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Indian Hotels Company has marked Ginger's debut in Hyderabad with the opening of a 118-key property on Airport Road, bringing its lean-luxe midscale brand into one of India's most consistently high-performing hotel markets for the first time. The...

Accor India has launched 'Accelerate by Accor', a structured workforce initiative designed to skill more than 500 young people from low-income and underserved communities for entry-level careers in the hospitality and service sector, in partnership with social enterprise...

Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia returns to Riyadh on 22 June for what organisers describe as one of the most consequential editions of the event since its launch, with a programme explicitly designed to address geopolitical uncertainty while...

IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement with Yash Hotels & Resorts LLP to develop Holiday Inn Resort Alwar, marking the global group's entry into a Rajasthan destination that has until now been largely overlooked by...

ITC Hotels has signed a 100-key Fortune Hotel in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, as the group deepens its bet on India's expanding spiritual tourism economy. The property, scheduled to open in April 2030, will extend the Fortune Hotels brand...

The Glenwalk, the premium Scotch whisky brand co-founded by Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and spirits company Cartel Bros, has launched its Dominance range in Maharashtra, introducing a portfolio of higher-strength expressions that signals a new phase of product...

IHG Hotels & Resorts is sharpening its focus on Australia's regional and gateway cities, with two imminent 2026 openings in Townsville and Darwin anchoring a deliberate push into markets where international branded supply has historically been limited. The...

The hospitality industry has spent the better part of a decade debating gender representation. Reports are commissioned, panels convened, pledges signed. Progress arrives slowly and unevenly – concentrated at the front of house and the top of the...

Celebrity chef and restaurateur Aanal Kotak has opened The Secret Kitchen in Schaumburg, Illinois, marking the brand's debut in the United States and its most significant international move to date as Indian fine dining continues its rapid global...

A viral social media post claiming 450 Dubai hotels are shutting down has amplified a genuine crisis with significant inaccuracies. The real picture of Middle East hospitality in 2026 is serious enough without embellishment: a sector that entered...