Meliá is taking over management of Lionel Messi’s boutique hotel brand, Northeast India: A hidden gem for tourism potential and more...

Meliá is taking over management of Lionel Messi’s boutique hotel brand
Monday, 3rd November 2025

Meliá is taking over management of Lionel Messi’s boutique hotel brand, beginning 1 November 2025, bringing the six-property collection into The Meliá Collection, the group’s upscale soft brand.

Launched in 2017, MiM Hotels has been operated since inception by Spain’s Majestic Hotel Group. Messi’s MiM portfolio includes properties in Sitges, Sotogrande, Mallorca, Ibiza, and Baqueira Beret in Spain, as well as one in Andorra >>

Rotana expanding its ME footprint with 655 rooms
3 Nov 2025 : Rotana Jabal Omar - Makkah to become a flagship property in one of the Kingdom’s most significant hospitality destinations >>

Northeast India: A hidden gem for tourism potential
3 Nov 2025 : Northeast India represents one of the country’s most compelling frontiers for tourism development and despite its exceptional natural beauty, cultural diversity, and strategic location, the region remains underrepresented in India’s tourism narrative >>

IHG has opened its first Garner hotel in Türkiye
2 Nov 2025 : IHG Hotels & Resorts has opened its first Garner hotel in Türkiye - Garner Hotel Istanbul – Airport Arnavutköy, just 14 kilometers from Istanbul Airport, the 56-room hotel is all about making travel easy and comfortable >>

LogProstyle announces land acquisition for Prostyle Ryokan Tokyo Asakusa II
1 Nov 2025 : LogProstyle announced that it has acquired land for the development of its second hotel in the Asakusa district of Tokyo >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The Luxury Hotel Business Isn’t Chasing Trends, It’s Revolting Against Mediocrity
Monday, 3rd November 2025

Every few months, the industry declares a new obsession - wellness, longevity, sustainability, zero-proof cocktails - each paraded as if it will reinvent luxury.

It won’t. Trends are the camouflage of a sector that’s run out of imagination. They distract from the simple truth that real progress has never come from committees or consumer data. It comes from artists. It always has. It always will >>

Technology Report 2025
Halfway through the decade, it’s clear that AI is the defining disrupter of our time. AI’s reach is broader than any recent tech wave, reshaping business strategy, politics, trade, defense, and even social justice. Two years ago, we warned that it was already too late to wait and see >>

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