The world’s two largest hotel brands are both Chinese
But scale at home doesn't yet prove they can win abroad.
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Management
Can Hoteliers Ever Achieve Zero Rate Leakage?
For years, the hospitality industry has treated rate leakage as the ultimate enemy, hotels invest in rate-shopping tools, stricter contracts, parity monitoring, distribution audits and endless investigations…
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Government vows to make business rate valuations for pubs and hotels fairer
Review will look at improving system for English and Welsh hospitality venues before next revaluation date in 2029
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The High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has issued a landmark ruling for the tourism sector in the archipelago. The decision fully upholds the lawsuit filed by the CC.OO and UGT unions against the companies that make up the Riu Group…
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Financial Controls - Three Things at Breakfast
Ask most owners where their breakfast food cost problem lives and they will point at the kitchen, the supplier, or the person setting up the buffet at five in the morning. In my experience, they are almost always pointing in the wrong direction…
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The hotel franchise agreement helped build an industry. Is it still equitable?
Around 12%. That’s the percentage of room revenue a hotel franchisee typically will pay a franchisor for the right to use their name and likeness and all the accouterments that come with it.
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South Korea introduces two-stage hotel star rating checks
South Korea has adopted two-stage hotel rating checks, including unannounced inspections and anonymous overnight assessments for four- and five-star properties.
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Ownership change at Grand Metropolitan Hotels Group
Gravity Capital Hong Kong has become the new shareholder of Grand Metropolitan Hotels Holding B.V., marking the conclusion of the former joint venture structure with VZB.
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According to multiple media reports, the standalone property project located at No. 233 South Shaanxi Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai – the Mia Hotel – has completed equity delivery…
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Barbara Muckermann. The End of More for More’s Sake
As prices rise and old signals of luxury lose force, the future of hospitality will be defined not by how much a hotel can add, but by how precisely it understands what guests actually want.
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CMA extends inquiry into ‘suspected sharing’ of sensitive data by hotels
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it is continuing to investigate suspected anti-competitive conduct by three leading hotel groups and hotel data analyst CoStar following six months of information gathering…
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Middle East weakest performing region for hotel operators
The Middle East was the weakest-performing region for the world’s largest hotel operators, as the Iran war dented otherwise strong global results this earnings quarter.
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Travel agencies grew hotel bookings twice as fast as the OTAs
Commissionable room nights rose 11.8% in the first half. The commission per night rose 0.8% — everywhere else in distribution, growth is the thing that gets repriced
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Why Chinese hotel stocks are falling despite record expansion
Hotel groups’ revenue growth is increasingly diverging from franchisees’ profitability.
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The Loyalty Wars In The Hotel Space Are Centered On Local Experiences
Hotel loyalty programs are shifting focus from just points and free nights to enriching the entire travel experience. Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) is leading this evolution with its DISCOVERY program, adopting a "quality over quantity" approach to…
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Hotels warned on AI readiness as tools gain traction
Access Hospitality has warned that many hotels are not ready to use artificial intelligence effectively, limiting the value they can get from AI tools.
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Hilton recognized hotel owner margins compressing. So it did something about it.
Hilton President and CEO Chris Nassetta reached back to COVID days to give context to some of the lodging company’s newest initiatives to alleviate the financial stress its hotel owners have endured.
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Trip.com Fined in China Antitrust Case as Price Wars Continue
China’s months-long antitrust probe into Trip.com Group Ltd. ended with a multi-billion-yuan penalty on the nation’s largest online travel agency, but the action does little to ease the fierce price wars gripping the domestic hotel sector…
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The forgotten guest: The middle-market traveller left behind
The hotel industry's focus on luxury has left the middle-market traveller with fewer choices at a time when value has never mattered more.
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Hotel and leisure injury claims: comparing liability and severity across England, the US and the UAE
At the Kennedys Global Liability Defence Group conference on 10 June 2026, lawyers from across our international offices explored emerging trends and challenges affecting liability exposures worldwide…
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Premier Inn Breakfast by Whitbread PLC - hotel chain leans on buffet revenues
Premier Inn Breakfast brings a hot and cold buffet with unlimited servings to thousands of Whitbread hotels across the UK. This product is driving the price of Whitbread PLC stock.
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Korea orders suspensions for hotels hiding rates or overcharging guests
Korea will impose an immediate five-day operational suspension on hotels and lodges caught price-gouging or failing to transparently list their rates, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday.
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Global Hotel Alliance reports double-digit revenue growth in Q2 delivering strong h1 results
Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, has announced double-digit growth across all key performance indicators in Q2 supporting positive momentum in H1 2026…
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Why Chinese hotel groups still work for foreign hotel chains
A systemic result of the long-running dependent growth model in China’s hotel sector.
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