Galaxy Macau, Galaxy Entertainment Group's integrated resort on Cotai, unveiled the Galaxy Resort App and its Galaxy Rewards membership programme on 23 September 2026. The platform brings accommodation, dining, entertainment and retail together in a single guest journey, and makes the resort's culinary offer, which spans more than 120 outlets, its main loyalty lever.

The Board of Directors of H10 Hotels has appointed Jordi Espelt as Chairman of the Spanish hotel group. He succeeds his father, Josep Espelt, the group's founder, who becomes Honorary Chairman after more than half a century in the hotel industry. Jordi Espelt also remains CEO, ensuring a seamless handover within the family at the helm of a 70-hotel portfolio.

🔎 Trend of the day: Africa is stepping up to a new scale. A Kempinski complex in Douala and a regional office for Aleph Hospitality in Cape Town show the continent drawing operators and investors, while Prague, Barcelona and Berlin each confirm, in their own way, the vitality of European hospitality.

Qatar's Prime Minister announced on Sunday the creation of Doha Investment, a division of the Qatar Investment Authority that will oversee 45 state-owned companies from launch, including Katara Hospitality. The reorganisation comes as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz cuts Doha off from part of its gas revenue.

Radisson Hotel Group and GDS-Movement have unveiled a guide in Brussels for associations and professional congress organisers (PCOs), designed to turn sustainability ambitions into measurable action. The document draws on GDS-Index data and offers practical frameworks for embedding sustainability into event planning, delivery and reporting. The initiative responds to a persistent gap between associations' stated interest in sustainability and its real-world implementation.

Singapore-based Banyan Group has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Newmark Hotels & Reserves, the South African operator founded in Cape Town in 2007. Structured in phases towards full ownership, the deal adds 26 hotels, lodges and reserves across seven African countries to the group's portfolio, strengthening Banyan Group's presence in one of the world's fastest-growing tourism markets.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Delta Air Lines announced a long-term loyalty collaboration in Chicago on 9 September 2026, aimed at linking the World of Hyatt and Delta SkyMiles programmes. The alliance, set to launch in the coming months, comes as the hotel group winds down its enhanced relationship with American Airlines, whose cross-programme benefits will be phased out between late 2026 and early 2027. The dual move illustrates the ongoing reshuffling of hospitality-aviation alliances around loyalty for the most valuable travellers.

Two-time Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has become Global Ambassador for SHA, the Spanish group renowned for medical longevity and health and performance optimisation. The announcement was made in Madrid on 10 September 2026. The partnership pairs one of motorsport's most enduring drivers with a brand seeking to strengthen its international reach among a demanding clientele in search of sustainable performance.

Ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2026, Millennium & Copthorne has unveiled a development pipeline of 29 projects representing 11,736 hotel and residential units across six markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Driven by the regional MENAT platform, launched in February 2026 under the presidency of Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, the figures confirm the rise of an owner-operator model designed to weigh investment decisions on market fundamentals rather than opening volume alone.

In an op-ed published on the company's blog, Aleph Hospitality's COO sets out the criteria now redefining hotel development across the Middle East and Africa.

According to Kolsquare's barometer for the first half of 2026, the Cannes palace hotel posts the podium's best engagement rate, ahead of Carlton Cannes and Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic.

Marriott International and LG Electronics have jointly developed a cloud-based platform dedicated to in-room entertainment and technology. The system is entering a pilot phase across 40 hotels in the United States and Canada, ahead of a potential global rollout across the group's portfolio.