Category: Recent News

Equinox Hotels, known for its commitment to high-performance luxury hospitality and health, announces a pioneering partnership with Dr. Matthew Walker, renowned author, sleep scientist, and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. The introduction of this sleep innovation project with Dr. Walker deepens Equinox Hotels’ commitment to sleep-focused hospitality and takes the guest experience to new heights by integrating cutting-edge sleep science to further elevate health and performance.

As we turn the calendar to 2025, hotel owners and operators are finalizing their annual budgets and ensuring they align with the latest market conditions. With STR forecasting modest growth for 2025, it’s critical for hoteliers to move beyond static budgets, take dynamic market conditions into account, and put operational strategies in place to meet and exceed budget. Here’s how to navigate the year ahead with a combination of operational adjustments and dynamic forecasting.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) begins the next chapter of its reimagination of the Radisson Hotels Americas brands, which it acquired in 2022, with the introduction of new visual identities, including new logos for Radisson, Radisson Blu and Radisson Individuals. The new looks draw from these iconic brands’ renowned legacy of world-class hospitality while embracing Choice Hotels’ bold and innovative vision to shake up the hotel industry’s upscale and upper upscale segments.

The hospitality industry has been navigating a surge of new technology solutions. Each one promises to streamline operations and enhance the guest experience. Indeed, the hospitality technology sector is looking really strong.

As we enter 2025, we reflect on the hospitality industry in 2024, which has proven to be a dynamic and interesting year. Though many of the challenges facing the industry have carried forward into 2025, some will be less of a factor moving forward. For example, by year-end 2024, challenges such as the highest interest rates in 30 years have started to recede but inflation remains a problem. The industry remains flexible and dynamic and continues to pivot to meet future challenges.

Mews, the industry-leading hospitality cloud, today announces the acquisition of Clarity Hospitality Software Solutions.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – Ireckonu, a leading provider of hospitality digital solutions, and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced Ireckonu CORE Middleware and Customer Data Platform (CDP) is available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and integrated with OPERA Cloud via the Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP). Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners.

The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) is now accepting nominations for the Young Leader Award to be presented at Questex’s International Hospitality Investment Forum Europe, Middle East, and Asia (IHIF EMEA) in Berlin, Germany 31 March – 2 April 2025.

To begin with, revenge travel is over. STR and Tourism Economics final 2025 forecast reflects a downgrade in growth rates because of concerns over rising costs of living. It’s simple math: higher cost of living means less disposable income which means less travel.

LyLo, part of EVT, has kickstarted the global expansion of its innovative pod hotel concept and has chosen London as the potential location of its first European property.