Hospitality & Leisure

Mesa, Ariz. – September 07, 2026 -- Arizona Athletic Grounds (AAG) has signed a seven-year, multimillion-dollar Founding Partnership naming PepsiCo the official soft drink partner of its 275-acre Mesa campus.

PepsiCo's beverage portfolio takes over concessions across a 275-acre campus

Under the agreement, PepsiCo brands including Gatorade, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Starry, Aquafina, LIFEWTR, Starbucks, Celsius, Alani Nu and Rockstar Energy will be served at concessions, three fieldhouses, the sports bar, food court, performance center and all outdoor competition venues at AAG. The deal also includes signage, digital and IPTV inventory, and year-round activation rights at AAG tournaments.

Las Vegas – September 07, 2026 -- UrVenue, a hospitality technology provider for venues, hotels and resorts, has opened a new corporate headquarters at 3327 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 3400, directly on the Las Vegas Strip, alongside a round of senior hires and internal promotions across customer success, business development and marketing.

UrVenue relocates headquarters to the Las Vegas Strip to sit closer to core clients

The company chose the Strip location to be physically nearer to the gaming, nightlife and entertainment operators that make up much of its customer base. Interim CEO Emily Curtin said the site marks where UrVenue built its earliest and deepest customer relationships, as the firm pushes growth across both its venue and resort business lines.

Gibraltar – September 07, 2026 -- Pragmatic Play has signed actor and comedian Kevin Hart to host live casino broadcasts on 6 and 7 November, marking one of the iGaming content supplier's highest-profile celebrity tie-ups to date.

Hart will front four hosting sessions across two days

Hart will appear on the live casino studio floor for four distinct sessions spanning the two-day event, presenting a selection of Pragmatic Play's live casino titles. The specific tables he will host will be disclosed to players on each broadcast day, with availability restricted in the UK and potentially limited in other jurisdictions.

Cash prizes and Free Chip promotions accompany the broadcasts

Pragmatic Play will run promotional campaigns ahead of the event offering Free Chips across live casino games, including those Hart hosts. During his sessions, the operator will additionally distribute random cash prizes to players in real time.

San Francisco – September 2, 2026 -- Peerspace, a marketplace for hourly venue rentals that has surpassed $800 million in total booking value since its 2014 founding, launched a new booking category called All Inclusive Venues, letting guests reserve space, food, and drinks in a single transaction.

New category goes live in four cities with two more by year-end

All Inclusive Venues is currently active in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London, with Chicago and Atlanta set to join by the end of 2026. Peerspace plans further expansion into Washington D.C., Miami, Toronto, Dallas, San Diego, and Seattle, followed by Austin, Denver, and Houston. The company expects to add more than 1,000 All Inclusive Venues to its marketplace in the coming months.

Miami Gardens, Fla. – September 07, 2026 -- South Florida Motorsports (SFM) and Hard Rock International have signed a new multi-year naming rights agreement that renames the race the FORMULA 1 HARD ROCK MIAMI GRAND PRIX, effective from the 2027 edition. The event is contracted to remain on the Formula 1 calendar through 2041.

Hard Rock expands from founding sponsor to full title partner

Hard Rock joined the Miami race as an original Founding Partner at its 2022 launch and has held naming rights to Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins, since 2016. The stadium anchors the Miami International Autodrome, a 19-turn, 3.36-mile circuit that hosts the race. Under the new deal, Hard Rock branding will appear on the official event title, logo, podium, the Fan Fest and trackside signage throughout the venue for the 2027 race, with a date still to be announced.

Denver – September 07, 2026 -- AirDNA has launched Adapt, an AI-native revenue management system for short-term rental (STR) hosts and property managers, drawing on data from 15 million listings the company tracks to set nightly rates and minimum stays.

More than 14,000 listings tested Adapt before public launch

The tool was developed after feedback from thousands of STR hosts identified a recurring problem: operators often cannot tell whether their pricing is working or why a rate changed. AirDNA connected more than 14,000 listings to Adapt during private and public betas to refine the product.

London – September 04, 2026 -- 50 Best has published its extended ranking of hotels placed No.51 to No.100, covering 23 territories and 40 cities ahead of the main World's 50 Best Hotels 2026 ceremony set for Paris on September 15. The expanded list includes 10 independent properties and precedes the top-50 announcement broadcast live on 50 Best's YouTube channel at 20:00 Paris time.

Asia dominates with 20 ranked properties, led by Japan's seven entries

Japan places Park Hyatt Tokyo at No.53, Hotel The Mitsui in Kyoto at No.79, and Waldorf Astoria Osaka at No.89. Mainland China enters the list with two hotels: Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen at No.90 and The Peninsula Shanghai at No.99.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING — July 03, 2026 — The Hopper Hotel St. Josef in Cologne has completed a redesign covering all 65 guest rooms and parts of its public areas, including the library and lobby. The project was carried out by LFPI Hospitality Group, which has operated the hotel since 2022 inside a heritage-protected building dating to 1891. LFPI has partnered with BWH Hotels under the WorldHotels Crafted brand since 2025, positioning the Cologne property within a wider collection of independently managed hotels. The redesign focused on preserving existing architectural elements while introducing new materials intended to improve guest comfort.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 17, 2026 -- IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement with Circle View Estate Private Ltd to develop voco Udaipur, a 140-key newbuild hotel scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2029. The agreement extends IHG's premium voco brand into one of India's most established leisure markets, adding to the company's growing footprint in Rajasthan. For Circle View Estate, partnering with IHG brings access to global brand systems, commercial expertise and a guest proposition built around individual character rather than uniform branding. The deal adds another premium signing to IHG's expansion across high-demand Indian destinations.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - WellnessSpace Brands, the Clearwater, Florida-based wellness and recovery equipment company, has launched the PolarWave Dry Plunge, a cold therapy unit that delivers a full-body cold plunge experience without water, plumbing, or sanitation infrastructure. Announced in December 2025, the product is aimed directly at commercial operators - gyms, spas, and recovery studios - for whom traditional cold plunge installations have presented prohibitive logistical and maintenance requirements. The PolarWave Dry Plunge joins a portfolio that now includes HydroMassage, CryoLounge+, RelaxSpace, and the RedZone Sauna, extending WellnessSpace Brands' position across the recovery and wellness technology segment.