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Today’s challenging capital environment has created an unexpected opportunity: a surge in land offerings for ground-up hotel and resort development. While sellers may face financial pressures that drive these offerings, buyers confront elevated construction and capital costs that fundamentally reshape land valuations. This dynamic often stems from internal organizational changes that forces land sales yet creates a paradox. With both cost of capital and construction expenses expected to remain elevated, land values have declined significantly from previous peaks.

Wooden key cards are not your average swipe‑and‑go—think of them as tiny treasure maps just inviting your little guests to dive in!

Duetto, the leading provider of revenue management software for the hospitality industry, and The Hotels Network (THN), a Lighthouse company and the leading direct growth platform for hotels, today announced a strategic partnership that empowers hoteliers to boost direct bookings and optimize marketing spend.

Mews, the industry-leading hospitality cloud, has expanded the compatibility of its Digital Key solution to include Salto smart locking technology. This integration gives hoteliers using Salto’s advanced access control system the ability to deliver a truly seamless, contactless guest journey through Mews Hospitality Cloud.

Set within a private bay in Fethiye, Turkey, Yazz Collective is the Mediterranean’s hottest destination which reopened this year for its third season in May with an additional 16 bungalows, 4 brand new glamping tents, and a new beach restaurant. A retreat in the week that turns up the volume on weekends, the resort boasts an unrivalled location and is only accessible by sea.

In today’s hospitality sector, discussions among hoteliers invariably lead to artificial intelligence (AI). Announced as a transformative force, AI is poised to redefine everything from guest services and dynamic pricing to predictive analytics and content creation. However, a significant gap exists between this potential and its current implementation. This raises critical questions: what is the true state of AI adoption in the industry and what primary obstacles are impeding its progress?

B2 Boutique and Budget Hotels, part of GPCM Group, announces it will adopt the iHotelier® Suite from transformative travel technology provider Amadeus as part of a new strategic relationship. The suite of solutions will enhance the booking flow for B2 Hotels’ guests, enabling the company to offer a seamless, personalized experience.

In this week’s episode of Hotel Moment, Aradhana Khowala, CEO of Aptamind Partners, joins Revinate CMO Karen Stephens with a sobering perspective on the state of hospitality and global tourism. Aradhana explains the ways hospitality has become “extractive” — leaving little in the way of community growth and human flourishing. But, even so, Aradhana offers hope that more hoteliers can pivot to regenerative tourism and start giving back locally — ultimately supporting their guests and staff appropriately in times of political, social, and economic turmoil.

Leonardo Hotels Central Europe is making a new addition to its portfolio in one of East Germany’s most exciting cities: On July 1, the hotel company took over the Radisson Blu Hotel in Erfurt. The hotel, which is housed in one of the city’s highest buildings, will be renamed the NYX Hotel Erfurt by Leonardo Hotels and will be brought up to the NYX Hotel standard by means of a soft renovation whilst operations continue.

Bondstone, a leading real estate investment and development firm, and Ennismore, the fastest-growing lifestyle hospitality company, are proud to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding for Mondrian Arcaya, which would be the first Mondrian hotel in Portugal. This landmark project will be situated within Arcaya, Bondstone’s visionary new development in Vilamoura, Algarve, marking a major milestone in Ennismore’s global expansion of luxury lifestyle destinations.