HIA, the only Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform purpose-built for hospitality, today announced a period of accelerated growth, having added over 400 new properties to its platform year-to-date in 2025 alone. This momentum, driven by new partnerships with top management companies including Midas Hospitality, Grand Pacific Resorts, and Azul Hospitality Group, underscores the industry’s thirst for a unified financial solution built for the complexities of modern hotel management.
Triptease Date Boost: Automatically focus marketing on your priority dates
Every hotelier knows the frustration of hard-to-fill dates, whether they be midweek lulls or seasonal dips. That’s why we’ve built Triptease Date Boost, our new feature that gives you more control over your priority dates and helps you fill more rooms when you need it most.
Royalton Resorts’ multi-market paid media success with 34x ROAS
Royalton Resorts, with properties throughout Mexico and the Caribbean, had two simple and straightforward goals for Black Friday:
Gen Z Powers European Travel Boom, Leading in Both Spend and Intent
Gen Z is propelling Europe’s travel boom, with the youngest generation of travellers now planning to spend the most on international trips and take more holidays than any other age group in the next 12 months. According to MMGY’s 2025 Portrait of European Travellers™, this surge in Gen Z spending highlights how Europeans remain deeply committed to leisure travel despite economic pressures and global uncertainty. The survey also captures the growing role of artificial intelligence in trip planning, the demand for sustainable and authentic experiences, and the significant impact of international sporting events, such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
“In the flow” or “On the Flow” comments on work
People talk about “being in the flow” as if it’s some zen productivity state. That’s nice, but what I mean by flow is much more practical: things moving. From left to right, down the funnel, across the team. Progress happens because work doesn’t get stuck.
Emerging Travel Group integrates with Simple Booking
Emerging Travel Group (ETG), a global travel company operating the RateHawk, ZenHotels, and Roundtrip brands, has partnered with Simple Booking, one of the leading international CRS providers, used by more than 7,500 hoteliers worldwide. Through this collaboration, ETG is integrating with the company’s channel manager to connect more properties across Europe, especially in Italy, as well as in South America, Asia, and Australia, while offering them global distribution via both B2B and B2C platforms.
Brøchner Hotels Elevates Boutique Hospitality with Canary Technologies
Canary Technologies, the award-winning global leader in hotel guest management technology, today announced that Brøchner Hotels has selected Canary’s Guest Management System to enhance the digital guest journey and support staff across its portfolio.
IHG Hotels & Resorts accelerates growth of voco hotels in Southern Europe
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, announces the continued growth of voco through nine new signings and openings across Southern Europe, adding over 1,000 keys to the brand’s portfolio. The accelerated growth sees properties in France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Türkiye significantly strengthen IHG’s premium presence in the region.
Global Travel & Tourism Sector Cuts Emissions Intensity as Economic Prosperity Grows
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), in partnership with Omran, today unveiled its Environmental & Social Research (ESR) 2025, showing that while the sector has surpassed its pre-pandemic economic peak, its carbon footprint remains below 2019 levels, and its positive social impact continue to grow.
The Death of Sameness
Oscar Wilde wasn’t talking about hospitality, but the line has never felt more urgent in hospitality. Today, the biggest competitive threat isn’t criticism – it’s invisibility.