Monday opened with hospitality.today on OTAs and AI agents capturing upsell margin using guest data before hotels communicate, Pertlink's framework for moving AI cost from hours-saved to named P&L lines, and Les Roches on how Madrid's F1 debut drew 350,000 fans but hit only 70% occupancy due to w...

GBTA Foundation named 50 honorees across five categories for the 2026 WINiT program, representing 36 companies, 16 countries, with recognition at the GBTA WINiT Summit in Dallas on Oct. 27.

For years, hotel F&B has often been treated primarily as an amenity rather than a serious profit centre. But as hotels set their budgets for 2027, IRIS

Global Citizen Solutions (“GCS”), a leading global residency and citizenship planning advisory firm, today launches its 2026 Global Retirement Report & Index

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWatch the inaugural ceremony for the 2026 Global Branded Residence Awards, celebrating excellence across the global branded residence sector.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: The winners of the inaugural 2026 Global Branded Residence Awards have been revealed.
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PLANO, Texas—Aimbridge Hospitality announced an expanded partnership with Portman that brings The Westin Cincinnati into Aimbridge’s operating portfolio and names Aimbridge as the future operator of the Cincinnati Downtown Marriott, a hotel development now under construction in the city’s Convention District. The Westin Cincinnati is an established, 456-key hotel already serving downtown Cincinnati’s group, business, and leisure travelers, while Cincinnati Downtown Marriott is a large-scale, ground-up development currently under construction that will anchor the Convention […]
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NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland—Choice Hotels International announces the opening of its 600th extended-stay hotel, the Everhome Suites Denver Airport. The property sits in a market supported by the types of recurring demand generators that are fundamental to the segment, including healthcare, logistics, construction and infrastructure activity, and major employment centers. Designed for longer stays, the property offers studio and one-bedroom suites with full kitchens and flexible living areas. Nearby attractions include Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife […]
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Jennifer Axness examines how hotels are adopting AI technologies to tailor on-property guest interactions, aiming to improve satisfaction and differentiate their offerings in a competitive hospitality market.

ABTA has welcomed reports that the Maldives Government will postpone its new tax on overseas travel businesses until April 2027. The association is seeking formal confirmation and clarification on how the tax, which took effect on 1 October, applies to travel agents.

Hotel Designs
Ennismore signs Delano Puglia
Ennismore signs Delano Puglia
Pauline Brettell.

Hotel Designs
Skopos Studio: four new statement designs for hospitality interiors
Skopos Studio: four new statement designs for hospitality interiors
Pauline Brettell.

CHICAGO (October 5, 2026) — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) is accelerating growth opportunities across its brand portfolio with new financing solutions, more efficient new-build prototypes...

CHICAGO (October 3, 2026) –– Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Centric Sapporo, marking the first Hyatt Centric hotel in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Located...

Every new way to sell a room is paid for by the hotel. The brands are finding their way out. The independent pays alone.

A 12-word Reddit comment about a restaurant that doesn't exist was enough to get AI to recommend it. Google's spam rules now cover the trick, and Reddit checks new accounts for it from day one.

A day use hotel lets you book a private room for a set block of daytime hours, usually between about 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., instead of paying for a full night. Travelers use day rooms for layovers, canceled plans, and daycations. The price is often well below the overnight rate. Your flight lands at […]

You can sleep, shower, and rest during a Montreal layover, but only if you know where to look. Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) stays open around the clock, and it has no sleep pods, no cots, and no public showers outside its lounges. That gap between what you need and what the terminal offers is what […]