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Under the influence

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInfluencer marketing is a field where many hotels and hoteliers feel they are stepping in to the unknown. It’s a new and fast-moving phenomenon, and

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A perfect storm?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn our video interview with Roddy Watt, the CEO of the Hotel Management Company, while acknowledging the UK independent hotel market is generally pretty strong

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Work, rest and play

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere was a a time, not all that long ago, when hotels, office space and private members clubs were all distinct and separate offerings. But

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Dream big

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt has become relatively commonplace recently to meet hoteliers who have adapted their property and grown their offering to cater for a customer who demands

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Southern Comfort

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve quite regularly written about brands from other spaces getting in to the boutique hotel market, leveraging their position and following to attract guests to

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Keep it simple

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Hotel Room of the Future initiative at the recent Independent Hotel Show was a fascinating project which looked at, among other things, how the

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Building bridges

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAirbnb is certainly doing its best to build bridges with the hotel sector, even if it is against a backdrop of scepticism, and even hostility,

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Take the Hyatt road

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHyatt has been relatively quite in the boutique and lifestyle space over the last couple of years, certainly in comparison with its major player peers

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Future stars

Reading Time: < 1 minute• What does it take to become a successful hotel manager as the role of the job evolves and becomes more complex at dizzying speed?

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Beside the seaside

Reading Time: < 1 minute• The story of the Royal Hotel in Bognor Regis is an intriguing one. The property, on the Sussex town’s seafront, is currently for sale,

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Can brand legacy and AI co-exist? Disney’s former innovation chief thinks so
Can brand legacy and AI co-exist? Disney’s former innovation chief thinks so
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN speaks to Duncan Wardle, founder of ID8 and former ...
Pyramid adds Mission Inn Hotel & Spa to Benchmark portfolio
Pyramid adds Mission Inn Hotel & Spa to Benchmark portfolio
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Pyramid Global Hospitality has added The Mission Inn Hotel & ...
Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere to open in July 2026
Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere to open in July 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced that Fairmont Cheshire will ...
Five low-cost wellness activations that actually move RevPAR
Five low-cost wellness activations that actually move RevPAR
Reading Time: 5 minutesEmily Johnson of Elevate Hospitality Collective shares her ideas for low-cost ...
The Hideaway at Windermere is put up for sale
The Hideaway at Windermere is put up for sale
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Business property adviser Christie & Co has been instructed to ...
The Stroud Hotel in the Cotswolds is brought to market
The Stroud Hotel in the Cotswolds is brought to market
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The 24-bedroom Stroud Hotel in Gloucestershire has been brought ...
Nobu to rebrand two residential towers in Washington
Nobu to rebrand two residential towers in Washington
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Luxury lifestyle brand Nobu will rebrand two luxury residential towers ...
Schrager’s view on the future of boutique hotels
Schrager’s view on the future of boutique hotels
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The 137-room PUBLIC West Hollywood hotel is due to open ...
Morgans Group acquires boutique hotel The Harper
Morgans family acquires boutique hotel The Harper
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Morgans family, a which run a Welsh hospitality ...
Firethorn brings former Westminster ‘spy school’ to market
Firethorn brings former Westminster ‘spy school’ to market
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Privately-owned investor, developer, and asset manager Firethorn has instructed JLL to ...