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Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, and BeCause, the sustainability data hub for the travel and tourism industry, have announced an integration to enhance how hotels present sustainability information on the Cvent Supplier Network (CSN), one of the world’s largest venue-sourcing platforms. The integration allows hotels to automatically integrate verified sustainability information from BeCause’s live data hub – the largest database of verified hotel sustainability data in the industry containing more than 2 million data points across 10,000 metrics – into their CSN profiles, addressing the growing demand from event planners for easily accessible sustainability data when sourcing and booking venues. More than 12,000 hotels and venues are already sharing sustainability data and publishing it on CSN through this integration.

Gorgeous Smiling Hotels GmbH and Aspire GmbH are joining forces, consolidating their hotel operations and setting the stage for ambitious future growth. Their first deal as Gorgeous Smiling Hotels will be with the addition of Great2Stay Hotels, which is a hotel management company based in Augsburg. This move will create one of the largest operators in the DACH region portfolios of the year. The joint umbrella brand for all activities will be Gorgeous Smiling Hotels.

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, USA, September 29, 2025 – Shiji, the global hospitality technology leader, today announced that American Liberty Hospitality (ALH) has expanded its use of Infrasys POS, Stellaris Digital Dine, and Infrasys POS Move (iOS mobility solution) to seven of its properties, marking a significant milestone in the group’s digital transformation journey. The rollout includes the group’s newest acquisition, the Hilton Houston Westchase, a 275+ room property in Houston, Texas, which went live earlier this year and implemented Infrasys POS Move to further enhance mobility in its F&B operations.

Wellness is reshaping hospitality and real estate. It is no longer a luxury; it is a global economic force and a core business strategy. The global wellness economy reached $6.3 trillion in 2023 and is projected to hit $9 trillion by 2028, according to the Global Wellness Economy Monitor by the Global Wellness Institute (GWI). Of the 11 categories of wellness, the three (3) key growth areas include Wellness Real Estate, Wellness Tourism, and Mental Wellness, sectors now recognized as essential drivers in hospitality and real estate.

Future Hospitality Summit – FHS World is showcasing Albania’s wide and diverse range of hospitality investment opportunities with a dedicated pavilion highlighting the country’s fast-growing tourism sector, sustainable vision and plans to become a year-round, multi-sector tourism destination.

A hotel keycard may be small, but its impact on the guest journey can be monumental. That was the message from GCSTIMES, which presented its vision for the future of keycard innovation at the Wyndham SEAPR General Managers Conference in Thailand this month.

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) has scheduled its 2025 Annual Business Meeting to take place during the HFTP Annual Convention on Thursday, October 23, from 4:30–5:30 p.m..

HotelTechReport, the world’s largest online marketplace for hotel technology, today announced the launch of a new series of Buyers Guides designed to support hoteliers during budget season. Covering more than 20 software categories from property management systems to guest experience platforms the guides consolidate insights from over 60,000 verified user reviews and expert editorial research, making them the most comprehensive resources available for evaluating hotel software.

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Tempted by big audiences and the lure of impressive returns, hotels often want to keep the number of email addresses in their databases high. But this is actually the downfall of many email marketing strategies.