Stayntouch completed a cloud PMS rollout across all seven Imperial London Hotels properties, including the 1,379-room Royal National Hotel, the largest hotel in Western Europe.
Cloudbeds integrates with Oolio's Bepoz, Swiftpos and Idealpos POS platforms to enable real-time F&B charge posting to guest folios across Australian hotels, resorts and pub groups.
AI-generated hotel descriptions often reflect outdated information, and the only person who can flag the gap between what guests were told and what they found is the front desk agent at check-in.
Ireckonu research finds hotels miss re-engagement opportunities with up to 20% of guests due to fragmented data, with only 28% of guest activity captured through room bookings.
Aphy AG launches an agentic AI platform for independent hotels that autonomously handles reservation checks, payment verification, OTA commission reconciliation, and inbox management 24/7.
Angel of the Winds Casino Resort in Arlington, WA deployed Agilysys PMS, booking, and POS solutions, reporting reduced check-in queues, faster F&B service, and increased booking activity.
OneJourney's SwiftPay platform, which automates hotel accounts payable via virtual commercial cards and cashback, will pitch at WiT Singapore after winning the Wildcard at Phocuswright Europe's Global Startup Pitch.
Simple Booking's Back Office MCP lets hotel teams query reservation, demand, and payment data in plain language via AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT, completing an agentic layer for commercial operations.
SiteMinder's new AI-powered engine goes beyond pricing recommendations to detect and fix distribution-layer issues, such as broken channel connections and unmapped room types, across its 56,000-property platform.
HotelMinder replaces popularity-based hotel tech ratings with an expert-led model combining consultant reviews, hotelier feedback, and AI signals, plus segment-specific awards for 2027.
The Philippines' DICT launched AI assistant "Kuya A" inside the eGovPH Superapp for 40-60M users, already answering tourism queries with no connection to DOT's data or accreditation registry.
A strategic opinion piece arguing that AI's real value for hotels lies in surfacing hidden demand signals across the guest journey, not just automating tasks, with readiness assessed across leadership, data, team skills, and governance.
Laundris launched an AI assistant that lets hotel operators query linen inventory data in plain language, delivering instant custom reports and charts at no additional cost to subscribers.
Anana captures demand intelligence from guest calls, chats, and emails before they become bookings, surfacing structured commercial insights for hotel teams through a five-component AI workspace.
Fliggy's open-source "flyai" travel skill is now live in Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and Honor native skill stores, enabling AI-driven bookings without a user ever opening the Fliggy app, just as Chinese AI orders surged 800% during Spring Festival.
Calistoga Spa Hot Springs replaced a 20-year-old system with Mews PMS and RMS, achieving 50% online check-in adoption aided by on-site staff onboarding.
Apaleo becomes the first official industry partner for EHL's Human-Centered Digitalization specialisation, embedding guest speakers, site visits, and capstone projects into the Master's in Hospitality Management.
A practical explainer on ontology as an AI concept for hotels: structuring rooms, staff, tasks, and SOPs into a connected data layer that enables meaningful operational optimization.
SuperCity Aparthotels MD Philip Houghton discusses the brand's move to Oracle Opera Cloud PMS to support UK expansion, alongside Oracle's David Hayward on digital transformation for independent hotels.
Folio and M3 have launched a bi-directional integration connecting procurement, invoice automation, and accounting, with hotels able to go live within 24 hours of M3 provisioning access.