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Shiji spent a year testing AI on its own people before offering it to a single hotel
By Tony Loeb, co-founder of 10 Minutes Hotels When ChatGPT arrived, hotel tech rushed into AI. Everyone wanted to try it, plenty got hooked, and things moved very fast. Looking back, my guest believes a lot of people would have done it differently. That guest is Kevin King, CEO of Shiji International, who joined me on the podcast. Shiji technology is used by more than 91,000 hotels worldwide. So when he tells me the AI race may have started with the wrong question, it’s worth hearing him out. Shiji didn’t jump in. It took the time to “look, listen and learn”, a phrase Kevin comes back…
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SOCIETIES Magazine’s 6th Edition
The May–August 2026 issue examines how intention, atmosphere, AI, design and cultural relevance are reshaping premium guest experiences PARIS, France, June 15, 2026 – Influence Society, a leading digital marketing agency serving high-end hospitality brands, today announced the release of SOCIETIES Magazine for May-August 2026. The new issue explores what the magazine defines as “The New Language of Luxury”, a shift away from excess and toward intention, emotional depth, craftsmanship, atmosphere and experiences that remain with guests long after they leave. The sixth edition of…
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Why Generative AI Is Finally Changing Revenue Management
For more than a decade, the hotel industry has been doing what it does best when faced with complexity. It added more tools, more dashboards, more data sources. Pickup reports. Pace reports. Competitive sets. Market demand signals. Forecasts layered on forecasts. The promise was clarity. The reality, for many revenue teams, has been the opposite. Data is not the problem. Too much data, without help understanding where to look and why, is. That tension sits at the heart of our latest podcast episode and it also marks an important milestone for us. This episode is the first English…
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