roommaster will exhibit its unified cloud PMS, AI voice concierge, and revenue intelligence tools at HITEC 2026 in San Antonio, with a stage session and private event targeting independent hoteliers. ... Never miss a booking, even after hours, with roommaster Concierge, the AI voice agent that answers every guest call 24/7, in any language, and books rooms directly into the PMS.
Actabl engineers work hand in hand with a hotel company's team to build custom solutions on the data Actabl already manages, from advanced analytics to AI-powered workflows. ... Actabl is opening up the program to hotel owners and managers interested in working together to build the AI foundation and AI solutions unique to their businesses.
The discussion covered AI connectors, booking integrations, the role of OTAs, the visibility challenge for independent hotels, the future of hotel websites, and the need for AI-ready technology architecture ... While AI connectors may matter for large brands with loyalty ecosystems, for most hotels the more urgent question is whether they can still be found when travellers stop searching in short keywords and
UK hotels posted revenue growth in Q1 but labour costs rose at nearly double the rate. And Pricepoint closed a $6.6 million seed round to automate hotel pricing in real time. ... Hotels deploying AI tools without governance frameworks are now doing so in a more regulated environment than they were last month.
Lighthouse appoints Jan Hansen, former Agoda Global Head of Connectivity Partnerships, as VP of Growth for Asia Pacific as it pushes an AI-first product strategy in the region. ... Recent launches include Connect AI, the first direct booking app for hotels inside ChatGPT, alongside continued investment in agentic AI for pricing, distribution and revenue performance.
One party owns the building, another operates the hotel, and a third owns the brand that brings in the guests. ... Even now, he noted, hotels still need a large human element, partly because the AI experience is not yet good enough to replace it, but mostly because he does not want to live in a world without human
Wilmington, Delaware – RobosizeME , a leading provider of AI-enabled workflow automation solutions tailored to hotel groups and resorts, today announced an expanded automation initiative with a major ... most operationally complex loyalty environments in the industry.
Gonzalez Convention Center in Booth #3042 to introduce attendees to several new portfolio enhancements that will redefine the modern hotel guest experience. ... Martin Chevalley, CEO and Co-Founder of Innspire Innspire’s Guest Journey brings together guest engagement, mobile experiences, AI-powered services, and in-room technology into one seamless, connected
CHICAGO — Hotel Communication Network , the global leader of in-room guest engagement and tablet-based commerce media, will be present at HITEC San Antonio in a BIG way. ... As major hotel brands launch proprietary Commerce Media platforms, HCN is leveling the playing field by enabling all hoteliers to participate in the same high-margin revenue opportunity through the in-room
Access the complete GEO for Hotels course and learn the strategies leading hotels are using to stay visible, relevant, and recommended in AI-powered search: bit.ly/4dZcumn How to show up in AI search and ... How can hotels appear in ChatGPT and AI-generated answers? Appearing in AI-generated answers is not about a single tactic.
For too long, front desk teams in hotels have carried an extraordinary amount of operational weight. ... ” Anyone who has worked in hotels will recognise the pattern.
A white paper translating the White House's June 2026 AI Executive Order into operational priorities for hotels, covering cybersecurity exposure, AI governance, vendor strategy, and data sovereignty. ... As AI is embedded in operational systems, insurers are likely to require penetration testing, governance evidence, operational safeguards, incident response frameworks, AI risk assessments, and resilience
Every conversation in Zenzap belongs to the business. When someone leaves, you remove them from every chat in one click, and the chat history and files stay with the business. ... Best for: Large hotel groups already fully invested in Microsoft 365. 4. Google Chat Google Chat is a straightforward team messaging tool that works well within Google Workspace.
In other words, the next challenge for Vision 2030 hospitality is not visibility. It is demand execution. This is where much of the current AI conversation in hotels is still too narrow. ... It is where AI should matter most. In a mature market, hotels can rely heavily on history.
Accor Deputy CEO Jean-Jacques Morin, speaking at EHL HumanX in Lausanne, argues that human relationships trump data in hospitality and that AI should augment, not replace, the people behind the brand. ... That, in his view, is why hospitality will be among the industries least reshaped by AI, far less than programming or law.
Ryan personally called the 15 biggest operators in the country to figure out why. None of them had it coming — it wasn't in the bookings, then "poof, it all showed up." ... Consumer sentiment hit 53.3 in March & Down further in April — the lowest since 1980. Travel boomed anyway. We spend a real chunk of the episode on how both things are true at once.
Pricepoint secured $6.6M in seed funding led by Brightspark Ventures to scale its AI-native hotel pricing platform, which automates rate execution in real time rather than generating manual recommendations ... The funding will support Pricepoint’s continued product development, hiring, integrations, and international expansion as the company scales its AI-native performance platform for hotels, hostels, and
U.S. hotel forecasts were upgraded for the second time in a week. ... When an AI agent completes a hotel reservation autonomously , the decision about which property, which rate, and which channel is embedded in the agent's logic, not made by the traveler in the moment.
At the EHL HumanX Summit in Lausanne, Simone Puorto sat down with Christopher Norton, founding CEO of Equinox Hotels. ... Before the hotels, he built resorts in the far north of the Maldives, and he noticed his own pattern.
destinations, and find reassurance about a hotel or attraction. ... Two-thirds (66%) of LGBTQ+ travelers used AI to plan a trip in the last year, with 43% trusting AI to provide objective, non-judgmental travel advice regarding their identity. 39% believe AI is efficient