Category: Recent News

At Accor, we empower team members to take on leadership roles and advance their careers through our Reveal Talent program. By investing in mentorship and training, we are building a diverse, dynamic workforce prepared to shape the future of hospitality.

As the hospitality sector particularly in Europe seeks to enhance its social impact and reach the SDGs, there are valuable lessons to be learned from the gastronomic industry worldwide. Particularly, hotels can develop innovative business models that benefit their operations and contribute positively to their communities by working on product sourcing, collaborations, and measuring impact.

Airbnb welcomed its 1 billionth guest arrival in October, 2021—14 years after being founded. Now, just three short years later, we’ve hit a new extraordinary milestone—surpassing 2 billion guest arrivals on Airbnb—a feat we’re incredibly proud of and one we have intentionally built towards in the last three years.

Cvent, an industry-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, celebrated the finalists and winners of the 2024 Cvent Excellence Awards at the company’s annual customer and industry conference, Cvent CONNECT Europe. The annual awards programme highlights event, hospitality and marketing leaders using Cvent technology to improve efficiency, increase event value, enhance MICE sales and marketing strategies, and deliver greater results for their hotels and organisations.

The hotel industry has gone through a tremendous amount of change since March 2020. Depending on what market the hotel resides in, the ebbs and flows have varied by year and seasons, but as we enter into the end of 2024, things have leveled out. We, as an industry, have identified new need periods as a result, and can leverage marketing to help increase revenue with three key elements: consistency, planning and impact.

A new and embargoed survey by Hotel Tech Report has peered deep into the digital desires and behaviors of today’s travelers, highlighting insights that promise to guide hospitality leaders. Our latest survey, The State of Hotel Guest Technology 2025, conducted by an independent research firm, paints a vivid picture of the future hotel guests dream of—one where technology elevates the guest experience, maintaining a delicate balance between high-tech and high-touch service.

Hotel Internet Services (HIS), a full-service provider of internet connectivity services and solutions for the hospitality industry, is proud to announce that it is hosting and sponsoring the 11th annual Golf for the Future Tournament in Seminole, Florida. With the goal of raising funds to benefit both children and adults relying on Community Learning Center (CLC) services, the tournament is set to take place on November 9th at Seminole’s Bardmoor Golf & Tennis Club.

ILUNION Hotels and Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, one of the world’s leading institutions in hospitality management and luxury tourism education, have unveiled the results of the First Hotel Innovation Barometer during the III Global Summit by ILUNION Hotels. This pioneering study, conducted in collaboration between both organizations, provides a comprehensive view of how over 40 international hotel companies of various sizes in Spain and abroad are adopting innovation to enhance their competitiveness and meet future market demands.

Yes, AI is going to be everywhere one day, and yes, lifestyle hotels are the hot new thing. But if you want to track the future of travel, the answer lies in demographics.

Welcome to our annual World’s Best Luxury Hotel Brands report.