AI-powered operations and decentralized workforce strategies to hyper-local F&B innovation and adaptive ownership structures, The HOTEL Yearbook 2026 will spotlight the ideas, experiments, and breakthroughs defining the next era of hospitality.

We are now seeking expert contributions across all domains of the global hotel industry - strategy, technology, sustainability, finance, F&B, human resources, design, and more. Each piece should reflect on the theme of hybridity as a strategic, creative force in an age of convergence.

If you’re shaping what’s next in hospitality and have a perspective worth sharing, we invite you to submit your interest here.

• Click here  for more information about the annual theme
• Click here to submit your interest in contributing an article 
• Click here for writing guidelines
• Deadline for article submissions: 21 November 2025
• Publication date: Second week of December 2025

Let’s reimagine the future of hotels - together.

Media Contact

Jill Dassen

HYB Liason [email protected]