Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon’s launch of Alexa for Hospitality signals a sea change in the use of voice activation technology in hospitality – it will very quickly become a service
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGoodwin Gaw’s entry to the European hotel sector is likely to make some waves, as he is not a main known for doing things by halves. Gaw
Reading Time: < 1 minute• Accor’s Sebastien Bazin threw us all a curve ball a few weeks ago when the company announced it was acquiring a 50 per cent
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Reading Time: < 1 minute• I wrote recently about how the boutique hotel sector is incredibly versatile in the way it can take buildings and repurpose them, giving them
Reading Time: 3 minutesRodrigo Nino reportedly invested US$400 million in New York real estate recently, funded from small investments from more than 34 countries, for his new hospitality
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hilton Worldwide Holdings is preparing to relaunch a luxury soft brand called LXR Hotels & Resorts. Last month it was reported that Marriott-Starwood would
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIceland: A former silage tower on a farm in south-east Iceland has been converted in to a hotel on four floors. Located in Klettar, in
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Spitbank Fort, a nine-bedroom boutique hotel in the Solent, is for sale with a guide price of £5 million. Spitbank Fort is one of
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Superdry founder Julian Dunkerton’s Lucky Onion group has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of the George Hotel in Cheltenham. The Grade-II listed property
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: AccorHotels has signed an agreement to acquire 85 per cent of Kentucky-based 21c Museum Hotels for $51 million. 21c combines a multi-venue contemporary art
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