IRIS, the global market leader in digital F&B and guest experience solutions for hotels, has announced outstanding year-on-year growth with Mandarin Oriental, one of the world’s most luxurious hotel operators. Over the past year, Mandarin Oriental saw F&B room service revenue increase by 54% and orders grow by 39% through...
Europe’s Hotel Pipeline Reaches Record Highs in Early Planning, Upper Upscale, and Luxury Development
The recent Europe Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE) details that, at the end of Q4 2025, the region’s total pipeline stands at 1,717 projects/252,600 rooms.
Markos Chaidemenos of Canaves Collection on Family Leadership, Nature, and Sustainability
Canaves Collection is a family owned luxury hospitality group rooted in Santorini, with a portfolio built around the island’s dramatic caldera views, volcanic landscape, and the intimacy of boutique scale. In this Brand Insiders conversation, CEO Markos Chaidemenos explains how Canaves began as a family business back in 1983 and...
Hospitality America Marks 30 Years of Partnership-Led Growth and Operational Stewardship
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of Hospitality America, a hotel management company built on three decades of partnership, performance, and people-first hospitality. Founded in 1995 by Chris Cargen, Hospitality America continues to build on its strong foundation under the leadership of President and CEO Ben Campbell, who stepped into...
The Dean Berlin Now Open
The Dean, the independent lifestyle hotel brand renowned for creating character-rich, design-driven hotels, makes its German debut with the launch of The Dean Berlin in February 2026. Marking the brand’s first international property outside Ireland, the 81-room hotel brings The Dean’s signature irreverent spirit to Charlottenburg, one of Berlin’s most...
Villa D’este La Collezione Announces Opening Of Miralago Luxury Apartments
illa d’Este La Collezione announces the opening of Miralago Luxury Apartments, scheduled for June 2026.Set along the Cernobbio waterfront, the first branded living concept on Lake Como, introduces a new sense of belonging to an iconic destination where the cultural heritage of Villa d’Este meets the intimacy of contemporary living....
IHCL Expands Presence in Sri Lanka, Signs a Taj Hotel in Weligama
Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL),India’s largest hospitality company, today announced the signing of a Taj hotel in Weligama, Sri Lanka. The greenfield project will feature 220 keys including 80 luxury apartments.
Hotels were late to the internet. Late to mobile. This time can be different.
A few months ago I was at Web Summit in Lisbon, soaking wet, ducking between stages in the rain. Inside, every panel was about AI. Big predictions. Bold hypotheticals. Lots of hand-waving about what might happen someday.
Luxury hospitality reimagined: Cairns 5-star hotel elevates guest experience with Shiji’s Infrasys POS
Shiji, the global leader in hospitality technology, announced today that Shangri-La The Marina, Cairns, one of Australia’s most iconic waterfront luxury hotels, has successfully gone live with Infrasys POS. The implementation marks a significant step in the hotel’s commitment to delivering seamless, efficient, and highly personalized guest service, supported by...
2026 is the year of MCP: what hoteliers need to know
AI is happening, but we need to bridge the gap between concept and reality to avoid the hospitality sector being fraught with indecision and a lack of clear vision. During the year ahead, Model Context Protocol (MCP) has the potential to transform hotel bookings and unlock new opportunities to Find,...