City Express by Marriott proudly debuts in Canada with the opening of City Express by Marriott Port Hope, marking a significant milestone for the rapidly growing brand.
U.S. hotel RevPAR rose 5.2% year-over-year for the week of 5-11 July 2026, with Miami leading Top 25 Markets on World Cup-driven ADR gains of 37.6%.
Hotels track ADR and RevPAR precisely but have no equivalent instrument for the true operational cost of delivering each stay, leaving labor, coordination, and unplanned effort invisible in the financials.
AI assistants now synthesize reviews and web content into hotel summaries that travelers see before visiting any owned channel, reshaping how first impressions are formed.
A Club Quarters executive argues hotels should treat distribution as a strategic ecosystem, prioritizing data connectivity, direct booking conversion, and guest lifetime value over raw channel volume.
A hospitality consultant argues that most hotels lose ancillary revenue not from product gaps, but from poor language framing, mistimed offerings, and invisible services that prevent willing guests from spending.
Marriott's acquisition of Lefay Resorts is less about net unit growth and more about owning the Lefay SPA Method as a scalable wellness playbook for repositioning existing luxury properties.
Senior leaders from HVS, Hyatt, LR Hotels, Westmont, and Aareal Bank discuss how hotel operating models must blend flexible contract structures, AI-driven distribution, and human-centred experiences to succeed by 2030.
Friday closed the week with hospitality.today's argument that hotel connectivity has stopped being neutral infrastructure and become the entry condition for AI-driven distribution, Simone Puorto on the Cloudbeds podcast arguing the hotel industry is drowning in software it doesn't need, and SiteMinder data showing Spain hotel bookings up 76% ahead of August's total solar eclipse. Duetto on RevPAR as a vanity metric, Faraway Hotels debuting in two markets at once, and a bumper properties day closed the session.
IRIS outlines 10 operational and revenue warning signs that indicate a hotel's F&B setup needs mobile ordering, from order errors and slow service to multi-property brand inconsistency.
A vacation rental operator argues the industry lacks a unified financial standard, proposing an "Owner-Adjusted Performance Report" that consolidates both management company and property owner costs into a single net return view.
Your Apartment is proud to announce the opening of its latest London property: a collection of design-led serviced apartments at 59 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, in the heart of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Hospitality futurist Simone Puorto argues hotels suffer from tech overload and should prioritize fewer, better-connected systems over adding more software layers.
Jin Jiang International Hotels and Radisson Hotel Group announce the grand opening of Radisson Collection Hotel, Hi-Tech Zone Chengdu, the brand's flagship debut in Southwest China. Marking a significant milestone in Radisson Collection's regional expansion, the hotel is located within the Cloud Yunduan Tower of the Business & Innovation Centre for China-Europe Cooperation (CCEC), offering a refined blend of contemporary European sophistication and the rich cultural heritage of Sichuan. Guided by the brand philosophy of "Welcome to the Exceptional," the hotel is designed to serve global business travelers, international organization representatives and discerning guests seeking a stay defined by art, culture and a strong sense of place.
X Hospitality used Cloudbeds' open API to build a front desk-free, mobile-first operation at The Blue Hotel Bondi, a model now replicated across 40+ staff and multiple properties in Australia.
Syracuse's lodging market faces a 43% drop in downtown room inventory since 2024 while the $100B Micron semiconductor project and youth sports investment drive new demand and developer interest.
GTC 2026 booking data shows hotel brand voyages averaging $40,000 now represent 5% of cruise bookings, driven by land-based brand loyalists cruising for the first time.
Commonwealth Hotels, a Covington, Kentucky-based hotel management company, proudly celebrates the completion of Courtyard Dayton Beavercreek's comprehensive hotel renovation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by community leaders, business partners, hotel ownership, associates, and guests.
The author argues that hospitality training must move beyond SOPs to incorporate applied psychology, equipping teams with tools to understand human behavior, manage emotions, and adapt in real time.