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IHG just disclosed that ancillary services are driving their fee margins to record highs—61.2% in Q4, up 190 basis points year-over-year. Wyndham’s ancillary revenues are growing at 19% while their… | Vineeth Purushothaman
IHG just disclosed that ancillary services are driving their fee margins to record highs—61.2% in Q4, up 190 basis points year-over-year. Wyndham’s ancillary revenues are growing at 19% while their core room revenue barely moves. Accor is considering spinning off Ennismore because lifestyle hotels generate 3x the fees of traditional properties, mostly from non-room revenue.…
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Corporate travel rebounds as a growth engine for 2026
Stronger demand highlights new expectations for hotel partners serving business travelers Dec 11, 2025 Skift and Navan’s report, The State of Corporate Travel & Expense 2026, shows that corporate travel is returning with strength, and companies now see in-person meetings, client visits, and team gatherings as essential drivers of growth. As businesses ramp up travel…
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Hotels face a more fragmented marketplace in 2026
Rising APAC demand, short-term rental competition, and the rise of AI planning tools are reshaping distribution and guest acquisition Dec 11, 2025 Phocuswright’s Travel Forward: Data, Insights and Trends for 2026 outlines the structural changes reshaping global travel demand — with direct implications for hotel revenue, distribution, and guest acquisition. The report forecasts global travel…
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Did McDonald’s just release an AI Christmas ad so unsettling they had to pull it? The Netherlands launched it. The internet revolted. The brand deleted it. This was not a side project. Titled “The… | Darren Goode | 174 comments
Did McDonald’s just release an AI Christmas ad so unsettling they had to pull it? The Netherlands launched it. The internet revolted. The brand deleted it. This was not a side project. Titled “The Most Terrible Time of the Year, » and created by TBWANEBOKO for McDonald’s’s Netherlands, the concept aimed to explore a darker, more…
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10 conversations we had with restaurant chefs in 2025
Between the Extra Serving and Menu Talk podcasts, the editors of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality featured conversations with more than 60 chefs this year. We talked to corporate chefs from Taco John’s and Marco’s Pizza, independent chefs from Kyu and Northern Spy, and even celebrity chefs including Nelson German and Stephanie Izard. These…
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The smarter way to hire staff: rethinking hotel recruitment
Talent shortages remain widespread throughout hospitality. The competition for dependable, motivated staff is fierce. Hotel owners, general managers and HR teams are still navigating the fallout of a post-Covid labor market shaped by economic pressure, shifting expectations and reduced mobility in key regions. In the latest episode of Matt Talks, Mews CEO Matt Welle sits…
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We were warned in 2015. We ignored it. Now we’re paying for it. Just re-read this brilliant 2015 FT piece (full article in the comments) about advertising’s great digital delusion, and bloody hell,… | Gustaf Wick | 102 comments
We were warned in 2015. We ignored it. Now we’re paying for it. Just re-read this brilliant 2015 FT piece (full article in the comments) about advertising’s great digital delusion, and bloody hell, it reads like prophecy. Ten years ago, whilst everyone was genuflecting before the altar of « engagement metrics » and « precise targeting », Byron Sharp…
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Lafayette Hotels transforms operations with RMS and boosts direct bookings by 70%
New England, 10 December 2025 — Lafayette Hotels, an independent hotel group with 26 properties across New England, has boosted efficiency and more than doubled direct online bookings since adopting RMS, a long-established property management platform built to streamline hospitality operations and elevate the guest experience. Before partnering with RMS, the group relied on six separate property management…
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SIMI 2025, MKG Analysis: transformation, mobilisation, fragmentation, modernisation, modularity
A contrasting market: luxury on the rise, budget under pressure The last few years have profoundly reshaped the geography of performance. The economy and super-economy hotel sectors are suffering, largely due to the slowdown in construction projects and the decline in the working-class clientele that has historically driven the segment. Conversely, the upscale hotel sector…
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Reddit Is NOT a Strategy for Boutique or Independent Hotels Over the last weeks, a few GMs have asked me whether their hotel should start “doing Reddit” because AI tools now pull answers from Reddit… | Eduard Ruppel 爱德华
Reddit Is NOT a Strategy for Boutique or Independent Hotels Over the last weeks, a few GMs have asked me whether their hotel should start “doing Reddit” because AI tools now pull answers from Reddit threads. Let me say this clearly: – Reddit is not a marketing strategy for boutique or independent hotels. – And…
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