Google search results–both organic and paid-for–still play a crucial role in a successful direct booking strategy. With Travel Feeds in Search Ads, Google has given hoteliers another way to make their ads more effective and beat OTAs to crucial clicks. Travel Feeds integrates live pricing information into Google search ads to provide hotels with a […]
Downloadable Guide: Data Silos – The Unraveling of the Hotel Guest Journey – Image Credit Unsplash Visit What’s really costing you bookings and loyalty? You invest in jaw-dropping photos. Craft irresistible offers. Deliver top-tier service. But if your data lives in 12 different places and won’t talk to each other? That dreamy guest experience falls […]
Captain Duncan Holroyd – Image Credit Four Seasons Hotels Four Seasons Yachts has appointed Captain Duncan Holroyd to its senior leadership team. Holroyd, a maritime professional with experience at Holland America Line, Carnival Corporation, and The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, will support the final phases of outfitting and marine operations for the company’s first yacht, Four […]
5 Ways AI Unlocks Hotel Guest Experience Platform Profitability Introduction The hotel guest experience has moved far beyond the front desk. Today’s travelers expect seamless, mobile-first interactions that extend across the entire guest journey from booking and pre-arrival, through in-stay requests, to post-stay feedback. Guest experience platforms (GXPs) have become the central hub for delivering […]
7 Hospitality Management (7H) has been appointed to manage Islay Cottages, a cottage and guest house business on the Isle of Islay. The guest house, Kilchoman House, is a refined country house set amid the island’s landscapes, and operates alongside Islay Cottages, a collection of self-catering cottages. Under 7H, it said Islay Cottages will benefit […]
Events and hospitality operator Hangover Weekends has acquired Park Farm Hotel near Gateshead for an undisclosed sum. The property, on the western edge of Gateshead, comprises a Grade II-listed Georgian house with four bedrooms and 12 additional letting rooms arranged in a rear courtyard. It is set in four acres of land adjoining farmland and […]
The Douglas Arms Hotel in Castle Douglas has been brought to market with a freehold asking price of £225,000. The 18th Century former coaching inn, which sits in the centre of the Dumfries and Galloway town, comprises 23 letting bedrooms, a public bar, a restaurant and three function rooms. It also includes a three-bedroom apartment […]
The global hotel construction pipeline ascended to a record-high 15,871 projects with 2,436,225 rooms, up 3% by projects and 2% by rooms year-over-year (YOY) during the second quarter of the year, according to Lodging Econometrics’ (LE’s) Q2 2025 Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report. Worldwide, at the close of the second quarter, there are 6,257 projects/1,086,245 […]
The number of hospitality businesses entering insolvency eased slightly in the first half of 2025, but have still remained “historically high”, according to new findings from Buchler Phillips. The firm’s Hospitality Index of insolvencies found that 1,706 accommodation and food service companies, including hotels, restaurants and pubs, closed in the six months to June 2025, […]
Soho House and Co has agreed a $2.7bn (£2.1bn) take-private deal by MCR Hotels that will see its shares removed from the New York Stock Exchange. The agreement will see shareholders receive $9 (£6.66) per share in cash – an 83% premium on the company’s share price before the deal was proposed in December 2024. […]
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