Month: August 2025

This article presents the second part of a large-scale study led by HES-SO Valais-Wallis in 1500 hotels across six European countries (1st part on AI published last 9th of July here).

Hotel Granada, Atlanta’s design-driven hideaway in Midtown, is proud to announce its inclusion in the Design Hotels™ portfolio—a curated collection of independent hotels known for pushing the boundaries of hospitality, architecture and immersive guest experiences. As a member, the hotel will now participate in the Marriott Bonvoy® program, offering access...

The HOTEL Yearbook invites forward-thinking hospitality leaders, analysts, consultants, and innovators from around the world to contribute to its highly anticipated 2026 Annual Edition, themed: "Converging Forces – The Future is Hybrid by Design."

As summer break winds down, families across the world are savoring their final getaways before the return of school bells and daily routines. For hospitality brands, this moment presents a unique opportunity: to ensure each farewell is as memorable as the stay itself.

In today’s hotel industry, great leadership means more than running daily operations. It means building strong teams that drive business success—especially in revenue management. We all know revenue management is key to profit. But building a strong revenue team is not easy. Whether you have one analyst or a full...

Budget season in hospitality can feel like trying to land a plane in fog—numbers are everywhere, and every decision impacts your property’s future. That’s where the Budgeting Playbook comes in as a clear, actionable guide to help you build a strategy-driven budget that aligns market realities with operational goals.

The hotel industry’s love of tradition has quietly become a silent killer of revenue. Room categorization was never questioned in the past, not because it was perfect, but because technology made alternatives impossible. What once passed as ‘best practice’ now erodes pricing power and individuality in a world transformed by...

Changing your property management system (PMS) is one of the most important – and potentially disruptive – technology decisions a hotel can make. When it goes well, you unlock efficiency, revenue and a better guest experience. When it goes wrong, it can cause operational chaos, staff frustration and costly delays.

Scandic Hotels will launch Scandic Go in Norway by converting the existing Scandic Grensen hotel in Oslo into the country’s first Scandic Go hotel. By rebranding the centrally located 96-room hotel, Scandic will broaden its offering in Norway to meet the demand in the growing economy segment. The new hotel...

Lodging Econometrics’ (LE’s) Q2 2025 Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report states that the total pipeline ascended to a record-high 15,871 projects with 2,436,225 rooms, up 3% by projects and 2% by rooms year-over-year (YOY).