AI Snapshots - Hospitality Net

The AI recommendation is the new battleground for hotel distribution

A Lighthouse study of 4,545 ChatGPT prompts across 9 destinations finds most hotels are invisible to AI recommendations, with luxury brands and major chains capturing a disproportionate share of mentions.

Lighthouse

Technology 3 days ago

Simple Booking Accelerates AI Transformation of Hotel Distribution with Release of MCP Connectors

Simple Booking's MCP connector suite integrates its CRS with AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT, enabling natural-language queries of booking data, rate parity checks, and demand analysis across 7,000+ properties.

QNT / Simple Booking

Sustainability 4 days ago

AI Food Waste Scale-Up KITRO Accelerates International Growth Amid New Regulatory Push

KITRO, active in 500+ kitchens across 40 countries, is scaling internationally as new EU binding targets require a 30% per-capita food waste cut by 2030, with Spain's Ley 01/25 adding national urgency.

KITRO

Technology 5 days ago

Lighthouse Launches Ernest, the AI Teammate That Transforms General AI into Hospitality Performance

Lighthouse's Ernest connects frontier AI models to hotel-specific data, systems, and workflows, offering commercial teams intelligence, recommendations, and automated actions across 500+ hospitality platform integrations.

Lighthouse

Development June 2

Pudu Robotics and Shenzhen CTID Co. Ltd Launch the World's First Full-Scenario Robot-Serviced Hotel Project

Pudu Robotics and Shenzhen CTID will build the world's first full-scenario robot-serviced hotel on the West Artificial Island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, with trial operations slated for late 2026.

Pudu Robotics