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June 17, 2025

Debuting at HITEC 2025, Agilysys Book With S.P.E.N.D. Lets Guests Reserve Package Entitlements With Zero Staff Involvement

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of hospitality software and services, yesterday announced the launch of Agilysys Book with S.P.E.N.D. (Stay Package Entitlement New Dynamic), a technology breakthrough that increases ancillary revenue and guest personalization by simplifying how hotels sell and fulfill packages. HITEC attendees can see the solution in Booth #1611 in the Indiana Convention Center during the June 17 – 19 exhibition days.

June 16, 2025

New NPS Strategy Playbook Helps Hotel Leaders Turn Guest Loyalty into Measurable Growth

In an industry where guest experience is the ultimate currency, a new resource is making it easier than ever for hospitality professionals to convert customer sentiment into smarter decisions and stronger revenue.

June 16, 2025

What Is a Metasearch Engine? The Ultimate Guide for Hotels

And increasingly, they’re doing it on metasearch engines. These platforms have become a crucial battleground for visibility, giving hotels the chance to appear side-by-side with OTAs.

June 12, 2025

Music Tourism: How Concerts Impact the Hospitality Industry

Remove your hotelier’s hat for a moment and consider this scenario. Your favorite band has just announced a world tour but your city isn’t on the list. If you’re like millions of fans, you won’t just shrug and miss out. You’ll grab tickets, book a room and turn the concert into a travel experience.

June 12, 2025

How Values and Tech are Reshaping Travel in 2025 and Beyond

Gen Z and Millennials spearhead a significant shift in the travel industry. They demonstrate how values and tech are reshaping travel in 2025 and beyond. Understanding the evolving travel trends of Gen Z, which are driving this change, is therefore crucial for the industry. These digital natives seek identity-forming, authentic experiences. Traditional holidays are not enough. Instead, technology, particularly social media, fuels their travel intent. Central to this evolution are Gen Z’s unique values. A focus on purpose and spontaneity, for instance, consistently drives their decisions. Their inherent digital fluency, combined with these essential factors, is poised to transform global travel in remarkable ways. This upcoming shift will likely shape 2025 and beyond, setting a new course for the years to come.

June 12, 2025

Sonesta International Hotels Corporation Partners with Thynk to Support its Global Sales Organization

Thynk, the leading Hospitality Commercial Platform powered by Salesforce®, today announced that Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, one of the fastest-growing hotel companies globally, with over 100,000 guest rooms across nine countries, has selected Thynk to modernize and elevate its Global Sales Organization (GSO). By leveraging Thynk’s cutting-edge sales automation solutions, Sonesta will empower Global Sales Professionals to deliver enhanced performance, personalized customer interactions, and more efficient operations.

June 12, 2025

The Hotels Network Introduces Superpilot: Pioneering Autonomous Website Personalization for Hotels

The Hotels Network (THN), a Lighthouse company and direct channel growth platform for hotels, is introducing Superpilot, the first AI-powered recommendation system set to revolutionize hotel website personalization and direct bookings.

The Hotels Network

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Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)

June 11, 2025

The Invisible Guest: How Dark Social Impacts Hotel Marketing

If you’re tracking your hotel’s marketing performance the traditional way — through UTMs, analytics, and CRM data — you’re only seeing part of the picture. There’s a whole world of referral traffic happening behind the scenes, and it’s called dark social.

Cogwheel Marketing & Analytics

June 10, 2025

Faster, Safer, Smarter: Why Hoteliers Choose GuestRevu AI Over ChatGPT

Responding to guest feedback quickly and professionally isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s essential for maintaining your reputation and building guest loyalty, not only with the guest who took the time to give you feedback, but (in the case of online reviews) for any other potential guests who are reading reviews and noting how you respond to get a measure of the experience you give your guests.

