How hotel businesses can avoid “Toggle Tax”
Access Hospitality data shows hotel staff waste 322 hours annually switching between an average of 5.2 systems, with 47% of hotels using 2-4 systems.
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Smarter decisions, faster: Mews launches Business Intelligence for hotels
The native BI tool delivers AI-powered insights and custom dashboards directly within Mews' platform, helping early customer Adara Hotel achieve 20% higher suite occupancy.
HotelRunner Recognized as Booking.com’s Premier Plus Connectivity Partner
HotelRunner processes over 2 million booked room nights and maintains 135,000+ active Booking.com listings daily, nearly double required benchmarks.
Manual vs. automated pricing for independent hotels: what's the real cost of doing it manually?
Case studies show independent hotels achieving 16-21% RevPAR increases by switching from manual to automated pricing systems.
By Femke Nollet, Content Specialist, Lighthouse
GCSTIMES PLA Key Cards: Spin the Palette, and Blue Takes the Lead
GCSTIMES introduces PLA key cards made from plant-derived materials that can be industrially composted while offering high-definition printing capabilities.
Hospitality management graduate student shapes technology practices at Cafe Laura
Graduate student at Penn State's Cafe Laura optimizes Bear Robotics Servi robot operations while learning AI-driven revenue management strategies.
Kalibri Launches Profit Actions in Hummingbird Commercial, Delivering a Clearer Path to Hotel Profitability
Kalibri's new Profit Actions feature in Hummingbird Commercial provides hotels with daily insights to identify and act on their most profitable revenue opportunities.
Positron Access Solutions Expands Leadership Team to Support Accelerating Growth in Hospitality Technology
Positron promotes Jeffrey Clement to SVP of Sales and adds Dominic Locascio to expand its hospitality technology team amid growing demand for Wi-Fi solutions using existing coax wiring.
HCN Releases Whitepaper: ‘Unlocking the Power of Tablet-based Advertising in Hotels’
HCN's whitepaper details how hotels can monetize guestroom tablets through programmatic advertising, targeting high-value guests with 90%+ engagement rates and $7.50 CPMs.
Stonebridge Chooses Otelier to Centralize Data and Drive Innovation
Stonebridge will deploy Otelier's platform across 160+ hotels to replace spreadsheet-driven processes and legacy systems with centralized data management.
Storey Hotel Management Expands Stayntouch PMS Across Growing Portfolio
Storey Hotel Management now uses Stayntouch PMS across 6 properties with 500+ rooms, including recent additions The Fairlane Hotel and The Walton Residence.
xnPOS and Elavon partner to deliver new integrated mobile POS and payment device
The mobile device combines xnPOS software with Elavon payment processing on Castles Technology hardware, allowing hotel staff to take orders and process payments anywhere on property.
Amadeus Travel Dreams 2026: How AI, mental wellbeing, and sustainability are redefining travel value
Amadeus research reveals travelers prioritize mental health benefits, with 74% wanting personalized experiences and willingness to pay 11.7% premium for sustainability.
Majority of FIFA World Cup 2026 Host Cities See Double-Digit Increases in Flight Bookings Two Months Ahead of Tournament
RateGain launched a free dashboard tracking flight and hotel bookings for FIFA World Cup 2026 host cities, showing double-digit growth in flight bookings.
Expedia Group Reveals ‘The AI Trust Gap’: Travelers Embrace AI for Planning but Rely on Trusted Brands to Book
Survey of 5,700+ travelers shows 53% use AI for trip suggestions but 68% prefer trusted brands for actual booking.
The 80% Problem in Hotel Meetings and Events
Hotels are converting only 20% of meeting and event requests, leaving 80% of potential revenue unrealized due to manual workflows and fragmented systems.
Florencia Cueto Pedrotti, Director, Global Engagement & Sales Enablement, Shiji
SiteMinder Opens Hotel Distribution to the AI Era
SiteMinder expands Demand Plus and Channels Plus to connect 53,000 hotels with AI platforms like ChatGPT, partnering with DirectBooker as inaugural AI demand partner.
Agilysys and FreedomPay Extend Partnership to Support Open Commerce for Hospitality
The expanded partnership supports flexible payment integration across hospitality environments while avoiding vendor lock-in.
How Narai Hospitality Group Transforms Financial Planning & Analysis with Fairmas
Narai Hospitality Group replaced manual spreadsheets with Fairmas software, cutting financial planning time from hours to minutes across its Lub d and Marasca hotel brands.
Who Owns Travel in 2046? Artificial Intelligence, Trust and Power Redraw the Map
The 2026 Leadership Exchange at ITB Berlin explored how AI will redistribute power in travel by 2046, with trust becoming fragmented and some destinations restricting access.