Friction, Wristbands, and Why Best-of-Breed Wins: A Conversation with TRYBE at ITB Berlin
TRYBE CEO discusses their wristband-based contactless system for spas, arguing specialized software with strong integrations beats all-in-one platforms.
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Meetings, Events, and a Ride in a Trabi: A Conversation with VenueSuite at ITB Berlin
VenueSuite announced demand-based pricing for meetings and events, applying room revenue management logic to meeting spaces with early results showing increased bookings on lower-demand dates.
VenueSuite Launches Demand-Based Pricing at ITB Berlin
The solution extends dynamic pricing beyond guestrooms to meeting spaces, with early adopter KAS Meeting-Event Location reporting increased bookings on lower-demand dates.
A new Hotel Yearbook, a moving interview, and ten things worth knowing: ITB Berlin 2026, Day Two
Day two coverage of ITB Berlin highlights live AI booking demos, regenerative hospitality debate, and production-ready hotel automation systems.
MOVE at ITB Berlin: A Category-Defining Shift in Hotel Technology Architecture
Shiji's MOVE platform unifies PMS, POS, payments and guest systems into a single mobile environment, enabling staff to perform all functions from any location without changing devices.
ITB Berlin 2026, Day One: Ten Things That Actually Stood Out
Coverage from ITB Berlin highlights the "toggle tax" hoteliers pay when staff switch between multiple systems during guest interactions.
Bookboost Launches AI Agent Powered by Guest Data, Bringing Personalised Autonomous Service to Hospitality
The AI Agent uses unified guest profiles from Bookboost's CDP to provide personalized responses across multiple channels, resolving common conversations in about five seconds.
Mews raises the bar at ITB Berlin with high-performance hospitality and agentic AI innovation
The company will debut AI-powered rooming lists at ITB following a $300 million funding round and acquisition of housekeeping platform Flexkeeping.
OneJourney Launches SwiftPay in Spain, Turning Hotel Supplier Payments into a New Income Stream
OneJourney's SwiftPay platform enables hotels to earn income from supplier payments through a digital wallet system, with Muralto Madrid as first European customer.
Apaleo strengthens French expansion with appointment of Nicolas Suissa as Country Lead
Nicolas Suissa joins from Amadeus to lead Apaleo's expansion in France, where the company already manages 100+ hotels with API-first PMS technology.
Shiji and Straiv Partner to Deliver Fully Synchronized Digital Guest Journeys via Daylight PMS
The partnership enables automated data flow between Shiji's cloud PMS and Straiv's guest experience platform, targeting hotel chains in DACH, Benelux and France markets.
LodgIQ Announces Strategic Partnership with Convento do Espinheiro, Historic Hotel & Spa to Enhance Guest Revenue and Operational Insight
The 92-room luxury property in Évora, Portugal will use LodgIQ's AI platform to optimize pricing and unify data from PMS and CRS systems into a single dashboard.
HOSPITALITY X redefines hotel operations through Shiji full-stack adoption
Four German hotels transitioned from Lindner to HOSPITALITY X management with Shiji's cloud PMS replacing legacy systems across all properties.
Simone Puorto discussed Humans-as-Luxury, AI, Imperfection, and the Future of Hospitality
Puorto argues AI requires structural process changes, not just tool integration, and introduces "Humans-as-Luxury" as human service becomes a strategic differentiator.
AP Hotels & Resorts Relies on LodgIQ to Boost Revenue Performance Across Portuguese Portfolio
Portuguese hospitality group AP Hotels Resorts selected LodgIQ's AI-driven platform to optimize pricing across its diverse portfolio of resort and city hotels.
Apaleo and THE FLAG bring agentic AI into live hotel operations with autonomous task creation
The AI agent processes guest reservation comments and automatically creates operational tasks in housekeeping systems, currently generating 30 tasks daily and saving 3.5 hours per week at THE FLAG Zürich.
Rudding Park Selects Agilysys Hospitality Software Solutions to Modernise Guest Journeys and Streamline Operations Across Its Hotel Ecosystem
The luxury resort will replace fragmented legacy systems with Agilysys's unified platform covering PMS, dining, spa, golf, and residential management.
Success story: The Priory Hotel
The 27-room Welsh hotel replaced outsourced revenue management costing £700-£1,000 monthly with Access's automated RMS software.
LodgIQ Partners with Quintessential Portuguese Boutique Retreat Quinta da Amendoeira to Bring Explainable AI and Operational Insight
LodgIQ's explainable AI platform will provide real-time demand insights and pricing recommendations to the seven-apartment boutique property near Évora.
Cocoon & Eckelmann Hotels move entire portfolio to Apaleo ahead of 2026 expansion
The Munich lifestyle hotel group will migrate 9 properties with 800 rooms to the cloud-based PMS by 2026, reducing manual tasks from 17 clicks per payment to streamlined workflows.