U.S. News ranked Las Vegas, Chicago, and Orlando as the top three Best Conference Cities for 2026-2027, with Marriott Marquis properties dominating the Best Conference Hotels list across four of the top 10 destinations.
Soul Community Planet (SCP) Hotels, the Holistic Hospitality™ company founded on the values of wellness, kindness, and sustainability, today announced the official debut of SCP WildFree Colorado Springs Hotel, the first property to open under the company's SCP WildFree brand expression. Located in Colorado Springs, the hotel marks a new chapter in SCP's evolution and signals the brand's growing commitment to bringing a purpose-driven approach to the classic American motel experience.
EDITION Hotels launched a six-episode mini-drama filmed across its three Greater China properties, marking the brand's 10th anniversary in the region and the opening of The Dali EDITION.
Marriott becomes Fitwel's first Enterprise Partner and Champion+ hospitality company, piloting the program at Ritz-Carlton Residences Chicago with plans to certify properties across its 153-property global residential portfolio.
Club Med launches a four-episode YouTube documentary series showcasing the people and decisions behind its resort operations, timed alongside a wave of new openings across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
A BBC broadcast on falling quit rates prompts a hospitality-focused analysis arguing that low turnover masks rising disengagement, stored flight risk, and a degrading guest product.
A narrative case study of an $87,000 employee theft at an independent hotel, showing how absent internal controls and misplaced trust enabled an 18-month fraud scheme.
HVS and Bird & Bird webinar with 143 delegates examines Germany's hotel insolvency wave as a structural correction driven by higher financing costs and inflexible leases, with opportunities for well-capitalised investors.
A survey of 505 US hospitality workers found 54% of those aged 25-34 prefer better training over a 5% pay raise, with confidence-building cited as the top motivator over promotion or salary.
Set in Midway, Utah's Little Switzerland, atop 28 natural geothermal springs, Ameyalli Resort & Spa by Appellation advances toward a 2028 opening and a Villa Residences sales launch this Summer, as the move-in-ready Residence Club Alpine Chalets cross 81% sold.
Cloudbeds showcases how five operators across the US, Mexico, Malta, Vietnam, and Thailand used its Open API to build custom integrations, automate workflows, and create differentiated guest experiences at scale.
Monday opens with the launch of the AI Hospitality Alliance, a neutral body set up to steer responsible AI adoption across five workstreams. Terence Ronson argues that falling AI costs move the edge from buying technology to managing it well. On the commercial side, BWH's free breakfast campaign earns £13.1 million, and Hyatt, Nobu and IHG all add to the pipeline.
Bohopo opens Casa Laveni in Milan and Mila Porto in Porto, growing its operational portfolio to eight hotels across five European markets, with three more assets under development.
Max Starkov argues that the rise of AI platforms as travel discovery tools is reshaping hotel distribution faster than most properties are prepared to handle but that chasing AI visibility without fixing the fundamentals of guest retention is a strategic mistake. The hotels most at risk, he contends, are independents that have neither invested in the tech stack needed to feed AI systems nor built the first-party data infrastructure to keep guests coming back.
Swiss craft beer awards like the Swiss Beer Award are acting as legitimacy signals that help beer enter fine dining contexts, with implications for HORECA operators, chefs, and distributors.
BWH Hotels GB's 'Year of the Free Breakfast' campaign generated £13.1M in revenue and 124k room nights, illustrating how added-value strategies outperform rate cuts in driving occupancy and loyalty.
Gilda Perez-Alvarado, CEO of Orient Express and Group Chief Strategy Officer at Accor, discusses how luxury brands endure by anchoring to core principles rather than surface-level identity.
NEWH's Structures of Hospitality Excellence program, now in its third year, offers up to $20,000 in scholarships for skilled trades students and an award for construction firms, with nominations open through October 1, 2026.
The author argues AI favors independent hotels over chains because value comes from operational clarity and data quality, not budget, shifting competition away from OTA bidding wars.
IHG® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, has signed a management agreement with Embrassio Hotels & Resorts Private Limited, the hospitality arm of Vrindara Group, to develop Holiday Inn Mathura. Scheduled to open in early 2030, the signing reinforces IHG's commitment to expanding its presence across high-potential travel markets in India and driving growth in demand-led destinations across the country.