Rock en Seine boosted Paris hotel occupancy in August
Paris hotels hit their highest August occupancy since 2015, with RevPAR up 11.7% year-over-year, driven by the Rock en Seine music festival in late August.
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Pair of events highlighted growth month for Adelaide hotels
Adelaide hotels hit a record August RevPAR of AUD139.13, up 7.3% year-over-year, driven by a Clash Tribute concert and the Day Hospitals Australia National Conference.
PolyU School of Hotel and Tourism Management Ranked World No. 1 for a Historic Tenth Consecutive Year
PolyU's SHTM is the first hospitality school to hold the ShanghaiRanking No. 1 position every year since the subject was introduced in 2017, also ranking No. 2 in the 2026 QS World University Rankings.
HVS Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin - Week Ending 11 September 2026
HVS Europe's weekly bulletin covers six hotel transactions across the UK, Spain, Germany, and Denmark, including Starboard and LaSalle's nine-hotel UK portfolio deal and a €105M Madrid luxury hotel sale.
Phoenix Hospitality Group Marks Its Official Launch at Arabian Travel Market, Unveiling Ambitious Growth Plans
UAE-based Phoenix Hospitality Group officially launched at Arabian Travel Market, consolidating 15+ properties and F&B concepts under one platform with expansion targets in India, Georgia, Lagos, Zanzibar, and London.
The Hidden Cost of Disconnected Hotel Operations
Fragmented hotel tech forces staff to manually bridge system gaps, creating a hidden labor cost that connected platforms like FCS1 claim can cut task response times by up to 40%.
By Rob Schneider, Freelance Hotel Investment Journalist, FCS Solutions
The Human Touch Has No Audit Trail, the Battle for the Guest Interface Is Starting Again, Laidback Luxury Is the Format ADR Above $1,500 Is Built On
Monday opened the week with Pertlink arguing that the hospitality industry's AI governance narrative is missing audit trails, board oversight, and decision envelopes for the human layer as much as the AI layer, Soler and Associates on conversational AI restarting the guest interface battle that OTAs won in 2010, and Hotel Mogel profiling Nayara Bocas del Toro's Panama private island model generating ADR above $1,500 on 20 keys and no marketing spend. PRISM's stake in Sircle Collection, U.S. RevPAR's 21st straight positive week, and three property announcements opened the session.
Traditional hotel vs Boutique hotel: Key differences to know
An explainer comparing boutique and chain hotels across size, operations, location, and guest experience, with guidance for independent hoteliers on competing with fewer resources.
By Femke Nollet, Content Specialist, Lighthouse
Ritesh Agarwal’s PRISM Acquires Significant Stake in Liran Wizman’s Sircle Collection
PRISM-backed Sunday PropTech acquires a stake in Sircle Collection, giving the 16-property European lifestyle group capital and infrastructure to expand its hotel management platform into new international markets.
The Human Touch Has No Audit Trail
The "AI handles logistics, humans handle feeling" narrative in hospitality lacks governance teeth: audit trails, decision envelopes, and board-level oversight of AI agents are the missing layer.
By Terence Ronson, Founder & Managing Director, Pertlink Limited
U.S. hotel results for week ending 5 September
U.S. hotels posted a 21st straight week of positive year-over-year gains, with RevPAR up 16.1% to $100.31, boosted by the Labor Day calendar shift.
Me and Stephen King
A hospitality professional reflects on how Stephen King's "On Writing" inspired a daily writing habit and ultimately led to publishing their first book.
By David Lund, The Hotel Financial Coach, David Lund
Hotel Catering and Conventions: A Decade of Change - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A detailed industry review covers a decade of shifts in hotel catering and conventions, from menu personalization and tech gains to hidden fees, labor shortages, and F&B contract traps hitting smaller groups hardest.
By Nasir Zahir
Hospitality’s Superpower in the AI Era
An industry keynote speaker argues that as AI automates routine hospitality tasks, the human capacity for empathy, judgement, and connection becomes more valuable, not less, and offers a practical leadership framework to balance both.
By Professor Ioannis S. Pantelidis, PhD, SFHEA, FIH, Deputy Dean, London Geller College of Hospitality and Tourism, and Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of West London
Creative Hospitality and Laidback Luxury at Nayara Bocas del Toro
Owner Dan Behm shares how Nayara Bocas del Toro, a 20-key private island resort in Panama with ADR above $1,500, was built from scratch and is driving the growing "laidback luxury" travel trend.
By Adam Mogelonsky and Larry Mogelonsky
Once Upon A Stay: The Power of Storytelling in Hospitality
An opinion piece exploring how storytelling builds brand identity and emotional loyalty in hospitality, with practical homework frameworks and a student video assignment as a teaching model.
By Robert O’Halloran, Professor Director, School of Hospitality Leadership, East Carolina University
The Battle for Guest Interface is Starting Again
Conversational AI is poised to disrupt OTA dominance by enabling natural-language hotel search, but current ARI-based distribution infrastructure lacks the data granularity needed to deliver meaningful results.
By Martin Soler, Partner, Soler & Associates
Your Hotel Website Is Now a Verification Tool Not a Discovery Tool, Only 6% of Hotels Appear Consistently in AI Results, AI Is Deskilling Junior Sales Leaders
Friday brought hospitality.today's argument that hotel websites have shifted from discovery to verification tools as AI drives initial consideration, Pertlink's data showing only 6% of hotels appear consistently in AI recommendations with 82% of cited content sourced from OTAs, and The Sales Leadership Brief on AI eroding the critical thinking skills of junior sales reps before they can develop them. WTTC's £14.4bn UK tourist tax warning, Savills naming the UK Europe's most liquid hotel market, and nine property announcements closed the week.
You are responsible for the P&L. Who is for the aquifer?
The Routledge Handbook on Regenerative Tourism and Hospitality, co-edited by the author, challenges hospitality to account for natural and community systems before they fail, not after.
By Willy Legrand, Professor, IU International University of Applied Sciences Germany, IU International University of Applied Sciences
Asian Games 2026: Nagoya hotel prices hit their peak in a subdued year for Japan
Nagoya hotel rates for the week of Sept 21 hit JPY 48,399, 123% above the city's 2026 annual average, driven by inventory removal for athletes rather than a major demand surge.
By Jonathan Gough, Content Team Lead, Lighthouse