Unifocus launches Claira, an AI-native end-to-end workforce and operations platform built for hoteliers, with a specific focus on the historically underserved select-service segment.
AIHA and HotelLogic audited 343 PMS vendors globally, finding only 7% publish fully public API documentation, with 18 platforms scored across 10 dimensions including AI readiness and developer experience.
AAHOA, Folio, and Avendra International have launched the AAHOA Marketplace, a free mobile-optimized procurement platform offering members AI-powered purchasing, a unified catalog, and access to negotiated supplier savings.
roommaster will demo its rebuilt cloud-native PMS at Booth 419 and present a session on Revenue Per Available Guest (RevPAG) for independent hoteliers on September 16 in Miami Beach.
Positron and UberData Networks have launched a solution enabling tribal hotels and casinos to deploy Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 7, IPTV, and IoT services over existing coax or CAT-3 wiring, avoiding costly recabling.
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.
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.
The author argues hotel tech vendors should attend investment conferences like IHIF to understand what drives CEOs and institutional owners, shifting focus from incremental software upgrades to anticipating where entirely new travel demand is emerging.
Choice Hotels becomes an early partner for Google's AI Mode in Search, enabling travelers to find, compare, and book properties conversationally, with Choice Privileges points visibility integrated.
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.
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 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.
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.
Inn-Flow names Jon Coley, a 20-year SaaS sales veteran, as SVP and Head of Sales to drive growth of its AI-enabled accounting, labor management, and procurement platform for hotels.
HotelIQ connects Decision Cloud directly to Shiji's Daylight PMS, enabling shared customers to centralize reservation data and eliminate manual exports for commercial planning and performance reporting.
Google's live agentic hotel booking test includes Booking, Expedia, Marriott, Wyndham, and IHG, with Amadeus confirmed as the first GDS infrastructure partner, leaving independents reliant on OTA or GDS pipes.
Actabl's ProfitSword forecasting platform now integrates with Reeco's AI-powered procure-to-pay system, letting hotels automatically flag purchasing overruns against live forecasts before orders are placed.
Canary Technologies, serving 20,000+ hotels with its AI guest management platform, has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. private companies.
A closed-door HITEC San Antonio debate between PMS CEOs and hotel CIOs exposes structural gaps in hospitality tech, from labor-cost bias to the myth of seamless cloud integration.
Iceportal Content now connects 60,000+ hotel properties with 650+ demand partners, distributing 2.5M images globally, with five new integrations added in Q2 2026.