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Italian hotel investment company Gest Resort has acquired the five-star, 47-room Hotel Risorgimento in Lecce, Italy for €18 million (€383,000 per room) from Italian entrepreneur Giovanni Casto. The property is situated in central Lecce, a city in the Salento peninsula of the Apulia (Puglia) region in the south-east of Italy. The hotel is currently closed for an extensive renovation that will reduce the room count to 45, and it is scheduled to reopen in April 2026 under Minor Hotels’ Tivoli Hotels & Resorts brand as the Tivoli Palazzo Risorgimento Lecce.

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Mews, the leading operating system for hospitality, is powering Revisn, Raleigh’s executive residences that combine technology, design, and personalized hospitality to redefine operations, guest autonomy and the future of modern hospitality through a fully front-desk-free model. As the first property in the United States to use Mews, Revisn recognized early that both companies shared a commitment to transforming hospitality management through advanced, innovative technology and forward-looking operational design.

Cloudbeds, the intelligent unified platform powering hotel growth, today announced the launch of its Preferred Partner Program. This new initiative recognizes and rewards partners who demonstrate proven adoption, reliability, and measurable business impact, bringing even more value to hoteliers across the globe.

On 28 October 2025, Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a Category 5 monster, winds screaming at nearly 185 miles an hour, rain falling by the metre, roofs ripped from homes like paper.

The GBTA Foundation, the cause-led arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), today released the second-year findings from its Sustainability Acceleration Challenge, a global benchmark assessing the state of corporate action to decarbonize business travel programs.

Grand Hyatt Singapore partnered with Shiji to implement the Stellaris Digital Dine platform, reimagining the in-room dining experience to be intuitive, frictionless, and aligned with the hotel’s broader digital transformation goals.

MUNICH, 10 NOVEMBER 2025 – Apaleo, the open and API-first property management platform built for the future of hospitality, has announced two strategic additions to its leadership team as it prepares for its next phase of international growth.

Everyone in hospitality talks about pricing strategy, distribution mix, and guest experience. But ask who owns room assignment, and the room goes quiet.

Have you ever wondered why, despite all your efforts to tweak room rates and chase occupancy, your bottom line still feels stuck?