SMARTLINEN's Ask Debbie AI assistant queries live RFID inventory data across 130M+ monthly scans to answer housekeeping queries, with verified circulation data cutting rewashes and extending textile life by 30–40%.
Quorum Hospitality takes over management of the 216-key Hilton Garden Inn Kauai Wailua Bay, with guest room and common area renovations planned for early 2027.
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta) today announced the opening of Red Lion Hotel Rogue Regency Medford Airport. This 203-room, midscale select-service hotel is located at 2300 Biddle Road in Medford, Oregon. The hotel is just 1.5 miles from the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport, convenient for travelers flying in and out of Jackson County.
Some places carry something within them long before their doors ever open. 33 Rue de Surène is one of them. Behind a discreet façade in the 8th arrondissement, just steps from La Madeleine and its great fashion houses, stands a building whose history already speaks to everything Maison Honnel aspires to be.
David Lund partners with BCHA for a six-session online course covering hotel P&L, budgeting, labor costs, and the financial mindset shift from department head to GM, running September–October 2025.
The article argues that AI agents negotiating machine-to-machine bookings will bypass OTAs entirely, and outlines steps hoteliers must take now to prepare their tech infrastructure.
Set beneath the Ochil Hills, Gleneagles Hotel unveils the Tower Suite at the end of September. Visible long before guests reach the front entrance, the hotel’s original tower was once home to the library and now marks a new chapter in its history. Reimagined as a lavish one-bedroom residence set over two levels, and home to Gleneagles’ only private rooftop terrace, offering sweeping views of the surrounding Scottish countryside, The Tower is an address like no other. Designed by award-winning AIME Studios, the suite draws on the hotel’s Art Deco origins and the romance of rail travel to create Gleneagles’ most characterful suite yet.
This winter, a new architectural landmark will rise above the turquoise waters of Long Bay in the Turks & Caicos Islands. South Bank, the 31-acre waterfront resort and marina managed by Grace Bay Resorts, has opened reservations for Arc, an exclusive collection of 17 Sky Villas designed by internationally acclaimed Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni, ranging in size from 410-square-foot studio suites, the first of its kind within the South Bank property, to the 12,630-square-foot, five-bedroom penthouse, unique in the region.
Featuring Signature Balcony Suites, Family Rooms for 5, Reimagined Lobby and Nina Communal.
Elizabeth is set to welcome Australasia’s largest apartment hotel brand, with construction officially commencing on Quest Elizabeth - a landmark development that reflects growing confidence in Adelaide's rapidly expanding northern corridor.
LARC forecasts 2026 U.S. RevPAR growth of 5.1%, buoyed by FIFA World Cup and corporate transient strength, with growth moderating to 2.1% in 2027 as group demand slows and AI investment reshapes business travel.
AHLA's new report finds 75% of hotel employees move into management within five years, with 200+ career pathways available across an industry supporting 9.1 million U.S. jobs.
Grand Bohemian Orlando, a cornerstone of Downtown Orlando's hospitality and cultural community, today begins its next chapter as Hotel Beauden (pronounced Boh-den), an Autograph Collection Hotel, introducing a new brand identity while preserving the service, leadership and local relationships that have made the hotel a defining part of the city’s hospitality landscape.
Aimbridge's proprietary LIFT platform unifies forecasting, scheduling, and execution data across its portfolio, with pilot hotels reporting measurable labor productivity gains, particularly in housekeeping and laundry.
International boutique hospitality group The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts is entering a new phase of growth with the opening of The First Cortina on 4 December 2026. This new 76-key property expands its European footprint and heralds the strategically significant evolution of its portfolio into three distinct, complementary brands. Reaffirming The Pavilions Group's ability to develop remarkable properties through design, wellness and destination dining, The First Cortina builds on the success of the group's contemporary luxury The First hotels in Rome. Alongside specialist wellness brand REVĪVŌ and experiential hotel and resort brand The Pavilions, The First completes a complementary collection of brands, each offering a distinct platform for the group's continued growth.
andBeyond's 32-guest Amazon Explorer yacht launches December 2026 in Peru, offering 3-, 4-, and 7-night Peruvian Amazon itineraries built on the company's safari guiding philosophy.
Hotels loading rates into GDS have no visibility into how AI-powered corporate booking tools like Concur and Navan rewrite, merge, and rank their listings before a traveler ever sees them.
Drawing on insights from GBTA 2025, a Minor Hotels executive argues that rising spend per trip, not trip volume, signals a shift toward intentional, high-value corporate travel that hotels must strategically address.
Remaining a member of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, Hotel Orielle is Inspired by the Art of Noticing, Inviting Travelers to Experience Savannah Through a More Thoughtful Lens.
French family collection, Maisons Pariente, unveils its fifth address in Courchevel 1850.