Global hotel giants 2025: Growth, grit, and geographic gambits - A year of bold expansion, asset-light strategies, and lifestyle brand ambitions reshapes the global hospitality landscape.

May 28, 2025 • Hospitality

Shangri-La launches ultra-luxury hotel brand - Shangri-La Signatures offers a deeply curated experience rooted in local culture, craftsmanship, and wellness - redefining what soulful, contemporary Asian hospitality can be.

May 28, 2025 • Hospitality

The evolution of commercial strategy in hospitality - The strategic expansion of the revenue role is no longer just about yield management - it’s about creating connected, agile, and guest-centric commercial ecosystem.

May 28, 2025 • Hospitality

Social media is the new travel funnel - How TikTok, AI influencers, and Gen Z are flattening the travel funnel and turning inspiration into instant booking.

May 28, 2025 • Marketing

Inside Booking.com: The untold story of a travel giant - Power plays, culture clashes, and the hidden costs of success at one of Europe’s most secretive tech empires.

May 28, 2025 • Hospitality

Trip.com’s next chapter - Not just the next evolution of an OTA - Trip.com is reimagining what it means to be a travel agent in the age of intelligent, immersive, and highly personalized travel planning.

May 27, 2025 • Hospitality

U.S. tourism business faces 'perfect storm' - The Memorial Day weekend unofficial start of summer travel season comes with cautious optimism rather than the usual fanfare.

May 27, 2025 • Travel

Designing tomorrow’s hospitality - The hospitality spaces of the future will be defined not by luxury, but by meaning, flexibility, and emotional connection.

May 27, 2025 • Hospitality