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Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hotel business and owner of Premier Inn, has secured planning permission to convert an 11-storey office block in Vauxhall in Central London into a 180-bedroom budget hotel.

The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), in collaboration with the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) World, is now accepting nominations for the inaugural 2025 Leadership Award, to be presented on the main stage at FHS World, taking place 27–29 October 2025 at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai.

Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda , a luxury wellness resort on northern Italy’s Lake Garda, has introduced a new category of accommodation to the region: Lake Garda’s first fully serviced villas. Lefay’s Sky Pool Villas are a collection of five expansive, standalone villas set high above the lake in the resort’s 27-acre natural park.

Since we unveiled our pearlescent leather key cards, you’ve come to know us as the artisans who transform premium hides into unforgettable guest experiences. You’ve seen our behind‑the‑scenes videos, watched as supple leather is cut, molded, and finished to catch the light—and you may have been wondering, “What’s next?”

AI isn’t magic. Rather, it’s pattern recognition at scale. And like any pattern recognition system, its output is only as good as its input. Which is why AI’s promise of personalized experiences, automated service flows, real-time recommendations often fall flat in fragmented tech environments. If your PMS, POS, CRM, and housekeeping tools aren’t talking to each other, then your AI is only guessing.

Perfectly placed between Lisbon’s Avenida da Liberdade and the historic pulse of Marquês de Pombal, ME Lisbon marks the arrival of ME by Meliá in Portugal. With its bold character and lifestyle-driven spirit, the opening signals a new era of contemporary luxury in the city – one where culture, design, and social energy converge.

A new set of reports from Statista, produced in partnership with Booking.com, sheds light on key developments shaping Europe’s accommodation sector — from evolving skills requirements and investment patterns to diverging national outlooks and the uneven pace of digital transformation.

Internships are often treated as a box to tick in hospitality education: complete a few months of work, collect a reference, and move on. But with talent shortages and rising guest expectations, the industry can no longer afford to treat internships as a formality. When done right, internships can be powerful leadership labs – shaping confident, decision-ready professionals before they even graduate.

Your Apartment is going big in the capital. With the launch of Your Apartment, Lovat Lane, the design-led serviced apartment brand has officially doubled its London presence, now 11 locations strong and growing.

In an age of automation, the human touch remains the most valuable asset in hospitality. This challenge is especially acute in volatile markets like Argentina, where adaptability is paramount for success. Against this backdrop, HTL Hoteles offers a masterclass in balancing technology and human touch in hospitality, using technology not to replace service, but to empower it. This has created a uniquely resilient operational model. Shiji Insights spoke with CEO Javier Ferrarotti to gain insight into his vision. He reveals how a focus on guest experience, powered by smart data and an empowered team, has become their core commercial strategy, providing invaluable lessons on building a future-proof hospitality business.