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Five Trends Every Hotel Leader Needs to Watch in 2026
An operator from Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina outlines five priorities for 2026: personalization, immersive F&B, on-property activations, mainstreamed wellness, and event-aligned programming. By Dan Shaughnessy, Director of Sales & Marketing, Marriott Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina — Photo by Marriott Hotel guest spending in 2026 is expected to reach nearly $805 billion, a 1.7 percent increase over 2025, according to AHLA.
Dan Shaughnessy | Hospitality Net
Skip to main content Dan Shaughnessy serves as Director of Sales & Marketing at Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, located in the heart of downtown San Diego and overlooking the picturesque San Diego Bay. With nearly 40 years of hospitality experience, he is an award-winning leader known for driving revenue growth, building high-performing teams and delivering strategic results across diverse market environments.
Five Trends Every Hotel Leader Needs to Watch in 2026
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Hotel guest spending in 2026 is expected to reach nearly $805 billion, a 1.7 percent increase over 2025, according to AHLA. While this increased demand is great news for the industry, it requires that hotel leaders rise to meet the latest guest expectations. Change is constant in the hospitality industry. This year more than ever, hotel leaders must be intentional to anticipate what discerning and digitally savvy guests want from their stays and overall trips.
From Saturday Night to Severence - NightSide With Dan Rea
Speaker 1 (00:00): What is ruining the future of our young people? Television? Tory Champagne, choice us right now, director, filmmaker, friend of Gary, ESPN Superstar. What's going on? Tory? Speaker 2 (00:13): What a segue? Ruiner of education? I hope really as a filmmaker and director, we're trying to enlighten people. Hopefully that's the conversation to bring to the table.
Joey, Judge and Jansen
Joey, Judge and Jansen Episode Summary Our guest is Dan Shaughnessy, Hall of Fame writer, Boston staple (love him or hate him) and he joined us to tell the shared stories between two great writers. Plus, the importance of Joey Votto, Danny Jansen's amazing feat and a Quandary that will rip this country apart. Episode Notes We took time to recap the incredible Little League World Series finish because we think the Major Leaguers could learn a thing or two from those kids.
New England gets itself a classic in its first shot hosting a classic from a more pure sporting time
This World Series takes apathy to new low
ABSTRACT Baseball seems to be sliding off the grid of relevance anyway, and Rangers vs. Diamondbacks isn't going to help. BODY If a World Series falls in the Arizona desert . . . does it make a sound? I love October baseball. I love the World Series. In October of 1962, I was the kid speeding home from school on my red Rollfast to catch the early innings of Yankees vs. Giants on our black-and-white Zenith. That Fall Classic featured Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays, Whitey Ford vs.
Reflections of a sports columnist upon turning 70, and other thoughts
Picked-up pieces while wondering if Bob Lobel gets to throw out a ceremonial first pitch when Mookie Betts and the first-place Dodgers come to Fenway in two weeks … · Bill Belichick turned 70 in the spring of 2022, and at this time last year, I reminded him of something he said to NFL Films when he was still only 57. “I won’t be like Marv Levy and coaching in my 70s,” “young” Bill said in 2009. Belichick was 70 when he coached last season.
One man’s idea of long-distance running: A mile a day for 40 years
The "Unknown Child" of the Titanic was only identified 100 years after the ship sank A crewman recovered the body of a 19-month-old toddler from the ocean on 21 April 1912. This was five days after the sinking of the Titanic. At the time of recovery, the sailors on board the recovery ship were shocked that they had pulled out a very young child. The child could only be identified by his physical description and what he wore.
Why Is The Sunday Night Football Intro Song Always So Fucking Awful?
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here. There’s a story about the Sunday Night Football intro song that’s instructive, one that I like to bring up every now and again because I hate the world. It concerns former Panthers owner and living plantation oil portrait Jerry Richardson.
Red Sox Choked, Not Just Buckner
The 1986 Red Sox were one strike away from winning the World Series. They came closer to winning - without actually winning - than any team in baseball history. When you watch a tape of Game 6 (shelved in the sci-fi/horror section of New England video stores), it's still impossible to believe. They led the Series, 3 games to 2. They were in New York and took a 5-3 lead into the bottom of the 10th. The first two Mets went out on harmless fly balls.
