35th Housekeeping Olympics Crowns Frontline Cleaning Heroes at ISSA Show North America in Las Vegas
The 35th annual Housekeeping Olympics celebrating guest room attendants and environmental services workers took place in Las Vegas on Monday.
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How Glamping Is Reshaping The Future Of The Luxury Travel Industry
Luxury travel is evolving, and at its forefront is a rapidly growing sector: glamping. The fusion of nature and high-end hospitality has propelled glamping from a niche offering to a mainstream industry poised for significant expansion. According to Arizton research, the U.S. glamping market is projected to skyrocket from $561 million in 2023 to $1.3 billion by 2029, underscoring the increasing demand for high-end outdoor experiences.
Trump’s presidency and the path ahead for hospitality
With Donald Trump's second term as President of the United States, the hotel and hospitality sectors are poised for several shifts. Drawing on policies from his first term and early indications of his second, we explore the potential opportunities and challenges facing the industry under his leadership.
Spain's Malaga to ban new holiday flat permits in 43 neighbourhoods
Malaga will ban new short-term tourism rentals in 43 neighbourhoods of the city, the latest step taken by Spanish authorities to address residents' concerns that they are being priced out of the property market by the booming tourism business.
Ex-Hotel Employees Are Sharing The Things They Would NEVER Do While Staying At A Hotel
Working at a hotel can be a...wild experience. From unwashed sheets to third-party booking secrets, there's likely nothing hotel employees haven't seen. Because they know the ins and outs of hotels so well, we recently asked former and current employees of the BuzzFeed Community to share what tips they have for staying at a hotel. Here are their responses...
How to know if your accommodation booking is a scam
Scammers create fake listings on OTA sites like Booking.com and Airbnb and trick people into paying deposits or full payments. When travelers arrive, they often find that the building isn't a place to stay or doesn't even exist.
Safe Hotels Act: A public safety measure or blow to NYC’s hospitality industry?
The New York hotel industry is at odds with the NYC Council over a new public safety and worker protection bill that critics say could possibly kill jobs and throw the Big Apple’s tourism economy into turmoil.
Hospitality ON met with Ricardo Losada Revol, Senior VP International Choice Hotels
Hospitality ON met with Ricardo Losada Revol, Senior Vice President International Choice Hotels, for about eight months already. While in Paris, the SVP explores this new adventure on the hospitality sector and the ambitions of the group, still perceived essentially as an American franchisor despite its presence in over 40 countries.
Six NYC hotels are providing free helicopter airport transfers into the city — with one small catch
With New York's congestion pricing plan indefinitely delayed, traffic into Manhattan this summer is set to be gridlocked as usual.
Amsterdam bans construction of new hotels as a way to fight overtourism
CNN — The Netherlands’ Amsterdam will no longer allow new hotel buildings to be built as part of its fight against mass tourism, the local government said on Wednesday, April 17.
Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands over mass tourism
Thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals.
See the World’s Deepest Hotel—Where Getting There Is Half the Adventure
Hard hats, flashlights, and hiking boots aren’t the type of toiletries one is used to receiving at their overnight accommodations, but visiting the world’s deepest hotel isn’t your usual retreat. Known as the Deep Sleep, the property is located in Snowdonia, Wales, at the base of an abandoned slate mine, reports CBS. The vacation experience is among the most evident tangible examples of the old maxim, the journey is more important than the destination.
Inside the Glamorous New Dior Spa at This Fashion Favorite Hotel in Paris
Twice a year (or six times, if you’re counting the couture and men’s shows too), a glittering phalanx of buyers, editors, stars, and influencers descend on Paris for the world’s most stylish trade fair: fashion week. And when it comes to their accommodations, the seasoned pros know you have to book early—at least if you want to be in one of the city’s ultimate see-and-be-seen hotels, and especially those within easy proximity of the most popular show venues.
IHG’s new CEO on the next chapter for Six Senses, InterContinental, all-inclusive resorts and beyond
Consider it the year of Italy for IHG Hotels & Resorts. The hotel powerhouse behind brands like Holiday Inn Express, Kimpton, InterContinental and Six Senses opened two marquee hotels — the Six Senses Rome and the InterContinental Rome Ambasciatori Palace — in the Italian capital over the last few months. But it's more than luxe properties that tie IHG to the Eternal City.
Inside The Peninsula: London’s first billion-pound luxury hotel
As Lui Chun boarded his Heathrow-bound plane in Hong Kong this month his fellow business-class passengers probably didn’t pay much attention to the unassuming gent in casual black suit and Nike trainers. How were they to know that the opening of London’s first billion-pound hotel rested on his say-so?
Accor CEO: 'Impossible' to Segregate Leisure and Business Travel
Addressing the evolving needs of the hospitality industry will require embracing bleisure travel, as business and leisure are now "impossible" to segregate, Accor Group chairman and CEO Sébastien Bazin said during the hotel company's 2023 Global Meeting Exchange in Paris.
The Branded Residences Boom: Are hotels going out of fashion?
If money talks, investors are saying they aren’t that interested in hotels as much anymore. Can you blame them?
Elon Musk and others urge AI pause, citing 'risks to society'
Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, in an open letter citing potential risks to society and humanity.
From Covid To Cost Hikes, How U.K. Hospitality Entrepreneurs Are Surviving
It has been a torrid few years for hospitality, battling Brexit-driven staff shortages, the pandemic, and now spiraling business costs.
Inside Eric Danziger's Decision To Forge His Own Path With Resolute Road Hospitality
Eric Danziger's resume reads like a laundry list of the most high-profile jobs in the hotel industry — most recently working as the head of a hotel company bearing the name of a sitting U.S. president. Now, he wants to build something new.