Month: August 2025

The Marriott Vacation Clubs™, a collection of vacation ownership brands under Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, is expanding its presence in Asia Pacific with the opening of Marriott Vacation Club, Khao Lak Beach Resort in Thailand this August. The new resort is part of broader regional growth, that includes a new...

For centuries, Colossus has embodied the fragility of empires erected upon symbols, those immense figures that appear eternal until a single fracture reveals their emptiness. Nero’s bronze giant once loomed beside the Flavian Amphitheater, so imposing that its shadow gave the building its very name, the Colosseum. In time, the...

The post-pandemic “revenge travel” surge has cooled, but demand hasn’t disappeared. It has simply shifted. Today’s guests are more deliberate. They still spend and explore, but many now travel to recharge, extend a business trip into leisure, or set up a temporary remote office.

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is proud to announce Rebecca Bennett, CHAE, as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE®) of the Year Award.

Shiji, the global hospitality technology leader, is proud to announce that MGM Grand Paradise has selected Daylight PMS, Shiji’s next-generation cloud property management system, to power operations at its flagship resorts in Macao: MGM Macau and MGM Cotai. Large-scale integrated resorts like such as these MGM locations welcome thousands of...

Amid an uncertain economy, new data from Lighthouse reveals that consumers are simply adopting a more strategic, cautious, and spontaneous approach to travel.

In his groundbreaking book, The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler painted a vivid portrait of a world in metamorphosis—a civilization shedding the rigidity of industrialism to embrace the fluid, fast-paced rhythm of the Information Age. He envisioned a society no longer defined by smokestacks and assembly lines, but by hyper-communication, data...

In the race to stand out in a competitive hospitality market, hoteliers are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to provide faster, more personalized guest service.

IRIS, the global provider of mobile ordering and guest experience platforms for the hospitality sector, today announces a new partnership with fellow industry innovator

SIHOT, one of the leading hotel management systems, has upgraded its SIHOT@360º API by incorporating new REST (Representational State Transfer)