Tom Brady goes down as the greatest athlete in the storied history of Boston sports
Tom Brady goes down as the greatest athlete in the storied history of Boston sports Old-timers (like myself) still carry a torch for the celebrated likes of Bill Russell, Ted Williams, and Bobby Orr, but the truth is that Tom Brady clinched the trophy three years ago when he won his sixth Super Bowl for the Patriots at the age of 41. Brady, who announced his retirement Tuesday morning, goes down as the greatest athlete in the long, storied history of Boston sports.
Wish It Lasted Forever
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Astros are getting thrashed, and punished
It is as if these 2021 Red Sox, up-and-down throughout the regular season — have been selected by the baseball gods to punish the cheatin’ Astros for their 2017 crimes against hardball humanity. The Sox bludgeoned the Houstons again Monday, blasting to a 9-0 lead in the third inning and cruising to a 12-3 Game 3 ALCS victory. It feels like we should just fast-forward to the World Series. Bring on the Braves or the Dodgers.
Wish It Lasted Forever
“Colorful, fast-paced . . . Wish It Lasted Forever packs the stat sheet with entertainment from the Celtics’ glory years: Shaughnessy always leads the league in shots taken, but here he also provides plenty of rebounds, assists, and stolen laughter. Wish It Lasted Forever is an insider’s look into the outmoded culture of the game.” —The Boston Globe “It would be nearly impossible for me to get more from a book…Wish It Lasted Forever is a juicy, dishy, fun, insightful read on the 1980s Celtics.
Peter King wraps up a memorable night in Foxboro and shares his 1-on-1 conversation with Tom Brady after his triumphant return to New England.
The best sports books from a sports broadcaster
The veteran scribe grew up in Baltimore and knew Unitas well. This book is worth it just to read what Unitas said to former teammate Johnny Sample when Samply tried to taunt him at the end of Super Bowl III. It's "Diner" meets "North Dallas Forty.'' Why should I read it? 1 author picked Johnny U as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. What is this book about?
Final score: Tom Brady 1, Patriots 0
© Dylan Buell For the 10th time, Tom Brady was able to stand with his team and enjoy a trip to the Super Bowl. Forty-three-year old Tom Brady is going to the Super Bowl. In the immortal words of Bob Lobel, “Why can’t we get players like that?’' All precincts have reported and it’s official: Brady has beaten Bill Belichick and Bob Kraft in a landslide. Ten months after leaving New England because the Patriots were done with him, Brady showed the world he’s still the goods.
UMass / Boston College
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Hoping for Cora, and other thoughts
Picked-up pieces while wondering whether the Patriots and Broncos will actually take the field at Gillette . . . ■ News that the Red Sox are bringing back their entire coaching staff, minus Jerry Narron and Craig Bjornson, means one of two things: either Alex Cora is the “new’’ Red Sox manager or the Sox are going to hire a puppet to carry out the wishes of the nerds in the front office. Here’s hoping it’s Cora. Meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss makes a lot of sense for the Red Sox.
Three Ring Circus
The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combined - and collided - to help bring the Lakers three straight championships and restore the franchise as a powerhouse. In the history of modern sport, there have never been two high-level teammates who loathed each other the way Shaquille O’Neal loathed Kobe Bryant and Kobe Bryant loathed Shaquille O’Neal.
Bruins pulverize Blues’ party plan
ST. LOUIS — Folks here were ready to knock down the Gateway Arch and party like it was 1999 — back in the days when they had a team that went on to win the town’s only Super Bowl. The city that gave the world Stanley Musial was going to win its first Stanley Cup, and as many as 30,000 ticket-less fans gathered outside the arena in anticipation of victory. The Cup was in the house, and the Blues were ready to claim it for the first time in their 52-year history.
For the Bruins, the playoffs are getting easier instead of harder
The News & Observer and The Boston Globe are sharing stories during the Eastern Conference finals of the NHL playoffs. The Bruins are running downhill on the way to the Stanley Cup Final. Each series has been easier than the one before. These Cup playoffs for the Spoked-B’s have been like a NASA countdown. Seven games . . . then six . . . now perhaps four? Liftoff. Bring on the San Jose Sharks or the St. Louis Blues. It’s strange. Has there ever been a championship run in which each round got easier?
