06 Giugno 2026

• AI Hospitality Alliance Announces Founding Advisory Board of Global Hospitality, Technology, AI, and Academic Leaders to Help Shape the Future of AI in Hospitality
  06 Giugno 2026
  The AI Hospitality Alliance has formed a 22-member inaugural Advisory Board spanning hotel brands, cloud infrastructure, payments, academia, and AI platforms to guide responsible AI adoption and standards across the industry.
• Five Vendors Worth Watching at HITEC 2025
  05 Giugno 2026
  Infor Hospitality previews five HITEC 2025 vendors addressing hotel tech fragmentation, covering loyalty, owner relations, back-office automation, ancillary revenue, and AI-powered distribution.
• Where Opportunity Meets Capital: Why Saudi Arabia's Hospitality Opportunity Is Broader Than Tourism Alone
  05 Giugno 2026
  Ahead of FHS Saudi Arabia 2026, this analysis argues the Kingdom's hospitality growth is driven by economic diversification, talent mobility, and domestic demand, not tourism alone.
• U.S. RevPAR Up 6.5%, Business Travel Hit a Record $538B, SiteMinder Bets on Infrastructure
  05 Giugno 2026
  Friday closed a strong week with U.S. hotel performance accelerating: RevPAR grew 6.5% in the week ending May 30, led by Las Vegas concert demand. GBTA confirmed U.S. business travel reached a record $538.5 billion in 2024. And hospitality.today argued that SiteMinder's move into the Mews operati...
• Bordeaux 2025: Is it Time to Buy En Primeur Again?
  05 Giugno 2026
  Analysis of the 2025 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign finds pricing better aligned with market conditions than recent vintages, with the 2025 vintage ranking among the three best in 18 years by critic scores.
• A Floating Hotel Whose Address Is the Ocean: Anna Nash on Explora Journeys
  05 Giugno 2026
  Explora Journeys President Anna Nash discusses reframing ocean travel as a floating luxury hotel experience, with 30% first-time sailors and a fleet growing to six ships by 2028.
• One Platform for Every Guest Touchpoint. How Hoteza Turns the Guest Journey Into Measurable Outcomes.
  05 Giugno 2026
  Hoteza argues that fragmented point solutions limit hotel performance, and that a unified guest journey platform connecting check-in, in-room entertainment, AI messaging, and upselling can lift RevPAR by 12% and ancillary revenue by 30%.
• Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Spain Expected to Spark Tourism Surge and Economic Boost
  05 Giugno 2026
  Pope Leo XIV's June 2026 visit to Spain could generate €90–125M in tourism spending, with Madrid alone projected at €73.8M driven by 1.8 million expected attendees.
• Colliers 2026 Hospitality Outlook on Market Trends, AI Adoption and World Cup Demand
  05 Giugno 2026
  Colliers' 2026 outlook projects flat U.S. hotel occupancy at 64.1%, modest ADR growth of 1.35%, FIFA World Cup demand boosts, and accelerating AI adoption across operations and revenue management.
• U.S. hotel results for week ending 30 May
  05 Giugno 2026
  U.S. hotels posted RevPAR of $98.59 for the week ending May 30, up 6.5% year over year, with Las Vegas leading gains driven by major concerts including BTS and the Jonas Brothers.
• Hong Kong hotel market reaching a strategic inflection point: JLL
  05 Giugno 2026
  JLL analysis identifies $790M in 2025 hotel transactions and $2.2B in conversion-linked deals over five years, with luxury assets outperforming and visitor arrivals forecast to reach 53.8M by 2026.
• We're Measuring the Wrong Things: Andrea Monti on Innovation and Impact
  05 Giugno 2026
  EHL Next CEO Andrea Monti argues hospitality over-relies on ADR and RevPAR, calls for impact metrics covering workforce and community value, and challenges the industry to prove AI actually frees staff time.
• Eugene, Oregon Hotel Market: Growth Supported by Investment
  05 Giugno 2026
  HVS analyzes Eugene, Oregon's hotel market, where room-night revenue has grown ~40% since 2016, driven by University of Oregon activity, 70+ tech companies, and 3.5 million overnight stays in 2025.
• NYU IHIF Takeaways: Key Observations on Brands, Capital, and AI
  05 Giugno 2026
  HVS shares NYU IHIF conference takeaways covering narrowing bid-ask spreads, luxury segment resilience, AI's evolving role in hotel operations, and the rise of branded residential developments.
• Business Travel Within the U.S. Drives Over $623 Billion in Economic Impact as Spending Reaches $538 Billion, According to New GBTA Study
  05 Giugno 2026
  GBTA's 2024 study finds U.S. business travel hit a record $538.5B in spending, supporting 6.7 million jobs and contributing $623.8B in GDP impact, or 2.1% of the entire U.S. economy.
• Decision Speed Is the New Leadership KPI
  05 Giugno 2026
  The author argues that slow decision-making costs businesses more than bad decisions, introducing a "Delay Tax Framework" to measure hidden costs of indecision.
• Can Luxury Be Scaled? Delivering a Five-Star Experience in a 1,000-Room Hotel
  05 Giugno 2026
  The Boca Raton's CEO explains how dividing a 1,000-room resort into five distinct hotels achieved Forbes Five-Star status and 20% ADR growth.
• The Architecture of Truth: Why AI SEO for Hotels Is Snake Oil (and What Actually Matters)
  05 Giugno 2026
  The author argues that "GEO" and AI SEO packages sold to hotels are largely ineffective, citing Google's own documentation to debunk popular tactics in favor of data quality.
• SiteMinder's second act
  05 Giugno 2026
  SiteMinder's launch as the embedded distribution engine inside Mews positions it as infrastructure rather than an application, a structural bet aimed at re-rating the stock beyond its current A$2B valuation.
• Embroidery-Based Key Cards: Bringing Local Culture into Everyday Guest Experiences
  05 Giugno 2026
  GCSTIMES textile-based key cards embed RFID chips into structured embroidery, letting hotels use regional motifs, indigenous patterns, and artisan techniques as a guest touchpoint for cultural storytelling.