Month: July 2025

The U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 5 July. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.

New research from MMGY reveals that American travelers remain deeply committed to leisure travel, even as economic headwinds and global uncertainty shape their choices. According to the 2025 “Summer Edition” of Portrait of American Travelers®, U.S. travelers are increasingly hitting the road, turning to artificial intelligence for planning support and...

U.S. companies are missing out on more than $2.4 trillion in potential new sales revenue because they may be underinvesting in business travel, according to a new report exploring the return on investment (ROI) of corporate travel. Despite a strong post-pandemic rebound, the study found that real travel and entertainment...

The top-line U.S. RevPAR forecast has been downgraded 80-basis points to +1.0%. The downgrade is driven by a combination of calendar shifts, weakening macroeconomic indicators, and uncertainty caused by erratic tariff implementation and large-scale federal job losses as well as increasingly soft international inbound travel.

Independent hoteliers are bombarded daily with technology vendors pitching miracle solutions. Everywhere you turn, there’s another acronym, another platform, another promise to "transform" your property—if only you buy their product first.

As the longtime General Manager of TUI Magic Life Candia Maris Resort in Crete and the recently appointed General Manager of Santo Collection on Santorini – both under Metaxa Hospitality Group, I’ve seen firsthand that no matter a hotelier’s reason for embracing sustainability, the rewards – for the property, our...

Tim Hansen, Vice President of Sales – Hotels & Resorts at Agilysys, joined us at HITEC 2025 to talk about the company’s impressive growth, the evolution of tech stacks in hospitality, and the delicate balance between automation and human connection.

Does your menu feature a golden cappuccino? Are your interiors adorned with gold leaf?

Let’s be honest, a lot of hotel marketing sounds the same these days: “Luxury rooms”, “Friendly staff”, “Perfect location”, “Nestled”. Yawn! In the modern world

New international flight routes are set to supercharge Australia’s hotel sector, potentially creating demand for up to 1.9 million room nights annually