Beverage cost protects operational integrity. It is not, however, sufficient either to measure commercial performance or to guide the value drivers of a hotel beverage portfolio.

IDeaS, a SAS company and a provider of AI-powered hospitality revenue management software, today announced that Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit has achieved

Reading Time: 2 minutesSwitzerland: Luxury brand Lalique has opened its first boutique hotel in Zurich, occupying a heritage-listed building on Florhofgasse between the Old Town and university quarter. 
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Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The 41-room Terreno Barrio Hotel has opened in Palma, designed by architecture studio OHLAB.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following House and Senate passage of separate continuing resolutions to keep the federal government funded, the U.S. Travel Association, Airlines for America (A4A) and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) sent a joint letter urging congressional leaders to quickly resolve the differences between the two measures and enact a stopgap funding bill before the Sept. 30 deadline. Without swift action when Congress returns in September, travelers, frontline aviation workers and businesses across the country once […]
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MIAMI, Florida—Gencom announced a new organizational structure, strategic leadership appointments, and the addition of key talent that position the company for its next phase of growth. The firm has organized its operations into two complementary business lines, Gencom Capital and Gencom Real Estate. New Leadership Founder and Chief Executive Officer Karim Alibhai will continue to lead Gencom, overseeing both businesses while providing strategic direction across the firm’s investment and operating activities. With more than four decades of […]
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Choice Hotels International opened Cambria Hotel Euless – DFW Airport South in Texas and Cambria Hotel Bend – Mt. Bachelor in Oregon.

Now a fixture in the calendar of independent hoteliers and industry professionals, the 2026 Independent Hotel Show Miami will present a curated collection of 200+ innovative product and service providers from across the hotel supply chain.

Hotel Designs
GROHE introduces a new Purefoam sensory shower experience
GROHE introduces a new Purefoam sensory shower experience
Stuart O'Brien.

Hotel Designs
Canopy Bangkok Sukhumvit – Hilton brings Canopy Hotels to South East Asia
Canopy Bangkok Sukhumvit – Hilton brings Canopy Hotels to South East Asia
Pauline Brettell.

CHICAGO (July 30, 2026) - Hyatt Hotels Corporation ("Hyatt," "the Company," "we," "us," or "our") (NYSE: H) today reported second quarter 2026 results. Highlights include: Comparable system-wide...

CHICAGO (July 29, 2026) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Place Vithalapur, marking the Hyatt Place brand’s debut in the emerging industrial hub of...

Traffic from large language models, paid and unpaid, is running significantly below 1% of Booking Holdings' 325 million quarterly room nights. Its CFO says the figure has not moved in quarters.

Google is retiring the feature that showed hotel rates without a feed. Your ad disappears, and no free "official site" link takes its place — just the OTA rates and links under your name.

A day stay hotel gives you a private room with a bed and a shower, booked for a set block of daytime hours instead of overnight. Guests book one to sleep off a red eye before work starts, to rest through a long layover, to nap between meetings, or to get a few quiet hours […]

Yes, you can rest during a Houston layover. The terminals stay open overnight, Terminal C has private suites you can book by the hour, several lounges offer showers, and there’s a hotel connected right to the airport. George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) is one of the country’s busiest connecting hubs, so whether you’ve got three hours […]