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As summer winds down and the robust vacation season slows, it’s time for resort and venue operators to shift gears and ramp up for budget season. Fall offers the perfect opportunity to take a step back, evaluate what worked, what didn’t, and new opportunities to improve both operations and revenue in the coming year. With advances in experiential technology and AI, businesses can plan smarter, crafting memorable guest experiences that align with evolving expectations while staying budget-conscious.

RobosizeME, a provider of hospitality automation solutions, has published The Hotelier’s Guide to Starting Your Automation Journey, a new operational guide designed to help hotel owners and executives take practical, low-disruption steps toward process automation. Authored with insights from industry leaders with decades of experience in hotel technology, the guide outlines a simple, seven-step framework for identifying and implementing automation opportunities that streamline operations, eliminate repetitive admin tasks, and allow hotel teams to focus on the guest experience.

This article concludes Hospitality Net’s Thematics campaign with Shiji Group on Single Provider for Seamless Data. Throughout the series we have examined how integrated systems can transform hotel operations and the guest journey. For this final edition, the focus turns to one of the most pressing questions facing the industry today: how to build clean, connected datasets that can support useful applications of artificial intelligence.

Pets have become family, and more travelers are taking their furry companions along when they check into luxury hotels and resorts. To meet this growing trend, properties are looking for ways to connect with guests on a deeper, more emotional level. That’s where our new pet-themed key cards step in — a playful, stylish, and sustainable touch that instantly makes a stay feel more personal.

Concerns about protests, civil unrest and political tensions in the United States are influencing the travel decisions of a growing number of individuals, particularly among international travelers and younger respondents, according to the latest Global Rescue Summer 2025 Traveler Safety and Sentiment Survey.

After almost 20 years as a cornerstone of the Shoreditch scene, the first hotel in The Hoxton series is set for a fresh new look. As the brand has evolved and expanded, so too has the design and feel of a Hox: each property takes cues from its surrounding neighbourhoods, but there’s an intangible thread that runs through the series, creating an experience that is distinctly Hox. The Shoreditch refresh will celebrate and elevate the original and much-loved features of the property, while bringing that characteristic homey, layered and design-led Hox character even further to the fore. Alongside the reimagined design identity, led by Ennismore’s in-house design team at AIME Studios, comes a brand new restaurant concept in the form of Il Bambini Club, taking the baton from Hoxton Grill (the first ever Hox restaurant) and bringing the warmth of Italian hospitality to the lobby, with existing Peruvian hotspot Llama Inn still calling the hotel rooftop home. The hotel refresh will be ongoing…

The Middle East is building the world’s boldest tourism dreams—but will rising heat rewrite the rules of ROI, resilience, and reputation? From 50 °C “death zone” summers to exploding cooling costs and stranded giga-assets, the risks are no longer theoretical.

From the front desk to housekeeping staff, from marketing to hotel management, the people working at your property are your greatest asset. Their passion, professionalism and commitment directly shape how guests perceive your hotel, your reputation and, ultimately, your bottom line.

Hilton today announced the signing of DoubleTree by Hilton Madrid Principe de Vergara following a franchise agreement with Key International. The property is expected to open in late 2026 and will be located in Madrid´s affluent Salamanca neighbourhood. The new hotel will be managed by Panoram Hotel Management, a leading multi-brand hotel management company in Spain.

U.S. hotel RevPAR rose for the first time in three weeks, but the increase (+0.2%) was nothing to celebrate. ADR (+1.0%) pushed the slight gain, while occupancy (-0.5 ppts) was down for the 10th week in a row.