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Read → Wellness hotels double TRevPAR and longevity travel heads to $44bn by 2030, per Hospitality Net. Why the smart money is moving in.
Read → Heather Balsley, Chief Customer Officer at IHG, will explain at Skift Global Forum how the chain makes its hotels legible for AI models, without giving up ownership of the guest.
Read → H World Group launches Grand Ji, a premium brand built on Chinese design ideas of privacy and calm, backed by the group's tech and supply chain muscle.
Read → An opinion piece on Hospitality Net puts the bill where few look: fragmented workflows, manual steps and disconnected data that eat up staff time and guest service.
Read → Cloudbeds lanza RMS sobre datos unificados, Fliggy mete reservas por IA en los móviles chinos y Dormakaba compra Alliants: el software hotelero se come el hardware.
Read → MEININGER Hotels quizzed ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity on 200 destinations. Heidelberg topped Germany and Rome led Europe, both with 94.4 out of 100.
Read → A Create Consulting China report reveals that AI is already shaping how Chinese tourists pick destinations, and most destinations are not ready for it.
Read → European hotels are losing up to 30% of free direct booking clicks since Google's DMA changes, while first-party guest data stays a promise for many. The Broadmoor shows another way.
Read → Highgate debuts in Greece with the purchase of the 191-room Zafolia Hotel Athens through its Alcyon Hospitality Europe fund, with a full renovation on the way.
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