6 February 2026
2026 will be more about international sports than international travel
I'm not going out on any sort of limb by saying the overarching cultural theme for 2026 will be international sports.
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5 February 2026Have you called a hotel voice reservation number lately?
It should have been so simple.
4 February 2026Why workforce readiness shapes hotel performance
In an article published a few years ago here, I explored whether the hospitality industry is truly facing a talent shortage or experiencing a structural opportunity to rethink how talent is developed, retained and deployed. Since then, market conditions have only reinforced that conclusion: Workforce readiness is no longer a secondary operational concern. It is becoming a material variable in hotel investment performance.
4 February 2026Accentuate the positive
The United Kingdom hotel sector has now experienced multiple years where the focus on negative yielding has created a challenging environment affecting hotel performance across the sector; this is only reinforced by the performance data published for 2024 and 2025.
3 February 2026Where hotel restaurants succeed and what they could do better in 2026
Food-and-beverage quality and service should enhance the hotel guest experience.
2 February 2026Four pieces of fresh UK, European news that could push hotels demand
Several pieces of news coming out of the United Kingdom and mainland Europe this week have caught the attention of the news-reading public, and they have ramifications for the hotel industry, some more than the others.
28 January 2026What went right for hotel managers in 2025 and what could have gone better
2025 would have perplexed Charles Dickens. While the year began with great expectations, in the end, it was neither the best of times nor the worst.- 26 January 2026
Long hotel investors’ fave market, Spain now becomes marathon world capital
I, and much of the European hotel industry, have returned from Madrid after the first industry conference of the year, the Atlantic Ocean Hotel Investors' Summit. - 23 January 2026
It's time for the official hotel industry new year
We are merely days away from the official unofficial kick off to the hotel industry year. While it's been 2026 for a few weeks now, the year doesn't start in earnest until hoteliers gather at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles. - 22 January 2026
Who remembers the biggest hotel headline of 2016?
The answer, of course, is Marriott International's September 2016 acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide — the hotel news sensation that captivated the nation (and the world) in the months leading up to the deal's completion and well afterwards. 
21 January 2026The investment case for storytelling: How narrative turns a place into a destination
In hotel investment, it’s easy to focus on the mechanics of value creation: development cost, brand selection, distribution and efficiencies. Yet one of the most decisive drivers of long-term performance is less tangible —and far more powerful: meaning.
20 January 2026Winning in hotel group and event sales starts with focusing on process
Even with a slim 3-point lead, history was against the Indiana University Hoosiers football team last month as they found themselves in the final moments of this year’s Big Ten Conference championship.
16 January 2026Will the disruptors be disrupted?
At this point, is it possible to go a day without reading a piece about artificial intelligence and the effect it will have on X, Y or Z?
15 January 2026Hoteliers should create the consistency they want to see in the world
One thing I love about hotels is that I know exactly what to expect when I check into one.- 12 January 2026
Early 2026 London hotel deals set capital abuzz
The sentiment among United Kingdom hotel insiders is that 2025 was a relatively satisfactory year for hotel transactions, value and volume, and 2026 would probably bring more of the same. - 9 January 2026
The key to excellent hospitality is remembering you're serving whole human beings
Usually when I write these blogs, I like to think of a topic that has a news hook, even if it's kind of basic or tenuous. 
8 January 2026Five expectations for the US hotel industry in 2026
As we start 2026, here are a few hotel industry predictions for the year ahead.- 8 January 2026
'Analog' is the word of the year
My favorite part of January are all the trends lists popping up everywhere. This morning I heard that the culinary buzzword for 2026 will be "swangy," which is a portmanteau of "sweet and tangy." Swangy food absolutely will replace the so-last-year "swicy" — sweet and spicy — flavors you're probably familiar with, like hot honey fried chicken and spicy margaritas. 
7 January 2026Brands look to data as loyalty locks in
Now that the initial frenzy around AI is starting to settle down from flying cars and the end of the world to practical applications, one fact remains key: Data is everything.- 5 January 2026
Orkney, Scotland, hotel planners must consider Arctic skuas and medieval 'burgage' plots
Off the very top of Scotland, Orkney, or the Orkney Islands, might soon see a hotel with a room count almost reaching 100 rooms.