For the Bruins, the playoffs are getting easier instead of harder
The News & Observer and The Boston Globe are sharing stories during the Eastern Conference finals of the NHL playoffs. The Bruins are running downhill on the way to the Stanley Cup Final. Each series has been easier than the one before. These Cup playoffs for the Spoked-B’s have been like a NASA countdown. Seven games . . . then six . . . now perhaps four? Liftoff. Bring on the San Jose Sharks or the St. Louis Blues. It’s strange. Has there ever been a championship run in which each round got easier?
For the Bruins, the playoffs are getting easier instead of harder
The News & Observer and The Boston Globe are sharing stories during the Eastern Conference finals of the NHL playoffs. The Bruins are running downhill on the way to the Stanley Cup Final. Each series has been easier than the one before. These Cup playoffs for the Spoked-B’s have been like a NASA countdown. Seven games . . . then six . . . now perhaps four? Liftoff. Bring on the San Jose Sharks or the St. Louis Blues. It’s strange. Has there ever been a championship run in which each round got easier?
Hurricanes made the obvious choice going with Curtis McElhinney in net. These Hurricanes appear powerless
What do the Hurricanes do now? They’ve changed goalies. They’ve brought the series back home, where they were undefeated in the playoffs. They’ve pushed the “Bunch of Jerks” narrative. They’ve targeted Torey Krug and peppered Tuukka Rask with as many as 20 shots on goal in a single period. Down, 2-1, they pulled the goalie with two minutes left in Game 3. And still they lost. Still they are overwhelmed. Their season is on the brink. They are on the verge of getting swept by your Boston Bruins.
Hurricanes made the obvious choice going with Curtis McElhinney in net. These Hurricanes appear powerless
What do the Hurricanes do now? They’ve changed goalies. They’ve brought the series back home, where they were undefeated in the playoffs. They’ve pushed the “Bunch of Jerks” narrative. They’ve targeted Torey Krug and peppered Tuukka Rask with as many as 20 shots on goal in a single period. Down, 2-1, they pulled the goalie with two minutes left in Game 3. And still they lost. Still they are overwhelmed. Their season is on the brink. They are on the verge of getting swept by your Boston Bruins.
Hurricanes made the obvious choice going with Curtis McElhinney in net. These Hurricanes appear powerless
What do the Hurricanes do now? They’ve changed goalies. They’ve brought the series back home, where they were undefeated in the playoffs. They’ve pushed the “Bunch of Jerks” narrative. They’ve targeted Torey Krug and peppered Tuukka Rask with as many as 20 shots on goal in a single period. Down, 2-1, they pulled the goalie with two minutes left in Game 3. And still they lost. Still they are overwhelmed. Their season is on the brink. They are on the verge of getting swept by your Boston Bruins.
Celtics-Bucks is what we’ve been waiting - and waiting - for
SETTINGS OFF HD HQ SD LO MILWAUKEE — Celtics-Bucks. This is the series you’ve been waiting for. And I do mean waiting. When the Celtics finally take the Fiserv Forum floor Sunday afternoon to play the top-seeded Bucks, it will have been a week since the Green Team actually played a basketball game. The Bruins will have finished FOUR playoff games since the Celtics erased the Pacers last Sunday on Causeway Street. The Patriots will have made all their trades and selections in the three-day NFL Draft.
In the playoffs, 7 can be magic number for drama
Major League Baseball requires that its managers engage in a full-blown news conference a few hours before every postseason game. At the 2016 World Series, this allowed me a chance to ask the stupidest question of my long career. It was at Cleveland’s Progressive Field in the tense moments before the seventh game of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs. It was a situation that required a really futile and stupid gesture.
Could this be the beginning of the end for Dustin Pedroia?
© FILE/MICHAEL DWYER/ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia sits in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) NEW YORK — Are we nearing the end for Dustin Pedroia? No one takes any pleasure in this prospect.
Should we now be worried about the Red Sox?
