A five-month build. An eighteen-month permit. The structural reason hospitality projects get stuck.

A hotel can take five months to build and eighteen months to permit.

What’s changed isn’t the frustration — it’s how unpredictable the process has...

“I’ve been in a bathroom that felt the same in Tokyo, Berlin, and Austin, Texas.”

Stuart Greif wasn’t complaining about hotel design at HotelSpaces. He was diagnosing a problem the Forbes Travel Guide Chief Strategy, Innovation & Operating Officer...

A guest checked into the hotel excited to visit a small restaurant that reminded her of her mother’s cooking. Later that night, she returned visibly disappointed — the restaurant had closed.

A team member didn’t escalate the issue or look for a...

At HotelSpaces 2025, Anshuman Bhargava, GM & Business Head at AIIR Holdings, Inc., discussed how innovation in HVAC can drive brand loyalty with hotel guests & boost construction profits in hotels.

Noise complaints. Humidity issues. Hotel rooms that...

RevPAR grew 0.2% this year. Luxury is outperforming. San Francisco—surprisingly—posted the highest RevPAR growth while Austin, Houston, and Las Vegas continue to decline.

None of that changes the fact that you still can't find electricians, lead...

Nobody's waiting for the construction market to settle down. It won't.

Permitting delays aren't going anywhere. Labor costs keep climbing. Tariffs shift by the week. So senior hospitality construction and design leaders from major hotel brands came...