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Profit per available room is what truly moves the needle, said these leaders from Marriott and Mandarin Oriental.

Accor's Andrew Langdon framed the shift toward branded hotels in Asia as structural, not cyclical — less a temporary response to cost pressures or market timing than the result of market maturity and generational change.

Asia's travel giants can scale globally. First they have to decide which parts of the China playbook get left behind.

Sometimes an asset owner wants to build a luxury or lifestyle hotel because the brand sounds prestigious. But this session argued that Hilton's first job as an operator is to tell them 'no' if the project won't pencil out as profitable.

The customer is technically in charge of booking decisions, but social media and AI systems are increasingly making the decisions for them.

For Uber, this is bait to drive more sign-ups to its paid subscription service. For Expedia, it's an incremental channel. For hoteliers, another distribution tax of sorts.

Chinese brands can't copy and paste their strategies to compete in international markets.

Years of acquisitions left Minor Hotels with a fragmented technology stack that limited personalization across the guest journey.

Ennismore, in partnership with Accor India and InterGlobe Hotels, announced the signing of The Hoxton, Bengaluru City. Plus, more hotel news.

Minor Hotels is in the final planning phases of a private jet experience under its Anantara luxury brand, with a launch targeted for 2027, Ian Di Tullio, the company's chief…