Category: Recent News

As Millennium Hotels & Resorts (MHR) marks 30 years of global hospitality, the group today announced a strategic loyalty partnership with Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s leading hospitality company and custodian of the iconic Taj Hotels & Resorts brand. The collaboration brings together MHR’s MyMillennium and IHCL’s celebrated Taj InnerCircle of NeuPass programme, unlocking enhanced travel and stay benefits for members worldwide.

In this article, we provide the market opinions of key HVS global leaders in many different regions of the world. HVS operates across the world, and regional leaders are keenly aware of the dynamics and trends that are influencing performance, profitability, and value. If you are seeking expertise in a country or region not discussed here, please email Rod Clough to be connected with the best HVS leader to assist you.

A quick Google search. A Tripadvisor review. A tagged photo on social media. These moments shape expectations and influence booking decisions, often without you even knowing it.

By its very name, mastery implies a consummate passion for perfecting one’s craft through a combination of keen observation and in-the-field practice. It’s a process, and when it comes to maximizing direct bookings this means you must be ever vigilant to new trends and open to testing new approaches.

In discussions around sustainability within the hospitality industry, attention is often drawn to large-scale initiatives, energy-efficient buildings, renewable power systems, or water conservation strategies. These are essential efforts, without question. However, there is a quieter, frequently overlooked contributor to environmental impact: packaging.

Every December, the industry puts out predictions. Most are safe. Most are vague. Most are easy to agree with because they do not require anyone to change what they do on Monday morning.

roommaster, the unified Hospitality Management Software built by hoteliers for hoteliers, just announced the release of the all-new roommaster Premium Booking Engine, a next-generation upgrade designed to help independent and group hotels grow direct revenue, cut OTA costs, and deliver the seamless online experiences modern guests expect.

W Hotels, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s global portfolio of over 30 extraordinary brands, unveils the global rollout of the newest season of Hotel Tales, an editorial-documentary series revealing the spontaneous moments that can only occur across the brand’s expansive global portfolio and enticing guests to “next time, be there.”

Today’s Office Manager sits at the operational core of the organisation — balancing people, processes, costs, and culture under constant pressure. Expectations keep rising, but time and resources do not. The Office Manager AI Toolkit was explicitly created for this reality.

The history of all-inclusive travel dates back nearly 100 years: Holiday camps in the U.K. pioneered the idea in the 1930s, and in 1950, the first “modern” resort utilizing the approach opened in Spain (it was a destination with tents and straw huts)—with others soon to follow.