Connect CRE · Charlotte · Hospitality
South Street Partners Acquires Its First Tri-State Resort in Western NJ
South Street Partners, a private equity real estate investment firm headquartered in Charlotte, NC and Charleston, SC, acquired Crystal Springs Resort in Hamburg, Hardyston, Vernon and Franklin, NJ, from the founding…
PR Newswire · New York · Hospitality
Ahead of World Cup, hospitality union UNITE HERE launches campaign promoting freedom and belonging with newly-released artwork She Promises Liberty
NEW YORK, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of World Cup games kicking off in the U.S. this week, hospitality workers union UNITE HERE is releasing artwork in public actions and online to welcome visitors and promot…
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Hyatt Reaches Global RiseHY Goal, Surpassing 10,000 Hires and Progressing Toward 15,000 Hires by the End of 2028
Hyatt's RiseHY program has hired 12,000 Opportunity Youth since 2018, surpassing its 10,000 target ahead of schedule, with a new goal of 15,000 hires by end of 2028.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
From Discovery to Arrival: Why Hospitality’s Next Competitive Advantage Is Continuity
The author argues that hospitality's next competitive advantage lies not in visibility but in maintaining consistent, trustworthy information across every digital touchpoint from discovery through arrival.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Hotels Deploy AI Without Fixing Operations, U.S. RevPAR Grows 4.4%, Domestic Travel Surges 21%
Wednesday brought a sharp argument that hotels are staging AI for appearances rather than results, strong April U.S. performance data, and booking signals showing domestic travel demand surging well ahead of summer. A…
Travel And Tour World · Hospitality
Hong Kong Emerges as Asia’s New Hospitality Investment Gateway as AHOCA Expands Beyond the US
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
The Biggest Mistake Hotels Are Making About AI
The piece argues hotels deploy visible AI features without redesigning underlying operations, creating "AI Theatre" that impresses owners but fails to improve business metrics.
Hospitality Net · San Antonio · Hospitality
Otelier to Showcase Enhanced TruePlan Budgeting and Forecasting Platform at HITEC 2026
Otelier will demo TruePlan at HITEC 2026 in San Antonio, highlighting new features including Critique, a workflow for contextualizing variances and forecast changes across hotel portfolios.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Buffet Waste Is a Leadership Issue — And a Strategic Opportunity for Hotels
Field research across hotels in Italy and Australia shows culture-specific behavioural nudges can cut breakfast buffet waste by up to 30%, with direct cost savings and stronger ESG reporting.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
From data to deals: how hotel sales teams win more group business
A Holiday Inn Portland sales director shares how her team uses Knowland data to prospect for group business, monitor competitors, and build relationships that convert to bookings.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
What the Desert Already Knows
A 2026 strategic assessment of Gulf hospitality arguing that giga-project corrections mask a deeper, more durable shift toward heritage-led, authenticity-driven luxury that will define global hospitality trends throug…
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Using AI to Teach the Most Human Skill: Sowon Kim on Difficult Conversations
EHL's Dr Sowon Kim uses AI-powered role-play avatars to train hospitality leaders in high-stakes interpersonal skills, and discusses loneliness, empathy, and her Women in Leadership programme.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
AI Food Waste Scale-Up KITRO Accelerates International Growth Amid New Regulatory Push
KITRO, active in 500+ kitchens across 40 countries, is scaling internationally as new EU binding targets require a 30% per-capita food waste cut by 2030, with Spain's Ley 01/25 adding national urgency.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Solar eclipse drives sharp surge in bookings across Spain and Iceland
Amadeus data shows flight bookings to Spain and Iceland up 25% year-on-year for August 2026, with hotel occupancy rising 16% and ADR up 36% ahead of the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Spain in 120 years.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Tripadvisor Announces Its 2026 Travelers' Choice Awards: Best of the Best Hotels Winners, Revealing the World's Most Memorable Stays
Indonesia's G.H. Universal Hotel in Bandung tops Tripadvisor's 2026 Best of the Best Hotels list, determined by traveler reviews and ratings submitted throughout 2025.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
New HSMAI Europe AI Advisory Board turns AI talk into action and high-level education for hotel industry
HSMAI Europe's newly launched AI Advisory Board, chaired by TrustYou's Ben Jost, will produce white papers, case studies and education content covering AI content strategy, direct channels and hotel tech architecture.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Stop Looking Around. Start Looking Inward.
Renovations only justify higher rates when they shift guest perception through place-specific design, not competitor-benchmarked aesthetics.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
The problem with PMSs: how to approach choosing new hotel tech
Two hospitality tech experts break down why PMS selection is now driven by API openness and integration ecosystems, with practical guidance for independents and multi-property operators.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Why guest intelligence depends on the modern PMS
A Shiji Insights Podcast conversation with Cendyn's Head of Solutions Engineering examines how the PMS is evolving from a transactional platform into the execution layer for guest intelligence and personalization.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Booking.com's shield doubles as an invitation
A critical reading of Booking.com's partner messaging argues its "protection" pitch to independent hotels masks a platform dynamic where independents are the foundation being guarded for Booking's own benefit.
