Zucchetti North America's MCP connector lets hotels receive live-rate bookings via ChatGPT and Claude, cutting OTA reliance for its 7,000+ property client base across 75 countries.
GratifID launched TIPMO at HITEC San Antonio, an NFC-based cashless tipping platform that delivers tips instantly to hospitality workers via a digital wallet, with analytics tools for operators.
Shiji's Stellaris Digital Dine adds Open Tab and Pay Only features, promising up to 15 minutes saved per cover and higher average checks through frictionless QR-based ordering and payment natively integrated with its POS and PMS.
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.
RateGain doubled its European commercial team, expanded to eight countries, and reports Europe at 31.6% of FY2025 revenue, with France and Italy as new strategic growth markets.
Oracle's OPERA Cloud Assistant adds AI-powered room assignments, rate descriptions, multilingual translation, and natural-language staff guidance at no extra cost to existing OPERA Cloud customers globally.
EML Payments and OneJourney combine card-issuing infrastructure with hospitality automation to convert supplier payments into virtual cards and replace paper gift vouchers with digital stored-value cards, targeting luxury and premium hotels.
A wooden hotel key card with embossed deer motif illustrates how nature-inspired design can extend to small tactile touchpoints, reinforcing biophilic storytelling from the first moment of guest contact.
Cendyn's Wayfinder platform monitors hotel visibility across AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, scoring GEO health and flagging content drift to protect direct bookings.
Keycafe will demo automated key management at HITEC 2026 in San Antonio, including a live Mews PMS integration and early access preview of a Cloudbeds integration for contactless, reservation-triggered key access.
Canary Technologies' new Agentic Sales Coordinator autonomously handles hotel group and event sales workflows from first inquiry to confirmed booking, debuting at HITEC 2026 in San Antonio.
Cloudbeds and Tripleseat have launched a two-way integration connecting event sales with Cloudbeds' new Groups Events module to automate group workflows and reduce manual data entry for hotel teams.
Shiji's Daylight PMS has expanded to 449 cities across 36 countries, with clients including Langham, Peninsula Hotels, and MGM Grand Paradise, positioning itself as a cloud-native PMS for luxury and enterprise hotel groups.
Shiji's Book&Pay marketplace upgrade connects 290,000+ hotel properties with China corporate travel channels including Ctrip and Meituan, adding automated bookings, cross-border payments, and digital invoicing.
Actabl's new AI product Altitude lets hotel portfolio executives query financial and operational data in plain language, with sourced, deterministic answers built on data from 14,000+ properties.
dailypoint adds MCP support for AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, plus Zapier integration connecting to 9,200+ apps, to bring guest intelligence into hotel workflows without manual development effort.
The 6th edition of SOCIETIES Magazine argues that luxury hotel brands now derive pricing power and loyalty from emotional precision, design language, and cultural relevance rather than traditional markers of excess.
Hotels like Pan Pacific Orchard, Aman Tokyo, and Ritz-Carlton Bali show how curated natural soundscapes, water features, and open-air acoustics are becoming deliberate design tools for guest wellbeing.
CallTek partners with GAIN Advisors to accelerate global growth, with the advisory firm supporting executive relationships and commercial partnerships across the hospitality technology ecosystem.
A Lighthouse study of 4,545 ChatGPT prompts across 9 destinations finds most hotels are invisible to AI recommendations, with luxury brands and major chains capturing a disproportionate share of mentions.