Property Technology Filter Opinion Where Is the Hospitality Industry Headed in 2026? As we edge closer to 2026, one question keeps surfacing in hospitality circles: where is our industry headed? Alan YoungVP, Strategy | Hospitality, Infor InforMore in this category Property Technology More like this Opinion How hotel automation can help us be more human Hospitality has always been a people business. What changed is the amount of invisible work we expect those people to carry. Manual checks, repetitive admin, systems that don’t talk to each other. This cognitive load drains energy before a guest eve... Tom BrownSenior Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Mobile MarketingMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Guest Experience More like this Opinion The future of housekeeping: strategies for smarter, faster hotel operations Housekeeping has long been considered the backbone of hotel operations, but until recently, it was also the department most resistant to technological innovation. From paper checklists to walkie-talkies, hotel housekeeping has largely relied on manu... Lauren ConsiglioDigital Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AIMore in this category Housekeeping More like this Opinion Hotels Save 500+ Hours Annually With Modern PMS Platforms, According to the HotelTechReport 2026 PMS Impact Study New data from the HotelTechReport 2026 PMS Impact Study reveals a striking operational shift: modern property management systems (PMS) now save many hotels more than 500 hours of labor every year, transforming the hotel management software from a ba... Jordan M HollanderCo-Founder, Hotel Tech Report Hotel Tech ReportMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Travel TechnologyMore in this category Markets & Performance More like this Opinion On-Site Training: Always a Smart Option Remote learning has become a practical and reliable tool, teaching us anything from how to make a bed to how to organize a closet, all with a few keystrokes or clicks. While remote training offers convenience and flexibility, properties are rediscov... Wendy Paul-LeonardSenior Training Services Manager MaestroMore in this category Human ResourcesMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Lodging Industry More like this Opinion The smarter way to hire staff: rethinking hotel recruitment Talent shortages remain widespread throughout hospitality. The competition for dependable, motivated staff is fierce. Hotel owners, general managers and HR teams are still navigating the fallout of a post-Covid labor market shaped by economic pressu... Tom BrownSenior Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Human ResourcesMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Lodging IndustryMore in this category Recruitment More like this Opinion Why Sound Strategy Will Define Experiential Hospitality I’ve watched hotel brands evolve quickly over the last few years. No longer are hospitality business professionals just hoteliers, but they must also now be experience architects. As experiential tourism continues to grow, hotels are investing in hi... Ola SarsCEO, Soundtrack Technologies Soundtrack TechnologiesMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Design and Architecture More like this Opinion Getting Technical with What a Centralized Hotel Platform Can Enable Those who know me know that I relish in the technical details of how specific features on software systems work, how integrations are built and how relational databases can be linked to integrate fields or perform valuable queries. Adam MogelonskyPartner at Hotel Mogel Consulting Ltd. Hotel Mogel Consulting LimitedMore in this category Information TechnologyMore in this category Property Technology More like this Opinion How AI is transforming hotels today Artificial intelligence has hovered on the edges of hospitality for years. Chatbots answered simple questions. Revenue tools nudged prices up or down. Automation handled a few routine tasks. Useful, but hardly transformative. Tom BrownSenior Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AIMore in this category Guest Experience More like this Opinion AI Users Need Agency, Not Agentic For the past few years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in hospitality has been dominated by a single question: Will AI replace the people who run our hotels, inns, and operations? It is an understandable concern. The industry is gra... Chris McPhersonCo-Founder and CTO TakeUpMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Revenue ManagementMore in this category Big DataMore in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AI More like this The Hotel Yearbook 2026 Converging Forces – The Future is Hybrid by Design Explore Your content on Hospitality Net? Hospitality Net membership explained
Opinion Where Is the Hospitality Industry Headed in 2026? As we edge closer to 2026, one question keeps surfacing in hospitality circles: where is our industry headed? Alan YoungVP, Strategy | Hospitality, Infor InforMore in this category Property Technology More like this
Opinion How hotel automation can help us be more human Hospitality has always been a people business. What changed is the amount of invisible work we expect those people to carry. Manual checks, repetitive admin, systems that don’t talk to each other. This cognitive load drains energy before a guest eve... Tom BrownSenior Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Mobile MarketingMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Guest Experience More like this
Opinion The future of housekeeping: strategies for smarter, faster hotel operations Housekeeping has long been considered the backbone of hotel operations, but until recently, it was also the department most resistant to technological innovation. From paper checklists to walkie-talkies, hotel housekeeping has largely relied on manu... Lauren ConsiglioDigital Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AIMore in this category Housekeeping More like this
Opinion Hotels Save 500+ Hours Annually With Modern PMS Platforms, According to the HotelTechReport 2026 PMS Impact Study New data from the HotelTechReport 2026 PMS Impact Study reveals a striking operational shift: modern property management systems (PMS) now save many hotels more than 500 hours of labor every year, transforming the hotel management software from a ba... Jordan M HollanderCo-Founder, Hotel Tech Report Hotel Tech ReportMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Travel TechnologyMore in this category Markets & Performance More like this
Opinion On-Site Training: Always a Smart Option Remote learning has become a practical and reliable tool, teaching us anything from how to make a bed to how to organize a closet, all with a few keystrokes or clicks. While remote training offers convenience and flexibility, properties are rediscov... Wendy Paul-LeonardSenior Training Services Manager MaestroMore in this category Human ResourcesMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Lodging Industry More like this
Opinion The smarter way to hire staff: rethinking hotel recruitment Talent shortages remain widespread throughout hospitality. The competition for dependable, motivated staff is fierce. Hotel owners, general managers and HR teams are still navigating the fallout of a post-Covid labor market shaped by economic pressu... Tom BrownSenior Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Human ResourcesMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Lodging IndustryMore in this category Recruitment More like this
Opinion Why Sound Strategy Will Define Experiential Hospitality I’ve watched hotel brands evolve quickly over the last few years. No longer are hospitality business professionals just hoteliers, but they must also now be experience architects. As experiential tourism continues to grow, hotels are investing in hi... Ola SarsCEO, Soundtrack Technologies Soundtrack TechnologiesMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Design and Architecture More like this
Opinion Getting Technical with What a Centralized Hotel Platform Can Enable Those who know me know that I relish in the technical details of how specific features on software systems work, how integrations are built and how relational databases can be linked to integrate fields or perform valuable queries. Adam MogelonskyPartner at Hotel Mogel Consulting Ltd. Hotel Mogel Consulting LimitedMore in this category Information TechnologyMore in this category Property Technology More like this
Opinion How AI is transforming hotels today Artificial intelligence has hovered on the edges of hospitality for years. Chatbots answered simple questions. Revenue tools nudged prices up or down. Automation handled a few routine tasks. Useful, but hardly transformative. Tom BrownSenior Copywriter at Mews Mews Systems LtdMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category InnovationMore in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AIMore in this category Guest Experience More like this
Opinion AI Users Need Agency, Not Agentic For the past few years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in hospitality has been dominated by a single question: Will AI replace the people who run our hotels, inns, and operations? It is an understandable concern. The industry is gra... Chris McPhersonCo-Founder and CTO TakeUpMore in this category Property TechnologyMore in this category Revenue ManagementMore in this category Big DataMore in this category Chatbots, Robotics & AI More like this