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...
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Beyond the Business Case: What Hotels Get Wrong About Neurodiversity Employment
In my previous Hospitality Net article, I explored how small, practical adjustments can help hotels tap into an overlooked talent pool of neurodivergent people—and, in the process, make operations smoother for everyone. But the story does not end there: even when hotels make public commitments to neuroinclusion, the day-to-day experience...
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.
Direct booking in the AI era: 10 OTA winback strategies
If OTA winback felt hard before, AI just raised the stakes.
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.
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.
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
The new Royalton Riviera Cancun and Royalton Hideaway Riviera Cancun welcome their first guests
Royalton Hotels & Resorts has officially welcomed its first guests with the highly anticipated reveal of the new Royalton Riviera Cancun, An Autograph
