HVS Asia Pacific Hospitality Newsletter - Week Ending 27 March 2026
Regal Oriental Hotel sold at 7.8% discount to valuation for conversion to student housing, while Southside by Ovolo fetched HKD500 million.
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HVS Asia Pacific Hospitality Newsletter - Week Ending 16 January 2026
Features major acquisitions including CMC REIT's HKD206M purchase of a Hong Kong student housing conversion and One REIT's JPY4.8B Kyoto hotel deal.
Canary’s AI Voice Recognized as Best Hospitality Solution by HotelTechReport
Canary's AI Voice solution automates guest calls 24/7, reducing hold times and routing requests intelligently for hotels.
What was the impact of regulation on short-term rental markets in 2025?
The analysis covers regulatory impacts across NYC, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Istanbul, Florence, and Dubai, showing varied market responses with supply adjustments and pricing moderation in 2025.
By Joe Hanly, Writer and Content Creator, Lighthouse
Excellence Endowment Bolsters Senior Living Programing in Hospitality Management
Penn State's School of Hospitality Management receives $50,000 total from Liberty Lutheran and Waverly Heights to expand senior living career programming.
Beyond the Business Case: What Hotels Get Wrong About Neurodiversity Employment
Despite 40% of UK hotels having neuroinclusion policies, fewer than 15% of neurodivergent employees find accommodations effective, revealing a gap between corporate commitments and operational reality.
By Jayanti Jayanti, Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management, University of West London
ISHC Honors Bruce White with the Pioneer Award at ALIS
ISHC will honor the late White Lodging founder at ALIS 2026 for pioneering dual-brand hotels and transforming franchising relationships.
U.S. Travel & Tourism Grows While Cutting Emissions, WTTC reveals
WTTC data shows U.S. tourism GDP grew 1.8% annually while emissions fell 1.7%, demonstrating successful economic-environmental decoupling.
Accor marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities with milestone progress in inclusive employment
Accor has hired 35 people with cognitive disabilities across Australia through its Diversity Pathways program, partnering with Flinders University.
Why capsule hotels are taking global cities by storm
The 1,000-room Zedwell in London's Piccadilly Circus represents the world's largest capsule hotel, with rates starting at £30 per night in windowless pods.
Travel, trust and growth: the real lesson of the Sonder collapse
Analysis of Sonder's abrupt Chapter 7 bankruptcy explores how growth-at-all-costs models in hospitality ultimately damage guest trust and industry resilience.
By Mathew Prior, CEO, TrustedHousesitters