An F&B operator's outlook for fall 2026 and into 2027, covering coffee as an all-day revenue driver, craft beer and bourbon programming, comfort food trends, and how hotels can attract locals not just overnight guests.
Siloed security systems create blind spots and waste 78 minutes per manager per shift; the fix is integrated operations that connect access, video, occupancy, and network data to enable proactive response.
Cactus Cove Inn owner Matt Marrs shares how migrating to Mews PMS helped scale a mixed portfolio of hotels, STRs and RV parks while enabling creative, family-focused guest experiences.
Opinion piece arguing that reactive pricing is not a strategy, with practical guidance on segment-level forecasting, yield management, and reading demand signals before the market shifts.
Roomiy Finance co-founder Khal Ladha describes his flat-fee, 0% commission distribution model designed to shift more booking revenue back to hotel owners and franchisees.
WTTC members pledged $2BN in new investment in Malta at the 26th Global Summit in Valletta, as the country posted the highest tourism GDP growth in Europe at 16.8% in 2025.
India beat 21 other destinations to host the 2027 WTTC Global Summit in Delhi, as WTTC forecasts the country's travel and tourism economy will nearly double to $527 billion by 2036.
A podcast episode argues that incomplete or inaccurate GDS content causes hotels to be filtered out before price competition even begins, framing content quality as a revenue and discoverability issue.
EHL's Dr. Sébastien Fernandez argues leaders cannot directly motivate employees but can create conditions, built on trust and psychological safety, where motivation emerges naturally.
HVS weekly digest covers four Asia Pacific deals: IOI's SGD593M Singapore acquisition for a luxury hotel-office tower, CR Longdation's HKD440M Hong Kong hotel-to-student-housing conversions, a Coliwoo asset sale-leaseback, and AB Capital's 16th Japan hotel buy.
Concord Hospitality assumes management of Poteat Hotels' seven-property, 711-room portfolio across five North Carolina cities, deepening its presence in its home state.
AIHA has published a free practical guide linking agentic AI protocol choices to 100+ hospitality use cases, with a downloadable workbook for technical and business teams.
A Latin American host argues that STR operators erase local identity to appear modern, making their properties price-dependent and indistinguishable from a catalog.
Five European hotel transactions covered: Generator buys Novotel London Greenwich, LRO acquires Courtyard Edinburgh, CapMan/AP Pension buy Scandic Webers Copenhagen, Extendam sells Ibis Styles Paris, and Yurbban acquires Allegro Barcelona.
Over 200 hotel and resort projects are in the Caribbean pipeline, led by the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Barbados, with luxury brands and branded residences dominating new supply.
Crowne Plaza Newcastle generated over £20,000 in ancillary revenue and scaled guest communication using Canary's messaging and dynamic upsell tools after switching to self-management.
GBTA CEO Suzanne Neufang discussed the Quiet Skies Act, inflight call bans, and a 7% rise in global business travel spend with CNN's Richard Quest.
Monday opened with Markus Busch on AI driving pre-booking discovery to independent hotels commission-free while websites fail to convert the visit, Martin Soler arguing hotels reduced staff to computer operators and should use AI to restore genuine hospitality, and HVS finding 5% RevPAR growth at the Lodging Conference while rising costs and debt maturities erode profitability. Simone Puorto's music tourism book, Google's Search Campaigns for Travel, and nine property announcements opened the week.
The ninth Interior Provocations #Synthetic Symposium at Pratt Institute (Nov 6, 2026) examines AI authorship, manufactured environments, and material deception in hospitality design.
Simone Puorto's new book examines fan pilgrimages to Ian Curtis's grave as a lens for understanding music tourism, dark tourism, and the cultural forces that turn ordinary places into meaningful destinations.