Specifically, we’re seeing a meaningful shift in holiday travel priorities. ... Interest in cooking classes jumped to 19% (up from 15% in 2024), while demand for award-winning restaurants dropped 13 percentage points to just 18%.
Embergrove Hospitality Group manages a growing portfolio of 12 properties across the Midwestern United States, including boutique hotels, conference centers, restaurants and bars. ... DJ Singh, VP of Global Sales at Canary Technologies With Canary, Embergrove is streamlining arrivals with mobile-first workflows, enabling instant guest communication in more than 100 languages via AI
AI does not replace human brilliance in hospitality With the adoption of AI becoming ever-prevalent, what difference is AI making to hotel revenue and marketing? ... Hotels are increasingly using AI agents to support personalised guest communications too, which can in turn support upselling and revenue generation.
From chatbot to agentic workflow AI in hospitality has largely focused on guest communication: answering FAQs, handling basic reservations or managing check-ins. ... The AI checks availability in the PMS, updates the booking, alerts housekeeping, and confirms the new time – all in seconds.
Melissa Hsu [00:18:18]: Yes, I know everyone has AI on the mind, so I am happy to share that Revinate does have a few AI tools available right in the Composer for y’all to use. ... With our AI image generation, what you could do is plug in an exact description of exactly what you want to show as your image and the AI image generator will help you with that image and you can plop
AI Ads: The End of the Click Economy The pay-per-click model was born in the twentieth century, and it will likely die with it. ... In an AI-centered search engine paradigm, visibility and monetization have merged into a single generative layer. Google’s AI Overviews, launched globally in 2024, exemplify this shift.
In this highlight, I focus on RQ1 and RQ2 to discuss how AI is revolutionizing the hiring process. ... What can we do to promote trustworthy AI in recruitment and selection?
The dinner party is rising to become one of the newest trends in the hospitality experience. ... Essentially an artist monograph brought to life, this offering embodied the idea of immersing our guests in culture and storytelling in an intimate setting.
According to the Travel Dreams research, many are already using AI to help pick restaurants, book hotels, and plan entertainment. ... Business travelers, in particular, love how AI makes things faster and more tailored to their needs.
We take every agent in my office to lunch at one of the because I want them to experience what that feels like to dine in one of our restaurants so that when they’re talking to the guests, it really comes ... And, also, I think my personal feeling is and there’s a lot coming on with AI. And, certainly, we know that AI, we’re gonna have it in Revinate platforms.
AI Takes a Byte of the Industry As AI becomes more embedded into the hospitality industry, it promises greater efficiency and highly personalized dining experiences. ... Advancements in technology will drive AI-powered menu engineering, leveraging real-time feedback and to optimize dish combinations and pricing.
It is not a concept or practice that permeates in any meaningful way through sales and fulfillment processes in today’s hospitality. ... It is not a concept or practice that permeates in any meaningful way through sales and fulfillment processes in today’s hospitality.
Local restaurants risked closure and many found themselves in the paradox of depending on tourists but resenting their presence. ... A new hotspot suddenly appeared in Scotland.
As an undergraduate student, majoring in hotel and restaurant management I never considered certifications. ... Programs and their faculty work with the National Restaurant Association (NRA) to offer this content and proctor examinations while modeling proper Food Safety applications in lab settings.
The AI Revolution Isn’t Coming, It’s Already Here For most of us, AI has already become background noise. It hums quietly in the tools we use every day. ... Even your payments are filtered through layers of AI that evaluate risk and prevent fraud in milliseconds. We already live in an AI-powered hotel ecosystem; we just stopped noticing.
Destination Check-in 07. ... AI is set to shift from assistant to agentic, where multiple systems work together to solve complex traveller needs, from trip inspiration to in-the-moment support.
Seventy percent of travelers said they would like to take a virtual tour of a destination before booking, with demand rising to 86% in India and 85% in China. ... According to the research, 42% of business travelers value AI-powered assistants for personalized information. The POS becomes the frontline where personalization is delivered in practical ways.
This ambitious rollout covers Valk Exclusief’s hotels in the Netherlands and Germany, spanning more than 7,100 rooms, 55 restaurants, 475 meeting spaces, plus wellness centres, bars, and retail outlets ... With agentic AI emerging, running on an API-first infrastructure also means having an AI-ready operations, and Valk Digital is future-proofing its business to stay ahead of the industry.
Generative AI and travel influencers grow in importance over past year – but traditional sources still dominate Outdated or inaccurate information, overwhelming choice and poor understanding cited as AI ... New technology is improving every step in the journey from Gen AI inspiration to biometric check‑in and immigration at the airport.
They are also the generation most interested in organised group tours in the next 12 months (45%). ... Featuring these insights along with in-depth data on family travel, AI adoption and more, the study is now available for purchase or as part of an all-access subscription to EurekA!