Now Live: The First Industry-Wide Crowdsourcing Initiative
The AI Hospitality Alliance and HEDNA launch an open, crowdsourced catalogue of real-world hospitality AI use cases, inviting all industry professionals to contribute in 60 seconds.
Press Releases
Navan and Hilton to Co‑Create Hotel–TMC Direct Connect
Navan becomes the first TMC to integrate directly with Hilton's Central Reservation System via Booking and Content APIs, enabling real-time rates, rich property content, and streamlined virtual payments for corporate customers.
HFTP and Destination AI Collaborate to Expand Practical AI Education and Implementation Across Hospitality
HFTP and Destination AI partner to expand year-round AI education, with the 3rd annual Destination AI Hospitality Summit set for September 29-30, 2026 in Washington, D.C., targeting 500 attendees.
AIHA 2026 Member Survey Report
Survey of 100 AIHA members finds hoteliers prioritize practical AI guidance, shared standards, and benchmarking over generic AI commentary, with 78% citing trend leadership as their top engagement driver.
Radisson Hotel Group launches hospitality industry-leading AI-powered real-time price matching technology
Radisson Hotel Group's AI system automatically detects and matches lower OTA rates on RadissonHotels.com in real time, replacing the manual Best Online Rate Guarantee claims process across all properties worldwide.
AI Hospitality Alliance Announces Founding Partners to Accelerate Responsible AI Adoption Across Hospitality
The AI Hospitality Alliance launched with 12 founding partners spanning PMS, revenue management, marketing, and guest experience tech, united around education, governance, and open AI standards for hospitality.
Global Luxury Hotel Brand Signs Letter of Intent with PHAL as Top 10 Group Advances to Proof of Concept
PHAL, an agentic-AI embedded operator advisory, signs an LOI with a major luxury hotel brand and advances its Top 10 group client into proof of concept for PHAL OS.
AI at Explore 2026: what partners need to know
Expedia Group's Explore 2026 partner conference revealed that AI is now embedded across traveler experiences and partner workflows, yet 70% of travelers still prefer trusted travel companies over AI chatbots for bookings.
Technology that bends to you: Scaling with the Cloudbeds API
Cloudbeds showcases how five operators across the US, Mexico, Malta, Vietnam, and Thailand used its Open API to build custom integrations, automate workflows, and create differentiated guest experiences at scale.
By Ricky Schoeman, Content Marketing Specialist, Cloudbeds
The AI Hospitality Alliance Declaration
The AI Hospitality Alliance launches as an independent, neutral body to guide responsible AI adoption in hospitality, with five workstreams covering direct booking, technical standards, governance, education, and industry events.
HITEC 2026 Welcomes More Than 6,100 Hospitality Technology Professionals to San Antonio
HITEC 2026 drew 6,100+ professionals to San Antonio's Henry B. González Convention Center, featuring 400+ exhibitors across 85,000 sq ft and a strong focus on AI, cybersecurity, and digital guest engagement.
Marriott International Introduces Ask Bonvoy™ a New AI-Powered Search Experience Transforming Travel Exploration
Marriott's AI-powered conversational search tool launches in beta on Marriott.com and its mobile apps, with a full global rollout to 283 million Bonvoy members planned later in 2025.
Hospitality Net Launches the 2026 Hotel Yearbook "AI Everywhere" at HITEC 2026
The 2026 Hotel Yearbook "AI Everywhere", launched at HITEC in San Antonio, compiles 40 expert articles, 26 AI solution snapshots, and a hospitality AI glossary into one publication.
HFTP AI Collective Unveils Strategic Roadmap at HITEC 2026
HFTP launches its AI Collective Roadmap at HITEC 2026, including a practitioner-focused AI certificate program due Fall 2026, an industry AI portal, and a framework for AI data standards.
Destination AI and Hospitality Net Host A Webinar on the Current State of Robotics in Hospitality
A live webinar on June 25 will gather hospitality operators and robotics leaders to discuss ROI, adoption barriers, and real-world deployment of robots across U.S. hotels.
Gain Advisors Named Recipient of the Mews 2026 Strategic Star Award
Gain Advisors received the Mews 2026 Strategic Star Award at the Mews Unfold forum in Amsterdam, recognizing its advisory model built on senior hospitality practitioners driving measurable commercial outcomes for hoteliers.
New HSMAI Europe AI Advisory Board turns AI talk into action and high-level education for hotel industry
HSMAI Europe's newly launched AI Advisory Board, chaired by TrustYou's Ben Jost, will produce white papers, case studies and education content covering AI content strategy, direct channels and hotel tech architecture.
The AI Opportunity Study: Last Chance to Participate
h2c's global AI benchmarking study is open for hotel groups to participate via interview or survey, with a deadline extended to 14 July 2026.
AI Hospitality Alliance Announces Founding Advisory Board of Global Hospitality, Technology, AI, and Academic Leaders to Help Shape the Future of AI in Hospitality
The AI Hospitality Alliance has formed a 22-member inaugural Advisory Board spanning hotel brands, cloud infrastructure, payments, academia, and AI platforms to guide responsible AI adoption and standards across the industry.
Leonardo Hotels digitalises offer processes in Convention Sales
Leonardo Hotels Central Europe rolled out the Proposales cloud quotation tool across all properties in early 2026, cutting offer processing time by 50% and lifting booking rates by 12%.