Imagine a future when robots will use intense germicidal UV light to disinfect rooms by quickly destroying microscopic bacteria and viruses that may be missed during the manual cleaning process. The robots will use pulsed […]
Atari isn’t playing games when it comes to its recent announcement that it will soon enter the hotel business with the opening of Atari Hotels. While the pioneering video game systems maker, which launched in […]
The Sinclair, Autograph Collection, in Fort Worth, Texas, has always stood out for its unique blend of historic art deco design. Now the landmark property, constructed in1930 and boasting 164 boutique rooms and suites, has […]
Effectively managing the operations and and optimizing the performance of hotels, resorts and vacation properties in 100 countries with more than 5,000 hotels and 280,000 employees worldwide is no easy feat. It requires, among other […]
Over the last few years, Grupo Piñero, a Spanish tourism group with 27 hotel properties in Spain and the Caribbean, has boosted digitization and data governance, investing in innovations such as digital assistants, for example, to improve […]
New York-based technology-powered apartment-hotel brand Domio has raised $100 million in Series B funding, evenly divided between equity and debt financing. The equity round was led by GGV Capital, with participation from additional investors, including: […]
In September, one of the largest four-season golf and spa resorts in the United States, began commercial operations of its solar farm. This week, the resort — Crystal Springs Resorts, located in the Kittatinny Mountains in […]
Is the presence of two concierge robots a big enough selling point for a certain traveler demographic to increase hotel occupancy and drive actual revenue growth? Chicago’s Hotel EMC2, a 195-room upscale boutique hotel that […]
Over the past few years, more hotel brands have experimented with virtual reality technology. Some have offered virtual tours on their websites, or via social media sites like Facebook, using 360 video technology that allows […]
Terranea, an oceanfront luxury resort on the Los Angeles coast, is reportedly the first and only independent hotel signatory to the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s 5-Star Promise initiative. Launched in the Fall of 2018, the […]
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