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Mews Secures $300 million Investment to Cement Position as World’s Leading Hospitality Operating System

The validation for our product from the market is clear, in both the US and Europe, and it is great to see how we are now powering ahead of any other hospitality company in terms of AI and agentic hospitality ... Mews is creating a modern technology standard, an AI-enabled hospitality operating system that helps solve the fragmentation we see in the industry.

Sojern, Red Roof Expand Relationship with AI Concierge Rollout

SAN FRANCISCO – Sojern , the leading AI-powered marketing platform built for hospitality and recently acquired by RateGain , today announced that Red Roof , a leader in economy lodging, has adopted Sojern ... Sojern’s AI Concierge enhances every stage of the guest journey by automating routine interactions—from service requests and amenity questions to in-stay issue reporting—reducing front desk workload while

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If I were Minister of Food & Beverage

Nico Dingemans, Founder and Managing Director, Hospitality in Health (HIH), lays out a fictional but very concrete National Sustainable Gastronomy Strategy 2026 built around ten “Ps,” linking health, environment ... In partnership with the Ministry of Digital Economy, we are working on a comprehensive multi-metric solution that integrates blockchain and AI to monitor, benchmark, and rank sustainable gastronomy.

A Hidden Saboteur is the Greatest Threat to Modern Hospitality

Even outside the hospitality industry, the lesson holds. JPMorgan Chase treats technolog y as a board-level priority, with the CEO directly involved in AI and data strategy. ... Shiji Insights anticipated this shift in 10 Reasons Why Upgrading Your PMS Is a Must in 2025 In this context, technical debt in hospitality is no longer simply an IT concern; it is a competitive disadvantage

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Top 10 Branding Trends for 2026

Sean Danson, Founder and CEO of New Pantheon, maps out ten branding shifts that will define hospitality in 2026, from regenerative hospitality and AI-as-infrastructure to immersive storyworlds and quiet ... As I look at where hospitality is heading in 2026, one thing is clear: the future won’t be shaped by single forces moving cleanly in one direction.

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Not another one

He explores how AI will reshape hotel systems and roles and argues that the real long-term story is a cultural and workplace reordering where empathy and craft in hospitality gain ground on traditional ... AI is good at explicit data. In fact, not just good, but typically much better than humans.

What Hotel Investors Need to Know About Agentic Hotel Distribution in 2026

Developed in collaboration with Brewer Digital and deployed across Google Cloud and Vertex AI, Agentic Hospitality transforms guest interactions into revenue-generating, loyalty-enhancing journeys in real ... The company is powered by a best-in-class ecosystem of technology partners, each chosen for their leadership in AI, automation, data orchestration, and hospitality infrastructure.

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The Future of Hotels: Social Vibes Supported by Robots and Technologies

Meng-Mei Chen, Author of Hospitality Vibes and Associate Professor at EHL, imagines a near future where travel journeys are stitched together by AI, robots, and smart environments, but the real magic of ... In the lobby, you meet your vibes host—a hospitality pro who's also a piano enthusiast, just like you. Maybe you'll jam together, or meet another guest who joins in.

Hotel Staffs Do Not Need to Work Harder, Just Smarter

In this article, I want to share what we’re seeing in the field: the real impact of AI and Automation on hotel teams, and why the future of hospitality is more human than ever. ... The Job Loss Fears I’ve heard the fear in people’s voices. Are we automating ourselves out of a job? It’s a question that surfaces in every conversation about AI and hospitality. And I get it.

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The AI Shift: Rethinking Digital Ads in Hospitality’s F&B Sector

In my work with F&B and hospitality teams, I’ve found the real transformation isn’t just in the tech it’s in the mindset. ... They’ll feel like they were meant to be there, in the moment. That’s where AI has real power not in replacing creativity, but in helping us be more in tune with the people we’re trying to reach.

The Hotel Owner AI Playbook and Toolkit

This edition of the Pertlink Putting the AI into Hospitality series is written for hotel owners whose primary objectives are Valuation Growth Enhancement and Robust Cash Flow Management, not simply operational ... In today’s hospitality environment, asset value is shaped daily through margin discipline, service consistency, capital allocation, and governance quality.

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No Ads My A*s (or the Slow Googlization of OpenAI)

Simone Puorto, Head of Emerging Technologies at Hospitality Net, draws a sharp parallel between Google’s early “no ads” promise and today’s reassurances around ad-free, unbiased generative AI. ... AI as the ultimate UI .