Hotels are capitalizing on screen-inspired travel through three strategies: leveraging filming-location status, curating set-related guest itineraries, and maintaining long-term cinematic identity.

Lighthouse research finds 82% of AI hotel recommendations draw from OTAs and editorial media, meaning press coverage in outlets like Condé Nast Traveler now directly drives booking visibility, not just brand awareness.

Luxury hospitality has long been defined by access — to coveted reservations, insider knowledge, and rare experiences. For decades, the concierge served

At a Glance: Traditional hotel IVR systems are rapidly being replaced by conversational AI solutions that can answer guest questions, route calls intelligently

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEurope/Middle East: Hospitality technology company PRISM has appointed Lia Prendergast as vice president of expansion for Europe and the Middle East.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesEgypt: Luxury lifestyle brand Nobu and real estate developer SODIC have revealed three hotel and residence openings across Egypt.
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Davidson Hospitality Group announced the appointment of Joe Masi as senior vice president, operations for its Davidson Hotels operating vertical. In this leadership role, Masi oversees the operating standards, practices, and procedures for the portfolio. Masi brings more than 35 years of leadership experience spanning hotel operations, portfolio management, asset optimization, and organizational development. Most recently, he served as executive vice president of operations for Remington Hotels, where he oversaw a portfolio of 125 hotels. Cambon Partners […]
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NEW YORK, New York—EOS Hospitality announced the addition of The Press Hotel, Autograph Collection, located in Portland, Maine, to its management portfolio. This brings EOS Hospitality’s collection to more than 60 hotels and resorts nationwide. The addition of The Press Hotel marks EOS Hospitality’s fifteenth property in New England. Located in Portland’s historic Old Port district, The Press Hotel was originally home to Maine’s largest daily newspaper, the Portland Press Herald. The 1923 landmark has […]
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New research analyzing 695 hotel searches across three European markets reveals that AI assistants like ChatGPT and Google’s AI Mode recommend hotels based on factors beyond traditional search rankings, with nearly half of AI-recommended hotels not appearing in Google’s top results for the same queries.

Most people would not prefer to take ethical advice from a computer, but a new Wharton study shows how attitudes change when users see how good AI guidance can be.

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Leadership announcement for Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico
Leadership announcement for Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico
Pauline Brettell.

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The Lux Collective launches landmark five-resort luxury tourism circuit in Rwanda
The Lux Collective launches landmark five-resort luxury tourism circuit in Rwanda
Pauline Brettell.

Minor Hotels announced Anantara Somabay Resort and Residences earlier this year, marking the debut of its luxury brand on the Red Sea

Upper West and Upper East spaces complete dual-venue concept overlooking Grosvenor Square and Hyde Park

Discover what TikTok GO means for your hotel's guest acquisition strategy, including how it works and how to optimise your hotel’s channel mix to maximise revenue.

Discover how VidantaWorld grew reservations 900% year on year using SiteMinder’s channel manager, Channels Plus, Demand Plus and Insights.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (June 18, 2026) – Hyatt and Hall Structured Finance, a leading provider of structured debt solutions for commercial real estate projects, today announced plans for a strategic...

CHICAGO (June 19th , 2026) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today reaffirmed its commitment to expanding its portfolio in Italy with three new hotel openings. The three planned hotels will...

Sales, marketing, revenue, and distribution are collapsing into one function — and what a hotel can win in the agentic layer now turns on whether they move together

For three decades the OTA absorbed the cost of being looked at, and the hotel paid only when a guest booked. Cut out the middle, and the hotel inherits the look.

HotelsByDay just got a lot bigger, and we’ve solved a problem traditional hotel booking never bothered to fix: the in-between moments. The long layover. The post-cruise gap. The remote worker who needs four hours of quiet. Day rooms and daytime hotel access became our thing.  It worked. But here is what we kept hearing. People […]

Stuck with a layover at MEX? The short answer: you can rest, shower, and recharge here, but Mexico City International Airport, officially Benito Juárez International Airport, isn’t a comfortable place to sleep for free, so most travelers do best in a lounge, a sleep capsule, or a nearby day-use room rather than a terminal bench. […]