Altamarea Group Retains Influence Society to Lead Web Strategy for New York Times-Starred Ai Fiori

PARIS, 11 November 2025. Influence Society, the design-driven digital agency specializing in luxury hospitality, has expanded its collaboration with Altamarea Group to support the online performance of Ai Fiori, the group’s flagship Midtown Manhattan restaurant. Following the launch of a refined, brand-centric website for Marea Beverly Hills, the partnership now turns its focus to enhancing visibility and strengthening the digital foundation for Ai Fiori—a restaurant synonymous with elegance and culinary precision.

This Is Hotels’ iPhone Moment

Earlier this month, ChatGPT launched Apps, a new way for brands to show up in AI conversations. And I mean show up everywhere. When the iPhone App Store launched in 2008, it reached 6 million users. ChatGPT Apps launched to 800 million users. That’s 133 times larger, on day one.

Marriott International Announces Termination of Agreement with Sonder

Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today announced that its licensing agreement with Sonder Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SOND, “Sonder”) is no longer in effect due to Sonder’s default. As a result, Sonder is no longer affiliated with Marriott Bonvoy, and Sonder properties are not available for new bookings on Marriott’s channels.

HVS Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin – Week Ending 07 November 2025

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.