Travelers are changing how they research hotels, with AI search for hotels becoming part of the booking journey. Instead of browsing dozens of listings

Since 28 September 2026, Booking.com no longer sends guest phone numbers to connected hotel systems, such as your PMS, channel manager

Reading Time: 2 minutesPortugal: Boutique hotel investment platform Bohopo has secured financing from Banco BPI to develop a 22-room Maison Arya hotel in central Porto.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Marriott International has appointed Alok Dixit as general manager, as preparations continue for the opening of W Manchester and W Residences in 2027.
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Hospitality has always operated in a dynamic environment. However, the pressures facing hotel operators today are making workforce planning a more complex and strategic challenge. Rising wages, evolving labor regulations, shifting guest expectations, and increasingly unpredictable demand are changing not just how much labor hotels need, but how quickly they need to respond when circumstances change. Consider a hotel facing a sold-out weekend, with flight disruptions bringing unexpected late arrivals, a major local event extending […]
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Ben Perelmuter, chief executive officer of the Dallas, Texas-based Remington Hospitality, recently spoke with LODGING while attending The Lodging Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. He discussed its growing third-party management portfolio, driven by new contracts, property repositionings, and a refreshed executive leadership team. He also explained how Remington’s owner-operator mindset informs its approach to profitability, debt, and cost management, while sharing his outlook on rising operating expenses, high interest rates, and other challenges facing hotel owners […]
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Semiahmoo Resort, Golf & Spa, a 196-room full-service property on the Washington coast, has been brought to market for recapitalization or sale, offering potential buyers or investors an opportunity to acquire or reposition a significant leisure asset in a regional destination.

roommaster has launched AI Connector, a tool enabling live hotel PMS data to be accessed through generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini, allowing hotels to leverage conversational AI for operational queries and decision-making.

Hotel Designs
Wood, wool and weave: letting one material lead
Wood, wool and weave: letting one material lead
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Hotel Designs
Shangri-La Group Appoints Hakan Ozel as Vice President, Operations for London, Paris and Istanbul
Shangri-La Group Appoints Hakan Ozel as Vice President, Operations for London, Paris and Istanbul
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CHICAGO (October 19, 2026) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Centric Downtown St. Louis, the first Hyatt Centric hotel in the state of Missouri. Located...

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...

AI apps can use your Expedia listing and photos. But the guest has to book with Expedia, not with you.

Owe an advisor commission 45 days after checkout, and their association writes to you. Thirty days later, the hotel's name goes on a list its members can see. Once a quarter, anyone can.

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 […]