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LodgIQ Appoints Mark Charlinski as President & Chief Commercial Officer to Scale Its Hotel Revenue Operations Platform

Charlinski will lead LodgIQ’s complete customer lifecycle across sales, marketing, and customer success as the company scales to meet growing demand from hotel owners, operators, and commercial teams for ... The scope of the commercial role has expanded well beyond pricing and forecasting into group sales, marketing strategy, ownership reporting, and cross-departmental planning.

LodgIQ™
Press Release Markets & Performance

Hong Kong hotel market reaching a strategic inflection point: JLL

JLL analysis identifies $790M in 2025 hotel transactions and $2.2B in conversion-linked deals over five years, with luxury assets outperforming and visitor arrivals forecast to reach 53.8M by 2026. ... Luxury and upscale properties have notably outperformed on a relative basis, benefiting from stronger pricing power and exposure to these high-value demand segments.

JLL
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)
Press Release Development

Lotte Hotels & Resorts and Highgate Announce Strategic Partnership Across the Americas and Asia

The companies will collaborate on global distribution across direct channels, group and wholesale, loyalty, and third-party intermediaries, with the explicit goal of driving cross-market demand between ... The companies will jointly develop and deploy next-generation revenue management and demand-forecasting systems, combining Highgate's analytics-driven commercial platform with Lotte's deep operating dataset

Highgate Hotels, L.P. and LOTTE Hotels & Resorts
New York, United States
Press Release Markets & Performance

China and its leading performance in Travel & Tourism: Poised to Become the World’s Leading Economy in the Sector

China’s recovery shows how targeted policy reforms can translate directly into stronger inbound demand and sustained growth. ... Forecasts for 2026 are based on current economic and geopolitical conditions at the time of publication and include assumptions related to inflation, energy prices, consumer demand, and regional geopolitical

WTTC
China
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Opinion Article Technology

AI Agents: The 20% Gross Operating Profit boost hotels are sleeping on

This will— lift conversion rates on direct bookings and packages. 4) Revenue Management Continuous analysis of booking curves, competitor rates, events, and demand forecasts enables dynamic pricing far ... Cash-flow forecasting agents provide real-time visibility and scenario modeling, supporting smarter investment decisions on renovations or expansions. 6) Investment Decisions & External Connections Agents

Alexander SassenTobias van Dijk
By Alexander Sassen and Tobias van Dijk
The Netherlands
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HIA Named Acumatica's Official Hospitality Partner, Cementing Its Position as the Definitive ERP Solution for the Hotel Industry

It highlights HIA's industry-specific capabilities including USALI financial reporting, daily reporting automation, multi-property portfolio dashboards, and hospitality-specific budgeting and forecasting ... The company added over 400 properties in 2025 alone as demand for hospitality-specific ERP technology mounted across the industry.

HIA
Opinion Article Operations & Strategy

Saudi Hotels Do Not Need More AI Tools. They Need a Demand Operating Model.

The author argues Saudi hotels must build a structured demand operating model across segmentation, forecasting, channel profitability, and decision governance before AI tools can deliver meaningful commercial ... These should not be treated as manual adjustments to a base forecast. In Saudi Arabia, the event calendar is the demand architecture.

Dr. Tong Yin
By Dr. Tong Yin, Founder of InsightBridge Global LLC and a doctoral researcher, InsightBridge Global LLC
Saudi Arabia
Opinion Article Finance

Why a Hotel Market Analysis Is the Heart of Every Hotel Appraisal: A Repeatable, Step-by-Step Method for Doing One Right

Accommodated demand plus unaccommodated demand plus induced demand equals total room night demand for the market. The demand-generator analysis then plays its proper supporting role. ... Crucially, the analyst explains why the market should behave as forecast, tying the outcome to measurable demand drivers and known supply deliveries.

Stephen Rushmore
By Stephen Rushmore, Hotel Valuation Expert and Founder of HVS, Hotel Valuation Software