Agentic Hospitality, the AI-native platform built to help hotels thrive as travel discovery shifts to natural language and autonomous agents, announced today that David Wiley has been named Vice President of Sales. Wiley will lead early-stage customer engagement and growth, helping hoteliers understand why AI infrastructure has become essential and...
Unlock an Unexpected Upgrade: Reframing Responsible Travel This Holiday Season
In October 2025, the European Travel Commission (ETC) officially launched the “Unlock an Unexpected Upgrade” campaign at the Skift Transatlantic Summit in New York City. This initiative represents a pivotal shift in how responsible travel is communicated: moving away from the idea of sacrifice or compromise, and instead positioning sustainable...
Share Your Insights: The 2026 Profitability Playbook Survey
Hotel operations are more complex than ever, and fragmented systems with limited visibility make it increasingly difficult to run efficiently and make confident decisions.
IHG signs first Holiday Inn hotel in Nepal’s Sudurpashchim Province
IHG® has signed a management agreement with Club Chaulani Ltd. to develop Holiday Inn Dhangadhi, a 115-key hotel in Dhangadhi, Nepal. Scheduled to open in Q1 2028, the signing marks IHG’s entry into the Sudurpashchim Province and reflects the company’s strategy to expand its presence in high-potential, underserved markets across...
Where Is the Hospitality Industry Headed in 2026?
As we edge closer to 2026, one question keeps surfacing in hospitality circles: where is our industry headed?
A year in review…aka. how we survived another year without losing our minds
As the year wraps up and inboxes go quiet (or at least pretend to), it’s time to zoom out (Pun intended). 😍
How agentic AI solutions are structured
Executives are rapidly committing budget to agentic AI, yet fewer than a quarter say they truly understand how it works, creating avoidable risk. This CIO.com article argues that agentic AI is not an upgraded chatbot or simple automation, but an orchestration layer that breaks ambiguous requests into tasks, delegates them...
Should CIOs rethink the IT roadmap?
Technology roadmaps in the CIO world have shifted from long range five to ten year planning to a far shorter and more uncertain horizon, because disruption now arrives without warning and can demand immediate defence and rapid organisational change. This article argues that AI is the most significant disruptor, reshaping...
The Chloe Nashville opens next month
The Chloe Nashville will officially open the week of January 5th in Hillsboro Village, featuring 19 rooms, a restaurant, three bars, and a lush outdoor pool for guests + locals alike. This comes as the first Tennessee hotel from Róbert LeBlanc and the LeBlanc + Smith team, following New Orleans...
AI is Becoming the Consumer: What Travel & Hospitality Brands Need to Know Now
This article summarizes key findings from Accenture’s recent report, "Me, my brand and AI: The new world of consumer engagement - Building resilient relationships between consumers, brands and AI in times of uncertainty." The research surveyed over 18,000 people across 14 countries, and the findings reveal a fundamental shift in...
