The Church of Porza was dedicated to Saint Bernardino from Siena in the Tuscany region of Italy and Saint Martino from Tours in France.

Another day, another matchup between a lighting company and an IT firm in an effort to turn lighting infrastructure into intelligent data networks.

Italy will no longer be able to enforce price parity clauses in its hotels after the Senate voted to outlaw the practice.

Samsung Electronics has announced a new family of chip-scale package (CSP) LEDs that the company refers to as Fillet-Enhanced CSP (FEC) LEDs.

Smart lighting pioneer Gooee has enhanced its data analytics capabilities through a deal that gives its cloud computing partner Evrythng an equity share in the firm, a seat on the board, and that gives Gooee greater access to Evrythng's software.

In a transaction with Spanish lender Banco Sabadell, Blackstone has acquired a portfolio of 14 hotels with more than 3,700 guestrooms.

LG and Samsung have invested a combined €25 million (about $30 million) in a small German OLED specialist that claims to be solving a big shortcoming in OLED technology by developing an efficient blue emitter.

In terms of lighting, we can improve the workplace experience by thinking about building design in an entirely new way.

According to the latest stats from STR, 164,497 guestrooms in 574 hotel projects are underway in the Middle East, while 55,349 guestrooms in 299 projects under way in Africa.

The LEDs Magazine Horticultural Lighting Conference took place on Oct. 17 in Denver, CO, and the event yielded the public debut of a number of new packaged LEDs for the burgeoning application.

Osram has taken a first step toward weaving smart lighting into clothes, announcing workwear that lights up with LEDs, while strongly hinting that interactive apparel is coming including a cycling jacket that illuminates when you hit the brakes, and lights that flash when your pulse rate rises too high.

From 2010 through 2015, U.S. hotels enjoyed above long-run average revenue and profit growth.

As far back as I can remember, lighting controls were always the responsibility of IT experts. Lighting designers and end users were dependent on their skills to program our lighting vision.

Fairbanks Energy Services has documented the energy savings attributed to LED lighting and autonomous controls at a Chappaqua, NY data center at 244,000 kWh in one year of operation.

The value and ROI brands deliver to hotel owners have become more arguable as technology and distribution platforms prove ever more to even the field for those properties absent a flag.

Westin, InterContinental and one of the original owners of Galway's Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa have partnered to acquire the Irish hotel for an undisclosed amount.

In its latest move to transform from a lighting company into a self-described “high-tech” outfit, Osram has acquired a significant minority interest in a Swiss software startup that delivers individualized deals and product information to shoppers' smartphones in malls and retail stores.

High demand growth, the arrival of new global brands and increasing supply in major markets has driven sub-Saharan Africa's hotel sector over the past decade, according to a new report from JLL.

Transportation costs and time are the enemies of getting fresh produce to consumers, and are a significant driving force behind the proliferation of LED-lit vertical farms located near urban population centers.

The US Horticultural Lighting Conference in Denver is just 11 days away, and we’re all gearing up to hear what the latest crop of horticultural science and solid-state lighting (SSL) technology experts has to say.