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Accor, the Paris-based hospitality company, is continuing a sweeping renovation campaign at Sofitel, its largest luxury hotel brand.

New research reveals that attendees are looking to medical congresses as much for connection as for education.

The IOC is warning that global warming could impact the Winter Olympics while simultaneously standing by fossil-fuel sponsorships.

Travel management platform Engine has launched a new meeting room marketplace. For now, it functions mainly as a streamlined way to discover meeting spaces and send inquiries, with real-time booking still to come.

Africa’s tourism growth challenge isn’t demand — it’s execution: scaling reliable operations, mid-market infrastructure, and globally exportable talent to turn world-class assets into sustainable volume growth.

It’s a new year, but many players in the event tech sector are taking one of two familiar approaches: buy a competitor to gain customers or repackage the product with a heavy dose of 'AI-driven' automation.

Competing for attention in Europe, one of the world’s most crowded hotel markets, Dusit’s size could work in its favor. However, the challenge would be to translate Thai hospitality into a European context without over-explaining it or softening it.

Marriott possibly adding a new brand to its India mix points to it using a "something for everybody" approach – allowing it to tap into all segments and act as a one-stop shop for all accommodation needs.

With key westbound air corridors effectively closed, more route cuts and thinner schedules are likely.

Google’s AI search is changing how travelers find trips. The booking tools aren’t here yet, but the traffic dynamics are already shifting — and the rules for capturing demand are shifting with them.

Organizers of the 2026 Winter Olympics are deploying predictive crowd tech, digital twins, and AI-driven operations to manage the sprawling, multi-cluster footprint — a real-world template for future mega-events.