DayBlink GPO's 1,100+ luxury independent hotel members can now earn cashback and automate back-office tasks through SwiftPay, OneJourney's AI-powered B2B payment platform, at no cost.
The article outlines strategies for balancing rising labor costs with operational budgets through predictive analytics, technology automation, and tiered service models during staffing shortages.
Mexico's 2026 tax updates change how OTAs withhold and report existing taxes, requiring hotels to overhaul reconciliation processes and integrate systems for compliance.
The guide explains how external market data helps revenue managers anticipate competitor moves and demand shifts rather than react to them.
HBX Group completes acquisition of Paris-based PerfectStay, which powers dynamic packaging for airlines like Turkish Airlines and 55+ white-label travel sites.
The guide covers KPIs like MPI and RGI for benchmarking, plus strategies for creating seasonal and aspirational competitive sets.
OneJourney's SwiftPay platform offers hospitality operators 1%+ cashback on supplier payments through bank-integrated payment cards with no setup fees.
Berlin court ruled Booking.com's rate parity clauses violated competition law, awarding damages to 1,000+ German hotels and potentially reshaping OTA relationships industry-wide.
European hotel markets show revenue growth slowing to 2.5% while costs rise, with Spain's GOP margins highlighting the shift from recovery to operational efficiency focus.
The guide outlines pricing optimization, distribution balance, and incremental revenue tactics specifically for independent properties using data-driven approaches.
Mews, the operating system for hospitality and shared spaces, has announced that its embedded financing partnership with YouLend has provided nearly €2 million in funding to hotels across Europe and the US. With the partnership now live across multiple eligible markets, hotels can access flexible funding directly through the Mews platform. The latest addition of France completes the rollout, extending Flexible Financing to one of Europe’s most dynamic hospitality markets.
As budgeting season rolls around, it’s easy for hoteliers to fall back on familiar habits: looking at last year’s numbers, trusting gut instincts, or relying on the usual KPIs. But in today’s fast-changing hospitality landscape, planning in a bubble can lead you far off course.
Unlike generic fintechs retrofitted for tourism, HotelRunner Ruby is travel-native: unifying bookings, payments, and compliance in real time. Alongside tackling long-standing settlement delays and frictions, Ruby delivers faster, more transparent, and regulation-ready payment flows, reshaping the financial backbone of global travel commerce. More than settlement, this is just the beginning of a roadmap transforming how global travel moves money.
Uniting the strength of Visa’s trusted infrastructure with HotelRunner’s deep presence in hospitality, this strategic preferred partnership sets the foundation for a new era of embedded finance in travel. By bringing Visa’s products directly into HotelRunner’s platform, this collaboration will enable seamless, secure, and scalable cross-border payments and settlements for thousands of travel businesses worldwide.
Fairmas, a leading provider of financial planning and analysis software for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chiara Gianformaggio as Business Development Manager, Italy. This strategic move marks a significant step in Fairmas’ international growth strategy, with a focused commitment to the dynamic and evolving Italian hospitality market.
With demand patterns shifting constantly and competition just a click away, staying on top of your key performance indicators (KPIs) is essential.
Aptech, a leading provider of scalable accounting, business intelligence, financial planning and management solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced that Murphy Asset Management has implemented its Execuvue business intelligence platform. The hospitality asset management and advisory firm will use Execuvue to gain greater visibility into operating expenses across its portfolio and deliver deeper performance insights to support its hotel owners and investor clientele.
Otelier today announced the official launch of the next generation of TruePlan, its modern budgeting and forecasting platform, redesigned for hotel businesses looking to move beyond spreadsheets, outdated tech or legacy tools and accelerate financial planning cycles. Users will discover a completely new user interface that delivers a modern technology experience, notably more innovative than other industry solutions. With a suite of powerful enhancements, TruePlan now delivers a faster, more intuitive way for hotel groups to plan, collaborate, and execute their financial strategies – across dozens or hundreds of properties.
AVaStar has published a free resource to help hotels and event venues better understand where their AV operations are falling short — and what can be done about it. “Why AV Operations Are Overlooked” is now available for download by clicking here, and it is the ideal resource to help attendees of HITEC Indianapolis better prepare for shopping the show next week.
Actabl, the leading hospitality software company dedicated to empowering hotels with actionable insights to drive profit, today announced the launch of ProfitOwner, a business intelligence platform purpose-built for hotel ownership groups. Designed to provide real-time, standardized data across all properties—regardless of brand or management company—ProfitOwner gives ownership groups direct access to the insights they need to make faster, smarter decisions and take control of portfolio performance.