Lake.com Hits 40,000 Properties, Making Waterfront Getaways Easier to Find Worldwide
The specialized vacation rental platform grew from 30,000 to 40,000 properties this year, with Italy and Croatia leading at 10,000 listings each.
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Booking.com’s new review scoring explained: What hoteliers need to know in 2026
The new system weights recent reviews more heavily, allowing scores to fluctuate more frequently and recognize recent service improvements faster than the previous three-year average model.
Tambourine Partners with Ted Turner Reserves, Launches New Website Showcasing the Brand’s Conservation Mission
Tambourine creates new digital platform for Ted Turner's four New Mexico conservation properties spanning one million acres of preserved wilderness.
New Study Reveals What Really Drives Guest Survey Response Rates in Hotels
Analysis of 1,520 hotel survey campaigns shows that shorter subject lines and embedded questions can boost response rates from 20% to 23%.
Hoteliers, Your Christmas Tree 🎄 Could Win $1,500 for YOUR Charity.
Lodging Interactive and CoMMingle offer $1,500 charity donation to the winning hotel's chosen local cause for best Christmas tree display.
GCSTIMES Eco Slippers, A Sustainable Touch for the Holiday Season
GCSTIMES promotes their plant-fiber eco slippers as sustainable in-room amenities that enhance guest comfort during the busy Christmas travel period.
Serious about reducing marketing costs in 2026? Start here.
Tambourine promotes cost savings through platform consolidation, offering no-fee booking engines, built-in personalization, and accessibility protection to reduce third-party vendor expenses.
What JW Marriott and Hilton can teach us about culture, data, and success in modern hotel openings
Dolores Castillo shares insights from launching JW Marriott and Hilton properties, emphasizing market clarity, wellbeing-focused guest expectations, and balancing data with relationships in commercial strategy.
Unlocking Holiday Magic: When Creativity Transforms the Everyday
The piece promotes custom holiday-themed key cards that double as decorative keepsakes, designed to enhance guest check-in experiences during the festive season.
Cloudbeds Reveals Shortlist for 2026 People’s Choice Award Ahead of Global Cloudbeds Collection Launch
Cloudbeds' inaugural collection highlights 100 independent properties worldwide, with public voting open through December 19 for the People's Choice winner.
CommingleIQ: Hotel Storytelling Reimagined
Lodging Interactive's new platform combines AI-optimized content with integrated storytelling to drive direct bookings and improve hotel discoverability.
Reimagining the Key Card as a Travel Companion
The wooden fridge magnet key card features destination landmarks to create social media moments and serve as lasting souvenirs.
GCSTIMES Launches Hotel Theme Upgrade Week to Transform Sustainable Essentials into a Cohesive Guest Experience
GCSTIMES offers free custom theme proposals and design consultations to help hotels create cohesive brand experiences through sustainable amenities.
Amadeus and SmartRyde team up to make airport transfers easier — starting with Japan and South Korea based travel agents
SmartRyde, a Japanese company and one of the leading global players in pre-booked airport transfer services, is pleased to announce its strategic integration as a provider through Amadeus, a leading travel technology company. Through this collaboration, SmartRyde’s extensive network of airport transfer solutions will soon be available this month directly through Amadeus Transfers, enabling travel sellers worldwide to offer seamless ground transportation as part of their travel itineraries.
Making Change Work: A Conversation with Ryan King on Hotel PMS Implementation and Leadership
This article is the first installment in The Implementation Playbook, a new Shiji Insights series examining the realities of hotel PMS implementations. Across five parts, the series will explore the leadership behaviors, operational structures, and on‑property practices that determine whether a technology rollout succeeds or struggles. This first article focuses on the foundational mistakes hotel groups commonly make, and what leaders can do to avoid them.
Card-Free, Wireless, and Accelerating Fast: The Future of Hotel Access Begins Now
Hotel technology is entering a new phase. Future locking systems are moving card-free, powered by BLE, NFC, and cloud-managed mobile keys. At the same time, digitalisation is accelerating across every touchpoint—from cloud PMS platforms to automation and AI-supported operations.
Hotel Sales Training Designed for Modern Buyers Launches Today
Lure Agency, along with hospitality sales trainer Celeste Berke Knisely, today announced the launch of Sales on Tap, a modern social-selling and visibility-building community created for hotel group sales professionals.
Mews launches Zero Dollar Authorization to protect hotel revenue and reduce payment failures
Mews, the leading operating system for hotels, has launched Zero Dollar Authorization, a new feature that helps protect revenue and ensure smoother payments. The feature enables hotels to instantly verify a guest’s card at booking without charging it, reducing failed payments, chargebacks, and lost revenue from no-shows.
Duetto and Cloudbeds Report Reveals Distribution Channel Shifts and Rising Price Sensitivity Impacting Global Hotel Performance
Duetto, the industry’s leading provider of revenue and profit software, and Cloudbeds, the intelligent unified platform powering hotel growth, have released their first-ever Hotel Market Pulse report, providing performance and profitability analysis for hoteliers worldwide, based on the data managed by both companies.
Adeera signs new deal to deploy Amadeus Digital Media in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia-based Adeera has signed a new agreement to use transformative travel technology, Amadeus Digital Media. Through advanced omni-channel advertising strategies, Adeera will be able to better reach travelers at the moments they are most likely to book, across paid search, display, and social media.