June 10, 2025

Plusgrade and ALL Accor, Accor's loyalty program, partner to expand loyalty rewards exchange for ALL Accor Members

Plusgrade, a global leader in ancillary revenue solutions for the travel industry, and ALL Accor, Accor's booking platform and loyalty program, are proud to announce a strategic partnership to introduce an enhanced loyalty exchange solution for members of ALL Accor. This partnership enables members to seamlessly convert points from other participating loyalty programs into Reward points, reinforcing ALL Accor's commitment towards its members and more recognition in loyalty.

June 10, 2025

Lodging Interactive Powers Hotel Revenues with Group Sales Amplified Service

Lodging Interactive, a leading digital marketing agency proudly serving the hospitality industry since 2001, is excited to announce the launch of Group Sales Amplified (GSA). This innovative, fully managed service leverages the expansive reach of social media to generate qualified group sales leads, providing hotels with a dynamic solution that drives direct bookings and unlocks significant revenue opportunities.

Lodging Interactive

Visit HITEC 2026 in San Antonio!

HITEC is the center for the latest conversations on hospitality technology. Come and see the technology shaping the industry.

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)

June 5, 2025

BCD Travel’s latest travel buyer report highlights the importance of leveraging travel data to meet program priorities

BCD Travel surveyed 197 travel buyers from around the world in top industries including manufacturing, life sciences and financial services. The majority of travel buyers surveyed work for large companies with over 10,000 employees; 48% have global responsibilities, and 41% report to procurement. The results clearly reflect the importance of using data as a tool to develop their travel programs, including boosting supplier negotiations, improving policy compliance and optimizing travel spend.

June 4, 2025

The Hotels Network’s AI Receptionist KITT Now Available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace

The Hotels Network (THN), a leading provider of direct growth solutions for hotels and an Oracle partner, today announced KITT, THN’s AI Receptionist, is available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace, can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and integrates with OPERA Cloud via the Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP). Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners.

The Hotels Network

June 4, 2025

167 – Suite Spot: Spotlight Series – Conrad Orlando

The Suite Spot travels to the heart of Orlando, Florida, to visit the luxurious and one-of-a-kind property, Conrad Orlando!

Travel Media Group

June 3, 2025

Champion Hotels Unlocks Group Business Growth with STS Rollout Across 21 Properties

SalesAndCatering.com, a leader in sales and catering software solutions for the hospitality industry, is excited to announce its partnership with Champion Hotels. Champion Hotels, the largest privately-owned hotel operator in the United States, has selected STS Cloud as its group sales and event management platform, and already successfully onboarded 21 of its properties.

SalesAndCatering.com, LLC

June 3, 2025

RoomRaccoon Introduces RaccoonRev Plus: AI-Powered Pricing To Make Independent Hotels More Profitable

RoomRaccoon, the leading hotel management system for independent hoteliers, is gearing up to launch RaccoonRev Plus, an advanced, AI-powered revenue management tool that will deliver RMS-level pricing intelligence natively within the RoomRaccoon platform.

June 2, 2025

Lost Guests Are Hurting Revenue: Fix Your Navigation Challenge Before Summer Break

Guests arrive, download your app, and are ready to explore.

May 30, 2025

Lodging Interactive Introduces AI-Signals for Commingle Guest Review Responses

Lodging Interactive, the award-winning digital marketing agency serving the hospitality industry for over two decades, today announced the launch of Commingle AI Signals. This powerful new service increases a hotel’s visibility in GenAI-powered search engines and Large Language Models (LLMs) through strategically written guest review responses that act as “AI signals” for intent-based AI search queries.

Lodging Interactive

May 30, 2025

How Independent Hotels Can Stay Competitive in Europe

Chain hotels continue to dominate across the continent, backed by powerful brands, deep pockets and expansive tech stacks.

May 30, 2025

Brad Steward: Inspiring advocacy through intentional design and experience

What does it take to create a hospitality experience so unique that guests become your greatest advocates? In this episode of The Turndown, Brad Steward shares the philosophy behind Caravan Outpost, a place where intentional design and experiential travel collide.