32 Hospitality stories on the commercial real estate wire for July 1, 2026, spanning Atlanta, San Antonio. Each links to its original source.
Doug Kennedy's free July 24 webcast covers proactive hotel sales prospecting habits, CRM use, and warm-calling tactics, with future sessions on humanification and upselling.
Choice Hotels appoints CVS Health's Ali Keshavarz, a data and AI expert with McKinsey and Aetna backgrounds, to its board to support AI-driven growth across its franchise portfolio.
Image CEO Jonathan Stanner anticipates additional asset sales and debt reduction.
We didn't go to HITEC 2026 for the demos. We went for the conversations. We sat down with exhibitors right there on the show floor. No script, no prepared questions, just one starting point: tell us what you do, in pl…
RateGain's VP APAC MENA outlines 10 AI use cases for hotels, from predictive pricing to 24/7 chat, as 70% of APAC travelers already use AI across the travel journey.
Laasie and Stayntouch have integrated their loyalty and cloud PMS platforms, giving hotels real-time profile sync, flexible reward options, and tools to boost direct bookings across 3,000+ properties.
BETHESDA, Md. and ATLANTA, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) and The Coca‑Cola Company (NYSE: KO) today announced a global agreement that will expand choice and elevate the guest…
Survey of 1,250 APAC travel professionals finds 65% expect demand growth over the next 2-3 years, with India and Australia most confident, but payment complexity, legacy systems, and content gaps risk slowing momentum.
A practical guide for independent hoteliers explaining AI booking discovery, hallucination risks, GEO, and how connectivity to AI platforms determines whether bookings land direct or via OTAs.
A conference recap from HSMAI 2026 in San Antonio covering four recurring themes: resilient consumer spending, commercial team alignment, AI-driven hotel discovery, and the return to hospitality fundamentals.
Finland's first carbon-neutral hotel chain has deployed Canary's digital check-in, AI messaging, and upsell tools across its five-property portfolio.
AI is not replacing search but expanding it, and hoteliers must adapt by optimizing for conversational queries, structured data, and AI-driven recommendation engines alongside traditional SEO.
WTTC and UNEP signed an MoU running through June 2028, committing to joint action on circular economy, plastic pollution, food waste, and biodiversity across the global travel and tourism sector.
STR analysis finds credit utilization and income band data outperform GDP and inflation as demand predictors for luxury and economy hotel segments, pointing to increasingly fragmented demand drivers by chain scale.
Reflections from HITEC 2026 show hoteliers are not seeking more technology but simpler, better-connected systems backed by partners who reduce complexity and stay engaged post-implementation.
Pinellas County's beachfront hotel market is rebounding from 2024 hurricane damage with multiple property reopenings, luxury brand additions including two Marriott projects, and a growing development pipeline signalin…
Suncani Hvar Hotels deployed Shiji's Infrasys POS across nine properties and 40+ outlets in Croatia, unifying order management, payments, and reporting on a single cloud platform.
Shiji's Daylight PMS gains two new Meridian Experiences features: Scheduled Activities for group session bookings and Resource Commissions for automated staff commission tracking and payouts.
The Wellness Tourism Association launched Six Principles for Responsible Retreats, the first global framework for retreat industry standards, as the market heads toward $363.9 billion by 2032.
Fitzroy Island Resort replaced fragmented legacy software with Agilysys's cloud-native platform, cutting night audit time by four hours per shift and enabling automated financial reporting in under five minutes.
CHLAHF awarded $160,000+ in scholarships to 97 students across 18 California colleges, with recipients to be honored at a gala on November 5, 2026, at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel Spa.
Major chains have built AI tools to defend direct booking conversions, but the discovery journey now starts on ChatGPT and Google AI, platforms brands cannot see, measure, or control.
YOTEL partners with app-blocking tech startup Bloom to offer guests a free one-hour screen break in hotel bars and restaurants, timed to coincide with World Wellness Day on June 13.
Pyramid Global Hospitality will manage Naples Bay Resort & Marina under its Benchmark Resorts & Hotels collection, following a joint venture acquisition with Western Southern Financial Group.
UN Tourism and The Bench signed an MoU in Madrid to collaborate on tourism investment promotion, policy dialogues, and a Global Tourism Investment Pipeline via The Bench's Future Hospitality Summit series.
The article argues that hospitality outperforms other industries not through better strategy but by operationalizing culture via six disciplines: visible leadership, daily routines, clear standards, empowerment, real-…
Alliants SVP Andrew Pirret outlines how the platform connects post-booking touchpoints, from contactless check-in to AI-powered concierge messaging, with guest recognition and wallet-based digital keys across major lo…
A foundational explainer on the experience economy covering its four dimensions, psychological drivers, KPIs, and how luxury, retail, and hospitality brands can apply it to drive loyalty and growth.
Ninety-seven students receive scholarships to help advance their education and careers in California's hospitality industry. SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Hotel & Lodging Association…
A feature-by-feature comparison of six work chat apps for hotel groups, covering multi-location support, admin controls, data ownership, and frontline staff usability.
Trip.com data shows coolcation searches rose 74% year over year in H1 2026, with Northern Europe and Alpine destinations gaining ground as heatwaves reshape European summer demand.