This article explores the growing strategic importance of Food and Beverage within Italy’s luxury hotel sector, highlighting key market trends shaping hospitality performance across the country and selected high-performing operators. It forms the first article in the HVS Southern Europe Hospitality Series – Food and Beverage, focused on the evolving role of the gastronomic experience within hospitality.

Snapshot of the Amsterdam hotel market in 2026 with an exploration of tourism demand, hotel performance, hotel supply, the investment market and the market outlook.

Our Serviced Apartment Survey invited operators and chartered surveyors to share their views on the cost challenges of Serviced Apartments compared to typical hotels in 2026 and beyond.

Snapshot of the Copenhagen hotel market in 2026 with an exploration of tourism demand, hotel performance, hotel supply, the investment market and the market outlook.

Cape Town's tourism has shown remarkable resilience through global crises, with air connectivity proving to be the quiet engine behind its rise as a world-class destination. The numbers reveal surprising insights about where visitors come from, how much they spend, and how growth is spreading well beyond the city itself.

Snapshot of the Armenia hotel market in 2026 with an exploration of tourism demand, hotel performance, hotel supply, the investment market and the market outlook.

Snapshot of the Paris hotel market in 2026 with an exploration of tourism demand, hotel performance, hotel supply, the investment market and the market outlook.

This report highlights the key trends in the Indian hospitality industry in 2025 along with the sector performance metrics, brand signings, and brand openings during the year. It also provides our outlook for the sector for 2026.

A review of how a Branded Residential component can, in a world of rising construction costs, make new-build development make financial sense.

The 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict caused a sharp, rapid disruption to GCC hospitality by collapsing aviation capacity and traveler confidence. While flights began recovering after April, hotel demand lagged. Internationally exposed markets like the UAE were hit hardest, while Saudi Arabia showed resilience due to domestic and religious demand. Recovery is expected to be gradual, driven more by confidence than connectivity.