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Six Senses Shaharut Opens the Door
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
Six Senses Shaharut Opens the Door

Sixty villas on a cliff above the Arava. An IHG-owned wellness-luxury brand that decided Israel was a market it needed to be in. The property that ope…

The Israeli Boutique Hotel Class
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
The Israeli Boutique Hotel Class

How a country with five luxury hotels in 2005 ended up with forty of them — and built a serious boutique-luxury layer largely on its own.

Who Owns the Israeli Hotel Sector
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
Who Owns the Israeli Hotel Sector

The institutional ownership map of Israeli hospitality — operators, family holdings, foreign brand contracts, and why a $20-billion sector has no real…

The Aman Israel Question
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
The Aman Israel Question

Aman has been quietly evaluating Israel for years. The next ultra-luxury opening in the country may decide whether the global gold-standard brand fina…

Brown Hotels: Leon Avigad's Export Play
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
Brown Hotels: Leon Avigad's Export Play

The Israeli boutique chain that proved a domestic brand could export — from Brown TLV to Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Hungary, and Germany.

Alrov: Alfred Akirov's Hotel Empire
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
Alrov: Alfred Akirov's Hotel Empire

The TASE-listed Israeli real estate company that controls ~578 keys at the top of central Jerusalem — and a four-property international luxury hotel p…

Dan Hotels and the Federmann Empire
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
Dan Hotels and the Federmann Empire

The oldest brand in Israeli hospitality — King David Jerusalem, Dan Tel Aviv, Dan Carmel — and the Federmann family system that runs everything from t…

Isrotel: From Eilat to Beresheet
Travel & Hospitality · Jul 6, 2026
Isrotel: From Eilat to Beresheet

The original Israeli hospitality giant — built on Eilat, listed on the TASE, and now moving up the curve through Exclusive Collection.