A promotional explainer arguing that hospitality groups should replace personal messaging apps with dedicated work chat tools, citing data ownership risks and multi-property communication gaps.

Amadeus' Travel Dreams 2026 research shows travelers pay more when hotels deliver relevant, personalized experiences, making AI-powered personalization a direct driver of conversion, spend, and loyalty.

Maestro PMS, the leading all-in-one cloud and on-premises property-management system for independent hotels, luxury resorts, conference centers

Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers, spotlighted Vacatia at HITEC as a compelling example of how complex hospitality

Reading Time: 2 minutesDenmark: The luxury coastal spa retreat CORI Hornbæk Hotel is due to open on 1 September 2026, located on Hornbæk Beach on the north coast of Denmark.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Luxury hotel, spa and health club group The Elysium Collection has launched in the UK, with debut openings across Cornwall, Surrey and the Lake District. 
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MIAMI, Florida—Driftwood Capital announced the launch of Driftwood Hotel Income I, DST, its inaugural Delaware Statutory Trust (“DST”) platform, offering eligible investors access to a quality hotel for 1031 exchange investors. The offering is expected to target approximately $23.9M in equity commitments and use approximately $17.75M of debt, representing an expected loan-to-value ratio of approximately 43 percent LTV. The offering is anchored by the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Weston, a 176-key hotel in Weston, Florida, just west of Fort Lauderdale. The property was acquired at a true purchase price of $35.5M, […]
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PASO ROBLES, California—The Ava Hotel Paso Robles, Curio Collection by Hilton, has been recognized as Best New Build within the Curio Collection by Hilton brand as part of Hilton’s 2025 Americas Development Awards. Owned through a joint venture between Paso Robles Hotel Partners and Peachtree Group, and managed by Azul Hospitality Group, The Ava Hotel was recognized for the ownership groups’ vision, investment, and commitment to creating a landmark hospitality destination in downtown Paso Robles. […]
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The Quality Inn Gallipolis has been acquired, reflecting the increased demand for lodging due to the economic expansion in the Ohio River Valley.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed four new hotels in Italy, bringing its total open and pipeline properties in the country to over 50 as of 31 March 2026.

Hotel Designs
Motto by Hilton opens first hotel in Brazil
Motto by Hilton opens first hotel in Brazil
Pauline Brettell.

Hotel Designs
Troutbeck debuts its River Cottages
Troutbeck debuts its River Cottages
Pauline Brettell.

The Bhutanese hotel group’s project in Thimphu will update all guestrooms and public spaces

Renowned country sporting hotel on Devon and Cornwall border features 21 bedrooms and private river fishing rights

SiteMinder is using AI as a growth opportunity, optimising and expanding its capabilities to deliver better solutions to hoteliers.

The following was originally published in The Hotel Yearbook 2026 – Technology Edition. For the past twenty years, the hotel industry has sought to solve for the fragmentation that’s grown alongside the introduction of new tools in the tech stack. The answer: connectivity. APIs have replaced manual contracting. Distribution has shifted from static to real-time. […]

CHICAGO (June 25, 2026) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (“Hyatt” or the “Company”) (NYSE: H) announced today that it will release second quarter 2026 financial results on Thursday, July 30,...

CHICAGO (June 25, 2026) — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) and Parks Hospitality Holdings ("PHH") today announced that Park Hyatt Riviera Maya and Grand Hyatt Los Cabos, both owned by PHH and...

In the AI era the binding constraint was never capability. It was sight — over where demand begins, and over what the technology actually returns

Agentic AI was supposed to free independents from the platforms. Booking's own numbers suggest the opposite

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. […]