© stan grossfeld/globe staff The Red Sox couldn’t find the hot bats on a chilly day at Fenway. At what point, precisely, are we allowed to wonder whether these Red Sox are OK? We have made the excuses. The Sox have a World Series hangover. They had a rugged schedule over the first 11 days. They were due for some reality, and Tuesday the Sox told us that Chris Sale had no fastball in Oakland because he was sick.
Not to pile on, but the losses are piling up
© EZRA SHAW/Getty Images Mookie Betts is tagged out by Matt Chapman at third base in the ninth inning. OAKLAND, Calif. — Take heart, Sox fans. The manager is as mad about the Sox sloppy play as you are. “I pay attention to details,’’ Alex Cora said after bad baserunning, a missed flyball, and another crummy performance by a starting pitcher created a 7-3 Red Sox loss to the A’s Thursday.
The Robert Kraft saga will loom over the NFL meetings
© 2017 FILE/REBECCA BLACKWELL/AP Robert Kraft (left) appears headed for another showdown with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. This is not Deflategate. This is not Spygate. This is not “they hate us because they ain’t us!’’ This is not Tom Brady with a MAGA hat in his locker or Donald Trump reading a supportive letter from Bill Belichick on the eve of the election. This is not the owner of the Patriots hitching a ride on Air Force One.
Here’s a reason to watch the NCAA Tournament
© Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Duke’s Zion Williamson has the breadth of Charles Barkley, the hops of Dominique Wilkins, the inside moves of Kevin McHale, and the passing ability of Magic Johnson. Zion Williamson. There. Now you have a reason to watch the NCAA Tournament. I don’t know about you, but I’ve lost interest in March Madness in recent decades. Living in Greater Boston, we are increasingly removed from big-time college sports.
On Wright suspension, Sale says, ‘you roll with the punches’
© barry chin/globe staff Steven Wright was suspended 80 games after testing positive for a banned substance. FORT MYERS, Fla. — On a Red Sox off day Monday, Chris Sale threw a three-inning simulated game on a back field at JetBlue Park. The ace met with the media after the outing and at the conclusion of his five-minute presser, Sale was asked for his reaction to teammate Steven Wright getting suspended 80 games for violation of MLB’s policy on performance-enhancing substances last week.
Kyrie Irving is as exasperating as he is talented
Video by Sports Illustrated “He’s never coached any player like me.” — Kyrie Irving on Brad Stevens Out for a cold morning jog a couple of days ago, I came across two neighbors on their daily walk, and they insisted I take a pause from my hideous daily mile. “Please, answer one question,’’ said one of the walkers.
It’s back: The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is renewed
© STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF Yankees manager Aaron Boone knows all about the rivalry with the Red Sox. FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox and Yankees each won 100 or more games in 2018 and Vegas established them as the teams with the best chance of winning this year’s World Series. The ancient rivals will play one another in London in June and expect to meet again in the 2019 playoffs. There’s always a chance of a couple of bench-clearing dust-ups along the way. The 119th edition of Boston vs.
How have defending World Series-winning Red Sox teams done in the past?
© BARRY CHIN/GLOBE STAFF Current manager Alex Cora was part of the Red Sox’ 2008 team, which came the closest to repeating, making it to Game 7 of the ALCS. FORT MYERS, Fla. — Repeat. It is the theme of Red Sox Camp Tranquility in 2019. David Price, in near LeBron James fashion, says he came to Boston to win “not one, but multiple championships.’’ Chris Sale says, “We’ve got another championship to go for.
Could a White House visit divide the Red Sox? Team brass says no
© FILE/CAROLYN KASTER/ASSOCIATED PRESS White House visits have become controversial since President Trump took office. FORT MYERS, Fla. — The world champion Red Sox’ visit to the White House, scheduled for May 9 after the team plays a series in Baltimore, projects to be an awkward affair as we continue to get feedback regarding who plans to go and who plans to skip the event.
