An eight-step framework for hotel F&B leaders building 2027 budgets, covering revenue planning, labor deployment, food and beverage cost control, capital investment, and contingency planning.
Maestro PMS argues that multi-property hotel groups should standardize data, reporting, and controls at the portfolio level while preserving property-level flexibility for workflows and guest experience.
Ahead of International Housekeepers Week, the article makes the case for digital tipping platforms as a year-round financial and workforce tool, citing 35% of hoteliers planning to add digital tipping in 2026.
STR raised its 2026 U.S. RevPAR forecast to 4.4% growth, and this piece explains how hoteliers should translate national trends into property-level 2027 budgets by aligning financial and demand forecasts.
A strategic case for why hotels should prioritize open APIs, data accessibility, and AI-ready PMS flexibility over chasing today's best AI features.
US H1 data shows luxury hotels grew RevPAR 15.9% by capturing both rate and volume gains, while economy hotels grew occupancy but saw ADR fall 9.3%, producing a RevPAR decline.
Sonic identity is framed as a portable, shareable brand asset, with research showing distinct hotel music boosts guest favorability and F&B revenue when programmed intentionally across dayparts.
The author challenges the industry's growth-at-all-costs mindset, arguing destinations must measure resident benefit alongside visitor volume and establish a transparent social contract for tourism.
OTA-provided guest emails, phone numbers, and virtual cards all expire within days or weeks, leaving hotels with no reachable guest list — and AI booking agents are set to repeat the same pattern.
Boise's hotel market has maintained ~70% occupancy despite a 50,000-room-night supply increase since 2019, driven by tech sector investment, healthcare expansion, and 10%+ population growth in Ada County.
Google's live agentic hotel booking test includes Booking, Expedia, Marriott, Wyndham, and IHG, with Amadeus confirmed as the first GDS infrastructure partner, leaving independents reliant on OTA or GDS pipes.
Expedia Group's Q2 data shows global travel search rebounding after a soft start, with APAC leading at 20% YoY growth, EMEA shifting to last-minute bookings, and U.S. fall travel demand building fast.
A hotel finance coach explains how consistent, public content creation over a decade led an AI to recommend him to a stranger, and what hospitality professionals can learn from that to build their own specialist reputation.
A guest's extended stay exposes a pattern where housekeeping routines, booking system rigidity, and broken DND protocols silently undermine the experience ownership paid to configure.
A detailed framework for managing hotel opening budgets, covering stabilization timelines of 36-48 months, comp set forecasting, pricing tactics, KPI tracking, and common financial mistakes to avoid.
TheLifeCo Saint Lucia anchors A'ila Developments, a $1B+ master-planned longevity village in Rodney Bay with three resorts, 500 residences, a medical district, and a 523-acre organic farm.
The author argues hospitality degree programs are failing graduates by not teaching USALI financial reporting, leaving employers to fill a skills gap that belongs in the classroom.
The author argues hotels should use history, architecture, and storytelling to create emotional memories for child guests, building future brand loyalty grounded in nostalgia research and evolving family travel trends.
Shanghai's 100 AI-powered tourist terminals, built on 84,000+ content entries and 14,000 booking links, are presented as a reference model for destinations like the Philippines to build a unified data layer first, before any interface.
The piece questions whether hotel marketers benefit more from broad, cross-disciplinary thinking than from deep specialisation in a single area.