ETG appoints Samyra Krooswijk as Head of Business Development, Direct Supply Middle East, to grow its directly contracted hotel portfolio across the region and Turkey.

Vacatia used Cloudbeds Open API to connect proprietary timeshare tech with a unified hotel platform across 60 resorts and 11,000+ units, reducing tech fragmentation and laying groundwork for AI adoption.

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: 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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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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KAUAʻI, Hawaii—OUTRIGGER Resorts & Hotels celebrated the reopening of OUTRIGGER Kauaʻi Beach Resort & Spa, debuting an updated guest experience shaped by enhanced accommodations, refreshed gathering spaces, immersive cultural storytelling, and the debut of Ocean House by Roy Yamaguchi. Located on Kauaʻi’s eastern shore, minutes from Līhuʻe Airport and centrally positioned between the island’s North and South Shores, OUTRIGGER Kauaʻi Beach Resort & Spa serves as a gateway for exploring the Garden Isle’s beaches, waterfalls, […]
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Industry leaders at HITEC 2026 discussed the evolving impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the hospitality sector, examining how AI could reshape guest experiences, distribution relationships, and operational roles, while also debating the pace and extent of these changes.

The US hospitality and leisure sector in 2026 is seeing a shift in dealmaking, with fewer but larger transactions focused on premium assets, wellness integration, and digital gaming, while AI readiness and generational demand segmentation play increasingly important roles in investment decisions.

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 (NYSE: H) and Parks Hospitality Holdings ("PHH") today announced that Park Hyatt Riviera Maya and Grand Hyatt Los Cabos, both owned by PHH and...

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...

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. […]