November 24, 2025
London’s Oxford Street moves one step closer to pedestrianization
The plans to pedestrianize Oxford Street in London have pretty much been approved.
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November 21, 2025The World Cup could be an irresistible force facing an immovable object for the hotel industry
I recognize it's not a controversial, unique or particularly new opinion to note that the 2026 FIFA World Cup is going to be hugely impactful for the U.S. hotel industry.
November 20, 2025Smarter and more selective: How hotel construction capital is evolving heading into 2026
As 2025 draws to a close, hotel developers looking to finance projects in 2026 are facing higher costs and an exceptionally cautious lending environment.
November 19, 2025The case for due diligence in branded residential projects
With so many branded residences projects I have been involved with — many with otherwise experienced developers in Dubai and elsewhere — the branded residences element of a project, its structure, governance and integration into the overall real estate development plan is often a “TBD” item.
November 18, 2025Native ingredients are the next wave of regenerative tourism
Regenerative tourism and stewardship are now mainstream. They are profitable ventures for those hotels and resorts that put in the blood, sweat and tears to set up the programs properly.- November 17, 2025
Prague’s banks, hotels and architecture come to the fore in luxury-segment conference
The International Luxury Hotel Association came to Prague last week to host its Inspire Europe 2025 conference for the first time in the continent since before the pandemic. 
November 14, 2025October US jobs and pricing data may be lost, sort of
The Trump administration officially said this week that due to the U.S. government shutdown, it's unlikely it will release October the federal jobs report or the consumer price index report, even with the government finally reopening.
November 13, 2025The new rules of thumb in hotel design
The hospitality design and construction industry has always had standards and guidelines, “rules of thumb” if you will, that one could utilize when completing a project.
November 12, 2025What will the next hotel cycle bring?
The hotel investment sales market is beginning to reaccelerate.- November 10, 2025
High-end, destination hotels’ biggest luxury is time
The travel I do and enjoy for work is nearly exclusively for hotel-industry investment conferences, but on occasion I attend hotel launches — again, these trips are inspirational, enjoyable and full of wonderful people. - November 7, 2025
So are we back to normal yet or what?
As we draw closer to the end of 2025, I can feel it in my bones. We're mere months away from the next wave of new year optimism. 
November 6, 2025My experiment with AI vacation planning didn't go as expected
I recently went on vacation with a good friend to Ireland for a week. We knew the basics of what we wanted to do — two different locations, a few specific destination recommendations — but we were adamant about not planning everything. We made zero restaurant reservations, zero excursion reservations, nothing. The only reservations we made ahead of time were flights and hotels, essentially.
November 5, 2025Luxury takes the next step
We all have an idea of luxury and we have an idea of what luxury means to us. Be that attentive service, the perfect spa, even innovative technology, our concept of luxury is as unique as we are.
November 5, 2025Hospitality really, truly is vibe
Although it seems more popular than ever, the word “vibe” has been part of contemporary vernacular for as long as I can remember. It’s a word I’ve often used in my hotel industry seminars, training articles and presentations. Recently, while doing research for a groundbreaking new hospitality training course, I decided to dig deeper into this concept and was surprised to learn there was actual science behind the concept of hospitality vibes.
November 4, 2025Women as tech leaders: Leveraging soft skills to stand strong against the AI wave in hospitality
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, work and connect. AI is reshaping how efficiencies play out, how we search, how we make decisions and even how we think less by relying more on data and solutions provided by AI without double checking.- November 3, 2025
UK feels on the edge of a precipice in run-up to November budget
In an editorial last week, BBC chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman summed up the last 15 months of the United Kingdom political zeitgeist. - October 31, 2025
A robot can't clean a hotel room
Having covered the hotel industry for years now, I've heard multiple times from executives in interviews and on conference panels some variation of "A robot can't clean a hotel room." 
October 29, 2025Strategic recovery and value preservation: The Don CeSar one year after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton
In late 2024, The Don CeSar — the historic Gulf Coast resort located in St. Pete Beach, Florida — was devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, arriving just twelve days apart, that inflicted extensive damage to the property’s infrastructure, inventory and guest-facing amenities.
October 28, 2025How everything I knew about the hotel industry turned out to be wrong
After the gyrations of the COVID-19 pandemic, a guest speaker at a lodging conference quipped: “May you live in precedented times.”
October 28, 2025The blueprint for day one: Mastering the critical hotel pre-opening window
In the lifecycle of a hotel, no period is more fraught with risk or filled with opportunity than the final countdown to opening. While the focus for months, or even years, is on construction, the pivot to operational readiness is where long-term success is truly forged. For hotel owners, navigating this phase effectively is the difference between opening with momentum and playing catch-up in the first year.