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February 19

Aimbridge Hospitality Earns Multiple Wins at 2025 HSMAI Adrian Awards for Marketing Excellence

-Aimbridge Hospitality, the world’s leading global hospitality management company, is pleased to announce that its in-house marketing agency, Second Wave, recently received prominent recognition by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (“HSMAI”) for its marketing excellence. Second Wave earned two "Best of Category" awards, three Silver Adrian awards, and one Bronze Adrian award at the 2025 Annual Adrian Awards, the premier global travel marketing awards competition celebrating the creativity, impact, and innovation that define the hospitality industry.

Aimbridge Hospitality and Second Wave

Supplier News Markets & Performance

February 19

HotelData.com Q4 2025 Hotel Profitability Performance Report Shows Demand Slowdown as Operators Protect Profit

Today the Q4 2025 Hotel Profitability Performance Report was released on HotelData.com, revealing how U.S. hotels closed the year with softer demand, declining RevPAR, and a widening performance split across chain scales and regions. However, despite revenue pressure, full-year profit share improved due to disciplined operations and tighter cost control. The report draws on aggregated data from thousands of hotels across the U.S. using Actabl’s operational and financial platforms.

Actabl and HotelData.com

Supplier News Technology

February 19

HotelRunner Recognized with Expedia Group’s Highest Elite Tier for 2026, Underscoring Demand Generation Strength

HotelRunner, a leading travel and hospitality technology platform, has been selected as an Expedia Group Elite Connectivity Partner for 2026.

HotelRunner

Supplier News Sales & Marketing

February 19

Why Scoring Hotel Image Quality Matters More Than Ever

Visual content has become one of the most decisive factors in hotel distribution. Long before a traveler compares prices or reads reviews, they form an impression based on images. Photos communicate trust, set expectations, and strongly influence whether a property is shortlisted or ignored.

Shiji

Opinion Article Sales & Marketing

February 19

Something is changing in hotel tech and pricing is at the center of it

It’s 8:17 in the morning. You’ve already checked arrivals, glanced at occupancy, answered a question from reception, and flagged a maintenance issue — all before your first coffee is finished. Somewhere in between, you’re also expected to make pricing decisions that will shape your property’s revenue.

By Ewa Gabara, Content Marketing Strategist, RoomPriceGenie

Supplier News Technology

February 19

Lighthouse Launches Revenue Agent, Bringing Autonomous Decision-Making to Hotel Commercial Teams

Revenue Agent is an always-on AI teammate that continuously scans more than 3 billion data points per day to identify the highest-priority revenue opportunities and risks, adapting to each team’s strategy and paving the way for a future of autonomous commercial agents.

Lighthouse

Press Release Markets & Performance

February 18

AWH Partners Acquires All-Suite Hotel Trio in Sonoma County

AWH Partners announced today the acquisition of the Hotel Trio Healdsburg, a 122-key, all-suite hotel in the heart of Sonoma wine country. Since opening in 2018, the soft-branded Residence Inn has distinguished itself as the only Marriott-branded property in northern Sonoma and the second largest hotel in Healdsburg, one of the region's most sought-after leisure destinations.

AWH Partners, LLC and Spire

Healdsburg, California, United States

Ad AI Hospitality

Ernest - Lighthouse's AI for hoteliers

"Just tell me why my weekend pickup dropped." With Ernest, now you can ask your commercial data anything, and act on the answer.

Lighthouse

Ad Tambourine One

All you need is one.

Some call it a website with a booking engine built in. Some call it a booking engine with a website built in. We call it One.

Tambourine

Supplier News Technology

February 18

Hotel groups miss out 20% of guests due to data silos, new Ireckonu data shows

Ireckonu, a leading hospitality middleware and Customer Data Platform (CDP) provider for hotel groups, has reported today that siloed guest data across hotel operational areas (including restaurants, spas, golf facilities, and other auxiliary outlets) is preventing hotel groups from capturing up to 20% of opportunities to re-engage guests, improve recognition, and ultimately drive stronger loyalty and revenue growth.

