Podcast: Redefining Luxury Hospitality

Nasma Design is poised to set new benchmarks for elegance, functionality, and aesthetic delight.

Following the acquisition of the SpringHill Suites Las Vegas Convention Center, the Apple Hospitality hotel portfolio includes 225 hotels with 29,900 guest rooms geographically diversified throughout 38 states.

Architectural Digest released its top 10 “emerging luxury cities” in October. Its criteria — activities, properties, dining, annual income, diversity, and safety — are all geared toward residents. But what do these cities hold for visitors seeking an exceptional vacation?

Embark on a journey to discover unparalleled winter luxury at these four exquisite alpine retreats. From Sir Richard Branson's opulent mountain haven in Verbier, to the snow-lover's dream at Pendry Park City in Utah, each destination promises not just the world's best ski slopes but an elevated winter experience.

In the snowy heart of the Swiss Alps, one hotel is changing the game for what après-ski means. Traditionally, après-ski is all about kicking back after a day of skiing, maybe with a hot drink or a beer in hand. It's a time to relax and share stories of the day's escapades on the slopes. But at the Tschuggen Grand Hotel, they're offering something different, something more.

A historic year of strikes has been roiling across hotels in one of the biggest travel markets in the US. Starting in July, thousands of Los Angeles-based hotel employees, including cooks, housekeepers, dishwashers, servers, bellhops, and front desk agents, walked off the job to protest their current working conditions, according to Unite Here Local 11, the union that represents most hospitality workers in Los Angeles.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, December 14. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Winter brings plenty of holiday travel experiences, stocking stuffer ideas and travel contests to get you going, but there is other news in hospitality. These hotels and hospitality groups are adding promotions, upgrading their offerings and redesigning their look to encourage future bookings in 2024. Here’s what you need to know to get the year off to a great start.

This story about Tibetan cuisine in Queens, New York is part of Home, Made, a collection of stories honoring Asian diasporas creating vibrant communities by weaving their heritages with their American hometowns. Read more here.

“Casa Maria Luigia is a home and a hotel…imaginary and real,” writes Lara Gilmore in Slow Food, Fast Cars, the book she co-authored with chef Massimo Bottura, her partner in life and fine dining. Together, they’ve created such restaurants as the three-Michelin-star destination Osteria Francescana. But Gilmore began her career writing about art, and Slow Food, Fast Cars: Casa Maria Luigia - Stories and Recipes (out from Phaidon on December 6) marries a number of genres, from cookbook to essay collection to exhibition catalog and beyond.

Cunard set the benchmark for luxury travel at sea with award-winning World Voyages, Trans-Atlantic crossings and itineraries that explore Alaska, Canada, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and more far-flung destinations around the world.

Gain valuable insights from experts at T-Systems Iberia, SiteMinder, Marbian Technologies, and Amadeus on trending topics like mass tourism, e-commerce for hoteliers, sustainability in hospitality, and the role of NDC in travel selling.