Hospitality Design

Duangrit Bunnag Designs Hotel Bocage in Thailand

Designed by Thai architect Duangrit Bunnag, the six-room Hotel Bocage will open in the Hua Hin district of Thailand’s Gulf Coast during the first quarter of 2017. Guestrooms, ranging in…

Mövenpick Hotel Colombo Arrives in Sri Lanka

The Mövenpick Hotel Colombo has debuted in the Sri Lankan capital as the city’s first new 5-Star property in 25 years. Spanning 24 floors, the diamond-shaped exterior is accented with…

Hotel William Gray

Located steps away from Montreal’s famed Place Jacques-Cartier and Old Port, two 18th-century structures—Maison Edward-William Gray and Maison Cherrier—have been crowned with an eight-story glass tower by local firm Béïque…

5 Questions For Micah Solomon

Authentic, unscripted customer service Scripted service, pretensions and formality, the white-gloved, ‘tea at the Plaza’ style of customer service, are too mothball-scented for today’s hospitality customers, including the important Millennial…

Looking Ahead with Allison Cooke

Emerging F&B trends In the DC area, [there’s] an increasing interest in food halls or multi-venue concepts. These allow emerging F&B entrepreneurs to enter the market more easily and connect…

Sbe Appoints New COO

Jorge Giannattsio joins Los Angeles-based lifestyle hospitality brand sbe as COO. He will oversee daily operations across the sbe platform alongside founder and CEO Sam Nazarian. Giannattsio holds 25 years…

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HVS: Robust Tourism in Iceland Prompts Hotel Supply Growth

Tourism in Iceland has experienced unprecedented growth since 2010, resulting in a rise in occupancy levels in the country’s hotel supply and prompting alternative accommodation, like Airbnb, to flourish, according…

Hilton Signs Nine Hotels in Mexico

 Hilton Worldwide has announced the addition of nine properties in Mexico to its portfolio. Totaling nearly 1,200 guestrooms, the new hotels will join Hilton’s more than 45 existing hotels in…