A CDR World Panel opinion piece argues hospitality leaders must deliberately build cultures that elevate human potential as AI absorbs transactional tasks

VisitBritain is rolling out the red carpet for more than a dozen North East Asian VIPs to showcase the diverse tourism experiences that can be enjoyed

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Chedi Hospitality has appointed Milos Nedovic as its chief asset and investment officer, a newly-created role for the group.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: The Dean has opened The Dean Munich, a 281-room lifestyle hotel in the city’s Westend neighbourhood, marking the brand’s largest property to date and its second opening in Germany.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is delivering a surge of first-time guests to hotels and resorts across the United States. Fans traveling for a single game or a long weekend are checking in with brands they have never stayed with before. The question for hospitality operators is not how to fill rooms during the tournament; it is about how to turn those one-time visitors into repeat customers once the final whistle blows. The Loyalty Gap […]
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ATLANTA, Georgia—IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) marked a milestone in its growth in Canada by surpassing 200 open hotels nationwide. The broadening of IHG’s Canadian portfolio comes as the nation expects a strong 2026 for tourism, with Destination Canada forecasting visitor spending to increase by 6 percent year-over-year and reach more than $140B in value. This includes a resurgence in domestic travel across urban, suburban and secondary markets. Jolyon Bulley, chief executive officer, Americas for […]
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This comprehensive data-driven analysis tracks the rapid transformation of the Czech hospitality real estate market through 2026. Explore the core macroeconomic indicators, shifting inbound tourism demand patterns, institutional CEE hotel transaction volumes, and evolving branded chain penetration rates defining Prague and the broader regional luxury wellness resort sub-markets

The 2026 AI Hospitality Alliance (AIHA) member survey reveals that industry stakeholders are eager for practical, operationally focused guidance on artificial intelligence, with a strong preference for AIHA to act as a standard-setting authority rather than a source of general commentary.

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Restrained Elegance: STEP GUARD flooring for intentional hotel design
Restrained Elegance: STEP GUARD flooring for intentional hotel design
Pauline Brettell.

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Villa Augusta – a home before a hotel
Villa Augusta – a home before a hotel
Pauline Brettell.

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 (July 1, 2026) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today celebrated the opening of Parian Chronicle Hotel Paros, a 50 room contemporary Cycladic retreat on the island of Paros, Greece,...

CHICAGO (June 30, 2026) — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H), in collaboration with HSL Properties and Desert Hospitality Management, today announced plans for the debut of Hyatt Regency Tucson...

The system reads Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, and Google Hotels live across every Radisson property, then matches the lower rate and redirects to direct — turning continuous OTA-price monitoring into the conversion trigger

The one asset a booking platform can't quietly take over is the one chains have been building, largely by accident, since before anyone said the word "agent"

A day stay is a hotel room booked for a set block of daytime hours, where you check in and check out on the same day.A night stay is the traditional overnight: check in late afternoon or evening, sleep, check out the next morning. Book a day stay for a layover, an early arrival, a […]

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 […]