Luxury hospitality tends to come in small packages. To put a number to this, Relais & Châteaux’s renowned luxury properties across North America average around 40 rooms, with few exceeding 70. ... I had to figure this out in a hurry.
Few hospitality companies operate at this combination of concentration, range, and brand sophistication in any single market in the world. ... Both firms believe this is a structurally underexploited opportunity in global hospitality and intend to address it together. Technology and AI in hospitality.
AI anxiety in the absence of AI agency: 52% of workers feel anxious about AI’s impact on their jobs, while 55% expect employers to provide AI tools, skills and workplace training, creating an AI skills ... From AI Anxiety to AI Agency: Success around AI transformation will be found by providing training and support, enabled by shifting from anxiety to curiosity, with humans not only in the loop, but firmly
operational excellence, best practices in implementing AI-powered technology, and experiential demand drivers. ... The Hospitality Show brings those conversations, solutions, and connections together in one place.
Launched in partnership with Samuels & Associates, the property marks Kasa's debut in Boston, bringing its proven hospitality operating platform to one of the most high-demand, under-supplied cities in ... Kasa's asset-light management model gives property owners the operational upside of a best-in-class hospitality operator without sacrificing flexibility or control.
BluIP today announced AIVA 3, the latest generation of its hospitality AI guest experience platform. ... What matters is whether the technology delivers meaningful results in a live hotel environment. The Proper Hotel demonstrates what’s possible when AI is purpose-built for hospitality.
This Cornell Center for Hospitality Research report synthesizes "An Examination of AI in Travel Planning Across Traveler Spending Segments," a study conducted by Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research ... of each traveler segment. 8 Key Takeaways AI adoption in travel planning is real but not yet dominant.
Sirma Group Holding (Sirma) , a European technology group specializing in enterprise digital transformation and AI, will bring its hospitality expertise and enterprise AI vision to HITEC 2026 in San Antonio ... , where the company will engage hotel leaders in conversations around the future of operational intelligence, connected ecosystems, and real-world AI adoption in hospitality.
hotels to operate effectively in the AI-driven travel landscape. ... At Kismet, our focus is on helping hotels become discoverable and transactable in the AI era.
At Revinate’s user conference this year in Phoenix, that single question set the tone for one of the biggest conversations happening in hospitality right now: What happens when AI changes how guests discover ... Tune in to discover why the hotels that win won’t just adopt AI faster, they’ll build the clean data foundation that makes AI actually work.
FPG's CheckMax uses AI coaching and e-learning to train hotel restaurant servers in suggestive selling, targeting 5–15% revenue-per-guest increases with integrations for Oracle Micros, Toast, and Square ... Frontline Performance Group (FPG), the global leader in driving incremental revenue, has launched CheckMax, performance enhancement software with AI-powered insights, to maximize check averages, potentially
Looking ahead, we're investing to continue to lead in the next era of AI-led travel discovery and booking, while strengthening guest trust and loyalty across our brands. ... Azim Saju and ARK Hospitality (Premier Legacy Award): Azim grew up in the hotel business, beginning with his family's first Econo Lodge purchase in 1981, and went on to buy his first hotel as owner of
This year, BLLA is introducing a high-impact, AI-focused Main Stage panel that tackles the most urgent question facing our industry. The conversation around AI in hospitality has been loud. ... "The pace of change in hospitality technology, especially AI, is accelerating rapidly.
In comparison the LW Hospitality Advisors (LWHA) Q4 2025 Major U.S. ... Unlike traditional website Search Engine Optimization (SEO), AI search optimization requires hotels to structure information in ways that can be easily processed by AI systems.
Karen has more than 25 years of expertise in global hospitality technology and online distribution — including managing global accounts in travel and hospitality organizations such as Travelocity and lastminute.com ... As the host of The Hotel Moment podcast, she interviews top players in the hospitality industry.
A presentation from Brad Brewer, Chief AI Officer of Agentic Hospitality, outlined the growing role of “Agentic Hotel Distribution” and its implications for ownership, visibility, and direct revenue. ... “Emerging AI-driven distribution models have the potential to help hotels connect with guests earlier in their decision-making process and convert that demand directly.”
Opening 20 ECHO Suites hotels in such a short time—including our latest opening in Bozeman, in the heart of Montana's Big Sky Country—speaks to the brand's momentum and strong developer confidence. ... AI-driven tools such as Wyndham Connect.
Agentic Hospitality reports AI systems now evaluate hotels continuously beyond traditional search metrics, creating a measurement gap for hoteliers. [LOUISVILLE, Ky. ... A new layer has emerged and it’s one where AI systems access, interpret, and evaluate hotel information in real time.
The renovation is expected to be completed in late summer 2026. ... In spring 2025, the property debuted Sexy Roman, a decadent, design-forward Italian dining destination operated by Alliance Hospitality Group complementing longstanding highlights including the iconic
Stephanie Smith of Cogwheel recently joined an incredible panel at the Female Founders in Hospitality Summit in New York , moderated by Saadiq Rodgers-King, an AI Transformation Consultant , alongside ... Stephanie Smith In hospitality, data is often spread across dozens of systems.