Otel releases a free guide helping hoteliers select and validate their first AI project within four weeks, targeting GMs and revenue managers planning 2027 budgets.

Avalora's VAIA AI assistant now integrates with Yipy's standards management system, letting hotels update operational info once and push it across up to 50 connected technology platforms automatically.

HTS and Serko integrate CFAR flexible cancellation and a 1.4M-property Lodging API into Serko.ai, Serko's new AI-powered corporate travel assistant.

The author argues that true luxury is rooted in scarcity and human craftsmanship, not price inflation, and that hospitality's perishable, human-centred nature makes it one of the last genuine luxury products.

Touchstone 1 won both World's Best Hotel Wi-Fi and World's Best In-Room Entertainment at the 2026 World Travel Tech Awards, beating rivals including GuestTek, SONIFI, and Samsung.

A PMS implementation expert argues that data readiness, not software selection, is the primary determinant of migration success, outlining a seven-step cleansing and validation framework.

LTI's 2026 ranking of 20 luxury hotel brands uses a 134-touchpoint algorithm with a max score of 4,792; Mandarin Oriental leads at 81.1%, followed by Oetker and Bulgari.

HVS's 16th annual US lodging tax study covers all 50 states and the 150 largest cities, finding more markets declining than growing in 2025 but broad RevPAR recovery through August 2026.

Meliá Hotels International won Best Practice in Employment Inclusion at Spain's 9th Diversity and Inclusion Awards for a programme that has brought 100+ formerly unaccompanied migrant youth into its Canary Islands hotel workforce.

Trip.com Group's survey of 8,777 travellers across 29 markets finds 75% value sustainability, prompting the launch of My Travel Impact, an in-app dashboard consolidating sustainable hotel, flight and rail choices.