The rebranded California Boutique Hotel Conference debuts April 12-14, 2027 in San Diego, with Appellation President Courtland Palmer headlining as keynote speaker.
Cooper Carry's Johnson Studio formally launches a Hospitality Interior Design practice, expanding from restaurants and bars into hotel guestrooms with projects at Ritz-Carlton, Grand Hyatt, and Westin properties.
First Hospitality reports 200%+ AI adoption growth in six months, with a company-wide program covering training, owner reporting, finance operations, and a proprietary GEO Playbook driving measurable performance gains.
Hyatt highlights new and upcoming Essentials Portfolio properties across the U.S., spanning six brands including Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, Hyatt Studios, and Unscripted by Hyatt, targeting leisure, business, and extended-stay travelers.
HVS forecasts healthy U.S. hotel performance through year-end, with ADR outperforming expectations, youth sports driving summer demand, staffing shifts toward contract labor, and transaction volume up 14% in H1 2026.
Choice Hotels opens six upscale properties across Cambria Hotels and Ascend Collection, growing its U.S. upscale portfolio to 300+ open hotels with nearly 150 in the pipeline.
AHLA Foundation awarded $817,000 in scholarships to 256 hospitality students for 2026-2027, with nearly 95% from historically underrepresented communities, across 78 institutions.
BLLA announced the full program for BHOC 2026, a small-format owner conference on October 19-20 in Westlake Village, CA, focused on differentiation, guest experience, and revenue strategy for independent hotels.
Hyatt is expanding its luxury Americas portfolio with three Park Hyatt openings in Mexico, new Unbound Collection additions, Alila Mayakoba, and three Grand Hyatt resorts debuting in Q4 2026.
Meyer Jabara Hotels shares a fall group sales strategy built on deep university relationships, layered demand segments, and year-ahead prospecting to drive recurring business beyond peak weekends.
The Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale achieved 60%+ digital order adoption using IRIS Mobile Dining, eliminating phone orders, manual POS entry, and paper breakfast door hangers across 735 guestrooms.
Lodging Dynamics adds the 246-room Four Points by Sheraton Anaheim to its managed portfolio, converting a consulting engagement that delivered 60%+ guest satisfaction gains into a full management contract.
U.S. hotel RevPAR rose 2.0% year-over-year in August 2026 to $107.43, with San Francisco leading Top 25 Markets and New Orleans posting the steepest declines.
With major brand families averaging 24 flags each and total franchise fees outpacing revenue growth, owners face a sharper-than-ever tradeoff between brand affiliation benefits and the true cost of flying a flag.
Le Méridien Arlington has unveiled the completion of a comprehensive hotel renovation, marking a new chapter for the property and its place in the Greater Washington, D.C. hospitality landscape. The transformation encompasses the hotel’s 156 guest rooms, updated public spaces, and a newly added La Vue Ballroom, along with the debut of Noble Fox Bar & Terrace, a cocktail-forward American brasserie where classic meets clever.
Sloan Dean, former Remington Hospitality CEO, explains how AI Hospitality Group is rebuilding hotel management using an AI-native stack, outcomes-based profit-share fees, and a roadmap to 75+ AI agents targeting 500bps GOP margin improvement.
Hoteliers have told us for years that they have huge amounts of data, but in separate systems. The core issue is that each tool runs on its own data set and doesn't play nice with others. Your PMS is working with one set of numbers and your channel manager with another.That's partly because connecting these systems is nobody's job.
The general malaise that the industry maintains when it comes to doing the hard work of technology and data structure.This is the one initiative that is almost always pushed down the road. Largely because people hope someone else will do it.
I spoke about this topic on HEDNA's stage in Lisbon a couple of weeks back, on how AI is redrawing hotel distribution. Knowing that 79% of what AI knows about a hotel comes from OTAs, metasearch, and editorial sources — and not from the hotel itself, which only accounts for 7.5% — I believe we can agree that AI is filling the gap with third-party data.
Aimbridge assumes management of 10 Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt select-service hotels owned by a Prospect Ridge and Fulcrum Hospitality joint venture, spanning seven U.S. states.
Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has announced the completion of the final phase of its hotel tower with the debut of two new premium accommodations: the Platinum King room and the Founders Entourage suite. The new room collection introduces Circa’s most advanced accommodations yet, featuring spacious layouts, upgraded amenities, sophisticated finishes and some of the most sought-after views in Las Vegas. Reservations for the Platinum King are bookable now. The Founders Entourage Suite will be available this winter.
The RIVVY, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel by Marriott, debuted today at the site of the former Hotel 55, bringing a new boutique hospitality experience to Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Managed by Coury Hospitality, the 297-room hotel will combine the individuality and character of an independent hotel with the benefits of Marriott Bonvoy and Tribute Portfolio.