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How AI Will Turn Hotel Stays Into Connected Guest Journeys
For decades, hotels have focused primarily on selling rooms. Spas, restaurants, cabanas, children's programs and other experiences often operated as separate businesses, each with its own reservation system—or, in some cases, no digital…
Imperial Hotel 1Q Net Y286.00M Vs Net Y828.00M
Imperial Hotel Ltd. (9708.TO) Japan 1st Quarter Ended June 30 GROUP 2026 2025 Revenue Y14.81 bln Y13.58 bln Operating Profit Y716.00 mln Y762.00 mln Pretax Profit Y775.00 mln Y844.00 mln Net Profit Y286.00 mln Y828.00 mln Per share Earnings Y2.42…
Why Hotel Distribution Is Still Broken, And What Comes Next
Abhinav Sinha is Co-founder and CEO of ZentrumHub, a unified hotel API platform serving 90+ OTAs globally. A couple of Saturdays back, a supplier asked us to block a user: 3,000-plus searches on one property, one set of dates, in 40 minutes.
University College Birmingham buys Cube hotel in £15m hospitality plan
Ed James, BBC Radio WM and Aida Fofana, West Midlands A university has bought a recently-closed hotel and restaurant as part of a £15m investment programme, aimed at expanding hospitality training and creating more than 150 jobs across the…
University College Birmingham buys Cube hotel in £15m hospitality plan
A university has bought a recently-closed hotel and restaurant as part of a £15m investment programme, aimed at expanding hospitality training and creating more than 150 jobs across the city. University College Birmingham said the former…
Pebblebrook Hotel: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its second quarter. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The real estate investment trust, based in…
Rare operational Nintendo Famicombox units discovered: Hidden gem in a Japanese love hotel
In a surprising twist that delights retro gaming enthusiasts and historians alike, a rare Famicombox, Nintendo's 1986 console designed exclusively for commercial use, has been found in a Japanese love hotel. This discovery, made by a dedicated…
San Francisco suing to stop allegedly 'brazen hotel booking scam
Leading up to Labor Day weekend last year, San Francisco resident Shipra Shukla booked a hotel reservation online for a trip to Wyoming and fell for a widespread travel scam that allegedly deceives people into overpaying for a room. Shukla knew the…
Why the Most Compelling Luxury Hotels Start With a Point of View
On a recent visit to 7 Spring, a backgammon café in Nolita, one thing stood out immediately. There were no open laptops, no headphones and no one half-working while they waited for their coffee. Every table was occupied by people absorbed in…
Three uni graduates built a global hotel empire, and it's coming here
In 2007, three Frenchmen opened a bar. They had just graduated from elite universities including Paris Dauphine, Milan's Bocconi and the John Molson School of Business in Montreal. Their qualifications – aside from mixing drinks with…
14-story South End hotel starts construction
Construction started Wednesday on a 14-story, 295-room hotel in South End. Why it matters: Hotel construction has been slow in South End, while office and entertainment have boomed, creating demand for hospitality space. There's currently only one…
Jury's verdict on 'international hitman' found with guns in Huddersfield hotel
A teenager has been found guilty of travelling to Huddersfield to carry out a 'hit' for an Iran-linked gang. Talented footballer Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, told a jury at the Old Bailey during his trial that he is 'no international assassin.'…
Hotel room booking companies sued by San Francisco for offering 'no value' to consumers
If you're traveling to San Francisco and get an online offer for a hotel reservation, double-check the price, city officials say in a newly filed lawsuit — it may be much more than the hotel is actually charging, with the extra sums pocketed…
Kerala Tourism to push for driver facilities in star-rating norms for hotels and resorts
Kerala Tourism (KT) will take up with the Centre the need to include amenities such as well-maintained washrooms and dormitories in the checklist used by the Union Tourism Ministry to issue star ratings to hotels and resorts, a senior KT official…
The best new hotels in Italy for 2026, from Venice to Taormina
An Italian summer holiday can feel like familiar territory: centuries-old palazzi, leisurely aperitivi and endless Mediterranean sunsets. Yet this year's crop of hotel openings and restorations proves there's still plenty of room for reinvention.
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