The article argues that hospitality businesses should adopt independent procurement reviews to benchmark suppliers, identify inefficiencies, and go beyond compliance to achieve genuine commercial value.
CHTA has commissioned FIU's Chaplin School to conduct a six-month, multi-destination study quantifying tourism demand, economic leakages, and local sourcing opportunities across at least six Caribbean jurisdictions.
A practitioner's guide to hospitality-specific procurement challenges, covering perishable sourcing, vendor scorecards, landed cost volatility, documentation standards, and AI-driven purchasing systems.
GCSTIMES outlines the growing role of recycled fibres from agricultural residues and textiles as a complement to FSC-certified wood pulp, helping hospitality procurement teams make more sustainable sourcing decisions.
Opinion piece arguing that eco-friendly key cards are a low-cost, high-visibility sustainability win that helps close the gap between hotel ESG commitments and what guests actually experience.
Inn-Flow is showcasing expanded AI and automation capabilities at HITEC 2026, including a new procurement module from its Lilo acquisition, an AI-assisted inventory tool, and proactive BI alerts for accounting and labor.
Folio launches an embedded expense management product at HITEC 2026, integrating card-based purchasing, multi-entity accounting, and AI receipt reconciliation directly into its hotel procurement platform.
The article argues that switching hotel key cards from PVC to certified sustainable materials (wood-fiber, PLA, or paper) is a low-disruption, hardware-compatible procurement decision that can directly support ESG targets.
Folio and meez integrate their procurement and recipe platforms to give hotel F&B operators real-time visibility into food costs, recipe margins, and purchasing decisions in a single workflow.