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Sep 18Fri
  1. TravelDaily China

    Borrman Hotel Guilin Airport Opens

    Borrman Hotel Guilin Municipal Government Liangjiang International Airport has officially opened in Guilin, another addition to Borrman's multi-property presence in the city, targeting business, leisure and family travellers. Located in Lingui District, the hotel is about a 20-minute drive from Liangjiang International Airport and about 25 minutes from Guilin Station, with a bus stop about a one-minute walk away. Facilities include free parking and shared charging piles, a restaurant, a smart meeting room, a gym, a fully automatic laundry room, an open-air garden and a children's play area, plus family rooms.

  2. TravelDaily China

    Echarm Hotel Anshun Ancient Town Leads Summer Performance

    Echarm Hotel Anshun Ancient Town Gufu Street captured summer tourism demand, with August occupancy approaching 100% and RevPAR reaching RMB 400, up nearly RMB 50 year on year, leading Anshun's midscale hotel market. With the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays approaching, the property has entered pre-heating mode. Echarm also launched a "Mid-Autumn and National Day travel guide: touring China's east, west, south and north" campaign, offering from 32% off for bookings made 14 days in advance and as low as 40% off for 14-night stays at participating hotels nationwide.

  3. TravelDaily China

    Sunmei and Accor Sign Two More Brands for China

    On 17 September 2026, Sunmei Hotels Group and Accor held a launch event in Qingdao to bring Accor's midscale lifestyle brand JO&JOE and midscale light-resort brand greet by Accor into the China market, with Sunmei fully responsible for development, pre-opening and operations management in China. The four-year strategic partnership now covers a four-brand matrix, with the combined store count of the four partner brands expected to exceed 70 this year. greet by Accor is expected to expand to 50 stores in mainland China by the end of this year.

  4. Pinchain Tourism

    H World Completes 3.35 Billion Yuan Debut Offshore RMB Dim Sum Bond

    H World Group completed pricing of a 3.35 billion yuan offshore RMB senior unsecured dim sum bond at a 2.25% coupon, with a five-year term maturing in 2031, its first offshore RMB bond. It listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange from September 17, with proceeds intended for general corporate purposes. Industry observers consider the 2.25% coupon low, reflecting capital market recognition of H World's credit fundamentals. As of June 30, H World had about 14.2 billion yuan in cash and cash equivalents, about 4.2 billion yuan in total debt and about 10.2 billion yuan in net cash. Analysts say the issuance is less about easing liquidity than locking in longer duration at a low coupon and establi…

  5. Hospitality Technology

    Actabl H1 2026 Hotel Labor Report: Productivity Gains Driven by Housekeeping Efficiency

    Hospitality technology provider Actabl released its H1 2026 Hotel Labor Report via HotelData.com, benchmarking labor productivity using operational data from approximately 5,000 U.S. properties running its Hotel Effectiveness software across full-service and select-service segments. Hours per Occupied Room (HPOR) fell 3.1% year-over-year in full-service hotels and 3.5% in select-service hotels. Minutes per Occupied Room (MPOR) for select-service room attendants dropped 5.0% (about 1.2 minutes saved per room), while full-service room attendants improved MPOR by 2.7%. Gains occurred as national hotel occupancy rose 1.1 percentage points and hourly wages grew between 2.9% and 3.3%. The sharpes…

  6. Hospitality Technology

    Folio and M3 Partner on Automated Procure-to-Pay Integration

    Hospitality financial operations platform Folio announced an upgraded partnership and native bi-directional integration with hotel accounting software provider M3, joining M3's Associate Partner network. The integration automatically pulls general ledger (GL) codes, vendor catalogs, and multi-entity business structures from M3 into Folio, while pushing approved invoices and asset balances directly into M3 journal entries. Properties can go live within 24 hours of M3 granting access, eliminating manual chart-of-accounts mapping and batch CSV file transfers. It combines Folio's AI invoice processing (Folio Bills) and stock counting (Folio Inventory) with M3's central ledger to automate accoun…

Sep 17Thu
  1. Skift Feed

    Singapore's Banyan Group Buys Newmark, Adding 26 Hotels in Africa

    Singapore-listed Banyan Group agreed to acquire a 70% stake in Newmark Hotels & Reserves, a Cape Town-based operator of 26 hotels, lodges and private game reserves, with a path to full ownership over the next several years. According to a filing with the Singapore Exchange, the deal values Newmark at about 756 million South African rand, or $47 million. With Newmark, Banyan's portfolio grows by roughly a third to nearly 130 hotels, resorts and reserves across 14 brands in 28 countries. The purchase fits Banyan's "asset-right" strategy, a hybrid of owning some properties while managing others for third-party owners, adding fee income rather than bricks and giving Banyan a foothold in safari…

