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📰 In 2025, the hospitality industry trends are transforming experiences. Personalization takes a leap with hyper-personalization from booking to check-out. Sustainability is key, with eco-friendly practices and local consumption. Digital nomads favor remote work facilities, while smart technology, like keyless entry and smart rooms, is essential. Wellness offerings and health safety measures are priorities. Hotels embrace the changing landscape with concepts like glamping, influencer marketing, and dynamic spaces. These trends aim to create unique, tech-driven, sustainable guest experiences.

🏨 Since 1997, Kolkata's Roland Hotel has transformed its booking processes using STAAH’s solutions, including a booking engine and channel manager. This 30-room hotel, located near Forum Mall, automated its manual distribution tasks to enhance efficiency. Key improvements include seamless booking experiences, direct booking visibility alongside OTAs, price transparency with WatchMyRate, and smarter group distribution. Results include significant growth in online bookings and revenue, showcasing how technology can drive success in the hospitality industry.

FINLAND, 22 October 2025 — Hostaway, a leading vacation rental property management software (PMS), has become the world’s first short-term rental (STR) PMS unicorn, growing over 50% in size since its…

💸 Flexible financing is revolutionizing hospitality by integrating directly with hotel systems, providing funding based on real-time transaction data. Unlike traditional loans, this approach adapts to business needs, offering approvals potentially within 72 hours without fixed repayment schedules, interest rates, or hidden fees. YouLend exemplifies this shift, allowing repayments to vary with revenue, ensuring hotels access capital precisely when they need it, whether for busy seasons, guest experience enhancement, or unexpected investments.

🏠 Brooklyn Mirage, a New York nightlife hotspot, faces demolition with 32,000 square feet set to be razed, costing $1.5 million. Avant Gardner, its parent company, filed for Chapter 11 in August 2025, owing over $155 million and facing $30 million redesign permit issues. Diane Keaton, who passed away, served 20 years on the Los Angeles Conservancy board, preserving architectural landmarks. 50 Best extended hotel rankings include 12 North American hotels, with Aman New York ranking highest at 61.

🍽 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News, based in Brooklyn, NY, has been influential in the industry since 1999. He won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award and served as IFEC president in 2005. Thorn is a Tufts University alumnus and a Le Cordon Bleu graduate. His extensive background includes work at The New York Sun, Asia Times, and contributions to notable publications like the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America.

Annual eBook Shares Data-Driven Insights from Hoteliers and Tech Leaders, Empowering the Industry to Simplify Systems, Accelerate AI, and Build Future-Ready Organizations MINNEAPOLIS — Oct. 7, 2025 — IDeaS, a SAS company…