Introduction Have you ever counted how many hours your teams spend each week copying data from one system to another, reconciling payments, or correcting reservation errors? Behind the warm welcome and seamless guest service that…
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY The Italian hotel investment market delivered a strong H1 2025, with transactions reaching nearly €1.7 billion, up 102% YoY. Rome and Venice led the activity, generating over €780 million (47% of the national…
Motto by Hilton Manchester Piccadilly - Credit: SimpsonHaugh Architects - Image Credit Hilton Hilton has signed an agreement to open two hotels in Manchester, including Europe’s largest Hampton by Hilton and the city’s first Motto…
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY The hotel investment market in Spain showed remarkable momentum and consolidation during the first half of 2025. With a total investment volume of €2.1 billion, the sector not only recovered to pre-pandemic levels…
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY The German hotel investment market showed a remarkable increase in transaction volume in H1 2025 compared to H1 2024, nearly reaching the total annual volume of 2024. However, the market is still considerably…
I landed in Wichita last night after a mammoth 20+ hour journey from my home in the UK. Having never even set foot in the state of Kansas before, I did some research on the…
Picture this: Caroline is a business traveler who has stayed at your hotel before and has left glowing reviews. On her previous trips, she has always stopped at your gift store after checkout to buy…
For centuries, industries such as beer, wine and whiskey have been built on foundations of heritage and craftsmanship. Over time, these products have become precious, cultural artifacts, deeply tied to regional identity. The botti used…
Fauchon L'Hôtel Paris, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, recently conducted a survey among luxury travel advisors to determine what really matters to their clients when selecting a hotel. One of the…
Organized by EHL Hospitality Business School and the Harvard Data Science Initiative, the second iteration of the Vine to Mind conference took place on EHL’s iconic Lausanne campus in June 2025. Discussions centered on the…