  2. Skift Feed

    Dormakaba Buys Alliants as Hotel Locks Turn Into Software

    Swiss access-control giant Dormakaba has agreed to acquire Alliants, a UK-based hotel technology company behind digital keys, guest messaging, check-in, payments and concierge tools used by major hotel groups. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal is expected to close later in 2026 following regulatory approval. Alliants' latest reported annual revenue is less than half of 1% of the buyer's sales, underscoring a capability acquisition rather than a revenue acquisition. Dormakaba generated CHF 2.79 billion (about $3.4 billion) in revenue in the year through June 2026, with CHF 449 million (about $546 million) in adjusted EBITDA and a 16.1% margin.

  3. Hotel Dive Feed

    Marriott undergoes organizational changes to Customer Engagement Centers

    Marriott International confirmed a strategic review of its Customer Engagement Centers with organizational changes being implemented to better reflect how guests interact across channels. Marriott did not confirm whether the changes will result in layoffs or how many employees are affected, but said new roles will be posted and many affected associates are expected to apply and be selected. The changes come roughly a year after a subset of Marriott's CEC workforce was impacted by organizational changes, and after the company laid off more than 800 corporate employees in 2024.

  4. Hotel Dive Feed

    Field & Stream Lodge Co. Expands to Oregon and California

    Field & Stream Lodge Co., the hospitality platform founded by Starwood Capital Group and AJ Capital Partners, is expanding with new hotels in Bend, Oregon, and Big Bear, California, both slated to open in 2028. The Oregon property is a 151-room basecamp transformed from the former Shilo Inn, while the Southern California property is a 148-room hotel on Village Road following renovation of the former Holiday Inn Resort Big Bear. The brand debuted in Bozeman, Montana, in May 2025. AJ Capital principal Scott Ebbott said Bend and Big Bear were selected for their similarities to Bozeman, as towns built around getting outside with year-round adventure.

  5. Skift Feed

    Wyndham CEO on Placing Its Own Agents Inside AI Models

    Ahead of Skift Global Forum, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts CEO Geoff Ballotti said the company feeds real-time rates, inventory, guaranteed room types and loyalty perks directly into LLMs including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, and uses AI to monitor long-form searches and adjust the data it supplies. Under its "Owner First" approach, Wyndham Connect is live at more than 5,000 hotels, generated over $11 million through upsells in 2025, and Wyndham AI Concierge converts 35% of calls into bookings.

  6. Hilton Stories RSS

    NoMad Singapore Opens for Reservations, Set to Open Late 2026

    NoMad Singapore, the brand's first property in Asia Pacific, is now accepting reservations ahead of its late 2026 opening. Located on Orchard Road, designed by WOHA with interiors by Kevin Klein Design, it spans 10,225 square metres and features 173 guest rooms including 25 suites across 12 levels. Developed with UOL Group, the project reimagines the former Faber House with a 14-story waterfall and vertical façade. The hotel will display more than 1,860 artworks, 90% by Singapore-based artists, and partners with ART:DIS to support artists with disabilities.

  7. Pinchain Tourism

    Sunac Snow Wonder Signs Shanghai Songjiang Ice and Snow Sports Complex Project

    On September 16, the signing ceremony for the Shanghai Songjiang Ice and Snow Sports Complex project was held. Sunac Snow Wonder will lead the professional operation and management of the ski slope. The project was initially planned and advanced by the Songjiang District Government and Erjin Management, with Southeast Grid Group investing in construction. The project is planned as a flagship professional ski resort capable of hosting international ski federation events, with supporting hotel, dining, and wellness commercial spaces. To date, Sunac Snow Wonder has operated 11 large indoor ski resorts across China.

