Top Resorts Startups in 2026

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment company with national and international locations featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses 30 unique hotel and destination gaming offerings including some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. Expanding throughout the U.S. and around the world, the company recently acquired the operations of Empire City Casino in New York and Hard Rock Rocksino in Ohio, which was rebranded as MGM Northfield Park. In 2018, MGM Resorts opened MGM Springfield in Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in Macau, and the first Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. The 83,000 global employees of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies®.

TravelAI is building an agentic network for the global travel industry, connecting travelers, suppliers, and AI agents across a singular platform. The TravelAI Network is optimized to drive conversions and help customers book better travel experiences. TravelAI operates more than 400 consumer-facing brands, each hyper-targeted to guest personas to better match the right traveler to the right property, activity, or location.

We are the largest corporate team building and events company in North America created by the merger of top companies in the fields of Team Building, Professional Development, Interactive Entertainment and Event Technology. Our highly trained facilitators average 12 years' experience and have delivered 1000s of events.

Key Data provides sophisticated business intelligence and benchmarking tools for the vacation rental space through seamless integrations with property managements systems, we provide accurate, reliable data that is anonymized, confidential, and trusted.

Exclusive Resorts was founded in 2002 with one mission: to create far more rewarding vacations for club members. The company seeks to accomplish this goal by combining the best things about staying in vacation homes with the best things about staying in luxury resorts–while eliminating the disadvantages of both. Exclusive Resorts sets the standard for the destination club category and under the leadership of our management team and Board of Directors, the company has grown to be the world's largest and best luxury destination club. Its management team has decades of experience in the real estate, travel, leisure and hospitality sectors with companies known for service, excellence and success. It is the staff's commitment to quality that has made Exclusive Resorts the preeminent destination club.

RevOpt stands as a preeminent provider of forward-thinking revenue optimization solutions tailored for hotels and chains. Our core mission is to elevate profit margins through a comprehensive restructuring of the commercial engine. This involves a meticulous identification of competitive risks, the strategic guidance necessary for decisive action, and the formulation of sustainable growth strategies aimed at augmenting long-term asset value. We pride ourselves on seamlessly integrating scientific data with human insight to refine revenue strategies. These refined strategies are seamlessly deployed into the hotel's operating and distribution systems, ensuring a seamless implementation of revenue-enhancing tactics. At RevOpt, we offer unparalleled services that empower both independent hotels and chains to cultivate a collective expertise in revenue management, while concurrently elevating the proficiency of their teams to drive exponential revenue. REVOPT has perfected a blend of global best practices and operating guidelines that helps understand and forecast demand, minimize costs and Implement variable pricing and discounting in the context of price elasticity, optimal price mix, perceived fairness, and congruence with positioning and sales strategies. We not only recommend the revenue management operating practices but also partner with you to help implement a revenue management culture in your hotel for a long-term and sustainable growth advantage. We have a talented team that has worked with delivered value for domestic and international hospitality chains, independent hotels and resorts of all sizes.