The September 2026 digital edition of HOTELS magazine is now available. In this issue, you’ll find:
- The story of IDeaS and its founders, Ravi Mehrotra and Sanjay Nagalia: Two students met on a train in India. Years later, they’d go on to create a company that revolutionized how hoteliers price accommodations.
- Our inaugural Top Talent Awards: A panoply of greatness exists in the hospitality industry. Some shine a little bit brighter. HOTELS recognizes the most influential people who promote, operate, build and invest in the hotel industry.
- Analyzing franchise agreements: Jostled by needling and expanding expense lines that have made it much more difficult to operate a property profitably, hotel owners are rethinking the equitability of franchise agreements.
- Development check: South Carolina’s capital of Columbia is home to the state’s university and is renowned for its synchronous fireflies. In January, Raines lit another light with the opening of The Lantern Columbia, a hotel that gives as much as it gets.
- More to Kohler: There’s more to Kohler, Wisc., than plumbing products. It’s there that a family name birthed a town and where one of its scions created a hospitality juggernaut—a full-spectrum experience of accommodations, golf, wellness and more.
And so much more! Click HERE and check it out now.