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Stories
A Fast Hotel Website Can Still Have a Broken Booking Journey
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Stories
Building AI Tools That Hotel Teams Actually Use
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Stories
FSM 2026: Looking Beyond Price When Deciding What’s Worth the Investment
At Food Service Management Summit 2026, food service leaders took on a seemingly simple question: What is worth the investment?…
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Stories
Beyond Sustainability: Building Hotel Brand Value Through Conservation
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Stories
Stop Chasing Cultural Relevance. Start Creating It.
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BITAC
The Independent Advantage: Creative Capital, Partnerships and New Ways to Make Hotels Pencil
Independent hotels face many of the same financial and operating pressures as their branded counterparts, often without the scale, infrastructure…
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Q&A
Q&A: How Mustang Home Goods Fits into the Hospitality Puzzle
Mike Waring did not start Mustang Home Goods with hotel furnishings in mind. The company traces its roots to Waring’s…
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Stories
Your Most Valuable Hotel Asset May Not Be on Your Property
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Design
How Quiet is No Longer a Luxury Reserved Just for the Elite
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BITAC
BITAC Purchasing & Design: Where Design Trends Meet High-Level Sustainability Strategy
Savannah, Ga. — Sustainability in hotel design can be easy to promote and harder to execute. Its real impact often…
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BITAC
BITAC Purchasing & Design: Overcoming Supply Chain, Shipping and Warehousing Delays
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Supply chain disruptions have become a lasting part of hospitality development and renovation, requiring procurement teams to…
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Data & Research
Extended-Stay Hotel Demand Accelerates as U.S. Lodging Performance Improves
U.S. hotels posted year-over-year gains in May, as extended-stay properties recorded particularly strong growth in demand, room revenue and occupancy.…
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Stories
Anticipating Change in Hospitality: The Rise in Short-Term Group Sales Bookings
Group sales booking windows are tightening nationwide, in some instances compressing to as little as 30 days, marking a significant…
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BITAC
BITAC Casino & Resort 2026: Where Design and Procurement Converge to Shape Casino Development
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Casino resort projects are most successful when design, procurement and operations teams are aligned from the start.…
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BITAC
BITAC Casino & Resort 2026: Casino Operations Today and the Forces Shaping Tomorrow
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Casino and resort operators are trying to solve a complicated equation: how to use technology, automation and AI…
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BITAC
BITAC Owners Spring 2026: The Realities of Hotel Ownership Today
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hotel owners at the BITAC Owners Spring 2026 event weighed the realities of development, capital, brands, labor…
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BITAC
BITAC Owners Spring 2026: The New Hotel Owner Playbook
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hospitality executives converged May 17-19 at the Scottsdale Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., for the 2026 BITAC Owners…
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Food & Beverage
After Sustainability Comes Regenerative Tourism
In 2026, sustainability is now a baseline expectation. It mitigates the effects of climate change, particularly given travel’s well-documented environmental…
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Data & Research
Report: Anticipated World Cup Boom May Fall Short of Expectations
Two months ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a new report by American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) shows…
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BITAC
2026 BITAC Operations: From Chaos to Clarity
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Operational clarity is not the product of better dashboards or a longer list of platforms. It…
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BITAC
2026 BITAC Operations: Redefining the Role of Procurement
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Procurement in hospitality has moved well past the era of the handshake deal on the golf…
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BITAC
BITAC® Sales, Marketing & Revenue Management Summit: Light at the End of the Tunnel
It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly every aspect of our lives…
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BITAC
BITAC® Sales, Marketing & Revenue Management Summit 2026: Making a Transformative Impact
Leaders from throughout the hospitality industry flocked to Fort Myers, Fla., March 29-31 for the 2026 BITAC® Sales, Marketing &…
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BITAC
BITAC Luxury 2026 Keynote: Adam Mogelonsky on Why Luxury Needs a Niche
At BITAC Luxury 2026, held Feb. 22-24 at the Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples, Fla., hospitality strategist Adam Mogelonsky…
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BITAC
BITAC Luxury 2026: Designing for a New Era of Travel
In 10, 15 years, how would you describe your ideal hotel stay? What features will you expect while traveling for…