Most hospitality technology projects do not fail because the software is wrong. They fail because the wrong people are in the room when it is configured, and the right people are too busy to learn it once it goes live…
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The global hotel construction pipeline reaches a record high project count
The Q2 2026 Global Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE) reveals that the global hotel construction pipeline reaches a new all-time high project count with 15,976 projects/2,433,948 rooms…
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I don’t want a hotel that’s a ‘home away from home’. I want the opposite
Staying a night in a hotel room is transactional. The hotel provides the service, and we pay for it.
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Shanghai’s budget socialites: Splitting a $420 hotel room for a $28 taste of luxury
At The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, a river-view room that typically costs around RMB 3,000 (about USD 420) a night was shared by 15 women on the evening of August 15.
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Overnight accommodation and sleep options at airports continue to grow and now include everything from traditional hotels to cabins and sleep pods, writes Joe Bates.
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Call for cruise ships to fill Brisbane Olympics hotel room shortfall
A tourism leader has made a bold call to solve Brisbane’s hotel room shortfall ahead of the 2032 Olympics, saying cruise ships could fill that accommodation gap.
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There is now one more cool new airplane hotel
To the world's aviation geeks, there is no need for plunge pools or sheets with a thread count in the thousands — the true dream is being able to sleep in a plane, even when not going anywhere.
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150 million foreign visitors are checking into China’s budget hotels
A manager at an ibis hotel in Zhangjiajie says that going to work these days feels a little like “walking into the United Nations.”
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