U.S. hotel results for week ending 27 June
U.S. hotel ADR rose 9.2% and RevPAR climbed 9.6% for the week of 21-27 June 2026, with Miami and San Francisco seeing outsized gains driven by FIFA World Cup matches.
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Cendyn wants hotels to get ahead of "OTA 2.0"
We didn't go to HITEC 2026 for the demos. We went for the conversations. We sat down with exhibitors right there on the show floor. No script, no prepared questions, just one starting point: tell us what you do, in plain language. This is where it went with Cendyn's CEO Michael Bennett, Chief Marketing Officer Nicki Graham, and EVP of Product Kevin Duncan.
What I Saw at HITEC 2026 That Nobody Else Is Talking About
The author argues that HITEC 2026 overlooked a key market gap: back-office AI that reduces overhead and drives margins, while vendors focused almost entirely on guest-facing tools.
How AI is transforming the hotel commercial engine: Group sales, revenue management, and unified strategy
AI-powered group quoting agents and commercial strategy tools can unify hotel sales, revenue, and marketing teams on a single data view, cutting RFP response times from days to minutes.
By Alan Young, VP, Strategy | Hospitality, Infor
Radisson Hotel Group launches hospitality industry-leading AI-powered real-time price matching technology
Radisson Hotel Group's AI system automatically detects and matches lower OTA rates on RadissonHotels.com in real time, replacing the manual Best Online Rate Guarantee claims process across all properties worldwide.
Sacramento Poised for Long-Term Lodging Growth
Sacramento's lodging market shows RevPAR growth driven by ADR gains, with ~36 hotels in the development pipeline supported by major anchors including the Railyards, airport expansion, and new healthcare facilities.
By Brandon Conner and John Berean
The open vs closed ecosystem debate facing every hotelier
Mews CEO Matt Welle weighs the trade-offs between open, best-of-breed tech stacks and consolidated operating systems, arguing the right choice depends on property size, data ambitions, and tolerance for integration complexity.
The Illusion of Labor Cost Control in Hospitality
Hotel operators who hit labor budgets may still suffer hidden inefficiencies; the article argues that labor precision and real-time demand alignment matter more than payroll control alone.
By Anna Ransom, Vice President, Unifocus
10 critical hospitality challenges AI is transforming and why hotels can no longer ignore them
RateGain's VP APAC MENA outlines 10 AI use cases for hotels, from predictive pricing to 24/7 chat, as 70% of APAC travelers already use AI across the travel journey.
What HSMAI 2026 Kept Saying (Whether It Meant To or Not)
A conference recap from HSMAI 2026 in San Antonio covering four recurring themes: resilient consumer spending, commercial team alignment, AI-driven hotel discovery, and the return to hospitality fundamentals.
By Sonya Taylor, Director of Operations and Marketing, Cogwheel Marketing & Analytics
Beyond GDP and Inflation: Several alternative indicators show strong predictive value for U.S. hotel demand
STR analysis finds credit utilization and income band data outperform GDP and inflation as demand predictors for luxury and economy hotel segments, pointing to increasingly fragmented demand drivers by chain scale.
The 2026 RFP Season Is Here – And It’s Unlike Any Before It
Amadeus-backed research finds 63% of hotels struggle to find qualified leads, urging a data-first approach to corporate RFP targeting, pre-season visibility, and post-contract account management.
By Joerg Schuler, Executive Vice President of Hospitality Commercial, Amadeus Hospitality
How hotels turn data overload into profit growth
Sage Hospitality's Jeff Michael joins Revinate's Hotel Moment podcast to discuss how hotels can move from data paralysis to action, aligning revenue, sales, and marketing teams around profitability.
Karen Stephens, Chief Marketing Officer, Revinate, Inc.
Beyond PMS and POS. Building a Connected Hotel Data Ecosystem
Hotels with fragmented PMS, POS, and payment systems lose decision-making speed and personalization opportunities; this piece argues data integration is now a core strategic capability, not just an IT task.
Hotel Mobile Check-In: Faster Guest Arrivals
An explainer covering how hotel mobile check-in works, the operational and revenue benefits, first-party data capture opportunities, and when the technology is or isn't the right fit for a property.
By Stephanie Clemo, BOSC 6 Student and Hospitality Strategy writer, EHL
Hotelogix introduces Multi-Property Manager to strengthen group-level oversight for expanding hotel chains
Hotelogix launches Multi-Property Manager, giving hotel group corporate teams centralized visibility into revenue, occupancy, RevPAR, OTA allotments, and bookings across their entire portfolio via single sign-on.
AI-native distribution isn't a project you run
Hotels face a hard deadline on AI-native distribution as AI shopping assistants already query inventory in real time, making machine-readable availability and direct booking pipes a competitive necessity, not a future option.
By Markus Busch, Editor/Publisher, hospitality.today
Marriott Hotels Introduces Day Use Rooms as Demand Grows for Flexible, Private Spaces in London
Five Marriott properties across London now offer day use rooms for guests needing a private space to work, rest or refresh without an overnight booking.
Page Three of the Aging
A hotel controller's years of documented AR warnings go unheeded as a trade group racks up $221,000 in unpaid bills before filing for bankruptcy, illustrating the cost of poor credit controls and misaligned sales incentives.
By David Lund, The Hotel Financial Coach, David Lund
Hotel Revenue Benchmarking vs Hotel Profit Benchmarking: What's the Difference?
While RevPAR benchmarking tracks market position, profit benchmarking via GOPPAR and full P&L metrics reveals whether commercial performance converts to financial returns, a gap that matters most to owners and investors.