08 Agosto 2026

• Diving deeper: Hidden insights from Travel Dreams 2026
  07 Agosto 2026
  Amadeus surveyed 6,000 travelers and 500 hoteliers for Travel Dreams 2026, uncovering key trends in AI adoption, loyalty program innovation, and user-generated content as a demand driver.
• World Cup Added $680M in Incremental U.S. Rooms Revenue, Kill the Sales Hero Culture, Volume Records Obscure the Real Hotel Competition
  07 Agosto 2026
  Friday closed the week with HVS's counterfactual analysis finding the 2026 World Cup generated $680M in incremental U.S. rooms revenue with ADR gains in all 11 host cities even where occupancy fell, The Sales Leadership Brief on replacing individual-dependent sales hero cultures with repeatable s...
• PM Hotel Group Adds The Quoin Hotel & Restaurant to Its Management Portfolio
  07 Agosto 2026
  PM Hotel Group takes over management of The Quoin, a 24-room luxury boutique hotel in downtown Wilmington, DE, expanding its local portfolio to five properties.
• HFTP Board of Directors Approves Bylaws Updates
  07 Agosto 2026
  HFTP's Global Board approved bylaws updates effective August 2026, consolidating membership categories, modernizing governance language, and expanding scope to include cruise lines, trains, and a broader range of hospitality professionals.
• Beyond Beverage Cost: A More Effective Framework for Managing Beverage Performance
  07 Agosto 2026
  This opinion argues that beverage cost percentage is a control indicator, not a value metric, and proposes a five-dimension framework covering cost, contribution, mix, velocity and penetration to manage F&B performance.
• Volume reassures the rankings. Value transforms balance sheets.
  07 Agosto 2026
  As five hotel groups surpass one million rooms, the author argues that volume metrics obscure the real competition: per-key value creation, driven by management contracts, upscale positioning, and lifestyle brands.
• Guest Experience Benchmark Report Q2 2026 Overview
  07 Agosto 2026
  Global GRI hit a record 87.3% in Q2 2026, with 3-star hotels improving fastest, Asia leading regionally, and review response speed emerging as a core reputation driver.
• HSMAI DC Panel Will Examine the Economic and Commercial Forces Shaping Hotel Strategy
  07 Agosto 2026
  HSMAI DC hosts its annual State of the Industry panel on Aug. 19 in Washington, D.C., bringing together experts from Knowland, Amadeus, Kalibri, and Destination DC to guide hoteliers on 2027 budget planning.
• Major redevelopments approved for Ashfield Hotel and Hurstville Ritz Hotel
  07 Agosto 2026
  Sonnel Hospitality secured DA approvals for $11M and $4M redevelopments of Ashfield Hotel and Hurstville Ritz Hotel, with works anticipated to commence from 2027.
• How the 2026 FIFA World Cup Changed US Hotel Markets
  07 Agosto 2026
  A counterfactual analysis of all 11 U.S. host cities finds the 2026 World Cup generated $680M in incremental rooms revenue, driven by ADR gains in every market even as occupancy fell in seven.
• From ROI to ROX
  07 Agosto 2026
  The whitepaper introduces a composite ROX/ROT/ROS metrics framework to measure well-being experiences across hospitality, replacing single-number ROI with KPIs spanning human outcomes, experience quality, business performance, and environmental impact.
• Killing the “Sales Hero” Culture in Hotels
  07 Agosto 2026
  A framework for shifting hotel commercial teams away from individual-dependent "sales hero" cultures toward repeatable, system-driven revenue processes using a three-stage H2S model.
• Booking's commission is the cheapest thing it takes from you
  06 Agosto 2026
  Booking Holdings' merchant model now represents 67% of revenue and holds $8.2B in deferred hotelier funds, making payout timing a bigger financial issue than commission rates.
• Introducing SAN SONNEA: A New Italian Luxury Hospitality Collection Debuts Across Northern Italy
  06 Agosto 2026
  The Hinteregger family launches SAN SONNEA, a new Italian luxury collection anchored by three Northern Italy properties, including a rebranded Dolomites family resort, a new adults-only lodge, and a Lake Garda hideaway.
• Asia Pacific, Excluding China, Hotel Construction Pipeline Reaches Record Highs at the Close of Q2 2026; Plus, New 2028 Forecast
  06 Agosto 2026
  Lodging Econometrics reports APEC's hotel construction pipeline hit a record 2,506 projects and 452,972 rooms in Q2 2026, with India leading at 1,033 projects, up 36% YOY.
• Booking's Commission Is the Cheapest Thing It Takes from You, Luxury Has Confused Abundance with Value, Is Zero Rate Leakage Actually Possible?
  06 Agosto 2026
  Friday closed the week with hospitality.today's argument that Booking's $8.2B deferred hotelier fund makes payout timing a bigger issue than commission rates, Kempinski's CEO on luxury hospitality confusing abundance with value, and a World Panel viewpoint on whether zero rate leakage is operatio...
• Outdated Revenue Tools Become a Portfolio Performance Risk
  06 Agosto 2026
  Argues that Excel-based revenue workflows create costly decision delays across hotel portfolios, and outlines what an effective RMS should deliver in terms of explainability, consolidation, and total cost of ownership.
• Remington Hospitality Builds Centralized In-House Social Media Division Across Portfolio
  06 Agosto 2026
  Remington Hospitality's centralized in-house social media team has generated $3M+ in attributable revenue and a 37:1 return on ad spend across its hotel portfolio since launch.
• U.S. hotel results for week ending 1 August
  06 Agosto 2026
  U.S. hotel RevPAR rose 7.3% year-over-year for the week ending 1 August 2026, with Philadelphia and St. Louis leading Top 25 Markets while Las Vegas posted the steepest declines.
• HOSPA Professional Development receives Savoy Educational Trust grant to support self-funded learners
  06 Agosto 2026
  HOSPA Professional Development received a Savoy Educational Trust grant to fund scholarships for self-funded learners in finance, revenue management and asset management courses.