UrVenue Opens Las Vegas Strip Headquarters, Strengthens Commercial Team
UrVenue moves its HQ to the Las Vegas Strip and adds four hires across client success, business development, and marketing as it expands into hotels and resorts.
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How hotels win visibility, direct bookings & profitable growth in an AI-driven travel era
A best-practice guide covering SEO, generative engine optimization, paid media, and AI strategy to help hotels capture direct bookings as zero-click search and AI platforms reshape travel discovery in 2026.
Positron Access Solutions and UberData Networks Deliver Infrastructure Modernization Solution for Tribal Gaming and Hospitality
Positron and UberData Networks have launched a solution enabling tribal hotels and casinos to deploy Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 7, IPTV, and IoT services over existing coax or CAT-3 wiring, avoiding costly recabling.
Actabl’s AI Insights Cut Overtime Share of Hours by 13% Across 100-plus Hotels
Actabl's AI Insights tool reduced overtime share of hours by 13% across 100+ beta hotels since its June 2026 HITEC launch, with one property cutting overtime spend by 75% in two months.
Madrid prepares for a star-studded September as Formula 1 and Shakira draw travelers
Amadeus data shows Madrid hotel occupancy at 52% and ADR up 25% to $413 during the overlapping Spanish Grand Prix and Shakira tour week in September 2025.
The Connected Hotel: Building a Technology Stack That Can Evolve
An explainer on building adaptable hotel technology architectures, arguing that connectivity governance, API depth, and data ownership matter more than the number of integrated systems.
Extreme Heat Starts to Reshape Traveller Perceptions of Mediterranean Europe in 2026
A Perception of Climate Index analysis across Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece (2023-2026) finds France showing the steepest decline, while traveller origin markets significantly affect heat sensitivity.
Mews POS now live in North America, connecting front desk and F&B on one operating system
Mews POS launches in the US and Canada, unifying property management, F&B and payments on one system after rollouts across 20+ countries in Europe and APAC.
Would You Learn Something on Vacation? Meet the Skillcation
A growing segment of travelers, 47% of surveyed Americans per IHG/Talker Research, want trips centered on learning skills like cooking, pottery, or sailing, blending personal development with destination culture.
Aromar Hotels & Restaurants Selects Cloudbeds for Next Phase of Growth and Modernization
Aromar Hotels & Restaurants, a 60-year-old family group on Spain's Costa Brava, will deploy Cloudbeds across its three properties for PMS, digital check-in, AI chatbot, and guest communications.
Lighthouse Launches Ernest Crews to Get Hotel Commercial Teams Running on AI in as Little as 30 Days
Lighthouse's Ernest Crews embed AI and tech specialists within hotel commercial teams for 30-60 days to deploy its Ernest AI teammate, addressing low adoption rates cited in its 2026 survey.
Highline Hospitality Partners Extends Analytics Platform with Otelier
Highline Hospitality Partners, with 21 hotels and $1.7B in assets under management, will use Otelier to centralize financial and operational data across its portfolio and accelerate its in-house AI development.
SOCIETIES Geneva will bring together leaders from the Swiss hospitality industry at Le Château de Bonmont on September 28, 2026
Influence Society hosts a free, invite-only half-day event for Swiss hoteliers in the Geneva area, focusing on AI, data, and digital marketing's impact on hotel visibility and guest relationships.
What Role Does a Hotel Key Card Play in Operational Flow?
This piece breaks down how hotel key cards function as operational interfaces connecting internal system changes to guest-facing outcomes across check-in, upgrades, and service recovery.
Duetto honors the life and legacy of Founder Marco Benvenuti.
Marco Benvenuti, who co-founded Duetto in 2010 and helped redefine hotel revenue management with Open Pricing, has passed away after a three-year battle with cancer.
Chatrium Residence Riverside Bangkok Advances Luxury Long-Stay Hospitality with Shiji Daylight PMS
Shiji's Daylight PMS, including a specialized Apartment Module for extended stays and flexible billing, has gone live at Chatrium Residence Riverside Bangkok with SUN Accounting System integration.
Webinar on Sep 10: Top Tips to Create AI Visibility for Your Hotel
Milestone's September 10 webinar covers how AI platforms select and recommend hotels, with tips on content quality, authority, and entity building to boost visibility.
Shiji and Rivalry Tech Partnership Reveals an Unexpected Benefit of Self-Service: More Time for Hospitality
A kiosk deployment at Hyatt Regency Savannah drove a 22% rise in marketplace orders and a 24% sales increase, while shifting 72% of transactions to self-service and freeing staff for higher-value guest interactions.
The Organic Element in Desert Wellness and the Wooden Key Card
A reflective piece on how organic elements like wood and frankincense create intimate, tactile counterpoints to the mineral grandeur of desert resort environments.
40% of Golfweek Top 100 U.S. Resort Golf Courses Use Agilysys Golf
Agilysys Golf has surpassed 100 property deployments, with 39 of Golfweek's Top 100 U.S. resort courses now using the platform, including 14 of the Top 20.