Minor Hotels has unveiled plans to build a new global data and AI platform from the ground up in partnership with Google Cloud, Salesforce, OneTrust and Deloitte, marking a major acceleration of the group’s long-term digital transformation strategy. The initiative represents one of the most significant technology investments in Minor Hotels’ history. It also marks a deliberate move to lead the hospitality sector in using data and AI to personalise experiences and strengthen direct relationships with guests across its more than 640 properties in operation and committed development worldwide.

Minor Hotels, a global leader in hospitality with more than 640 properties across 63 countries, announces the first signings in India under its luxury Anantara Hotels & Resorts hotel brand for 2026: Anantara Zanti Coorg Resort and Anantara Kolkata Hotel. Both properties represent firsts for the brand in India: its first resort and first urban hotel in the country.

The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort, Bahamas is serving up the latest trend in racquet sports, with the arrival of two new padel courts. The padel courts, illuminated for nighttime play, accompany three Har-Tru tennis courts, all newly resurfaced for a premium court experience. Located steps away from the gorgeous, tiered Versailles Gardens and picturesque waterfall lagoon pool, the courts are easily walkable from the main resort guestroom wings.

BLESS COLLECTION HOTELS TO OPEN A NEW ICON OF CONTEMPORARY LUXURY IN IBIZA BLESS Ibiza The Site will open in June, bringing a refined and sophisticated hospitality concept that reinterprets Mediterranean essence to the destination. The Site Ibiza, the innovative destination driven by Palladium Hotel Group, will be home to the second BLESS Collection Hotels property in Ibiza. The Site Ibiza places the island's creative and innovative spirits at its core and is a result of the group's deep knowledge of and long-standing commitment to Ibiza.

Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas has joined The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW), becoming the first Anantara‑branded resort in Asia to be welcomed into the prestigious independent luxury hotel collection. Set on Koh Yao Yai, one of Thailand’s last unspoilt islands, the resort exemplifies Anantara’s commitment to experiential luxury rooted in place, culture, and nature. Its inclusion further strengthens LHW’s presence in Thailand, where it is now one of only eight member properties nationwide.

Radisson Hotel Group closed 2025 with more than 272 new hotel signings and openings, reinforcing its position as a leading, owner-centric hospitality group, while leveraging its successful momentum to accelerate into more relevant growth. Throughout the year, the Group retained Radisson Blu as Europe’s largest upper-upscale brand, with a presence in 154 cities. It also continues to lead Europe’s resort segment, with Radisson Blu resorts spanning 27 destinations across the continent. It also forged strategic new partnerships such as The Medlock, a Radisson Blu Hotel at Manchester City football club’s Etihad Stadium and with the MIMCO Group as the hotel partner for “The Butler” project and Byron Gestion with the signing of Radisson Hotel Cannes Seaside, while nurturing its existing partnerships with owners, 65% of whom have more than one hotel with the group.