With Black Friday around the corner, we’re checking in to our next hotel in style, thanks to our latest round of expense claims being approved ahead of the weekend.

After banning single-use plastic straws and drink picks last year, Hyatt has rolled up its sleeves and flexed its sustainability muscles by banning little bottles of shampoo.

The regional boss of IHG believes business leaders must encourage staff to make bold decisions in the face of “an unprecedented period of growth” across the industry.

Travel Weekly wishes it could claim this story as one of its own, but the truth is we just copied and pasted it from an email.

New hotel brands, expansions, dog-friendly rooms, a ‘Kids Kava’ experience and a tuk-tuk bar – this week’s hotel wrap is much like a bag of liquorice allsorts.

InterContinental Hotels Group has acquired luxury operator Six Senses. However, Travel Weekly understands IHG wasn’t inspired to do the deal by that horror movie starring a young Haley Joel Osment.

These new industry appointments are bound to shake up your Friday. Because they’re moving and shaking, get it? Sorry, but it is the end of the week.

The new hotel will feature a gin distillery, a lavender farm and a mirror maze. Oh, and did we mention it’s located in Australia’s wine capital? Sign us the heck up!

We’re not sure what a lifestyle hotel is. But if we were to design a hotel based on our lifestyle, it would be filled with fish tacos and labrador puppies.

Say hello to Travel Weekly’s fascinating Hotel Wrap. Although if you don’t find it fascinating, please don’t write in.

Can’t survive a Thursday without our masterpiece of a Hotel Wrap? Lucky we had the intern whip this one up for you.

Travel Weekly never boards a plane without our yoga mat and green juice mix. Just kidding, we don’t even own exercise tights.