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Visiting a holiday park, ranging from lodge parks to caravan parks or glamping yurts, is a favoured holiday choice for the UK domestic market. Estimating the market size for UK holiday parks is complex due to overlapping categories. However, Mintel estimates the holiday centres and parks segment revenue to be valued at £3.5bn in 2024 – a 20% growth from pre-pandemic levels. In 2023, there were 4,754 holiday parks and campsites operating in the UK, accounting for 320,901 pitches, with the highest number in South West England. The sector further supports c. 230,000 full time jobs across the UK.

Oracle has been named a ’Leader’ in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Hospitality Property Management Systems (PMS) 2025 Vendor Assessment1 for the second time. Oracle had previously been named a Leader in the 2022 vendor assessment of the same market. The report notes that Oracle receives strong accolades for its ability and consistency in delivering against its road map. With a robust list of features and functionalities in the pipeline, Oracle has an established track record of fulfilling its promises to PMS clients on planned updates, enhancements, and added capabilities. The report adds that Oracle has built its OPERA Cloud PMS to address the top challenges and concerns of hotel brands across geographies, sizes and market segment types.

Miiro, the new lifestyle hotel brand, is delighted to announce that reservations for Miiro Palais Rudolf, the latest hotel in its portfolio, are now available on its official website. The property, set to open in November, is ideally situated on a tranquil square overlooking the leafy Rudolfspark in Vienna’s Old Town neighborhood – just steps away from the city’s finest landmarks, from the Vienna State Opera, St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Hofburg Palace, to the upscale boutiques of Graben.

Nestled at the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, the 60-hectare family-owned estate in Georgia, Lopota Lake Resort & Spa, today proudly unveils the renovation of four accommodation buildings, led by the interior design studio 10:10 Interiors. The redesign of the 84 rooms follows an aesthetically refined evolution that brings the natural beauty and rich culture of Kakheti indoors, reaffirming Lopota’s commitment to pairing immersive travel experiences with thoughtful design rooted in the spirit of the region.

It seems like generations ago when “Globalization” with a capital “G”, was the watchword of corporate America, and of the largest companies and consumer brands in the world. Enabling technologies such as laptop computers, the internet, and the privatization of communications infrastructure in the 1980s made it feasible to move production and delivery of goods and services closer to their end user consumers. The expansion of free trade encouraged optimizing production cost by locating each stage of a product’s value chain wherever competitive advantage dictated.

As part of our Thematics campaign with Shiji Group on Single Provider for Seamless Data, this article looks at one of the most transformative ideas in hotel technology today: the centralized, real-time guest profile. Integrated systems hold the promise of unlocking new guest experiences and streamlining operations, but the real challenge lies in turning that promise into everyday reality.

Hotels and resorts hosting luxury summer events now have a new way to elevate the guest experience: GCSTIMES gold key cards that merge refined aesthetics with cutting-edge technology. Building on the popularity of summer-themed designs, such as NFC-enabled music key cards for poolside parties, doll key cards for pajama soirées, and animal-themed cards for children’s programs, this latest offering is tailored to the world of high-end summer gatherings.

A new research report, based on a global survey of more than 250 hotel IT decision makers, reveals that the hospitality industry’s much-talked-about “data problem” is still far from solved. The research was conducted by Starfleet Research, the IT market research arm of Starfleet Media and a leading source of best-practices content for hospitality technology decision makers, and underwritten by IBS Software, a global provider of SaaS solutions for the travel and hospitality industry. iStay, from IBS Software, is a cloud-native hospitality management platform that unifies reservations, revenue, operations, sales and distribution, marketing, and loyalty functions on a single system to support the entire guest journey.

Endless dial tones, repetitive hold music and confusing phone trees — these are the last things you want defining a guest’s first impression of your hotel. Yet for many properties, especially those facing staffing shortages, missed calls and delayed responses are daily realities.

Hyatt has expanded its lifestyle offering by integrating Bunkhouse Hotels into its World of Hyatt loyalty programme, enabling members to earn and redeem points at participating properties across Texas and Mexico.