Beauty, Wellness, and Travel: Meet the Glowmads
Skyscanner's Travel Trends 2026 report coins "Glowmads" for travelers building beauty and wellness experiences into trips, with 37% already treating it as part of their self-care routine.
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Webinar on July 29: The AI Visibility Flywheel - How Brands Get Featured in AI Search
Milestone's July 29 webinar covers how brands can improve discovery in AI-powered search engines, including entity building, content authority, and a practical visibility roadmap.
Winnow Appoints Two Hospitality Industry Veterans to New Advisory Board
Winnow adds two hotel group CEOs to a new Advisory Board to guide global scaling of its AI food waste platform, targeting over $1 billion in prevented food waste across hotel and resort portfolios.
Mews powers Alexa MGMT's mission to put people back at the heart of Texas hospitality
Alexa MGMT adopts Mews PMS across six Texas boutique hotels to centralize operations, automate payments, and build a scalable tech foundation for portfolio growth.
An Interview with Expedia’s Lauren Cannon on How to Find Your Voice in Hospitality Distribution
Expedia's Lauren Cannon shares how hospitality professionals can build confidence and clarity in distribution roles by focusing on problems over solutions and engaging early rather than waiting for expertise.
Motel One and dailypoint™ expand strategic collaboration
Motel One expands its partnership with dailypoint to deploy CRM and CDP across 110 properties, following a technical migration to Oracle Opera Cloud via OHIP for real-time data integration.
dailypoint and Motel One
Sustainable Hotel Credentials: The Practical Starting Point for Spatial Identity in Hospitality
GCSTIMES outlines how sustainable hotel key cards, verified under ISO 14064/14068, can reduce carbon footprint while doubling as unified guest identity tools for access, payment, and personalization.
Winnow Solidifies Asia-Pacific Leadership Through Acquisition of Regional Food Waste Technology Player Lumitics
Winnow acquires Singapore-based Lumitics, gaining deployments across 20+ countries in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, and access to deeper regional hospitality relationships with Accor, Hyatt, Marriott and Four Seasons.
We Asked More Than 80 Hotel Teams What It’s Like to Work With TTI. Here’s What I Learned.
TTI shares survey results from 80+ hotel teams across brands like Marriott and IHG, with 90%+ giving 5-star ratings, highlighting responsive support as the top differentiator.
By Steve Blidner, Founder & CEO, TTI Technologies
Kollective Completes Initial Data Collection for the Boutique Hotel AI Index
Kollective's Boutique Hotel AI Index analyzed 28,600 AI-generated responses across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot to reveal how these platforms recommend boutique hotels across 100 destinations.
Hudini partners with Nobu Hotels to digitise guest check-in across luxury hotel portfolio
Hudini's Staff Connect reduces check-in to under two minutes and eliminates up to 90% of manual tasks, with rollout underway across Nobu Hotels' global portfolio after initial deployments in Toronto and Barcelona.
Shiji Infrasys POS Powers Dining Excellence at The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore
Shiji's Infrasys POS is deployed across The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore's F&B outlets, providing cloud-based order processing, real-time sales visibility, and offline-ready functionality for luxury dining.
Cvent Announces Denver as Host City for Cvent CONNECT 2027
Cvent CONNECT 2027 will be held April 5–8 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, announced at the 2026 edition in Nashville, which drew nearly 5,000 in-person attendees.
From Landscape to Last Detail: Designing the Farm Charm Experience
Drawing on Expedia Group's Unpack '26 report, the piece outlines how Farm Charm properties use natural materials, seasonal menus, and branded touchpoints to create an immersive, nature-connected guest experience.
Lodging Interactive Launches Celebrations Hub and Drives Untapped Social Event Revenue
Lodging Interactive's Celebrations Hub connects social media content to dedicated landing pages and lead capture forms, targeting smaller milestone events like reunions, showers, and parties that hotels often overlook.
Shiji releases Q2 2026 Guest Experience Benchmark: Global satisfaction continues to rise as hotels respond faster and engage guests more effectively
Global GRI reached 87.3% in Q2 2026, up 0.4pp year-over-year, with management response rates at 67.2% and average response time down to 3.7 days, per Shiji's latest benchmark.
SiteMinder: Total solar eclipse drives up to 76% growth in bookings for Spain’s hotels
SiteMinder data shows hotel bookings in Spanish eclipse-path regions up to 76% year-over-year ahead of the August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse, with ADRs rising as much as 85%.
Farm Charm in Practice: Three Examples of How Hotels Interpret the Trend
Three hotels, Southall Farm Inn, Conrad Koh Samui, and Fowlescombe Farm, show how the "Farm Charm" trend translates into operations via on-site agriculture, seasonal activities, and farm-to-table dining.
Mews gives hotels three new ways to capture revenue at every stage of the guest journey
Mews has launched Recurring Payments, Multicurrency expansion to the US and Canada, and Accounts Receivable to help hotels automate billing and capture more revenue across the guest journey.
Oracle OPERA Cloud Central Implements Additional Systems to Further Loews Hotels Delivery of Exceptional Guest Experiences
Loews Hotels is expanding its Oracle technology stack with OPERA Cloud Distribution and Loyalty modules, giving properties a unified platform for rates, inventory, guest recognition, and direct booking incentives.