As the travel landscape accelerates into 2026, hotels and resorts are redefining what modern hospitality looks like, with a clear shift toward wellness led journeys, meaningful experiences, flexible pricing and more personalised service. The Dana Agency has documented the key trends shaping this next chapter, and many of them are...
Houston Hotel Submarket Performance: Nominal Gains and Real-Dollar Context
Greater Houston’s lodging market is stabilizing, with distinct performance differences across submarkets. While 2024 posted strong results lifted by major events and weather-related displacement, inflation-adjusted levels show that real-dollar gains over 2019 are more modest. As 2025 has unfolded, differences between the city and outlying submarkets have become clearer as...
Le Méridien Arlington Announces Hotel Renovation
Le Méridien Arlington announced today that it will begin a hotel renovation initiative in January 2026 as part of its comprehensive enhancement of the guest experience. The undertaking will encompass thoughtfully curated updates across the hotel’s 154 guest rooms and public spaces, including the addition of a ballroom and a...
The Chief Engineer’s AI Playbook
Artificial Intelligence is no longer optional in hospitality, yet effectively adopting it remains a challenge, especially for hands-on engineering leaders balancing cost pressures, staffing constraints, and uncompromising service expectations.
The World’s Best New Luxury Hotels of 2025
We are pleased to announce the 15 global arrivals that LTI – Luxury Travel Intelligence - recognise as this year’s best.
Direct booking in the AI era: 10 OTA winback strategies
If OTA winback felt hard before, AI just raised the stakes.
Stayntouch Accelerates Cloud PMS Performance with Gen-2 Infrastructure Enhancements and Advanced AI Features
Stayntouch, a global leader in cloud hotel property management systems (PMS), today announced a major platform enhancement designed to increase performance, accelerate innovation, and strengthen reliability.
Hotelogix caps 2025 with strong growth, market leadership, and turns EBITDA positive
400,000+ rooms in India, 15,000+ keys in the Philippines, AI-integrations, hourly booking, and expanded compliance coverage, marking a defining year for the global hospitality cloud-tech leader.
Sustainability News You Don’t Want to Miss in Recent Weeks
As the year-end travel rush hits full speed, hospitality brands aren’t slowing down on sustainability. Here’s what stood out in recent weeks:
Choice Hotels joins Schwartz Family Company and Trilogy Hotels to deliver comfort resort Leura Gardens
Effective 2 February 2026, Leura Gardens Resort, will be rebranded as Comfort Resort Leura Gardens under a franchise agreement between hotel owner