This one clinched it: Tom Brady is the greatest Boston athlete of all time
© stan grossfeld/Globe Staff A field goal that gave the Patriots a 10-point lead got Tom Brady pumped up late in Sunday’s game. I surrender. No more old guy lobbying for Ted Williams, Bill Russell, and/or Bobby Orr. Tom Brady is the greatest Boston athlete of all time. Many of you are probably thinking, “Obviously, heigh-ho. Everybody knows Brady is the best of Boston.’’ Not everybody. Not old-timers like me. Some of us remember things that happened before last weekend.
Pats rock Rams, tie title record
ATLANTA — Take those old records off the shelf. The Patriots on Sunday night joined the Steelers as the winningest team in Super Bowl history, securing their sixth Lombardi Trophy with a 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This one will not go into the vault as an instant classic. It was a punt-filled rock fight that will best be remembered for New England’s staunch defense and a Rams offense that set records for futility.
Super Bowl week has been all about the Patriots
© KEVIN C. COX/GETTY IMAGES Bill Belichick’s Patriots are playing their best football at the moment it matters most. ATLANTA — Another Super Bowl . . . nine in 18 years . . . the Patriot Way is the only way . . . again. This must be what it feels like to have more money than you can count. You have a garage full of Bentleys, multiple vacation homes around the world, and lose track of where you placed your Rolex watch. So. Much. Winning.
Super Bowl coaching matchup is a clash of generations
© dustin bradford/Getty Sean McVay, 33, is in his second year as head coach of the Rams. ATLANTA — Bill Belichick vs. Sean McVay. It’s the Baby Boomer vs. the Millennial. It’s your father’s Oldsmobile vs. the Mazda MX-5 Miata It’s The Old Man And The Seedling. Woodstock meets Coachella. Wayne Newton vs. Wayne’s World. Welcome to Super Bowl LIII. The coach of the Patriots is 66 years old. The coach of the Rams is 33 years old.
The first Patriots-Rams Super Bowl was the one that started it all
© jim davis/globe staff file 2002 Tom Brady walks off the field as a champion for the first time. The first one is always the best one. On Feb. 3, 2002, the upstart, underdog New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams, 20-17, in Super Bowl XXXVI in the Louisiana Superdome. It was the upset of upsets.
No one thinks the Patriots suck, they just want them to lose
© MADDIE MEYER/GETTY IMAGES Tom Brady announced after the Patriots beat the Chargers that “everyone thinks we suck, and can’t win any games.’’ Sign up for Point After, our Patriots/NFL newsletter KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tom Brady has it all wrong: It’s not that America thinks the Patriots will lose. It’s that America wants the Patriots to lose. The AFC Championship game will be played Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium, hours before a super blood moon lunar eclipse.
Patriots remind everyone that they are not done yet
Video by NFL FOXBOROUGH — A million years ago the great Muhammad Ali was involved in a fight vs. Ernie Terrell that reminded me of the Patriots vs. the Chargers Sunday. The 1967 championship bout is remembered for its dominance and downright cruelty as Ali pummeled Terrell, throwing 737 punches and allowing the challenger to stick around for a 15-round beatdown.
Dan Shaughnessy: NHL's Winter Classic seizes New Year's Day
The NHL rarely gets it right. Professional hockey is a consensus Number Four (and we don't mean Bobby Orr 4) whenever we get around to ranking sports that grip the American mind. Like Ringo, hockey is always the caboose, rarely taken seriously and unable to compete with John, Paul and George. But now hockey owns New Year's Day the way baseball owns the Fourth of July and football owns Thanksgiving.
There’s really something special about the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo
© Paul Sancya/Associated Press In six seasons in the NBA, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has developed into a transformative player. Sign up for Court Sense, the Globe’s Celtics/NBA newsletter If you pool all the NBA players for a dispersal draft to build a new team, I take the Greek Freak with the first pick. You can have Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Karl-Anthony Towns, or Kawhi Leonard. I have seen the NBA Future and its name is Giannis Antetokounmpo. Better known as the Greek Freak.
Is this the end for Patriots dynasty?
© Getty PITTSBURGH, PA -DECEMBER 16: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) walks to the locker room during the NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 16, 2018 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) PITTSBURGH — Have we reached the expiration date on the Patriots dynasty? We’ve wondered this before. And each time the Patriots have answered with another surge to a Super Bowl.
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