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IRIS, the global leader in digital guest experience and mobile ordering solutions for hotels, has been chosen by The Ava Hotel Paso Robles, Curio Collection by Hilton

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Branded residence consultancy and operator Rhodium has appointed Diane Daudin-Clavaud as chief development and strategy officer.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Murray Scott has joined The Standard hotel in London, located in King’s Cross, as general manager. 
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TAMPA, Florida—The Plasencia Group represented Mainsail Lodging & Development in the sale of the Epicurean Hotel, Autograph Collection, in Tampa, Florida, to KHP Capital Partners. Mainsail will continue to operate the property. The transaction of the 188-key hotel was led by Chief Executive Officer Lou Plasencia and Managing Directors Nick Plasencia, John Plasencia, and Chris Plasencia.   Property Details Mainsail opened Epicurean in 2013 as Marriott’s first ground-up Autograph Collection property. As part of a project completed in 2025, Mainsail added […]
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Highgate announced the appointment of Siim Karu as chief commercial officer. Read more. CHMWarnick announced that Jan Hajek has joined the firm as senior vice president. Hajek will provide asset management and strategic advisory services to hotel ownership groups across the firm’s expanding portfolio. Hajek brings more than 18 years of experience; before joining CHMWarnick, he served as executive vice president, asset management & investments at First Hospitality. Aven Hospitality announced the appointment of Heather Lisagor […]
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The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has opened nominations for its annual Adrian Awards' Albert E. Gilbert Distinguished Service Award and the Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales, Marketing, Revenue Optimization, and Distribution, offering industry professionals an opportunity for peer recognition in 2024.

A review of nine hotel reservation systems for 2026 highlights how property managers and owners can leverage these platforms to improve booking efficiency, manage rates and availability, and enhance operational control across direct and third-party channels.

Hotel Designs
Designing a sense of arrival – Sheraton Heathrow’s transformed lobby lounge
Designing a sense of arrival – Sheraton Heathrow’s transformed lobby lounge
Pauline Brettell.

Hotel Designs
The Inn on Biltmore Estate – ROAM Interior Design takes on an American masterpiece
The Inn on Biltmore Estate – ROAM Interior Design takes on an American masterpiece
Pauline Brettell.

[Chicago, IL – August 10, 2026] – Bunkhouse Hotels has announced the launch of Vote Y'all, a civic engagement campaign encouraging Texans to register to vote ahead of the October 2026 voter...

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...

Your negotiated corporate rate and a bed bank's net rate now sit in the same business-travel marketplace

Your rate, your cancellation window, your restrictions: on the OTA an algorithm decides how they're shown, discounted, and ranked; on the GDS they go out as you wrote them

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 […]