Mercure Sheffield Kenwood Hall shows how a branded hotel can embed local identity through design, history and community ties without sacrificing brand consistency.

UrVenue, a hospitality technology company that enables venues, hotels and resorts to sell, operate and distribute experience inventory

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Iconic Hotels & Resorts has named Michelle Walder as group director of operations, strengthening its senior leadership team as the hospitality group prepares for its next phase of growth and expansion.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Sirius Hotel Group has appointed John Adams as chair, following his decade-long career with the company.
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DALLAS, Texas—Dreamscape Hospitality announced the promotion of Adam Patenaude to president and chief executive officer (CEO), recognizing his leadership over the past two and a half years as president. Since joining the company and leading its launch, Patenaude has guided Dreamscape through a period of growth and expansion, consistently exceeding performance goals. By the end of its second full year operating hotels under Patenaude’s leadership, the Dreamscape Hospitality portfolio will span more than 40 hotels. […]
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NEWTON, Massachusetts—Sonesta International Hotels Corporation debuted the Sonesta F1RST Meetings Collection, a select portfolio of 25 hotels across The Royal Sonesta and Sonesta Hotels & Resorts brands. The collection offers meeting planners elevated service and meeting experiences across city center locations, resort destinations, and convention markets. Meeting spaces in the Sonesta F1RST Meetings Collection range from four to twenty-six rooms per location, each with 10,000 to 65,000 total square feet. These spaces are purpose-built for […]
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Hotel Cala is scheduled to open on the Tampa Riverwalk in January 2027, expanding hospitality capacity in a prominent downtown waterfront district and signaling continued investment in Tampa’s urban core.

Kimpton has opened the Kimpton Tres Ríos Resort in Riviera Maya, marking the brand's entry into the Mexican Caribbean and expanding its presence in the region's competitive luxury resort segment.

Hotel Designs
Gran Meliá to make UAE debut in Dubai
Gran Meliá to make UAE debut in Dubai
Pauline Brettell.

Hotel Designs
Elastic expands its network with new London studio
Elastic expands its network with new London studio
Pauline Brettell.

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...

CHICAGO (October 3, 2026) –– Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Centric Sapporo, marking the first Hyatt Centric hotel in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Located...

Only 5% act on an AI recommendation without checking first. Half go straight to the website, and until the agent takes her card, that booking is yours to win.

On six of the 11 independent hotels' Google Maps cards that showed the hotel's own rate, someone else sold the room for less, and Google prints the lowest price on the hotel's photo

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 […]