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Laurent Delporte

Since 2004, I have traveled the world to meet those who are shaping the hospitality of tomorrow. I learn from the best, analyze their practices, question their visions, and share with you what can lastingly transform the way we welcome.

DELPORTE HOSPITALITY Mag is more than a magazine: it is an independent observatory of hospitality, luxury and the guest experience. Interviews, strategic analyses and exclusive encounters feed a single conviction: the excellence of service is not born of luxury, but of generous hospitality.

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Featured · The art of welcomingLaurent Delporte and Mirko Cattini, then general manager of Hotel Eden Rome, smiling side by side at ILTM Cannes

The art of welcome: what the great houses still teach us

In a world where artificial intelligence promises to personalise every experience, the greatest luxury hotels remind us of an essential truth: what guests remember is not the technology, but the sincere attention they received.

By Laurent Delporte · October 14, 2026 · 7 min read
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Visa slide at ILTM Cannes 2025: which generation really funds luxury, spending of affluent households by generation
The hospitality of tomorrow

Luxury: The Generation That Pays Is Not the One You Are Watching

Cannes, December 2025. In front of the audience gathered for the opening conference of ILTM, Visa's chief economist puts up a chart of actual spending. Baby boomers account for 12% of affluent households and 42% of their spending. Generation Z barely shows up at all. And yet, for three years, luxury hospitality has…

October 10, 2026 · 9 min
ILTM Cannes 2025: are Visa's forecasts for 2026 holding up? Visa slide shown at ILTM Cannes, barometer of affluent travellers' preferred destinations, Lyon at the top
Guest experience

Lyon Rises, Florence Slips: The Luxury Map Has Shifted

Visa measures the destinations that affluent travellers actually choose, and how that choice shifts from one year to the next. The chart shown at ILTM puts Lyon at the very top, ahead of Lucerne and Hokkaido. Florence, Kyoto and Geneva slide downwards. Few French professionals expected this map. Having shown where…

October 8, 2026 · 9 min

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Special report of the monthTen years on: back to the hotel room of the future ORIGINE® by DELPORTE HOSPITALITY, presented at EquipHotel 2016

The ORIGINE® Room built for EquipHotel 2016: bed with white linen, wooden slat walls and a bouquet of lavender

In 2016, at EquipHotel Paris, Laurent Delporte presented the ORIGINE® Room, a hotel room of the future imagined with the AW² architecture agency. Ten years on, which ideas have become reality, which are moving slowly, and what does this experience teach us about imagining the hotel of 2036?

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  1. 01Why imagine the room of the future?
  2. 02Recharging 2016, longevity 2026
  3. 03Naturalness in the hotel room
  4. 04Drinking water, a vital need
  5. 05Ten years on, in hotels
  6. 06What lessons for the 2036 hotel?
  7. 07EquipHotel, a place to imagine tomorrow
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Çırağan Palace Kempinski İstanbul, a former Ottoman palace, illuminated at dusk on the shores of the Bosphorus
Guest experience

Ralph Radtke: Generous Hospitality Begins Where Service Ends

I had the pleasure of reconnecting with Ralph Radtke, whom I have known since our years together within the Accor Group, for the Sofitel brand. I had already interviewed him in 2019 for this magazine, in [“Ralph Radtke: Getting Back to Basics to Reinvent Service in Luxury…

September 29, 2026 · 13 min
Laurent Delporte and Sami Nasser, Global Chief Operating Officer of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, at the ILTM trade show in Cannes
Employee experience

Fairmont: hospitality as a human culture and a lever for transformation

I had the pleasure of sharing this interview with Sami Nasser, someone I first knew while working at the Accor Group for the SOFITEL brand, and whom I met again at the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes, an event where luxury hospitality brands present their vision and meet their clients. I thank Sami Nasser…

September 22, 2026 · 10 min
Laurent Delporte and Markus Venzin, Managing Director of EHL, at the Luxury Hospitality Conference in Milan
The art of welcoming

Markus Venzin: hospitality is not service

A sleep mask left behind in a Dubai hotel room, a question asked at room service, and two more waiting on a desk the next morning. For the Managing Director of the world's oldest hotel school, that is a truer definition of hospitality than any standards manual. I met him in Milan. Markus Venzin leads EHL, founded in…

September 19, 2026 · 8 min read

A hotel project? A hospitality project or a need for support?

Beyond the magazine, Laurent Delporte supports leaders in luxury hospitality, healthcare, banking, retail and real estate: consulting, training and international keynotes.

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The VitalScore app on a phone held in both hands: a 56% score and the wellbeing wheel
The hospitality of tomorrow

VitalScore: The Digital Wellbeing App That Enhances Guest Experience and Hotel Performance

In luxury hospitality, excellence today is no longer limited to flawless service: it means anticipating needs, personalizing experiences and caring for the wellbeing of both guests and hotel teams. Developed by WellWays, the VitalScore app embodies this vision, offering hotels a unique opportunity to combine…

November 6, 2025 · 7 min
Laurent Delporte and a spa professional walking a trade show aisle, between the Phyt's and Thalgo stands
Hotel expertise

Hotel Spa: Is Your Spa Really at the Service of Your Hotel?

Long relegated to the status of an expected amenity, the spa is undergoing a profound transformation. It has become a strategic tool capable of influencing revenue per available room, brand image and internal culture. When a hotelier invests in a spa without ever deciding what he really wants from it, the result is…

March 5, 2026 · 10 min

My visits to the finest hotels in the world

The finest houses visited and an insider breakdown, palace after palace.

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Chef Edgar Chávez smiling as he cooks in front of the traditional Maya oven at Rosewood Mayakoba
The art of welcoming

LA CEIBA GARDEN & KITCHEN Dinner: hospitality at Chef Edgar Chávez’s table

Through DELPORTE HOSPITALITY, I have the exceptional opportunity to visit some of the most beautiful hotels in the world, meet their teams, and discover their vision of hospitality. Each experience represents a new step in my quest: understanding how, in every country, a guest experience can become a genuine moment of…

October 6, 2026 · 6 min
Faena New York bedroom: red and white patterned throw and carpet, curved wooden headboard
Guest experience

Faena New York The Art of Destination or the Manifesto of Generous Hospitality

At the intersection of the High Line and the Chelsea gallery district, Faena New York rises within the twisting towers designed by Bjarke Ingels as a radical response to the standardization of international hospitality. I had the opportunity to stay at this hotel and to discover, from within, a property that stands…

July 3, 2026 · 8 min read
Laurent Delporte in conversation with Jean-François Vary, general manager of the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
The art of welcoming

Fairmont Le Château Frontenac: a closer look at generous hospitality in the heart of Quebec

A Closer Look at Generous Hospitality in the Heart of Quebec Introduction: A Place, A Story, An Atmosphere Overlooking the St. Lawrence River for more than 130 years, the Château Frontenac stands out as one of the most recognizable hotels in the world. Opened in 1893, this iconic establishment embodies a certain…

June 25, 2026 · 12 min read
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