Boutique hospitality continues to evolve through a deeper understanding of what makes a place memorable. This week’s stories explore an industry balancing reinvention with heritage, operational resilience with guest expectations, and distinctive design with increasingly personal experiences. Across hotels and restaurants, character is becoming a defining part of the value proposition—shaped by people, place, architecture, […]
Luxury hospitality is becoming increasingly personal. This week’s stories reveal an industry where value is being shaped not only by investment and expansion, but by the people behind the experience, the stories embedded in a property, and the details that make a hotel, restaurant, or destination feel unmistakably its own. From talent development and boutique […]
Collaboration enables Gecko Hospitality to offer ESource professional development resources to clients, connecting recruitment with continued workforce development CAPE CORAL, Florida – Gecko Hospitality is expanding its approach to hospitality talent through a partnership with Auguste Escoffier Global Solutions, enabling Gecko to offer Escoffier Global’s ESource professional development platform to its clients and extending the […]
By Rod Clough, President – HVS Americas This summer has been strong for the U.S. hotel sector, with weekly RevPAR gains averaging near 8.0% in June and early July, cooling slightly into 6.0% to 7.0% in August. Our RevPAR growth forecast reflects 4.5% for 2026 given the expectation that recent growth, partly fueled by World […]
Global Luxury division deepens focus on executive leadership recruitment for independent, boutique, lifestyle and luxury hospitality organizations Gecko Hospitality, a leading hospitality management recruiting firm with more than 25 years of industry experience, is expanding its investment in the luxury and boutique hospitality sector through its Global Luxury division and continued involvement with the Boutique […]
Luxury hospitality is entering a more considered chapter. Wellness rituals, climate realities, business fundamentals, and changing traveler expectations are influencing not only where people stay, but what they expect a stay to mean. For boutique hospitality, these shifts create an opportunity to rethink luxury around relevance, character, and the quality of the experience. The latest […]
Written by: Joe LeVine, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Mercer Street Partners Fifteen minutes in a sauna — 160, 180, sometimes 195 degrees, until you’re sweating and starting to question your decisions. Then, immediately, a cold plunge. Submerge to the neck in low-40’s water for one to three minutes, while everything in you says get out. […]
The 17th Annual Boutique Hotel Owners Conference Returns to LA this Fall LOS ANGELES, CA — The Boutique & Luxury Lodging Association (BLLA) has entered a new era of storytelling for the boutique hotel industry, declaring 2026 the Age of Wonder. The theme anchors this year’s Boutique Hotel Owners Conference (BHOC), the 17th edition of […]
Boutique hospitality is entering a phase where the details behind the experience matter just as much as the experience itself. This week’s stories reveal an industry increasingly focused on talent, thoughtful brand building, adaptive reuse, and design that creates a deeper sense of place. From new hotel concepts and major urban developments to evolving F&B […]
Stacy Pilkington didn’t come into recruiting from the outside. She came from 25 years spent inside some of the most demanding properties in luxury hospitality, preopening the Venetian, leading the Rooms Division at the Brown Palace, stewarding the Wailea Beach Resort, and eventually serving as Hotel Manager at the St. Regis. When she moved into […]