Hospitality Net · Austin · Hospitality
The Great American City Break: Booking.com Reveals Domestic Travel Demand Surges for Summer 2026
Booking.com search data shows U.S. domestic accommodation searches up 21% and flight searches up 29% YoY, with Austin leading at +423% and Florida cities holding strong at +43%.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Hong Kong Strengthens Its Status as Asia's Travel and Hospitality Powerhouse with AHOCA's Asia Hub Launch, Catalysing Deeper Cross-Border Industry Collaboration
AHOCA launched its first regional chapter outside the US in Hong Kong, aiming to connect American Chinese hotel owners with Asian hospitality leaders for cross-border investment and partnerships.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Four Seasons II Revealed: Introducing New Yacht Residential Suites Aboard the Next Four Seasons Yacht
Four Seasons Yachts announces its second vessel, debuting in 2028 with 79 suites, a new Yacht Residential Suite category spanning two to four bedrooms, and a one-to-one guest-to-staff ratio.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
French Open drove Paris hotel performance in May
Paris hotels hit record May ADR and RevPAR figures during the French Open, with peak occupancy of 93.4% and ADR topping EUR485 on the final Sunday of the tournament.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
May events lifted Adelaide hotel room rates
Adelaide hotels saw ADR rise 6.6% and RevPAR gain 5.7% in May 2026, driven by the Australian Tourism Exchange, though occupancy dipped 0.9% as new supply entered the market.
Hospitality Net · Miami · Hospitality
U.S. hotel performance for April 2026
U.S. hotels posted RevPAR growth of 4.4% year-over-year in April 2026, with St. Louis leading Top 25 Markets on occupancy gains and Miami posting the strongest ADR increase at +12.5%.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
The Bench Launches ‘FHS Living’ in Paris — Future Hospitality Summit’s First European Investment Platform Uniting Capital Across Key Living Asset Classes
FHS Living, launching in Paris in February 2027, is a curated pan-European investment platform targeting Living assets backed by €46.9B invested in 2025 and €50B more planned for deployment.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
EU Tourism Platform helps unlock funding opportunities
The EU Tourism Platform consolidates EU, national, and regional funding sources in one place, helping tourism businesses including SMEs access grants and programs supporting green transition, digital transformation, a…
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Positron Launches New Site Survey and Installation Tools to Simplify Hotel Wi-Fi and IPTV Deployments
Positron Access Solutions announced expanded capacity for its Virtuoso PRO EMS and two new tools, Prelude and Overture, to streamline site surveys and installations for hotel Wi-Fi and IPTV deployments over existing c…
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Shiji releases 2026/27 Hotel Distribution Technology Chart: From Channels to Discoverability and “Bookable Everywhere”
Shiji's 11th annual Hotel Distribution Technology Chart adds new categories for AI discovery, AI-powered direct booking, and map/social platforms, reflecting a shift from OTAs toward "bookable everywhere" commerce.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
RobosizeME Cuts Loyalty Point Update Times From Three to Four Days to Under 24 Hours For Global Hotel Program
RobosizeME deployed AI-enabled automation for a global hotel loyalty program, cutting point update times from 3-4 days to under 24 hours across thousands of properties and millions of members.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
The AI Opportunity Study: Last Chance to Participate
h2c's global AI benchmarking study is open for hotel groups to participate via interview or survey, with a deadline extended to 14 July 2026.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Quality Lodgings grows to 134 hotels with its largest expansion ever in Austria
Quality Lodgings adds nine hotels across Austria, Germany, and Belgium, with six Austrian additions marking its largest-ever single-country expansion and bringing the collection to 134 hotels across eight European cou…
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
How Much Gold Is There?
The author introduces TCPG (Token Cost Per Guest) as a discipline for hotel operators to meter AI spending, arguing most deployments fail because costs are invisible inside bundled platform contracts.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
The HumAIn Framework™: Architecting Auto-Automation in a Product-Centric Hospitality Ecosystem
TRAVHOTECH's HumAIn Framework proposes a four-layer AI architecture for hospitality, separating data infrastructure, software automation, physical robotics, and human strategic oversight.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
Integrating Fragrance-Infused Wooden Key Cards into Sleep-Focused Hotel Stays
GCSTIMES promotes FSC-certified, ISO 14068-backed fragrance-infused wooden key cards as a low-infrastructure sensory touchpoint for sleep-focused hotel stays.
Hospitality Net · Hospitality
What AI can (and can't) do for hotel venue sales
AI tools that automate proposal generation and follow-up prompts can lift hotel venue conversion rates, but misapplied automation risks undermining the trust-based relationships that drive repeat MICE business.