  8. China Tourism News

    Inner Mongolia's Heiyang Mountain "Coffee Plus Tourism" Scene Draws Autumn Visitors

    Recently, the "Buzai Majiu" cafe, known as "the loneliest cafe on the Hanggin grassland" and located in the Heiyang Mountain tourism resort in Debes Town, Horqin Right Front Banner, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia, has drawn large numbers of autumn visitors. As the starting point of the "Most Beautiful Hanggin Grassland" self-drive tourism route, the Heiyang Mountain tourism resort has a 15-km scenic belt combining forests, grasslands, river valleys and cliffs. In recent years the resort has leveraged its ecological resources to deepen culture-tourism integration, creating new scenes such as the "Buzai Majiu" cafe and exploring a "coffee plus tourism" format, becoming a benchmark for rural c…

  9. Pinchain Tourism

    Preferred Hotels & Resorts Adds Three Member Hotels in China

    Preferred Hotels & Resorts announced three new member hotels in China for 2026: Tonino Lamborghini Hotel Chengdu, Hotel Banov Townscape Wuhan, and Surya Hotel Shanghai New Hongqiao Center. They join the Lifestyle and L.V.X. collections. Globally, Preferred represents over 625 member hotels in 80 countries and regions, with 13 member hotels in China.

  10. IHG Newsroom

    IHG Launches Early Bird Offer for Holiday Travel Across Greater China

    IHG Hotels & Resorts announced on 17 September 2026 in Shanghai an early bird booking offer for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays. IHG One Rewards members can receive up to 24% off stays at participating hotels across Greater China when booking at least 14 days in advance. IHG highlighted three travel trends in Greater China this season: longer, more immersive trips (e.g. Western Sichuan), continued popularity of short breaks close to home (e.g. Huzhou, Ningbo, Suzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing), and growing interest in emerging destinations (e.g. Qinhuangdao, Chongli, Wugong Mountain, Wushan, Luoyang). IHG's 14 brands offer accommodation options in these areas.

  11. TravelDaily China

    Yali Technology Builds Lower-Tier City Corporate Lodging Network Linking Corporate Demand and Hotel…

    TravelDaily China reports that Yali Technology is capturing corporate travel demand through a three-track contracting system of group, regional and property-level agreements, while expanding its hotel supply network: it has enabled 10+ external brands and 1,000+ external hotels, and its own network covers 200+ cities with 800+ hotels and 6 brands; Yali Club connects over 25 million members with a central reservation rate above 70%. The article notes that in 2025 lower-tier market business-travel lodging orders grew 26.2% year on year, accounting for 43.3% of national business-travel lodging orders, yet business-ready supply has not fully kept pace: over half of employees encountered hotel q…

Sep 16Wed
  1. Hotel Dive Feed

    California's Laguna Cliffs Marriott in Dana Point to Convert to JW Marriott

    The Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa in Dana Point, California, will undergo a multimillion-dollar renovation and convert to the luxury JW Marriott brand as The Ocean Cliffs at Dana Point, a JW Marriott Resort. The 371-key property will continue to be managed by Plano, Texas-based Aimbridge Hospitality. Upon debut, it will offer redesigned guest rooms, an expanded multiacre event lawn, a revamped arrival area, a signature chef-driven restaurant, and enhanced meetings and events facilities including a new 6,000-square-foot ballroom. Global design firms HKS and ROAM are overseeing the project. The conversion comes as Marriott International expands the JW Marriott brand amid a strong-perfor…

  2. Hilton Stories RSS

    Hilton's Outset Collection Set for EMEA Debut with Madrid Signing

    Hilton announced a franchise agreement with Arte Hoteles for the first Outset Collection by Hilton property in EMEA: Casa Verbena Madrid. Expected to open later in 2026, the 45-room hotel will sit on Calle de Preciados in central Madrid, within walking distance of Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor and Gran Vía. The signing expands Hilton's lifestyle collection portfolio and its presence in Spain.

  3. Hotel Dive Feed

    Union workers at Seattle Hilton reach deal to end 85-day strike

    Union workers at the Embassy Suites Pioneer Square in Seattle ratified a new contract with Hilton after an 85-day strike. Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, housekeepers' starting pay will be $31.03 an hour, a 6.9% first-year increase and 23.3% over four years; employees working at least 1,250 hours a year receive year-round healthcare coverage; and the union gains a new enforcement mechanism for emergencies affecting immigrant workers, a first for Hilton nationwide. Workers returned Sept. 15. The union calls it the longest hotel strike in Washington state history.

