The Baker's Dozen Checks In
A McKinsey 2025 Technology Trends Outlook analysis filtered for hospitality, arguing that agentic AI is reshaping the guest booking layer and that governance, not model capability, is now the key constraint on adoption.
A McKinsey 2025 Technology Trends Outlook analysis filtered for hospitality, arguing that agentic AI is reshaping the guest booking layer and that governance, not model capability, is now the key constraint on adoption.
As generative AI platforms capture a growing share of travel research, hotels with inaccurate or inconsistent online records are being excluded from AI-generated recommendations before guests even enter the booking funnel.
Choice Hotels' Board named Dominic Dragisich permanent CEO effective August 31, 2026, after he served as Interim CEO since May 20, 2026, following nearly a decade with the company.
EHL's Dr. Maggie Chen argues guests now seek immersive, co-created experiences driven by a craving for authenticity and human connection in an AI-saturated world.
Airbnb's Hotels team leaders detail 650M users, 90% direct demand, and hotel nights growing 3x faster than homes, raising real questions about OTA dependency for independent hotels.
EHL Group's Dean Achim Schmitt will succeed current CEO Markus Venzin on January 1, 2027, with a mandate to prioritize education, academic rigor, and practical hospitality training.
As travel advisors increasingly charge clients direct fees averaging $350 per trip, hotels' front desk teams become the critical moment of truth that determines whether that fee felt worth it.
The weekly HVS roundup covers REIT hotel acquisitions in the Philippines, Japan, and Hong Kong, plus a new KRW125B convention center opening in South Korea ahead of the 2026 ITS World Congress.
BCHA launched The Check-In, a six-part video series hosted by a UBC student, spotlighting hospitality career paths at hotels across British Columbia.
A hotel advisory framework arguing AI delivers revenue gains only when deployed across three sequential phases: readiness, implementation, and operations, not as a standalone cost-cutting tool.
Fairmas promotes its FairPlanner FP&A software by contrasting manual, spreadsheet-based hotel finance workflows with an integrated planning platform that connects budgets, forecasts, and operational data.
A primer on hotel fair market share and RevPAR index, explaining how to read STR reports to diagnose whether a property is winning or losing against its competitive set.
Hotels ranking well on Google may be invisible to AI assistants like ChatGPT, which prioritize clear, structured, consistent, and current content over backlinks and keyword signals.
The article applies French military doctrine "commandement par intention" to hotel F&B operations, arguing that defining intent over instruction gives managers autonomy to adapt during high-pressure, resource-constrained service periods.
Opinion piece argues hospitality should broaden its leadership pipeline beyond traditional ranks, citing case studies of leaders from law, psychology, and other fields who bring transferable skills the industry needs.
Rising labor costs, brand fees, and price-sensitive guests are squeezing margins at economy and select-service hotels, forcing operators to rethink service levels to survive.
Hilton launches AI Planner on Hilton.com and integrates with Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, and Claude to enable conversational trip planning, property search, and Honors Points redemption.
As AI commoditizes coding capacity, the competitive edge in software outsourcing shifts to domain expertise and legacy system knowledge, with travel tech cited as a prime example.
HTWWlife's WellVibes 2026 white paper maps eight emerging wellbeing trends, from Somatic Autonomy to Optimised Longevity, to help hospitality operators redesign experiences around guest motivations rather than amenities.
Daniel Shamoon, a renowned hotelier, announces a joint venture with Dutch entrepreneur Albert Hartog to create a new luxury boutique resort within the spectacular Pearns Point development on Antigua’s coveted western peninsula. As the co-owner of Luxury Hotel Partners and Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Shamoon has become widely recognized for creating some of the most iconic luxury hospitality destinations across the globe, while Hartog has led the development of Pearns Point since its inception through his company, Orange Limited. The tropical, low-density resort, nestled among lush hillsides and white-sand beaches, will include an intimate collection of resort accommodations, exquisite turnkey villas for sale and world-class amenities accessible to both resort guests and owners within Pearns Point.
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