3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (215+ words) Marriott's best weapon for winning business travelers is its loyalty program. But until now it couldn't show loyalty information inside the booking portals corporations force employees to use. Spotnana says it can fix that. Marriott has opened a direct line…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (191+ words) The owner of The Connaught and The Berkeley has hired the man who scaled Six Senses to build an operating company for luxury lifestyle hotels it owns and doesn't own. Neil Jacobs left Six Senses in mid-2025 after 13 years and started…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1326+ words) Health-conscious travel is entering the mainstream. Novotel’s Longevity Everyday model shows how hotel brands can extend wellness beyond premium retreats by embedding supportive choices into the ordinary rhythms of a stay. For many travelers, wellbeing is shaped by a series…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) Rashaad Jorden is Skift's Associate Editor/Archivist. He often delves into topics that readers turn to Ask Skift, our AI chatbot, for information. Before finding his way to Skift, he bounced around the U.S., France, Japan and UK. He greatly misses…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (202+ words) Major events can send hotel rates sharply higher. But Delhi’s BRICS spike also shows how quickly hotel supply can get squeezed when demand arrives all at once. Hotel rates in Delhi are rising sharply ahead of the BRICS Summit, set…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1157+ words) As hotel owners look for growth beyond the guest room, restaurants and bars are playing a more central role in how a property attracts locals, builds identity, and generates revenue. Paris Society, part of Ennismore and the wider Accor Group,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (213+ words) Marriott has given sales teams a year-end stretch goal of $1.55 billion for group bookings for next year at the hotels it manages in the U.S. and Canada. Its global 2027 group sales look "flattish." Other companies are more upbeat. Marriott is pushing…...