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Today, Plamondon Hospitality Partners celebrates the next milestone of the Marriott Downtown Frederick at Carroll Creek project, the highly-anticipated full-service hotel and conference center, with a groundbreaking ceremony. This project’s unique, four-way investment partnership combines public and private parties, and is poised to support the increasing demand of Frederick’s tourism...

U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best Vacations, Best Cruise Lines and Best Travel Rewards Programs, today unveiled its 16th annual rankings of the Best Hotels. The 2026 rankings highlight more than 31,000 hotels across more than 400 destinations to help travelers find the hotel that suits their needs.

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City is reaffirming its commitment to excellence with a $50 million capital improvement plan for 2026 that is already underway. The resort will renovate more than 700 standard guest rooms, over 60 suites, and eight penthouses in the hotel’s North Tower, along with refreshing...

Travelers like to think they pick their hotel. In reality, a stack of algorithms shapes the decision long before a booking form appears: relevance and ranking algorithms define what is even “considered,” bidding algorithms elevate sponsored placements above organic results, and AI recommendation engines compress the shortlist into a single...

Thies Sponholz has quietly helped reshape the way international travellers look at Hamburg. As General Manager of The Fontenay, the city’s most design-forward contemporary address, he has been instrumental in turning the lakeside property into a reference point for modern, aesthetically driven luxury since it opened in 2018. That long-term...

German REIT Deka Immobilien, on behalf of its open-ended WestInvest InterSelect fund, has acquired the five-star, 303-room Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere in Austria for approximately €92 million (about €303,600 per room), from a joint venture between affiliates of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Austrian real estate developer Signa Development Selection...

As tourism demand surges and new hotel openings accelerate across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, the hospitality industry is entering a rapid phase of expansion. Yet, frontline hiring in the region remains broken. Kitchen floors and hotel lobbies continue to run understaffed as operators struggle to convert applicants into...

On a small birch wooden key card, a forest celebration is unfolding. A Mexican gray squirrel leaps between branches while a yellow-billed tern flashes through the canopy. A tree frog peeks curiously from a leaf. Nearby, an Asian elephant, a great hornbill, a red-breasted parakeet, and a Yunnan snub-nosed monkey...

In today’s hospitality landscape, a sleek, intuitive interface is no longer a differentiator. It’s a baseline for any property management system.

We launched a targeted Google Display Network (GDN) campaign for a 5-star luxury hotel in Chicago. The goal was to increase bookings for their breakfast offer