As five hotel groups surpass one million rooms, the author argues that volume metrics obscure the real competition: per-key value creation, driven by management contracts, upscale positioning, and lifestyle brands.
HSMAI DC hosts its annual State of the Industry panel on Aug. 19 in Washington, D.C., bringing together experts from Knowland, Amadeus, Kalibri, and Destination DC to guide hoteliers on 2027 budget planning.
A counterfactual analysis of all 11 U.S. host cities finds the 2026 World Cup generated $680M in incremental rooms revenue, driven by ADR gains in every market even as occupancy fell in seven.
A framework for shifting hotel commercial teams away from individual-dependent "sales hero" cultures toward repeatable, system-driven revenue processes using a three-stage H2S model.
The whitepaper introduces a composite ROX/ROT/ROS metrics framework to measure well-being experiences across hospitality, replacing single-number ROI with KPIs spanning human outcomes, experience quality, business performance, and environmental impact.
Booking Holdings' merchant model now represents 67% of revenue and holds $8.2B in deferred hotelier funds, making payout timing a bigger financial issue than commission rates.
Argues that Excel-based revenue workflows create costly decision delays across hotel portfolios, and outlines what an effective RMS should deliver in terms of explainability, consolidation, and total cost of ownership.
U.S. hotel RevPAR rose 7.3% year-over-year for the week ending 1 August 2026, with Philadelphia and St. Louis leading Top 25 Markets while Las Vegas posted the steepest declines.
HOSPA Professional Development received a Savoy Educational Trust grant to fund scholarships for self-funded learners in finance, revenue management and asset management courses.
CoStar and Tourism Economics raised their 2026-27 U.S. hotel outlook at the Hotel Data Conference, lifting RevPAR by 1.6 ppts and ADR by 1.1 ppts, with GOPPAR forecast to rise 4% in 2026.
Kempinski's CEO argues that luxury hospitality has confused abundance with value, and that the competitive edge belongs to hotels that offer precisely what matters rather than accumulating amenities and upsells.
HVS founder Steve Rushmore explains why the debt coverage ratio method produces a more defensible hotel valuation than the loan-to-value approach, with worked examples showing how lender inputs drive value and loan sizing.
Hospitality boards focus AI oversight on data privacy and vendor compliance, but rarely ask who is accountable when AI-driven operating decisions in revenue, F&B, or housekeeping go wrong.
Gravity Haus CEO Jim Deters explains how a local membership program generates higher margins than rooms, flattens seasonal revenue curves, and doubles as a direct distribution channel across 13 properties.
Driftwood Capital's white paper argues hotel credit is materially distinct from corporate direct lending, citing a 0.18 correlation, lower CRE charge-off rates, and 76% on-time CMBS loan repayment through 2020-2025.
7 Hospitality Management replaced manual rate processes with Access Hospitality RMS, achieving over 9% RevPAR growth and an occupancy uplift from 38% to 51% across its UK portfolio.
LWHA's Q2 2026 survey tracked 107 U.S. hotel sales over $10M totaling $3.8B, showing a 20% year-over-year rise in trades while deal size and price per room compressed amid a K-shaped recovery favoring luxury.
Cloudbeds PMS data now flows directly into Lighthouse Performance and Lighthouse Distribution, automating pickup, pace, and channel reporting across single and multi-property portfolios.
IHG's new AI-powered natural language search makes attribute-based selling functional for guests, offering the consumer interface that a decade of back-end infrastructure could never deliver.
The gap between bookings and actual attendance is where venue revenue leaks, and tracking show rates, no-show rates, and dynamic pricing can materially close that gap.