Emirates ages its wines for years. Dom Pérignon and English sparkling wines are heading for the aircraft

Emirates is expanding its wine selection with new premium bottles, including Dom Pérignon Vintage 2017, Château Mouton Rothschild 2003, and the first English sparkling wine ever to feature on the airline’s menu. S…

The Battle for Guest Interface is Starting Again

Conversational AI is poised to disrupt OTA dominance by enabling natural-language hotel search, but current ARI-based distribution infrastructure lacks the data granularity needed to deliver meaningful results.

India’s Domestic Tourism Boom May Be Its Biggest Inbound Problem

India has too many domestic tourists, not enough foreign ones. Add to that the country is becoming more expensive and crowded while its international marketing muscle has shrunk dramatically.

CruVu™ Helps Hotel General Managers Earn More Four- and Five-Star Reviews Through Better Guest Experiences

CruVu by Lodging Interactive collects private in-stay guest feedback to give hotel GMs real-time service recovery alerts, department recognition tools, and AI-assisted coaching to improve public review scores.

Former 200-Room Portland, OR Airport Hotel Offered for Sale With Redevelopment Options

A former 200-room hotel near Portland International Airport has been listed for sale, with the marketing materials identifying renovation, hotel reopening, housing conversion and redevelopment as possible future uses,…

Can AI Productivity Grow Fast Enough to Justify Big Tech’s Spending?

New Wharton research finds that Big Tech’s $1 trillion AI bet may require productivity to nearly triple or risk becoming history’s largest capital misallocation.

MGM Shenzhen Prince Bay Hotel Opens in Shekou, Nanshan

MGM Shenzhen Prince Bay opened on 10 September in Shekou, Nanshan, with 298 guest rooms and suites, five dining venues and more than 3,000 square metres of meeting and banqueting space.

TRUNK(HOTEL) SAPPORO To Open Sept. 17, 2027

TRUNK(HOTEL) SAPPORO is scheduled to open Sept. 17, 2027, in central Sapporo’s Odori district with 107 guest rooms across 18 stories.

Greenberg Traurig Advises Ryman Hospitality Properties on $1.38B Grande Lakes Orlando Resort Acquisition

Ryman Hospitality Properties has acquired the Grande Lakes Orlando Resort for $1.38 billion, signaling continued large-scale investment in high-profile resort assets and further expanding the company's portfolio in th…

Improving hotel operations through smarter procurement 

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