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July 25, 2025

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JO&JOE unveils a new location in Budapest

🏨 JO&JOE Budapest offers 91 rooms with 374 beds for diverse travelers. Located centrally, it features dormitories, private, and 'OOO' rooms. The establishment includes a restaurant, bar/club with live music, and a rooftop with city views. Events include yoga, comedy, and local beer tastings. Attila Guranits and François Leclerc express pride in bringing JO&JOE’s vibrant, inclusive atmosphere to Budapest, enhancing it as both a social and creative hub.
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Is Your Network Ready for Wi-Fi 7 and Beyond?

📡 Wi-Fi 7 in hotels requires Optical LAN (OLAN) for enhanced performance. OLAN uses optical fiber, providing up to 25Gb/s with future capabilities reaching 100Gb/s, offering reduced latency and centralized architecture. A 30-floor hotel with 600 rooms can save 55% in total cost over 5 years using OLAN, including 96% space and 42% power savings. OLAN's fiber cables reduce physical and energy footprint by 40% compared to copper, supporting high data throughputs essential for Smart Hotels and IoT applications.
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Prospect, A New Mountain Lake Resort Opens in The Berkshires

🏖 July 25, 2025, Egremont, Massachusetts, a new lakeside retreat, Prospect, opens on 30 acres in the Berkshire Mountains. It features 49 hand-built cabins, including 40 cabins of 400 square feet and 9 hideaways of 135 square feet. The 5,000-square-foot Cliff House, originally built in 1876, is restored and serves as a central hub. Guests enjoy activities like kayaking and hiking. Prospect is close to skiing resorts and offers event spaces for up to 200 guests.
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Dorchester Collection Appoints Pascal Billard as New General Manager of Le Meurice, Paris

🏨 Pascal Billard will become general manager of Paris's Le Meurice on August 1, 2025. With over 35 years in hospitality, he previously managed Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona for 12 years and held roles in luxury hotels globally. Le Meurice, open since 1835, was the first hotel with the "Palace" distinction in France and features two Michelin-starred restaurants. Billard replaces Franka Holtmann, who retired in February after 18 years.
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Hotel Seville Nomad Introduces General Manager and Director of Sales & Marketing Following Recent Debut

📍 USA, New York City, New York. July 25, 2025. Tommasi Moccia becomes the General Manager, and Marcus Ong is appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Hotel Seville NoMad ahead of its multi-million-dollar renovation. Moccia and Ong bring over 20 years of experience each. Il Bar, designed by Thomas Juul-Hansen, opened early 2025, operating Tuesday-Saturday, 3:30-10:30 p.m. Hotel Seville NoMad features 348 rooms and will offer enhanced guest experiences.
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Guest Post: Why hotels must rethink how…

📈 2025: AI revolutionizes hospitality, with tools like ChatGPT used for personalized offers, posing risks. Guest data enters public LLMs without safeguards, risking GDPR violations and fines. Hoteliers risk privacy breaches and brand trust. Internal LLMs offer secure solutions but demand more setup. Urgent action is needed: audits, secure data environments, and global guidelines by bodies like the World Travel & Tourism Council, HOTREC, and AHLA. Protect guest data today to avoid future consequences.
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Holiday Extras keeps momentum with AI…

💻 Holiday Extras launched a new AI-powered tool, Vibe Traveller, in July 2025, designed to match holidaymakers with destinations based on personal vibes. It analyzes Instagram screenshots or top five holiday playlist songs to identify ideal locations and itineraries. This tool simplifies holiday planning using 'vibe coding' and aligns with the company’s AI currency tool launched with Caxton. Allie Ralph predicts 'vibe travel' as the next trend, catering to energy-driven destination preferences.
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Hospitable Revamps Guest Portal to Help Hosts Boost Revenue and Automate Security

🏨 Lakeview Hotels & Resorts and RoomKeyPMS celebrate 20 years of partnership, starting in 2005 with a single property in Brandon, Manitoba, expanding across Canada. RoomKey offers innovative, user-friendly, cloud-based tools beneficial for diverse guest demographics. The collaboration includes features like mobile check-in and payment processing. Jeannette Clarke emphasizes the importance of feedback and service alignment. Shane McPhail highlights the partnership's role in product development. The Grand Winnipeg Airport Hotel exemplifies tech-forward applications.
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