Ireckonu

Ad Tambourine One

All you need is one.

Some call it a website with a booking engine built in. Some call it a booking engine with a website built in. We call it One.

Tambourine

Opinion Article Sales & Marketing

February 18

What You Must Take Away from Marriott-Google AI Direct Booking

The 2026 Marriott-Google AI integration bypasses OTAs by enabling direct bookings through natural language search, requiring hotels to digitize all services or become invisible to AI agents.

By Mark Fancourt, Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, TRAVHOTECH

Supplier News Technology

February 17

HIA Named Top 3 Hotel Accounting Software in 2026 Hotel Tech Awards!

HIA was named a Top 3 finalist based on over 200 verified reviews from hoteliers, with 400+ properties adopting the platform in 2025.

HIA

Supplier News Technology

February 17

BirchStreet Unveils AI-Powered Smart AP Solution to Optimize P2P and Accounting Efficiencies for Hospitality

BirchStreet's AI solution automates 95% of invoice processing tasks with touchless ingestion and line-level three-way matching capabilities.

BirchStreet Systems

Opinion Article Technology

February 17

Why Bob W treats hotels like software

Bob W operates 6,000 European apartments with one-seventh the staff of traditional hotels, achieving 2.5x better EBITDA through AI-powered guest services and automated operations.

By Sarah Johnson, Senior Copywriter, Mews

Supplier News Sales & Marketing

February 17

Sojern’s 2026 State of Destination Marketing Report: Measuring Economic Impact Ranks as DMOs’ Top Priority Amid AI Disruption

Study of 350+ DMOs finds economic impact measurement now tops traditional metrics like visitation as organizations face budget pressure and AI disruption.

Sojern

HN Original

Interview Technology

February 17

Quinta’s Daniel Doppler on Why Hospitality AI Now Starts With Data, Not Chatbots

Quinta founder argues the AI advantage has shifted from chatbot interfaces to data quality and maintenance, with hotels needing structured knowledge systems for agent-to-agent booking futures.

Daniel C. Doppler in conversation with Simone Puorto

Supplier News Technology

February 17

LodgIQ Partners with Quintessential Portuguese Boutique Retreat Quinta da Amendoeira to Bring Explainable AI and Operational Insight

LodgIQ's explainable AI platform will provide real-time demand insights and pricing recommendations to the seven-apartment boutique property near Évora.

LodgIQ™

Portugal

Supplier News Technology

February 16

Shiji Group Board of Directors Lunar New Year Message 2026

Shiji highlights 2025 partnerships with Marriott and Amadeus while positioning for AI-driven hospitality software transformation in 2026.

Shiji

Press Release Technology

February 16

Get On The Horse

Industry leaders must balance AI's transformative power with operational discipline and human oversight to win the competitive race ahead.

Pertlink Limited

Supplier News Technology

February 16

Shiji expands revenue ecosystem with integrations across top RMS providers

Shiji strengthened integrations with eight RMS providers including IDeaS and Duetto, enabling real-time data sync for faster revenue decisions.

Shiji, RoomPriceGenie, IDeaS, Right Revenue, Duetto and FLYR Hospitality

Podcast General Management

February 16

David Kong, Former CEO of Best Western Hotels, talks Lessons and One "Failure"

Kong reflects on 17+ years leading Best Western's transformation and warns that scale and capital access will determine industry winners as AI reshapes operations.

David Kong in conversation with Sloan Dean

Supplier News Technology

February 13

The Hospitality of the Future: Innovation, Data, and the Human Face of Technology

Shiji and ANCH hosted Mexico's IT Assembly, gathering executives managing 35% of the country's hotel supply to discuss AI, cybersecurity, and cloud adoption.

Shiji, Amadeus Hospitality, Adyen and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Mexico