  4. Business Travel News

    Amex to Open First Centurion Lounge in Continental Europe

    American Express said it will open The Centurion Lounge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on Sept. 17, the 33rd in its Centurion Lounge network and the first in continental Europe. The nearly 6,000-square-foot lounge sits between Concourses E and F and will operate daily from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., featuring a Blue Roast Coffee Bar, a full bar and a buffet inspired by Dutch and regional European flavors, plus a phone room, abundant power and USB access and complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi. Platinum card members get unlimited access; qualifying Centurion card members also get unlimited access with guests.

  5. Business Travel News

    IHG and EasyJet Launch SME Loyalty Partnership

    IHG Hotels & Resorts and EasyJet have launched a global partnership linking their business-traveller programs, IHG Business Edge and EasyJet Plus. IHG Business Edge members receive a 10 percent discount on a new EasyJet Plus membership plus benefits such as priority security screening, priority boarding, seat selection and extra cabin baggage. EasyJet Plus SME members gain access to IHG Business Edge benefits, including preferred rates and loyalty perks at participating IHG hotels worldwide, and reach IHG One Rewards Gold Elite status after their first eligible stay. IHG has pursued similar corporate-targeted collaborations with Delta Air Lines, Singapore Airlines and Hertz to bolster IHG B…

  6. Skift Feed

    Accor Weighs Acquisitions to Accelerate India Expansion

    Accor is considering acquisitions and other partnerships to accelerate its expansion in India, Duncan O'Rourke, the group's CEO for Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, told Skift. In July, Accor and Treebo Hospitality Ventures called off a planned deal that would have given the Ibis and Mercure brands access to hundreds of hotels in smaller Indian cities. O'Rourke said the group has always been entrepreneurial and will not stop growing because the deal did not work out, adding that it remains open to opportunities in India and elsewhere, though he did not identify a potential target.

  7. Pinchain Tourism

    Royal Caribbean's Hero of the Seas Completes First Float-Out

    Hero of the Seas, a new member of Royal Caribbean's Icon class, completed its first float-out at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland, moving construction into a new phase ahead of its August 2027 debut in Miami. During the float-out, the dry dock was filled with more than 90 million gallons of water overnight, after which the ship was moved to an outfitting pier for about a year of remaining work. The ship will feature eight themed neighborhoods, nine pools and 28 dining venues, including the new Orleans Parrish Supper Club, plus a three-story Ultimate Family Treehouse. It will sail seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries from Miami, calling at Perfect Day CocoCay in the Baham…

  8. Pinchain Tourism

    Tongcheng Travel Partners with Guangdong and Other Destinations to Issue Holiday Consumption Vouche…

    Tongcheng Travel has partnered with the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and more than ten other destinations to issue Mid-Autumn and National Day cultural tourism consumption vouchers, with total voucher value exceeding 60 million yuan. On September 11, the 2026 Guangdong "Golden Autumn Cultural Tourism Consumption Season" subsidy program launched, offering four voucher categories—hotel, scenic spot, vacation package, and performing arts/cultural creative—each with a maximum discount of up to 500 yuan. Tongcheng data shows that driven by extended-holiday travel demand, booking heat for domestic long-haul flights over 1,200 km rose significantly, and county-level in-de…

  9. TravelDaily China

    Qunar: National Day Flight and Hotel Bookings Up 56% Week-on-Week

    On September 16, train tickets for the day before National Day (September 30) went on sale, driving flight and hotel bookings into a peak period. Qunar data shows that as of September 16, searches for keywords such as 'Mid-Autumn' and 'National Day' rose 167% month-on-month, National Day flight and hotel bookings rose 56% week-on-week, and bookings on popular routes over 2,000 km doubled year-on-year. Beijing, Qingdao, Nanjing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guiyang, and Guangzhou ranked in the top 10 popular National Day cities. Concerts and sports events boosted nearby hotel bookings, while county-level and outbound travel also grew.

  10. TravelDaily China

    Wanda Realm Reaches 50 Operating Hotels with Xiaogan Opening

    On September 16, Wanda Hotels & Resorts announced that with the opening of Wanda Realm Xiaogan, its upper-upscale Wanda Realm brand reached 50 operating hotels. Starting from its first property in Ningde in 2012, the brand now covers core cities such as Beijing, Nanjing, Wuhan and Harbin as well as lower-tier markets including Fuyang, Guangyuan and Neijiang. The Xiaogan property's interiors were designed by Wanda Hotel Design Institute, incorporating Yunmeng marsh and Chu culture motifs, with intangible heritage experiences such as carved paper-cutting.

