Using sports betting market logic, the author argues hotels lose revenue on peak nights by leaving discounts active, ignoring LOS controls, or allowing parity gaps when demand guarantees full occupancy.
HVS Asia Pacific's weekly newsletter covers five hotel acquisitions across Japan and Australia, totaling hundreds of millions in deal value across Tokyo, Melbourne, Newcastle, Gifu, and Townsville.
We didn't go to HITEC 2026 for the demos. We went for the conversations. We sat down with exhibitors right there on the show floor. No script, no prepared questions, just one starting point: tell us what you do, in plain language. This is where it went with SJ Sawhney, Co-Founder and President of Canary Technologies.
The AI Hospitality Alliance and HEDNA launch an open, crowdsourced catalogue of real-world hospitality AI use cases, inviting all industry professionals to contribute in 60 seconds.
A strategic framework for implementing hyper-personalization in hospitality, covering data collection, guest segmentation, AI tools, omnichannel approaches, and ROI planning for lodging operators.
Hotels can reduce OTA commissions by making their websites more convenient than third parties and using CRM data to send personalized, trust-building emails rather than generic promotional offers.
AI tools confidently describe hotels based on outdated sources, leaving front desk staff to manage guest disappointment when closures, renovations, or changes don't match expectations.
Radisson Hotel Group signed and opened 22 hotels in India in H1 2026 and now operates 142 there, while expanding across EMEA and Asia Pacific with a target of 500 India hotels by 2030.
RLA Global's 2025 Wellness Real Estate Report finds Minor Wellness hotels outperforming Major Wellness on ADR, RevPAR, and GOPPAR simultaneously for the first time, with US Major Wellness GOPPAR down 14.7%.
Friday closed a strong week with Mood Media data showing satisfied guests don't repeat and atmosphere outranks price and service as a hotel choice driver, three European hoteliers on what happened when they eliminated the front desk, and CoStar weekly data showing U.S. RevPAR up 10.9% on America 250 demand. HotelKey's HITEC conversation on what actually counts as AI, Accor's 5,300-key Vietnam deal, and a bumper properties day from Cappadocia to Cheshire rounded out the session.
Alila Kothaifaru Maldives highlights its Two-Bedroom Beach Pool Villas and the 395 sqm Boduge Residence as purpose-built offerings for families and groups seeking shared luxury experiences.
Accor and Sun Group signed a portfolio deal to develop 5,300+ keys across Vietnam over five years, introducing brands including SO/, Sofitel Serviced Residences, Swissôtel Living, and TRIBE for the first time in the market.
U.S. hotels posted strong year-over-year gains for the week of 28 June–4 July 2026, with RevPAR up 10.9% to $106.66, boosted by America 250 celebrations in Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.
India's hotel sector showed strong year-on-year gains in May 2026 vs. May 2025, with healthy ADR growth and occupancy recovery driven by domestic travel, corporate demand, and MICE activity.
ILHA renews its industry partnership with NUTRAFi, a pharmaceutical-grade nutraceutical company, and acknowledges two new executive hires as wellness cements itself as a core expectation in luxury hotels.
Crescent Hotels & Resorts adds Populus Denver, the U.S.'s first carbon positive hotel, to its Latitudes Collection, bringing the 265-key Studio Gang-designed property under its management.
Three European hoteliers share how they eliminated or reinvented the front desk, with approaches ranging from full automation at Limehome's 13,000 rooms to a human-first model at a 14-room property outside Amsterdam.
A national survey of 451 Greek hospitality workers finds formal employment standards often exist on paper but fail in practice, with low pay, unpaid overtime, and weak worker voice widespread across the sector.
PRIMESTAR acquires a 47-apartment Berlin property from Revo insolvency, repositioning it as June Stay Berlin from September 2026 as part of a growing three-property June cluster in the capital.
We didn't go to HITEC 2026 for the demos. We went for the conversations. We sat down with exhibitors right there on the show floor. No script, no prepared questions, just one starting point: tell us what you do, in plain language. This is where it went with HotelKey's two co-founders, CEO Fareed Ahmad and President Aditya Thyagarajan.