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...

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,...

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.