Meliá announces a year of intense expansion and reinforces its commitment to the Premium and Luxury segments

Meliá Hotels International, Spain’s leading hotel company, continues its commitment to quality tourism with an expansion and repositioning plan focused on the premium and luxury segments. The company, which expects to close 2024 with EBITDA surpassing €525M, consolidating its leadership, is accelerating its growth accompanied by a significant increase in...

Sustainability Trends in Hospitality: Key Benefits and Strategies

Climate change is driving the world’s agenda. Business leaders everywhere are wrestling with how to respond to rising public and political pressure and align their systems and operations with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, established to keep global warming below 2°C and ideally 1.5°C. None more so than...

Hotel Fundamentals Continue to Languish Amid Flat Occupancy Rate

2024 was an eventful year around the world with elections held in more than 60 countries, representing nearly 50 percent of the world’s population. One of the most consequential results was Donald J. Trump winning the U.S. presidential election, who along with the Republican Party also won majorities in both...

UN Tourism and CAF Advance Tourism Investments in Americas and Launch Guidelines for Brazil and Panama

Within the framework of the 2025 FITUR international tourism trade fair, the two organizations jointly hosted a special Investments Breakfast, bringing together public and private sector leaders to explore opportunities and challenges surrounding driving investments into the sector across the region. The event highlighted the massive investment potential of the...