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Issue 01 · 30 August 2026

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Theses, case studies and field notes on hospitality, travel and the business of experience — written for the people who set rate, allocate capital and design the product.

No. 119

Commercial Hospitality

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Beyond All-Inclusive: The Future of Luxury Is Not More Inclusion. It’s Less Friction.

The most elevated hospitality experiences are moving beyond unlimited consumption — and toward something far more valuable: a world that operates around the guest. Why the mass-market all-inclusive is already selling privacy back to its own guests, and what that means for rate, staffing and what gets built.

31 August 2026 · 20 minutes

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No. 118

Commercial Hospitality

Thesis

Why Premium Travel Is Moving From Abundance to Control

The premium guest is no longer buying more. They are buying certainty over time, space and who else is in the room — and that changes how rate is built.

24 August 2026 · 11 minutes

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