Hospitality & Leisure

New York – September 16, 2026 -- Mews has launched Mews POS in the United States and Canada, allowing hotels to run property management, food and beverage operations and payments on a single system. The platform, already live in more than 20 countries across Europe and APAC since its 2024 introduction, connects every order, charge and guest interaction automatically across a property.

Standalone POS systems cost hotels two hours of daily reconciliation work per property

Most point-of-sale systems on the market were built for standalone, full-service restaurants, forcing hotels to pay for complexity they do not need. Staff typically spend two hours a day manually reconciling POS, property management and accounting systems, according to Mews. Revenue losses stem from manual posting errors, missed checkouts and gaps between disconnected software APIs.

Moab, Utah – September 16, 2026 -- Moab Office of Tourism has unveiled a new destination brand and advertising campaign, "Should've Stayed Longer," built on visitor research showing more than 90% of travelers either planned to return or wished they had allotted more time in the area.

Research drives repositioning away from single-stop bucket-list marketing

The campaign, developed with creative studio Camp4 Collective and travel agency TOURIST, reframes Moab as a multi-day destination rather than a quick stop en route to Arches National Park. Michael Soleta, director of the Moab Office of Tourism, said the rebrand followed a year-long collaboration among the tourism office, its board, elected officials and community and agency partners.

Potomac Falls, Va. – – September 16, 2026 -- Destinations International (DI) will convene destination leaders, policymakers and industry partners on September 16, 2026, for its second global Virtual Advocacy Day, a one-day program running 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET aimed at helping tourism organizations counter funding cuts and shifting political support.

DI cites growing funding scrutiny as the driver behind a second global advocacy program

Don Welsh, president and CEO of Destinations International, said destination leaders face rapid swings in funding, public perception and political backing, and need relationships, data and messaging in place before a crisis hits rather than after.

Indianapolis – September 16, 2026 -- Picklr Keystone Crossing will host Special Olympics Indiana's inaugural pickleball state tournament on Sunday, September 13, with 82 athletes from across the state competing for gold, silver, and bronze medals starting at 9:15 a.m.

Tournament follows 2025 training clinic that drew 36 athletes and 27 coaches

Picklr Keystone Crossing hosted Special Olympics Indiana's first pickleball training clinic in 2025, attracting 36 athletes from 12 counties and 27 coaches from 14 counties as participants prepared for the sport's debut competitive season in 2026.

Arlington, Va. – September 15, 2026 -- Casino operators are losing visibility into total player value because core systems for gaming, hospitality, and loyalty were built to process isolated transactions rather than track a single guest identity, according to a new blueprint from Info-Tech Research Group.

Dallas – September 15, 2026 -- Water Wings Swim School opened its first franchised location in Cypress, Texas on September 5, marking the debut of a national expansion push that now spans 54 awarded franchise units across 16 states. The brand, part of youth enrichment platform Unleashed Brands, launched its franchise program in May 2025.

Cypress location kicks off six openings planned for 2026

The Cypress school, owned by multi-unit operators Arun and Kay Singh, is the first of six franchised Water Wings locations slated to open this year. A second location owned by Ali Robaei opens in Frisco, Texas on September 19, followed by additional schools in Arlington, TX; Billings, MT; Brighton, MI; and Marysville, WA before year-end.

New York – September 15, 2026 -- FanDuel has been named the first Official and Exclusive Sportsbook and Prediction Market Partner of Real App, integrating live odds and contextual betting markets directly into the social sports platform's real-time feeds starting with the 2026 NFL season.

Real App brings 1.5 million monthly active users to the FanDuel integration

Real App, built around live play-by-play tracking and fan conversation, counts over 1.5 million monthly active users and 1.1 million daily active users across 18 leagues including the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and WNBA. Users on the platform have logged 4.8 billion minutes in the past 12 months, with concurrent users surpassing 250,000 during close games and more than 70% of monthly active users returning on major game days.

Limassol – – September 15, 2026 -- NuxGame, a B2B iGaming software provider founded in 2018, will host operators, affiliates and partners at Stand A326 in Hall 1 of SBC Summit Lisbon 2026, running Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa.

NuxGame sponsors the summit's Networking Lounge in Hall 1

The company's stand doubles as the event's Networking Lounge, giving operators direct access to NuxGame's product and commercial teams for one-on-one sessions across all three days.

Denver – September 15, 2026 -- VASA Fitness has become the newest HYROX enterprise partner in North America, rolling out dedicated HYROX Training Clubs at 10 locations across five states as the fast-growing functional fitness racing format expands into mainstream gym networks.

Ten clubs across Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma and Illinois gain HYROX-specific equipment

Participating VASA locations include Colorado Springs, Aurora and Thornton in Colorado; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Kaysville, Sandy and Orem in Utah; Chandler, Arizona; and Crystal Lake and Romeoville in Illinois. Each site will feature wall-ball target zones, competition-spec weighted medicine balls, push/pull sleds on VASA turf, and battle ropes to support HYROX-style training and competition preparation.

New York – September 15, 2026 -- Lucas Bols named Rebecca Ardman of Boston and Michael Sanz of Los Angeles as the East and West Coast winners of the 2026 BOLS Cocktail Battle, securing both bartenders a spot at Cocktail Fever, the brand's global bartender event in Amsterdam.

Two US bartenders qualify for Amsterdam's Cocktail Fever program

Ardman won with SPF-U, a layered cocktail blending BOLS Banana Liqueur and BOLS Blue Curacao with Partida Tequila, Frangelico, lemon and vanilla, topped with pineapple-cinnamon foam. Sanz took the West Coast title with Fire and Ice, combining BOLS Blue Curacao and BOLS Elderflower Liqueur with gin, lemon, lavender bitters and chile-spiced hot honey.

Both drinks were judged on flavor, originality, technical execution, visual presentation and storytelling, built around this year's "Neon Nights" competition theme.