Automation eliminates 68 hours monthly per property by connecting Booking.com, Opera PMS, and payment systems for automatic reconciliation.
Ascott partners with Accenture, Amadeus and EHL to build AI infrastructure for agentic commerce, where intelligent agents handle travel planning and bookings.
The Utah resort consolidated two separate systems into Mews' unified platform to manage both luxury glamping units and 150+ RV sites from one dashboard.
Martin brings 15+ years of hospitality technology experience to scale Trybe's spa and wellness platform across North America.
Agentic Hospitality reports AI systems now evaluate hotels continuously beyond traditional search metrics, creating a measurement gap for hoteliers.
The digital-versus-human debate in hospitality has produced more strategy decks than clarity. This article argues the framing itself is the problem — and that the real work lies in orchestrating the two, not choosing between them.
Porto proposes the HXO role to blend human touch with AI automation, preserving emotional connection in increasingly tech-driven hotels.
HFTP's AI Council will host an interactive learning lab at HITEC 2026 in San Antonio, allowing hoteliers to explore AI implementation with industry experts in a no-sales environment.
Puorto discusses AI as a new interface replacing traditional software navigation and explores how human presence may become a luxury differentiator.
The article provides 10 specific predictions for how AI will transform hotel GM responsibilities by 2030, from autonomous revenue management to robotic housekeeping operations.
Hotels can reduce linen inventory from 6+ PAR levels to 3-4 while cutting annual loss rates from 15-20% to 3-5% using RFID tags and AI forecasting.
Expedia Group data shows 98% of hotels lose revenue from rate misuse every four days, highlighting how poor data quality undermines pricing decisions.
The author argues that current AI agents are trapped in vendor silos and warns that back-office integration, not guest-facing applications, holds the greatest potential for hotel transformation.
Sri Panwa Phuket deploys Canary's platform for AI-powered communication and seamless arrivals at the top-ranked luxury resort in Thailand.
The integration automates Mexican tax requirements within hotel PMS and restaurant POS systems, eliminating manual processes and external solutions.
The world's largest hospitality tech conference establishes its first Asian presence through a partnership with RX Japan.
Ira Vouk launches AIHA to unite hoteliers, tech partners, researchers and investors around coordinated AI strategy through education, events and research.
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.
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 processes over 2 million booked room nights and maintains 135,000+ active Booking.com listings daily, nearly double required benchmarks.