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Ras Al Khaimah Hotels Renovate to Capture the ‘Wynn Effect’
A single resort opening is reshaping how an entire destination's hotels renovate, price and package their rooms — well before its doors open.
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Leela Palaces’ CEO on the Overlooked Detail That Can Make (or Break) a Hotel Stay
On this episode of Suite Success, host Katie Cline sits down with Anuraag Bhatnagar, CEO of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, and explores his hospitality “calling,” hiring for values, and delive…
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Minor Hotels Wants a ‘Vietnam Network,’ Not Just Beach Resorts
Minor Hotels built its Vietnam business around overseas travelers heading to the beach. Now rising domestic travel, corporate business and meetings are giving the hotel group a reason to move into Han…
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Final Episode of GMH Hotels: A Big Week for Hotel AI and Resort M&A.
On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk dig into two stories that have real implications for hotel operators heading into the fall…
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Radisson Adds Older Hotels and Meeting Spaces to Net Zero Program
The four new Verified Net Zero Hotels are based in Stockholm and Copenhagen, reinforcing the scheme’s Nordic skew and highlighting a key bottleneck in scaling decarbonization: access to renewable ener…
Conde Nast Traveller
8 best hotels in Piedmont, Italy
From agriturismos that host idyllic wine-tasting weekends to romantic hotels in the hills
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Choice Hotels Buys RV Club Harvest Hosts for $130 Million
Choice CEO Dom Dragisich will need to show that Harvest Hosts, a list of a half-million RV users, converts into hotel stays. Otherwise, he's drifting from the "top priority" he set after taking the jo…
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Accor’s Leire Leoz on Why Franchise Growth Has to Be Earned
Accor is betting heavily on its franchise model, and the Group’s global chief franchise officer, Leire Leoz, says growth only works if owners see real value. Her focus is on hotel performance, stronge…
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Airbnb Launches AI Tools, Catching Up to OTA Rivals
Airbnb is not a first-mover in AI launches. That's OK: Kayak wasn't a first-mover in metasearch. The issue isn't necessarily timing, but whether Airbnb can offer AI products that are better than its r…
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Vrbo to Double Commissions as It Plays Catch-Up to Airbnb
Airbnb and Booking.com charge no guest fees. But Vrbo has stated that it will keep guest fees, although the amounts will be flexible. That lack of specificity will stoke host anger because this gives…
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Hilton Tech Exec Says AI Agents Put OTAs ‘Under Real Threat’
Hilton CIO Michael Leidinger believes the OTAs' decline will benefit hotels, even while conceding that AI agents will likely charge commissions, too. The difference is that Hilton will get more bookin…
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Skift Webinar: When AI Becomes the Travel Agent — How Hotels Get Chosen
Join Skift and industry leaders for a webinar exploring how AI is changing hotel discovery and booking. Learn how travelers are using and trusting AI, why accurate property information matters more th…
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EU Anti-Greenwashing Rules Take Effect— and Some Eco-Labels May Not Survive
Hotel and airline sustainability chiefs welcome the enforcement of legislation that they expect will cut the number of eco-labels — the question is, which ones will survive?
Conde Nast Traveller
13 best hotels in Tulum, from luxury treetop suites to safari-style canvas tents in the sand
These are the best places to stay on Mexico's most revered region
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Hilton’s Motto Debut in Japan Signals a Bigger Mid-Market Shift
If Japan reaches 60 million visitors by 2030 as planned, hotel companies will need more rooms, and more affordable ones. And that is exactly what Hilton aims to do.
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Airbnb CEO on Hotels, Cars, and Flights: ‘I Had to Get Over My Ideology’
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky didn't address at length his changing views about Airbnb experiences, but there, too, he's softened his old religion about them having to be unique, and has added mainstream to…
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How Hotel CEOs Are Really Using AI, From Voice Agents to a Digital Hyatt CEO
Hilton, Hyatt, Accor, Wyndham, and Banyan Group all agree AI should make staff better at their jobs. But they split on how to adopt it.
Travel Off Path
6 Of The Most Affordable Island Destinations To Visit Around The Caribbean Right Now According To Travel Experts
Finding a Caribbean island escape that doesn’t drain your bank account usually feels like a lost cause. When you factor in flights, hotels, and food, a simple long weekend can easily push into the tho…
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I Live In France And Tell Friends To Skip Paris For These 5 Underrated Cities With Moated Castles, Volcanic Cathedrals, And $80 Hotels
It’s been six years now since I packed my bags in London, took the Eurostar across the Channel, and settled in Paris to start a new life. A lot has happened since, from pulling my hair out over those…
Conde Nast Traveller
11 of the world’s most haunted hotels you can actually stay in (if you dare)
From a 12th-century Welsh castle to a historic ship in California, these eerily beautiful haunted hotels promise a stay you won’t forget
