Why Boutique Hotels Should Partner With Retreat Leaders to Unlock Mid-Week Business

October 31, 2025 0 Comments

Boutique hotels are uniquely positioned to capture one of the fastest-growing opportunities in travel: short-stay wellness retreats designed for meaningful rest and renewal. While travelers crave connection, mindfulness, and community, many independent hotels are still relying heavily on weekends, weddings, and group business. Mid-week occupancy remains soft, and F&B or wellness spaces often sit underutilized.  […]

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Optimizing your hotel database – quantity vs quality

October 31, 2025 0 Comments

Tempted by big audiences and the lure of impressive returns, hotels often want to keep the number of email addresses in their databases high. But this is actually the downfall of many email marketing strategies. A vast volume of contacts may seem a valuable investment; however, there’s an underlying danger that it is actually causing […]

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Preview: 2025 Skate Canada International

October 29, 2025 0 Comments

by Matteo Morelli Skate Canada International is the third Grand Prix event of the season. This year, SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is welcoming back this Grand Prix after last hosting it in 2001. A little curiosity: did you know that Skate Canada is one of the oldest competitions in the Grand Prix series? The […]

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Data sharing remains a key barrier to scaling AI in hospitality, despite 78% of hotel chains already using it – warns Ireckonu

October 28, 2025 0 Comments

Amsterdam, October 2025.  A new study AI & Automation in Hospitality: Navigating Today’s Challenges, Shaping Tomorrow’s Gains, led by by h2c GmbH and sponsored by Ireckonu along with other industry leaders, reveals that while 78% hotel chains have already adopted AI (but efforts largely remain limited to pilots or public tools), data sharing and integration […]

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Hospitality experts reveal how hotels must adapt to shorter European business trips

October 28, 2025 0 Comments

Global interest in business travel is soaring, with Google searches for “business travel hotels” up by 1,025% over the past year and over 1.4 million searches for “business travel” in the past month alone. As the market rebounds, hotels are rethinking how to cater to modern travellers, balancing short business trips, extended leisure stays, and […]

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