The Upgrade: EMEA Hospitality News

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CoStar News Hotels' Terence Baker brings you the latest hotel news from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

  1. 1D AGO

    Global hotel market standouts from 2025 (with STR's Sarah Duignan)

    STR’s Sarah Duignan joined The Upgrade podcast to discuss global hotel performance highlights from full-year 2025 data, including the huge impact of Formula 1 races in markets such as Abu Dhabi.

    30 min

  2. 12/22/2025

    How the UK budget will affect hospitality with Bridget Baker

    Veteran hotel and hospitality consultant Bridget Baker, owner of Bridget Baker Consulting, joins the show to talk about how the U.K. government's November budget has put more pressure on hotel operations across the country.

    32 min

  3. 11/20/2025

    CEO Oliver Winter on a possible new brand for A&O

    A&O Hotels & Hostels has expanded its name to include hotels and is pondering the establishment of a premium or luxury hostel brand, so said its CEO Oliver Winter, with its newly acquired hotel, the former DoubleTree by Hilton, Docklands Riverside, likely to be the test case.

    28 min

  4. 10/23/2025

    The return of the Chinese traveler to Europe (with China Daily's Mingjie Wang)

    China Daily's Mingjie Wang joins "The Upgrade" to discuss the full recovery of Chinese outbound travel demand and how hoteliers can get their market share.

    25 min

  5. 09/25/2025

    Sustainability and hotel profitability, with HoCoSo's Katharine Le Quesne

    Katharine Le Quesne, managing director at hospitality advisory HoCoSo, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the hotel industry's sustainability initiatives. Despite some pushback in certain parts of the world, sustainability remains a strategic focus of many hotel firms.

    32 min

  6. 08/14/2025

    Oasis v Swift, and other trends across Europe (with William Anns)

    STR's William Anns joins the podcast to talk about why Southern Europe continues to shine in terms of hotel performance and dives into how hotels have fared during the recent Oasis tour compared to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

    25 min

  7. 05/07/2025

    How TUI continues to scale in-house brands TUI Blue and The Mora

    Wesam Okasha, managing director of TUI Blue Hotels, joins The Upgrade: EMEA Hospitality News podcast to discuss how TUI has evolved from being solely a package and all-inclusive tourism firm to one with standalone, in-house hotel brands TUI Blue and The Mora.

    18 min

  8. 02/27/2025

    How hotels could leverage AI, with Hospitality Technology Advisory’s Kevin Edwards

    Kevin Edwards, CEO of Hospitality Technology Advisory, joined The Upgrade: EMEA Hospitality News to discuss the business case for more artificial intelligence in the hotel industry.

    23 min
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CoStar News Hotels' Terence Baker brings you the latest hotel news from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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