Revinate CMO Karen Stephens reflects on 200+ episodes of the Hotel Moment podcast, highlighting recurring themes: service as an org-wide responsibility, human connection, and the need for data foundations before adopting new technology.
The Longevity Brand Roadmap: Earning the Word in Luxury Hospitality
A strategic roadmap for luxury hotel owners, developers, and operators on building credible longevity brands, covering medical models, clinical governance, space economics, and disciplined vocabulary.
Patient Journey: What the Hospitality Industry Can Teach Hospitals
The article applies hospitality industry principles, including managing wait times, personalizing interactions, and mapping service gaps, to improve the patient journey in healthcare settings.
Business Travel Sustainability Shows Incremental Progress Despite Challenging Headwinds, GBTA Foundation Finds
The GBTA Foundation's 2026 benchmark of 204 companies across 28 countries shows average travel sustainability maturity rising to 1.5 on a 0-5 scale, with APAC leading gains and the Americas losing ground.
The second booking: Your regular came back through Booking.com. Your system thinks she’s new.
Independent hotels are unknowingly paying OTA commissions on repeat guests they can't recognize, because Booking.com masks email addresses and phone numbers, making returning guests appear new in hotel systems.
Front Desk Manning v2.0
Pertlink's briefing argues hotels should redeploy front desk hours freed by kiosks and AI to lobby hosting before cutting headcount, with a 90-day test recommended first.
Money Never Looks After Itself
A practical three-step framework for hotel financial discipline, placing P&L ownership with department heads rather than the Director of Finance.
AIHA Announces Its Inaugural AI Hospitality Summit
AIHA's inaugural AI Hospitality Summit is set for March 1-2, 2027 in San Diego, capped at 500 attendees, with early bird tickets at $395 through November 2026.
Simone Puorto Has Been Abducted, and Only Hospitality Can Bring Him Home
Podcast episode featuring Alan Young of Infor and David Poprawka exploring the philosophy of hospitality, from host-guest power dynamics to whether an automated hotel can still be called hospitality.
Greek Hospitality Industry Performance – 3rd Quarter 2026
Greece's hospitality sector posted strong Q3 2026 results, with resort RevPAR up 10.5%, Athens ADR rising 7.5%, and international branded hotels growing 14.2% to 402 properties.
