Jour : 6 août 2025
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Republic and Capstone pick up Smyth Tribeca in New York
Republic Investment Company and Capstone Equities have acquired the 100-key Smyth Tribeca in New York and selected Rebel Hotel Company to oversee operations. The new ownership group plans to build on the hotel’s existing features, aiming to elevate the guest experience and reinforce its standing in the downtown market. Enhancements are expected in 2026, following…
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Decoding Zuck’s Superintelligence Memo
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta (aka the company formerly known as Facebook), has published a memorandum about “superintelligence” and what it will mean not only for his company but for the world and society at large. It has had a wide variety of reactions ranging from delight to derision. As is normally the case, every single time I come…
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Notes to myself
Notes to myself | Seth’s Blog
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AI may one day beat creativity. | Peter Buckley posted on the topic | LinkedIn
AI may one day beat creativity. The thought makes me uncomfortable. That’s why they call it the Bitter Lesson. Back in 2019, computer scientist Richard Sutton identified an unwanted truth about AI progress. Breakthroughs didn’t come from adding human knowledge or expert approaches. They came from scaled learning. From letting machines learn through massive trial…
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The luxury bubble isn’t popping, but it’s shifting. | Oliver Corrin
The luxury bubble isn’t popping, but it’s shifting. Luxury travel is booming, but not for the reasons we think. Not because ultra-wealthy guests are suddenly travelling more. But because aspirational guests, those who don’t normally spend $7,000 a night, have been spending like they do. And the industry has responded in kind: • Upscale airlines…
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Good Taste Is More Important Than Ever
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Fish Food 653: Separating fads from trends, and the second and third order effects of AI
Tracking the impact of technological shifts, the future of cultural content, ChatGPT agent, and instructions for living a life This week’s provocation: Containers, cascading coordination, and how technology scales ‘Don’t be the dog that barks at every passing car’ Richard Wheldon How should we separate major underlying shifts in technology from the fads that come…
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National Afternoon Tea Week: Our Pick of the Best in London & Edinburgh
BEST FOR THEATRICS: GREAT GATSBY AFTERNOON TEA AT SHERATON GRAND LONDON PARK LANE Sheraton Grand London Park Lane has launched The Great Gatsby: Only Afternoon Tea! — a glamorous, limited-time experience in partnership with The Great Gatsby: A New Musical at the London Coliseum. Served in the 1920s Palm Court, the menu channels the spirit of the Jazz Age with…
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2025 SOCIETIES Quaterly 3
Societies Quarterly July – September 2025 is our quarterly guide to the trends and inspirations that we believe will influence our industry. The world of hospitality is shifting at an unprecedented pace. Luxury, Design, technology, and artificial intelligence are no longer peripheral considerations—they are central to shaping the future of extraordinary places. To navigate this transformation, we are publishing a new quarterly benchmark: a curated…
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Rethinking the reception desk
Hey 👋 You’ve just opened Hotel Nuggets, a not-boring newsletter for hoteliers. Today’s edition: 🤔 Rethinking the reception desk 💡 Same venue. Two completely different moods. 🤲 How to catch competitor sellouts 😲 Here’s what AI thinks of your hotel #1 Rethinking the reception desk 🤔 Can you believe it… No one dreams of queuing at…