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Open-Wall Hotel Stays: Ladera Resort Keeps Its 2026 MICHELIN Key

How to Avoid Hotel Resort Fees

Leela Palaces’ CEO on the Overlooked Detail That Can Make (or Break) a Hotel Stay

On this episode of Suite Success, host Katie Cline sits down with Anuraag Bhatnagar, CEO of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, and explores his hospitality “calling,” hiring for values, and delivering luxury through deep human connection and anticipatory service rather than transactional SOPs. Bhatnagar shares lessons from Oberoi (commitment to excellence and detail), Starwood […]

Sterling Holiday Resorts Opens in Varanasi

Minor Hotels Wants a ‘Vietnam Network,’ Not Just Beach Resorts

Minor Hotels built its Vietnam business around overseas travelers heading to the beach. Now rising domestic travel, corporate business and meetings are giving the hotel group a reason to move into Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Ocean Edge Resort Expands Travel Outlook Partnership to Personalize Guest Reservations From the First Phone Call

Before the Cape Cod Getaway Begins, Ocean Edge and Travel Outlook Make the First Conversation Count

Final Episode of GMH Hotels: A Big Week for Hotel AI and Resort M&A.

On this week's ⁠Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast⁠: Hotels Edition, ⁠Sarah Dandashy⁠ and ⁠Steve Turk⁠ dig into two stories that have real implications for hotel operators heading into the fall.

Aven Hospitality and HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions) bring Cancel for Any Reason to hotel partners globally

Radisson Adds Older Hotels and Meeting Spaces to Net Zero Program

The four new Verified Net Zero Hotels are based in Stockholm and Copenhagen, reinforcing the scheme’s Nordic skew and highlighting a key bottleneck in scaling decarbonization: access to renewable energy.

Choice Hotels Buys RV Club Harvest Hosts for $130 Million

Choice CEO Dom Dragisich will need to show that Harvest Hosts, a list of a half-million RV users, converts into hotel stays. Otherwise, he's drifting from the "top priority" he set after taking the job of driving net rooms growth.

Accor’s Leire Leoz on Why Franchise Growth Has to Be Earned

Accor is betting heavily on its franchise model, and the Group’s global chief franchise officer, Leire Leoz, says growth only works if owners see real value. Her focus is on hotel performance, stronger brand standards, simpler support, and giving franchisees more reasons to stay and invest again.