  11. TravelDaily China

    Borrman Hotel Renovates Existing Four-Star Property: Per-Room Renovation Cost Under 60,000 Yuan

    The Borrman Hotel Huludao Feitian Plaza store, under Dossen Group, opened in 2025 in a former four-star hotel that had operated for over eight years. Using a 'one renovation, three positions' layout strategy, the traditional lobby was converted into a multi-functional space with lobby renovation costs kept under 100,000 yuan. Guest rooms and public areas focused on core experiences, with per-room renovation costs kept under 60,000 yuan. Even in the September off-season, its comprehensive revenue per available room remained above 242 yuan, occupancy exceeded 84%, and official website guest reviews maintained a five-star rating. Borrman has developed precise renovation project management capa…

  12. Pinchain Tourism

    Huazhu Partners with Franchisees to Support Rural Schools in Yunnan

    Huazhu Group, together with the Shanghai Huazhu Social Welfare Foundation, held a "Yunnan Charity Tour," joining national franchisee representatives at Lawan Ethnic Primary School in Mouding County, Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, donating sports equipment, teaching devices, and living facilities. Huazhu Group CEO Jin Hui attended the event. Last year, Huazhu invested 420,000 yuan to build the "Huazhu Love Shower Room" at Anle Central Primary School in the same county. As of 2025, Huazhu has delivered 16,625 online volunteer teaching courses to over 30 rural schools, benefiting 13,473 students and training 569 teachers.

  13. China Tourism News

    Anhui Regulators Issue Rules on Hotel Room Pricing During Peak Periods

    The Anhui Provincial Administration for Market Regulation, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Commerce, and the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism jointly issued a notice on regulating hotel room market prices during peak periods, covering major holidays, tourism peaks, key examination periods, and major events. The notice prohibits four categories of violations: failure to clearly mark prices, price fraud, price gouging, and price collusion. It requires online trading platforms to establish price compliance review mechanisms and accurately display room rates, room types, and cancellation/change rules. It also targets platforms forcing o…

  14. IHG Newsroom

    Regent Hotels & Resorts to Debut in French Polynesia with Regent Bora Bora Signing

    IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with long-standing partner Pacific Beachcomber to transform the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa into Regent Bora Bora, marking Regent Hotels & Resorts' debut in French Polynesia. The resort closed on 1 June 2026 for extensive renovations and will reopen as Regent Bora Bora in late 2027 with 84 villas in an exclusively overwater setting on a private motu overlooking Mount Otemanu. The property will retain the world's first seawater air-conditioning system, which has cut the electricity otherwise required for air conditioning and refrigeration by around 90%.

  15. IHG Newsroom

    IHG and Urban sign two New South Wales hotels

    IHG Hotels & Resorts announced it is expanding its partnership with Urban Property Group by signing Crowne Plaza Newcastle and Hotel Indigo Gosford, bringing the pair's New South Wales collaboration to three hotels. The two had already signed Crowne Plaza Parramatta in 2025. The new hotels will anchor major mixed-use developments in Gosford and Newcastle. Crowne Plaza Newcastle is expected to open in late 2029 with 171 rooms within a 43-storey development, featuring all-day dining, a lobby bar, more than 550 sqm of meetings and events space including a 425 sqm ballroom, a pool and landscaped public spaces. Hotel Indigo Gosford is expected to open in mid-2030 with 152 rooms, views over Brisb…

  16. Hospitality Technology

    dormakaba Acquires Alliants to Merge Lock Hardware with Digital Guest Engagement

    Access-control hardware maker dormakaba signed a binding agreement to acquire guest-experience platform Alliants, merging physical lock infrastructure with guest messaging, contactless check-in, concierge and agentic AI software. Alliants' digital key engine delivers room keys directly to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet without requiring guests to download a native hotel app. Both vendors pledge ongoing API interoperability, letting hotels pair dormakaba locks or Alliants software with third-party PMS, access-control or guest-engagement platforms. Alliants currently powers guest engagement and digital key workflows across more than 100,000 hotel rooms worldwide.

  17. Hospitality Technology

    Apaleo and IDeaS Expand Integration to Automate Advanced Revenue Controls

    Hospitality platform Apaleo and revenue management vendor IDeaS announced an expanded two-way API integration delivering real-time data synchronization and advanced automated revenue controls. Apaleo streams live reservation, stay and inventory data to IDeaS, while IDeaS returns real-time pricing, forecasting and demand recommendations and pushes complex yield controls — including Last Room Value, overbooking limits and minimum length-of-stay restrictions — directly into Apaleo's PMS. The integration is available via Apaleo's marketplace and the IDeaS partner ecosystem, targeting multi-property portfolios and enterprise operators.

