Embergrove Hospitality Group takes over operations of Honey Creek Resort on Iowa's Rathbun Lake, reopening July 2 with full lodging, dining, marina, and Fourth of July programming.
A HITEC 2026 recap identifies agentic governance, Agent Management Platforms, and Guest Success Management Systems as the defining trends, with AI shifting from point tools to enterprise-wide orchestrated workflows.
Courtyard by Marriott Fort Myers at I-75 and Gulf Coast Town Center is introducing a refreshed new chapter for the hotel following the completion of renovations, presenting an updated stay experience tailored to the pace of today's business and leisure traveler.
SpringHill Suites Fort Myers Airport has completed renovations that refresh the guest experience with a fully renovated lobby and updated all-suite accommodations near Southwest Florida International Airport, I-75, Gulf Coast Town Center and Miromar Outlets.
Frank Trampert argues that the hospitality industry's AI ambitions are being held back not by a lack of technology, but by a data architecture problem it has largely refused to confront. Using the recurring archetype of a loyal guest who remains a stranger across ten properties of the same group, he makes the case that cross-property behavioral intelligence is the real prize — and that data discipline, not more tools, is what stands between the industry and it.
Daniel Doppler opens with a simple experiment — ask an AI to recommend a hotel in your city — and uses the almost universally disappointing results to make a pointed argument: most hotels are invisible to AI not because of anything the technology does wrong, but because their own data is too fragmented, inconsistent, and unstructured for a machine to trust. His four-step CUPS framework offers a practical starting point for fixing that before the window closes.
Kimpton Miralina Resort & Villas Paradise Valley today announced the final phase of its $70 million transformation. The property’s first phase brought 260 reimagined guestrooms, plus new meeting spaces and amenities to the Scottsdale-area resort. Now, set to start its unveiling in Q4 2026, Phase Two establishes Miralina as a fully realized 40-acre desert destination, with the addition of 134 newly renovated Valley Villas, The Enclave, an exclusive hotel-within-a-hotel experience, Arizona’s first Katsuya, the globally recognized modern Japanese restaurant concept from lifestyle hospitality group sbe, and more than 50,000 square-feet of refreshed meeting space. When the project is complete in Q1 2027, the property will encompass 404 renovated keys, six reimagined pools, 22 distinct indoor and outdoor event venues, two restaurants from award-winning talents, and a host of on-property experiences that encourage guests to connect with the Sonoran Desert in unique ways.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A data-backed examination of hotel industry workforce culture covering upward mobility, poverty wages, physical injury rates, high turnover, trafficking exposure, and the post-pandemic labor shift.
Kurt Weinsheimer draws on 25 years in online travel to argue that the shift to AI-powered discovery is categorically different from every platform change that came before it. When a search returns five options instead of fifty, being sixth is the same as being invisible — and most hotels have no idea how they appear, or whether they appear at all, on the shortlists AI systems are already building.
Conrad New York Downtown executive explores how concierges have evolved from gatekeepers to cultural curators who architect personalized experiences.
HITEC 2026 drew 6,100+ professionals to San Antonio's Henry B. González Convention Center, featuring 400+ exhibitors across 85,000 sq ft and a strong focus on AI, cybersecurity, and digital guest engagement.
Antonio Picozzi argues that the thirty-year paradigm of search-driven hospitality marketing is collapsing and that generative AI is replacing the logic of discoverability with an entirely different logic: one where being understood matters more than being ranked, and where a hotel's digital identity is only as strong as its least consistent data source.
Hilton and the Hilton Global Foundation are donating 250 million Hilton Honors Points to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, with 10,000+ mentoring moments planned across six U.S. cities starting in the 2026-2027 school year.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Bloomington Edina proudly unveils a renewed and modernized guest experience following a multimillion-dollar renovation and a transition to a new name.