Lighthouse, the leading commercial platform for the hospitality industry, has been selected by Rotana Hotels & Resorts as their preferred rate intelligence provider. The partnership marks a significant milestone as Rotana implements Lighthouse's Rate Insight solution integrated with iDeas G3 across their portfolio of properties.
Ayala Land Hospitality (ALH), the hospitality arm of Ayala Land, Inc., has partnered with IDeaS, a SAS company and the world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, as part of its broader transformation strategy to strengthen commercial capabilities and future-proof its growing hotel and resort portfolio in the Philippines.
Triptease and Revinate, two leaders in hotel marketing technology, today announced a strategic partnership designed to accelerate direct bookings across the entire guest journey. The collaboration brings together a range of complementary data-driven solutions that help hotels to maximize direct revenue and reduce dependence on online travel agencies (OTAs).
Hotel decision-makers in 2025 face an uncomfortable truth: the old playbook isn’t working anymore. Labor shortages, consumer spending shifts, and rising operational costs are testing every property’s ability to maintain profitability.
For-Sight, a leading provider of CRM and marketing solutions for the hospitality industry, is proud to announce the expansion of its partnership with GuestRevu, the multi-award-winning guest feedback and reputation management platform. As part of this strengthened collaboration, GuestRevu is now available as an add-on feature for both existing and new For-Sight customers.
Cvent, a global industry-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, successfully hosted the fourth edition of Cvent Accelerate Sydney at The Fullerton Hotel on Wednesday, 16 July 2025. The event attracted over 460 event planners, marketers, and hospitality professionals, setting a new attendance record and highlighting the growing momentum in the MICE industry.
ProposalPath, the hospitality industry’s most widely adopted proposal platform, today introduced ProposalPath Assistant, a built-in AI feature that transforms how hotel sales teams respond to RFPs and client requests. Powered by applied artificial intelligence and built specifically for hospitality, the assistant generates fully-branded, interactive proposals in under one minute—from virtually any input.
With mobile devices now central to how we bank, browse, and interact, it’s no surprise that guest expectations are evolving fast - and technology is evolving even faster. Hoteliers need solutions that do more than just keep up - they need solutions that stay ahead.
Key Takeaway: Your GEO should build on top of your SEO strategy.
Three members of our leadership team from Cogwheel attended The HSMAI Commercial Strategy Conference in Indianapolis in June 2025. The conference was dominated by three major themes: artificial intelligence’s impact on marketing, the realignment of commercial strategy through data storytelling, and the growing need for authenticity in audience segmentation. Each insight reflects not only where the hospitality industry is headed but also what hotel marketers and revenue teams must do now to remain competitive.
Since Cogwheel first participated in the pitch at E20X in 2022, the Cogwheel team has made it a tradition to follow the promising startups showcased each year. E20X (Entrepreneur 20X), hosted during HITEC, is known for spotlighting the most innovative solutions in hospitality tech, and 2025’s competition didn’t disappoint.
Last week’s cart abandonment recovery playbook outlined strategies that you could deploy at your properties. But as any hotelier will tell you, there's a difference between theory and reality — especially when you're trying to hit your targets as quickly as possible. Or, you're trying to convince the owners that a new initiative is worth the investment.
In today’s digital world, your potential guests are just a click away, but so is every other hotel. With travelers being bombarded by distractions across the web, your hotel display ads need more than just beautiful photos and a catchy tagline. They need to perform.
Hotel cart abandonment recovery isn’t just about recapturing lost revenue — it’s about creating moments of connection with your guests that ultimately bring them back to book direct with you.
At the HSMAI Commercial Strategy Conference on June 17, Stephanie Smith of Cogwheel tried to change mindsets about how backwards most hotel marketing budgets are created.
MMGY Global, the world’s leading integrated marketing and communications firm specializing in travel, tourism and hospitality, announced today the acquisition of Think Strawberries (TS), a premier travel representation and marketing brand. Headquartered in India with a robust presence across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, TS will now operate as MMGY Think Strawberries, marking MMGY Global’s official entry into South Asia and the Middle East – two of the fastest-growing outbound travel markets worldwide.
Tambourine, a leading provider of hospitality marketing technology and an Oracle partner, today announced Reserv by Tambourine is available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and integrates with OPERA Cloud Property Management System (PMS) via the Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP). Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners.
Ready to unlock your creativity with laser engraving? Check out this quick demo of the GCSTIMES K9 Desktop Laser Engraver in action! No more complicated setups or steep learning curves. Designed for busy hospitality teams, we show you just how easy it is to start engraving, from importing your design on our free app to bringing it to life on wooden key cards, gifts, and more.
For high-value guests, exclusivity is expected; emotional resonance is what delights. We introduce Glintspot city-themed wooden gift boxes offering an immersive narrative that resonates with discerning VIPs.
MyResorts, a boutique hospitality group in South Africa, has implemented RateTiger Channel Manager to simplify its OTA management and enhance rate and inventory distribution across multiple sales channels. The hotel selected RateTiger to centralize control over its online sales and reduce the time spent on manual updates while ensuring rate parity and real-time availability across all connected platforms.