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Emerging Technology & Wellness
Horwath HTL NZ recently presented at the 2026 Design Inn Symposium in Adelaide, a partnered event with the Asia Pacific Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition. This provided a timely opportunity to explore the intersection of wellness and technology, and to consider how emerging innovations are shaping the future of hospitality design, guest experience, and human wellbeing.
How Asia Pacific is defining the future of luxury outdoor lodging
For a long time, luxury was about having more – more layers in the plush bed, more entertainment in the itinerary, more Michelin-starred dinners, more dedicated attention. The new luxury? It is more of less, and more of what cannot be bought or owned.
Beyond hospitality: the Resort as economic engine
The next generation of island destination communities must be underwritten as integrated economic platforms — not as hotels with real estate attached. The next great island resort will not be judged only as a resort. It will be judged as economic infrastructure.
Czechia Hotel & Chains Report 2026
This comprehensive data-driven analysis tracks the rapid transformation of the Czech hospitality real estate market through 2026. Explore the core macroeconomic indicators, shifting inbound tourism demand patterns, institutional CEE hotel transaction volumes, and evolving branded chain penetration rates defining Prague and the broader regional luxury wellness resort sub-markets
Why your sustainability lead should report to your CFO
For years, the hospitality industry has kept sustainability in a silo – a “nice-to-have” function often relegated to marketing or corporate social responsibility. However, a new financial reality is forcing a radical restructuring. With insurance premiums in the hospitality sector jumping by 19.5% year-on-year, sustainability has moved from an aspirational branding exercise to a core, fiduciary risk-mitigation function that belongs alongside financial reporting.
Your hotel’s data: who actually controls and owns it?
Most hotel owners assume the data sitting in the systems on their property — guest profiles, booking histories, operational records, financial transactions — belongs to them. After all, it is their asset, their guests, their hotel performance. The assumption is intuitive, but in most of Asia Pacific, this assumption is wrong.
New Zealand Hotel Performance Focus May 2026
New Zealand’s hotel sector delivered a solid month in May, with hotels reporting 12.3% RevPAR growth compared to May last year. Download the report below to read our full analysis and regional highlights.
Budapest hotel demand hits record 9.83 million guest nights in 2025
Budapest’s hotel market reached a new demand record in 2025, with 9.83 million guest nights, rising ADR and a record 19.6 million airport passengers. Horwath HTL analyses the key trends.
Beyond the final whistle: How mega sporting events transform cities
As Europe’s most prestigious club football event approaches Budapest, attention is increasingly turning not only to the spectacle on the pitch, but also to the broader impact such mega sporting events generate for host cities. Today, football games such as the UEFA Champions League Final extend far beyond sport itself — serving as powerful catalysts for tourism growth, international visibility, infrastructure activation, and long-term economic development.
Poland Hotel & Chains Report 2026
Poland’s hotel market is growing fast. The 2026 Horwath HTL Poland Hotel & Chains Report tracks 532 chain hotels operating 74,138 rooms across a total market of 2,629 properties. With chain penetration at 46% by rooms, international and domestic operators expanding, and a significant development pipeline ahead, Poland is firmly establishing itself as one of Central and Eastern Europe’s most dynamic hospitality markets.
New Zealand Hotel Performance Focus April 2026
Despite ongoing geopolitical turmoil, New Zealand’s hotel sector delivered another strong month in April, with healthy RevPAR growth across the country’s key centres. Download the report below to read our full analysis and regional highlights.
Spain Hotel & Chains Report 2026
The Spanish hotel sector continues to demonstrate strong resilience and adaptability, consolidating its position as one of the leading hospitality markets in Europe. Building on the strong post-pandemic recovery, the industry has entered a new phase characterised by sustained demand, increasing international visibility, and the progressive professionalisation of the sector.
The Industrialisation of Hospitality
When entering a hotel in Germany in the year 2000, guests would often still meet the owner personally at the reception desk. Today, check-in is frequently completed digitally via smartphone – efficient, standardised and in some cases without any direct personal interaction.
Spirit is gone, fuel costs are rising and Mexico’s hotels are caught in the middle
The shutdown of Spirit Airlines delivers a major shock to Mexico’s tourism economy, removing one of the largest ultra‑low‑cost carriers serving the U.S.–Mexico leisure corridor at the same time global jet‑fuel prices are rising.
AI in Hospitality: where it is working in Asia and where it is just marketing
Every hotel owner in Asia Pacific has, by now, sat through a pitch that promised artificial intelligence would transform their property or their asset portfolio. The pitch is often well-produced, the demo is often impressive, and the price tag is almost always substantial. What is rarely clear, however, is what problem the technology solves for this asset – at this stage, under this ownership — and what it will take to realize that promise.
Buahan a Banyan Tree escape
Buahan, a Banyan Tree Escape is a 16-key open-air luxury retreat in the highland valley north of Ubud, Bali in Indonesia. Built around a “No Walls, No Doors” architectural philosophy, it is the first fully open-air property in the Banyan Group portfolio — and one of the most formally recognised sustainable luxury properties in the world.
Canada Hotels & Chains Report 2026
The Canada Hotels & Chains Report 2026 provides a comprehensive overview of the Canadian hospitality sector, analysing both independent and branded hotel performance as of 2025. Drawing on industry data from CoStar and Horwath HTL’s proprietary research, the report evaluates market recovery, operational performance, supply distribution, and investment trends across the country.
New Zealand Hotel Performance Focus March & Q1 2026
New Zealand’s hotel sector finished the first quarter with strong momentum, carrying forward the exceptional performance recorded across January and February 2026, with no material signs of demand weakness in March following world events that started on 28 February. Download the report below to read our full analysis and regional highlights.