Month: May 2025

Friend groups represent a highly desirable guest segment that hotels shouldn’t overlook. By understanding their needs and tailoring your offerings accordingly, you can unlock significant opportunities to boost occupancy and revenue.

In today’s evolving luxury hospitality landscape, the definition of exceptional service extends far beyond opulent accommodations and impeccable amenities. As competition intensifies among luxury brands for customer loyalty, there’s a notable shift from standardized luxury offerings to experiences – often which embrace local authenticity. Modern luxury travelers increasingly seek immersive,...

As one particular niche of wellness that’s gaining popularity, hoteliers should understand a bit about how non-invasive, wave or frequency technologies – “freq tech” for shorthand – work in order to effectively sell them to guests. Using a multisensorial blend of light waves, electricity, radio waves, soundwaves or vibrations to...

HotelTechReport, the most trusted global platform for hotel technology insights, today released the 2025 edition of the HotelTechIndex™ Market Leaders Report—a data-driven analysis of the top-rated hotel software solutions across every major operational category.

CBRE reduces 2025 GDP growth outlook to 1.4% from 2.4%. Following a 0.3% Q1 2025 GDP decline, CBRE cut its 2025 GDP outlook by 100bps and reduced its 2026 growth forecast to 1.7% from 2.4%. Inflation is expected to rise from 2.5% to 2.9% in 2025 and from 2.7% to...

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today unveiled its latest Economic Impact Research (EIR), revealing that China is powering ahead as one of the world’s most dynamic Travel & Tourism markets, marking a significant comeback and long-term growth trajectory.

Expedia® today announced Expedia® Trip Matching, a first-of-its-kind feature that allows travelers to seamlessly build an itinerary based on an Instagram Reel and then book directly on Expedia. Travelers can share any publicly available travel-related Reel—whether from content creators they follow or trending posts—directly with Expedia and receive customized itineraries,...

Three leading hotels in Asia from Accor, IHG and Zannier Hotels have become the first to earn verified recognition from the data-backed Tuu Eco Stay Awards, proving sustainability can strengthen both credibility and competitive edge.

Dar Global has signed an agreement with The Trump Organization to develop Trump International Golf Club, Doha as part of the landmark Simaisima coastal masterplan located 40 kilometers north of Doha.

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s leading hospitality company, continues to drive impactful change in waste management through Paathya, its ESG+ framework, in collaboration with United Way Mumbai.