Otel AI launches a free webinar series for hoteliers, with the first 41-minute episode featuring former Accor Group CTO Floor Bleeker on building a practical AI strategy.
Gstaad Palace, the iconic 5-star Swiss Alps property open since 1913, will use dailypoint to unify guest data from systems including protel, TAC, and aleno into a single central guest profile.
Dutch founders Loes Daniels and Jorik Schröder launch Away.ai, an AI platform that books complete flight-and-hotel packages in minutes based on personal preferences, with a 2-4% travel credit rewards model.
Otel AI's platform connects PMS, RMS, POS, and other hotel systems to automate reporting and run AI agents, with customers reporting 20+ hours saved weekly and RevPAR gains of 8.6% at The Alex Dublin.
Aromar Hotels & Restaurants, a 60-year-old family group on Spain's Costa Brava, will deploy Cloudbeds across its three properties for PMS, digital check-in, AI chatbot, and guest communications.
Aura Hoteles, a Galicia-based startup with six properties, built its entire tech stack on Cloudbeds' PMS and Open API, developing custom housekeeping and guest communication apps on top of the platform.
Mews has secured an EMI license from De Nederlandsche Bank, making it the first hospitality operating system in the EEA to hold regulated e-money status, with rollout planned from late 2026.
Canopy by Hilton Istanbul Taksim has deployed IRIS's mobile-first Digital Guest Directory, replacing printed materials with a real-time, branded platform accessible via QR codes and in-room TVs.
7 Hospitality Management replaced manual rate processes with Access Hospitality RMS, achieving over 9% RevPAR growth and an occupancy uplift from 38% to 51% across its UK portfolio.
Canary Technologies integrates with Host Hotel Systems PMS, giving hotels in Portugal, Spain and Latin America access to automated check-in, upselling and AI messaging in one connected platform.
Customer Alliance rebuilds its platform on an AI-first architecture, adding AI Insights, Key Driver Analysis, and a redesigned survey builder to serve 5,000+ hospitality clients worldwide.
Travelsoft's French entity Orchestra acquires Afidium, a travel software specialist founded in 2005, to combine distribution and booking capabilities with Afidium's air optimisation and PNR management expertise.
A hospitality executive argues that hotels must build AI-ready operations now, ahead of AGI, using a four-dimension framework called PHAL that unifies Performance, Profit, Preference, and People.
Recorded at the Hoteliers' Voice Stratford-Upon-Avon roundtable, the episode features Celtic Collection, Kings Court Hotel, Oracle, and HOSPA on cloud migration, tech investment priorities, and future-ready hotel operations.
The GM of The Gallivant, a MICHELIN-key boutique hotel in East Sussex, explains how independents can outmaneuver chains using agile tech stacks, AI tools, and fast iteration cycles.
A podcast episode exploring how Kenilworth Hotel used Eccobell's Belle platform, deployed via in-room QR codes in August 2025, to shift front desk workload from admin tasks to genuine hospitality.
Apaleo names Connor Neeson as Country Lead for UK and Ireland, targeting operators still reliant on legacy PMS as pressure mounts to modernise technology infrastructure.
Mews announced five new native features at Unfold 2026 in Amsterdam: guest messaging, workflow automations, BI dashboards, integrated RMS, and accounting, all sharing one data model and UI.
We didn't go to HITEC 2026 for the demos. We went for the conversations. We sat down with exhibitors right there on the show floor. No script, no prepared questions, just one starting point: tell us what you do, in plain language. This is where it went with Ricky Daniels, Co-Founder of Trybe.
Finland's first carbon-neutral hotel chain has deployed Canary's digital check-in, AI messaging, and upsell tools across its five-property portfolio.