Who Gets Paid When AI Books Your Hotel Room?
Read → As AI assistants execute bookings directly, hotels face an unsettled question: which commission structure applies? The answer will reshape how revenue flows through distribution.
Earnings Season Shows Travel Tech's Real Momentum Right Now
Read → Unicorn valuations, Amazon pushing deeper into AI booking, and what hotel operators should actually be paying attention to.
Cloudbeds Pushes Multi-Property Intelligence to the PMS Core
Read → Cloudbeds Insights aims to give hotel groups real-time data control. But the real story is where the PMS market is heading: consolidated intelligence, not fragmented dashboards.
Digital room service: the revenue opportunity most hotels are missing
Read → Glasgow Marriott lifted room service revenue 24% with mobile ordering technology. A case study showing where the money is that most hotels leave on the table.
Riu sticks to its guns on urban expansion
Read → The Spanish chain commits to selective growth for Riu Plaza while keeping resort business as its core strategy.
The visa bottleneck killing corporate travel efficiency
Read → Half of Spanish business travelers need to handle visa applications, and nearly half face serious delays. Corporate travel platforms see an opening to automate what today breaks travel itineraries and budgets.
What your BMS isn't telling you about hotel energy
Read → Building Management Systems control consumption, but they don't explain why two identical hotels have completely different utility bills. The problem is what data you're not collecting.
Hotel tech startups are chasing the wrong audience
Read → Founders of hospitality tech companies spend too much energy selling to hoteliers and not enough time pitching to investors. A strategic pivot toward capital markets could reshape how the industry funds innovation.
Shower Stream raises $2M for smart water management
Read → Proptech startup closes seed round to scale intelligent shower technology across hotel chains. But the real game is convincing investors that operational tech actually pays.
HEDNA returns to Lisbon in 2026 to talk global distribution
Read → HEDNA confirms its 2026 Global Distribution Conference in Lisbon, September 15 to 17, with AI, direct booking and OTAs on the agenda.