Hotel News

Cruise and aviation are already converting AI into revenue, while lodging's consumer-facing layer, including Marriott's own conversational search, is still arriving.

If you are funding AI features before the data and event architecture beneath them, this session argued you are building on sand.

After numerous attempts and obstacles, OYO parent Prism may finally have its long-awaited IPO. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

Some takeaways from Truist include that the hotel transaction market is finally showing actual signs of thawing, instead of being talked about. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

The Iran war has turned Marriott’s EMEA region into two businesses at once. Jones’s bet is that Europe and Africa can carry the 20% of fee business the Middle East has lost — at least until a ceasefire changes the math.

Prism’s SEBI approval signals IPO momentum, but timing remains cautious. Stronger profits, Motel 6 integration, and premium expansion may finally give Oyo’s parent company the public-market credibility it previously lacked.

APA Group's goal is to double its overseas hotel room count to 10,000 and increase revenue by more than 30% by fiscal year 2030. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

Hilton announced the launch of Undergraduate by Hilton, a new upper-midscale brand developed to serve a broader range of college and university markets. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Choice Hotels Asia-Pac is adding two Ascend Collection properties in Australia through established owner-operators. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

The Las Vegas Strip is consolidating fast. Soon, two billionaires (Barry Diller and Tilman Fertitta) may control a large chunk of its hotel rooms.