As the global wellness economy approaches $9.75 trillion by 2029, fitness operators are adopting hospitality principles like inclusivity, personalization, and experience design to attract younger, lifestyle-driven members.

PMS migrations that skip proper guest history review silently erase decades of guest relationships, with no alert to front desk staff that profile data is missing.

HVS analysis of three Coastal Virginia submarkets shows Norfolk/Portsmouth leading RevPAR growth in 2026, while the region's diverse military, government, and leisure demand base sustains pricing power above pre-pandemic levels.

Europe's Q3 2026 pipeline totals 1,765 projects/260,385 rooms, with early planning at record highs and new project announcements surging 57% year-over-year.

A 30-year Hilton Anaheim veteran argues that scale and personal service are not opposites, and that human connection remains the defining edge of full-service hotels in an increasingly digital travel landscape.

Embergrove Hospitality Group, which also manages Frank Lloyd Wright's Historic Park Inn, takes over Hotel Pattee on December 1 in a partnership with the City of Perry.

The article argues that hotels obsessively yield room inventory but ignore sales team hours, introducing a "Cost Per Selling Hour" metric to expose the true cost of administrative time drain.

Friday closed the week with an argument that younger guests still want luxury standards without the gatekeeping, and a hard look at whether hotel culture has caught up with harassment laws.

U.S. Travel Association projects an $11B drop in inflation-adjusted international visitor spending in 2026, with the U.S. share of global long-haul arrivals falling to 7.7% as France, Spain and Japan post double-digit gains.

WTTC and Oxford Economics launched three new indices covering 184 economies, measuring tourism by economic power, environmental efficiency, and employment opportunity rather than visitor numbers alone.