To see the OPERA Cloud platform in action visit HITEC booth on June 15-18 th . AI is reshaping how hotels operate and deliver great guest experiences. ... AI has the potential to transform hotel operations when it is seamlessly integrated into associates’ daily work.
- AI Everywhere at HITEC 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. ... The 2026 Hotel Yearbook Technology Edition - AI Everywhere is published by Hospitality Net in partnership with the Hotel Yearbook Initiative.
One of the partnership's primary features addresses a longstanding challenge in hotel finance operations. ... OneJourney is operated by Hotel Direct, LLC (d/b/a OneJourney and Swift Services), based in Miami Beach, Florida.
From AI-driven revenue management to more efficient operating models, we’re seeing tools that allow us to rethink how our hotels are run. Systems are getting smarter. ... And most importantly, the hotel operates as a cohesive unit. When it’s not, even the best tech tools in the world won’t deliver the results you expect.
The AI-era remake is already reflected in the numbers: one large study of GitHub developers found that coding agents produced a 741% increase in lines of code, but only a 20% increase in actual software ... Channel Dive — "Pax8 builds token tracking to help MSPs bill for AI," 13 June 2026. Tech Bullion — "How hotel commerce technology is transforming revenue generation in 2026," 12 June 2026.
and developments in the global hospitality investment sector. ... ; Amr El Nady , Head of Hotels & Hospitality MEA and Managing Director, Global Hotel Desk JLL; Giuliano Gasparini , FRICS, CRE, HAMA, IoH, CHIA, Head of Hospitality Asset Management, WASL Group; Gary Greene
The AI Collective is a group of 30+ industry AI experts, including 10+ associations liaisons engaged in a collaborative effort to develop resources for the industry as it moves forward to new technology ... Establishing Foundational Standards for AI in Hospitality Recognizing the lack of established standards in AI implementation, the AI Collective is also working to build a framework for industry-wide best
The CDP now connects hotel guest intelligence directly to AI assistants and 9,200+ apps via Zapier, letting hotels surface guest data inside AI workflows without custom development. ... Singapore is easing hotel development rules in heritage precincts.
Generated from operationalized content strategies, hotels can see content gaps for where competitors might have the edge in AI search. When AI drifts from your brand truth, Wayfinder flags it. ... Kevin Duncan, Executive Vice President Product, Cendyn Wayfinder is the first step in Cendyn’s AI-native architecture – following the launch of AI Connect in January that ensures hotels’ ARI data is visible
How can hotels preserve loyalty and direct relationships in AI-mediated commerce environments? ... Siloed data is the single greatest barrier to AI maturity in hospitality today.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Canary Technologies, the award-winning global leader in agentic AI for hotel and guest management, today announced the launch of the Agentic Sales Coordinator, a new solution that autonomously ... Harman Singh Narula, Co-Founder and CEO of Canary Technologies The Agentic Sales Coordinator expands Canary's suite of AI solutions for hotel operations including AI Voice, AI Contracts, AI Webchat, AI
Its microservices architecture and event-driven framework places it in a unique position to integrate and adapt to new AI workflows and agents. ... “Hotels are increasingly prioritizing interoperability, scalability, AI automation, and personalization, and we’re proud to support leading hospitality brands as they modernize operations for the future
"The hotels getting the most out of AI are the ones where reservations, guest profiles, operations and communications are all living in one place, or at the very least, cleanly connected." ... The fix isn't just better AI. It's AI that's grounded in the actual reality of how your property operates. How to tell the real thing from the marketing Every vendor claims to be AI-powered.
Actabl today introduced Altitude, an AI product that lets the executives running hotel portfolios get an answer the moment they need one, in plain language and without waiting on a report or an analyst ... For example, a regional VP asks, "Which of my hotels are trending below budget on GOP this year?" and gets a sourced answer in seconds, in the language hotel finance teams use.
Enter Vibe Coding Vibe coding was introduced by AI researcher and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy in February 2025. ... It involves building functional software by describing what you want in plain language and letting an AI do the rest.
With MCP support, dailypoint enables hotel teams to connect selected guest data and tools with AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini through a standardized open protocol. ... practical use cases for AI-supported hotel operations.
In 2015, Japan’s Henn-na Hotel — aptly “Strange Hotel” — opened with a Guinness World Records title as the first robot-staffed hotel: dinosaur receptionists, robotic porters, and an in-room assistant called ... The American Hotel & Lodging Association reported that 87% of hotels are facing staffing shortages in 2025, with labor accounting for nearly a third of revenue.
Keep critical thinking in charge On AI, Hernandez is calm about the tool and watchful about the user. ... She wants the industry to think in systems rather than in silos, mapping how different effects interact instead of working it out in any one person's head.
The magazine also explores how hospitality spaces are evolving into more residential, cultural and local destinations, with examples including Terreno Barrio in Palma, the Orient Express hotel in Venice ... The magazine also looks beyond hotels to examine the wider ecosystem influencing luxury hospitality, including AI-native computing, minimal consumer technology, private aviation, destination design and
What’s implied in all this is the adept use of automation and other hotel technologies to prevent half-life decay of leads. ... Questions and Answers from This Article Why is speed of response the most important KPI in hotel sales and lead nurturing?