Marketplace Stories
Luxury guests are willing to pay for exclusivity. But they expect perfection, says Corinna Döpkens, an expert in luxury travel. Digital structures ensure that hotels remain competitive.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing tourism – and offers enormous opportunities for hotels that are prepared to use data intelligently. 125 hoteliers, experts and industry representatives needed to talk.
Tourism meets technology. That is the guiding principle of TIS, the Tourism Innovation Summit, which is already one of the most important events in Seville. Hotel exhibitors are rare. The priority is networking between destination managers, event organisers and tech professionals. Not a bad combination.
According to the results of a study, in 2026 travellers will no longer be asking themselves primarily where to go, but rather why they are travelling. Instead of quantity, the focus will be on rest, comfort and relaxation – with or without the family.
Artificial intelligence and data are changing the rules of the game in the hotel industry. How can hotels use this development to inspire guests and steer them successfully into the future? Answers can be found at "Need to talk". Participation is free of charge.
The Hospitality Industry Dialogue (HID) kicks off with the leisure boom in South-East Europe. And then things heat up at the Expo Real hotel conference: from climate risk for hotel projects, franchising & asset-light to record margins & zero profit, and right through to high-speed market consolidation. The program.
"The modern world meets traditional trade": Dietmar Dahmen is one of Europe's most sought-after futurists. He delivers his message about transformation, technology and radical customer centricity on stage like a rock star. As a visionary, he knows how companies need to reinvent themselves – including in the hotel industry.
Despite all the sceptical business travel statistics, demand in this segment increased noticeably in the first half of 2025 for hospitality-focused distribution specialist QR Quality Reservations. At the same time, direct sales and the number of customers grew.
The "RFP season" is in full swing. However, the rules of the game for these Requests For Proposals have changed for 2026 . The traditional focus on booking volume and price is increasingly giving way to a strategic view of the purpose of business travel.
Paris on Monday and Tuesday of this week: Inner-city temperatures reached a staggering 40 degrees. Both people and industry feel HOT - Hotels Tomorrow at the same time. The abbreviation for this first "unconference" could not have been more fitting. After only three months of organisation, 48 speakers discussed with around 180 participants, all at C-level. The spell of a premier was broken by the unsettling, razor-sharp keynote speech.
More than two thirds of young people in Germany believe that green skills offer them new career opportunities. However, less than half of 16 to 24-year-olds see themselves as qualified enough to be successful in a sustainable working world and make a difference in environmental policy.
A new study predicts a bright future for the European Union’s Travel & Tourism sector, with strong growth predicted over the next decade.
By recognising hotels for their inspiring, holistic approach to online sales, Quality Reservations (QR) is setting new motivational accents. The measures implemented range from efficiency-enhancing 2-way interfaces to MICE links.
