Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Hospitality group Accor now operates more than 180 hotels across five brand collections, with more than 100 on the way.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Lifestyle hotel brand YOTEL has signed an exclusive franchise agreement with Hilton, with the first YOTEL properties available for booking through Hilton channels later this year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Hotel consultancy HVS’s 2025 Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) shows hotel valuation grew 0.2 per cent across the continent.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Private equity firm KSL Capital Partners has united two of its brands, Baillie Lodges and Tierra Hotels, under one luxury brand called Beckons.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWales: Operators charging guests for overnight stays in Wales will be required by law to register their accommodation with the Welsh Revenue Authority.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJapan: Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) has extended its GHA Discovery loyalty programme to more than 40 hotels under Tokyu Hotels & Resorts (THR).
Reading Time: 4 minutesMiddle East: The escalation of geopolitical events across the Middle East has caused severe travel disruption. Local authorities and operators respond.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into the suspected sharing of “competitively sensitive information” between Hilton, IHG, and Marriott using STR.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A report from the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYU SPS) Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shows how AI is shaping hotel distribution and operations.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Lifestyle hotel brand The Webster will open its first property near Covent Garden, London this summer followed by a site in Times Square, New York in winter 2026.
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