In the heart of downtown Nashville, where music and history meet on every corner, two of the city’s most enduring landmarks, Noelle Nashville and Ryman Auditorium
Rüya Istanbul is now open at Çırağan Palace Kempinski
Rüya, a contemporary culinary concept that presents Anatolian cuisine through a modern lens, brings its global experience from Dubai, Cannes and Riyadh
Profit-First Asset Management for Hotels
Hotel profitability isn’t won at the front desk—it’s engineered in the back-of-house through disciplined asset management, sharp pricing, and relentless financial control. Owners and GMs who treat physical assets as profit engines—rather than sunk costs—consistently outperform their peers. Here’s the five-point playbook to turn rooms, kitchens, pools, and plant into cash flow, drawn from proven...
HotelTechAwards Names Canary Technologies the Best Guest Experience System
SAN FRANCISCO (January 12, 2026) — Canary Technologies, the award-winning global leader in hotel guest management technology, swept this year’s HotelTechAwards with nine wins across key categories.
Cloudbeds Earns Multiple Honors at the 2026 HotelTechAwards, Reinforcing Its Leadership in Hospitality Technology
San Diego, CA — January 12, 2026 — Cloudbeds, the intelligent unified platform powering hotel growth, has been recognized across multiple categories in the 2026 HotelTechAwards, reinforcing its reputation as the most trusted, customer-driven technology partner in hospitality.
How AI-Driven Search, Connected Media, and Real-Time Intelligence Will Drive Direct Bookings in 2026
The hospitality customer journey has become more fragmented and compressed than ever before. Travelers now move fluidly between search engines, AI-powered answers, metasearch platforms, social channels, video, and review sites before making a booking decision. For hotel leaders, the challenge is no longer just visibility. It is staying relevant, accurate,...
Why 2026 Will Force a Redesign of Pay, Incentives, and Performance Expectations
Compensation has always been a sensitive topic in hospitality, but it has become a strategic inflection point. Wage inflation, shifting employee expectations, increased competition from other service industries, and new pay transparency regulations have combined to reshape how hotels must structure compensation at every level.
Moving Past ROAS as Marketing KPI
For years, Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) has been treated as the gold standard for evaluating hotel marketing performance. But as traveler behavior evolves and the planning journey becomes longer and more complex, it’s clear that ROAS no longer tells the full story. A more strategic, full-funnel approach is needed....
RIU Opens Its Second Hotel in London
RIU Hotels & Resorts adds a new property to its RIU Plaza portfolio: the Hotel Riu Plaza London The Westminster. The new hotel builds on the success of the Hotel Riu Plaza London Victoria, which RIU opened in July 2023.
U.S. hotel results for week ending 3 January
The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 3 January. CoStar is a leading global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.
