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“Quiet luxury” refers to an understated, refined form of luxury that privileges subtle sophistication, quality craftsmanship, and meaningful experiences over overt branding, flashy logos, and conspicuous displays of wealth. As EHL Insights explains, it is about inconspicuous luxury consumption, signalling status through quiet excellence rather than showy markers, and focusing on the experience itself rather than external validation.

Cloudbeds, the hospitality industry’s leading unified platform, today announced a new partnership with Jumbonline, a global leader in hotel wholesale and distribution, formerly part of Jumbo Tours. The partnership integrates Cloudbeds’ property management and distribution capabilities with Jumbonline’s advanced API, enabling hotels to reach a broader network of tour operators, wholesalers, and travel professionals worldwide with greater speed and efficiency.

Quicktext today announces its rebrand to Quinta, The Quintessence of Data, marking a strategic shift from standalone AI solutions to a unified platform for structured hospitality data, designed for the age of artificial intelligence.

Six Senses London will officially open on March 1, 2026, marking the brand’s first destination in the United Kingdom and a key moment in its urban awakening. Located within The Whiteley in Bayswater, the hotel brings Six Senses’ wellbeing-led philosophy into a city setting, introducing a different rhythm for London.

Lake.com, the premier destination for travelers seeking waterfront vacation rentals, has launched a new integration with OwnerRez, a globally trusted provider of vacation rental channel management, PMS, and direct booking tools, to streamline operations for hosts and property managers.

Every revenue manager knows the frustration: performance drops unexpectedly, pickup slows, or ADRs fluctuate without a clear reason. The system shows you what changed, but it doesn’t show why. And to find out, you’re bouncing between PMS reports, spreadsheets, and legacy dashboards, trying to make sense of disconnected data.

In hospitality, time is everything. And yet, too much of it is spent on the wrong things. Admin overload, repetitive reporting, fragmented systems… it all adds up. That’s where automation steps in, not to replace people, but to give them back time, so they can connect, think, serve. In this article, I want to share what we’re seeing in the field: the real impact of AI and Automation on hotel teams, and why the future of hospitality is more human than ever.

Hospitality is at an inflection point. 2026 is not just any other year, but a year when everything could change – and yes, AI is at the heart of it.

Valor Hospitality Partners has more than doubled its UK portfolio in five years – increasing from 17 hotels in 2021 to 40 hotels in 2026 – marking a significant milestone in the full-service hospitality company’s continued expansion across the UK market.