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Three Things to Watch for Los Angeles Hospitality in 2026
Los Angeles occupancy remains below pre pandemic levels due to entertainment strikes, soft leisure demand, weak international travel, and 2025 wildfire disruptions. However, the region’s diverse economy positions it for recovery, aided by the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Entertainment production and international air travel are expected to stabilize, while ADR should grow. Prior to the…
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Most luxury hotel groups think growth is an operational challenge. Hyatt… | David Newman
Most luxury hotel groups think growth is an operational challenge. Hyatt Hotels Corporation understood early that it’s a governance challenge. As portfolios expand, something subtle but predictable happens: Interpretation multiplies faster than clarity. • Leaders define “luxury” differently • Creative teams optimize for taste, operators for efficiency • Decisions that were once instinctive become debated This is how…
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TIME Hotels Boosts AI-led strategy for 2026
TIME Hotels has announced a strategic focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digital transformation as a key pillar of its growth strategy for 2026, supporting operational scalability, enhancing guest experiences, and advancing its ambitious international expansion pipeline. With the company continuing to expand across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, which includes an existing…
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Travelers love points, but how ‘bout brands?
Loyalty programs were once developed to encourage more consistent brand usage, but the world of travel rewards has blossomed into a full sub-economy in and of itself. Providers, intermediaries and financial institutions strike massive deals, making the rewards economy a subject of specialty publications and engendering an enthusiastic set of « hackers » aiming to gain as…
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#hospitality #heritage #innovation | Thibault Catala
This is HXD212. Episode 001 is finally live 🔥 Hospitality is built on tradition. But it survives through continuous innovation. Most heritage brands get this wrong. They either freeze tradition. Or chase novelty. At Sacher Hotels, innovation has always been central. That’s why it has endured. Without losing its soul. For this first episode, I…
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Tech has a lot of benefits in hotels, but hotels are not a tech company. Sonder forgot this. Sonder promised to be a new kind of hospitality company. Tech-forward, asset-light in branding, yet… | James Donck
Tech has a lot of benefits in hotels, but hotels are not a tech company. Sonder forgot this. Sonder promised to be a new kind of hospitality company. Tech-forward, asset-light in branding, yet operating more like a hotel than a platform. By 2022, it had gone public at a $2.2 billion valuation. By 2025, it…
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Why strategic branding drives independent hotel performance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Andrew Farrow, group director of marketing at UK hotel operator RBH Hospitality Management, explores why strategic positioning and branding are critical for independent hotels and how they can guide investment, culture and guest experience to drive performance for owners in today’s market. Independent hotels are operating in increasingly complex trading environments.…
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At Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams reveals ‘future living concept’ designed in collaboration with Not a Hotel
Pharrell Williams, the creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear line, is a true multi-hyphenate. Designer, musician, producer – and, as of this evening, architect, having revealed a ‘timeless future living concept’ in the middle of his A/W 2026 runway show for the Parisian house. It was presented in a specially constructed show space next to…
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Expedia’s AI Playground Boosts Productivity and Efficiency | Stuart Greif posted on the topic | LinkedIn
I cancelled my $20 ChatGPT Subscription and started using an All-in-one AI tool that’s much better! because… my work didn’t fit in one place anymore. I’d write in one place. Generate images in another. Make videos somewhere else. Create presentations in another. Build apps or prototypes in a different tab. By the time I finished…
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This Anthropic report is way more important than MIT’s « 95% of AI pilots fail » study. Must-read for anyone who’s CEO said « we’re going to be AI first »: https://lnkd.in/g-3BEy9Z. Amazing job to the… | Lexi Reese
This Anthropic report is way more important than MIT’s « 95% of AI pilots fail » study. Must-read for anyone who’s CEO said « we’re going to be AI first »: https://lnkd.in/g-3BEy9Z. Amazing job to the folks who wrote/contributed to this (Ruth E. Appel, Maxim Massenkoff, Peter McCrory, R. Miles McCain, Ryan H., Tyler Neylon, Alex Tamkin) One of…
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