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Diving deeper: Hidden insights from Travel Dreams 2026

We’re seeing AI play an increasingly central role across the entire journey, from planning to how trips are experienced and reviewed. ... AI is already driving operational excellence When it comes to the hot topic of AI, we are seeing real-world impact, today. All hoteliers bar one said they are planning to invest in AI.

The Wrong Questions

The technical review feels thorough because it produces documents: vendor security certifications, DPA addenda, a signed AI-use policy. ... Not who owns the AI strategy. Not who signed off on the RMS contract. Not which committee reviewed the vendor's SOC 2 report. Those questions matter — they are second-order.

Procurement and Supply Chain Challenges Unique to Hotels and Hospitality Operators

already underway in more forward-looking hotels and accounting units is a move away from memory-based and relationship-based buying, toward something properly data-backed — inventory logs, purchase-review ... The properties best positioned to benefit from AI in procurement are, unsurprisingly, the same ones that already treat documentation and structure as non-negotiable.