Travel affordability matters: how Booking.com helps consumers save and make informed choices
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Travel affordability matters: how Booking.com helps consumers save and make informed choices

What does it take for a family to afford a week away? Today, Eurostat estimates that for more than one in four Europeans the answer is that they can’t. Rising prices and tighter household budgets mean that millions are being priced out of the chance...

Peter Lochbihler
Peter Lochbihler
Global Director Public Affairs, Booking.com
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Peter Lochbihler
by Peter Lochbihler
12 December 2025Booking.comTravel Technology
Travel affordability matters: how Booking.com helps consumers save and make informed choices
Hotels are leaving millions on the table: guest-first strategies for growth
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Hotels are leaving millions on the table: guest-first strategies for growth

For decades, hotel performance was judged by a narrow set of numbers – namely, occupancy, ADR and RevPAR. The room was the unit of revenue, and guests were measured in heads and beds. But that model no longer fits the way people travel, stay and con...

Tom Brown
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Senior Copywriter at Mews
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Tom Brown
by Tom Brown
11 December 2025Mews Systems LtdTravel Technology
Hotels are leaving millions on the table: guest-first strategies for growth
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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 Hollander
Jordan M Hollander
Co-Founder, Hotel Tech Report
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by Jordan M Hollander
11 December 2025Hotel Tech ReportTravel Technology
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Looking for Higher Profitability? Start Your Workflow Automation the Right Way
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Looking for Higher Profitability? Start Your Workflow Automation the Right Way

In today’s hospitality environment (see our previous article), “do more with less” has become more than a mantra, it’s a structural necessity. Modern workflow automation has reached a mature stage; it’s a practical, proven lever for operational tran...

Stephen Burke
Stephen Burke
Founder and CEO, Robosize ME
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Stephen Burke
by Stephen Burke
3 December 2025Robosize METravel Technology
Looking for Higher Profitability? Start Your Workflow Automation the Right Way
How Leading Hotel Groups Turned Automation into Measurable Results
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How Leading Hotel Groups Turned Automation into Measurable Results

Hotel groups worldwide are increasingly turning to a new performance lever: workflow automation. Not as a future bet, but as a proven driver of efficiency, accuracy, and financial impact. More exactly, we are talking about hyperautomation, which is ...

Linda Girrbach
Linda Girrbach
Co-Founder & Head of Hospitality Consulting, RobosizeMe
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Linda Girrbach
by Linda Girrbach
24 November 2025Robosize METravel Technology
How Leading Hotel Groups Turned Automation into Measurable Results
The Unseen Anchor: Why Discipline, Not Just Dollars, Drives Successful Tech Strategy in Hospitality
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The Unseen Anchor: Why Discipline, Not Just Dollars, Drives Successful Tech Strategy in Hospitality

In the dynamic world of hospitality, the oft heard cry of “new technology” often rings loud and clear. Companies eagerly invest, chasing the promise of innovation, efficiency, and a competitive edge. Yet, all too often, these ambitious tech programs...

Mark Fancourt
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Co-Founder at TRAVHOTECH
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by Mark Fancourt
20 November 2025TRAVHOTECHTravel Technology
The Unseen Anchor: Why Discipline, Not Just Dollars, Drives Successful Tech Strategy in Hospitality
From Data Chaos to Intelligent Strategy: How AI & Human Insight Are Redefining Revenue Leadership
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From Data Chaos to Intelligent Strategy: How AI & Human Insight Are Redefining Revenue Leadership

Have you ever found yourself buried under a mountain of spreadsheets at midnight, still trying to close your weekly forecast? You’re not alone.

Harshinder Chadha
Harshinder Chadha
Data Scientist & Machine Learning Engineer at LodgIQ
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Harshinder Chadha
by Harshinder Chadha
17 November 2025LodgIQ™Travel Technology
From Data Chaos to Intelligent Strategy: How AI & Human Insight Are Redefining Revenue Leadership
AI’s new gatekeepers: How Booking.com and Expedia are hijacking the future of travel
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AI’s new gatekeepers: How Booking.com and Expedia are hijacking the future of travel

Just days into OpenAI’s new app marketplace, Booking.com and Expedia have seized a commanding lead. They’re not just experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI). They’re embedding themselves directly into the core of how travelers search, discov...

Brad Brewer
Brad Brewer
Chief AI Officer, Agentic Hospitality, and Founder, Brewer Digital Marketing
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by Brad Brewer
28 October 2025Agentic HospitalityTravel Technology
AI’s new gatekeepers: How Booking.com and Expedia are hijacking the future of travel
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Adaptability over lock-in: reimagining the role of technology in Africa

There remains an uncomfortable truth about technology investment – rigidity costs more than it saves. All-in-one systems, long-term vendor dependencies and software lock-ins are giving way to a new reality where success rests on how rapidly an organ...

Mandla Mbonambi
Mandla Mbonambi
CEO of Africonology
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by Mandla Mbonambi
23 October 2025Africonology SolutionsTravel Technology
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What Type of Business Do You Want to Run? The Choice Between Cohesive and Disconnected Hospitality
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What Type of Business Do You Want to Run? The Choice Between Cohesive and Disconnected Hospitality

The hospitality industry is continually presented with the alluring, yet often ambiguously defined, promise of “all-in-one” technology platforms. This term of reference for ‘all-in-one‘ can mean so many things and are highly topical to the specific ...

Mark Fancourt
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Co-Founder at TRAVHOTECH
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Mark Fancourt
by Mark Fancourt
22 October 2025TRAVHOTECHTravel Technology
What Type of Business Do You Want to Run? The Choice Between Cohesive and Disconnected Hospitality