  18. Hospitality Technology

    Unifocus Launches Claira to Consolidate Labor and Hotel Operations onto One AI Platform

    Workforce technology provider Unifocus launched Unifocus Claira, an AI-native platform that unifies labor management — forecasting, budgeting and scheduling — with daily hotel operations such as housekeeping, inspections and maintenance under a single operational system. Targeting select-service and enterprise operators, it includes a natural-language 'Ask Claira' assistant that delivers real-time recommendations for schedule optimization, compliance checks and task reassignments based on live demand signals, plus above-property dashboards for labor cost efficiency, productivity metrics and task completion across portfolios.

Sep 15Tue
  1. Hospitality Technology

    Cloudbeds Launches Native RMS Built on Unified 'Signals' Data Architecture

    Hospitality management platform Cloudbeds announced the launch of Cloudbeds RMS, an embedded revenue management engine built natively into its core hospitality management platform on a unified 'Signals' data architecture. The system draws real-time data from reservations, booking pace, length of stay, channel behavior, competitor rates, and market demand to generate automated pricing recommendations, with 'Autopilot' executing rate adjustments within user-defined pricing limits and strategy guardrails while retaining manual override. Rate updates execute instantly across the Cloudbeds PMS and Channel Manager without external API syncs or third-party middleware. Occupancy forecasts can also…

  2. Hospitality Technology

    Aimbridge Hospitality's Balanced Build vs. Buy Tech Framework

    Aimbridge Hospitality launched two proprietary platforms within three months: S.P.A.R.K., a global operational audit platform, and LIFT (Labor Insight & Forecasting Tool). CIO Keryn McNamara describes a balanced philosophy: build where unique operational data creates competitive advantage, and buy best-in-class commercial vendors for core commodity infrastructure. LIFT ingests PMS and time-and-attendance data such as UKG and applies AI-driven predictive modeling to recommend daily staffing, yielding productivity gains in housekeeping and laundry. The company is also migrating its ERP to SAP Public Cloud and updating procurement to Coupa.

  3. Hospitality Technology

    McDonald's and Burger King Rethink Human Touch in Digital-First Experience

    Quick-service chains including McDonald's and Burger King are adjusting operations to fill the hospitality vacuum created by digital ordering. McDonald's rolled out a 'Make it Golden' push requiring crew to check in with lobby guests, is integrating guest satisfaction scores into franchisee performance evaluations and is preparing a global retraining program covering two million team members. Burger King is directing store leadership to prioritise order verification, maintain visible counter coverage and move kiosks to the side of the lobby. HT research shows 45.4% of consumers still prefer ordering at a traditional counter, while 26.6% say kiosks make dining feel impersonal.

  4. Hotel Dive Feed

    Hilton's Canopy Brand Debuts at Utah's Deer Valley Ski Resort

    Hilton opened the 180-room Canopy Deer Valley in Park City, Utah, marking the Canopy brand's debut in the state and its first ski resort. Located at Deer Valley Resort's East Village expansion about 40 minutes from Salt Lake City International Airport, the hotel offers seamless mountain access. Design draws on the area's mining history and mountain landscape, and the pet-friendly property includes a sauna, steam room, fitness center and shuttle service to Jordanelle Lake and Deer Valley East Ski Village, plus four food and beverage concepts. Deer Valley's East Village expansion already includes Hyatt, while Four Seasons and Hilton's Waldorf Astoria are planned for 2028.

  5. Hotel Dive Feed

    Braemar's Largest Shareholder Al Shams Nominates 5 Director Candidates

    Braemar Hotels & Resorts' largest shareholder, Al Shams Investments Limited, nominated five director candidates on Sept 14, 2026, to stand for election at the annual shareholder meeting on Nov 13. The candidates are real estate finance executive Jennifer Bitterman, real estate investor and operator Jonathan Klein, institutional investor Anna Massion, former Treasurer to The Queen of England Sir Michael Peat, and corporate governance attorney Wayne Walker. The nominations follow a clash over Braemar's split from Ashford Inc. and transition to self-management, which Al Shams alleged constituted 'self-dealing' and Braemar denied. Braemar previously said it would identify five new independent d…