The Silver certification covers all Point A properties except two recent openings, with sustainability credentials now driving 9% higher bookings and premium pricing…Read MoreContinue Reading
Visitors (L) dressed in kimonos look at photos they took during a visit to Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of central Tokyo on September 16, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images After living in Tokyo for over a year, Karin Nordin noticed something peculiar. The hotContinue Reading
Three weeks after the outbreak of the conflict in Iran, the impact on tourism and hotel activity in France and across Europe remains relatively limited for the time being. According to the analysis of Vanguélis Panayotis, President of MKG Consulting, and Adrien Lanotte, Senior Analyst, the determining factor is notContinue Reading
In Brief: The ITB Berlin Convention 2026 highlighted ten major trends that are expected to redefine the future of tourism, including shifts in consumer behavior and the integration of new technologies. Ten Key Trends Shape the Future of Tourism at ITB Berlin Convention 2026 – Image Credit ITB Berlin TheContinue Reading
Wednesday revealed crisis and constraint. WTTC analysis shows the Iran conflict is already costing travel and tourism at least $600 million per day as Middle East regional hubs processing 526,000 daily passengers face closures. Seoul’s hospitality market reached a breaking point with internationa…Read MoreContinue Reading
Spanish hotel operators have emerged as influential players in global hospitality, driven by the sustained expansion of leisure tourism. From resort concentration to asset-light internationalisation, their strategies increasingly diverge. Palladium, Iberostar, Meliá and Barceló illustrate four different ways of structuring growth…Read MoreContinue Reading
Panel explores how tourism businesses can shift from growth-focused to ecosystem-health focused models, with community-led stewardship replacing reactive destination management…Read MoreContinue Reading
A failure at Cuba’s main thermoelectric plant has caused a massive blackout affecting two-thirds of the island, the Cuban government confirmed Wednesday. The partial collapse of the island’s National Electric System (SEN) — the second in a month — has left nearly 7 million of the island’s almost 10 millionContinue Reading
Emotional Intelligence in Management to Lead Sustainable Tourism – By Dr. Inès Blal and Dr. Juliane Völker – Image Credit Unsplash+ Tourism and hospitality are people‑intensive industries where every decision unfolds in close contact with communities, guests, employees, and partners. Success depends on the subtle, often invisible work of managingContinue Reading
Generative AI has changed access to information. Agentic AI is about to transform the very execution of services. At the recent Rencontres France Congrès Événement Accor, on February 17, 2026, Florent Bernard, Managing Partner and Global Lead Travel, Tourism & Transportation at Artefact, and Nasri Badaoui…Read MoreContinue Reading
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