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.
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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.
BCD announces planned leadership transitions to accelerate growth, innovation and client value
BCD Travel is reshaping its C-suite with three new appointments effective late 2026 and early 2027, including an external hire from FCM, as two longtime executives retire after nearly five decades of combined service.
Desert Wellness: How Hotels Are Using the Desert in Two Directions
Two models are reshaping desert wellness: immersive cultural programming tied to landscape heritage, and amenity-led propositions that convert remoteness, silence, and darkness into guest benefits.
ExplorUS consolidates six systems into one platform to run hotels, restaurants, retail, camping and marinas across 30 parks nationwide
ExplorUS, operating 200+ U.S. park destinations, will replace six lodging technology platforms with Cloudbeds to unify operations across hotels, restaurants, retail, camping, and marinas.
Stayntouch and Namastay Announce Integration to Power Direct, High-Conversion and Mobile-First Bookings for Independent Hotels
Stayntouch PMS and Namastay's direct booking engine now integrate in real time, enabling independent hotels to offer mobile-first, frictionless checkout while syncing reservations automatically.
Desert Wellness: From Blue Therapy to Beige
The "beige therapy" trend reframes desert destinations as wellness propositions built around silence, darkness, and vastness rather than conventional spa-and-golf resort amenities.
HotelKey Accelerates Self-Check-In Kiosk Deployments Following Standout Success in Initial Properties
HotelKey is scaling its self-check-in kiosk across U.S. properties, with NSR Hotel Group adopting it across 20+ G6 locations, citing 2,000+ annual labor hours saved per property.
FCS Solutions Launches FCS1 IRGS to Connect Guest Requests Directly with Hotel Operations
FCS1 IRGS is a browser-based, no-app solution letting hotel guests request services via QR code, routing each request directly to operational teams to reduce missed requests amid staffing pressures.