Everything on revenue management systems (RMS) for hotels. This hub brings together the latest news, product moves and trends around automated pricing and RMS technology, curated by 10 Minutes News. Keep up with the tools reshaping hotel revenue.
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Desert Wellness: How Hotels Are Using the Desert in Two Directions
27 August 2026For years, beige has been doing quiet work in hospitality. It softens hotel rooms, calms spa interiors and brings the colours of sand and stone indoors. Now, the palette may be sending guests in the opposite direction, drawing them outdoors and into the landscape itself. Two directions are emerging in desert wellness retreats. 1. Nature as experience: transforming the desert into ritual The first direction is to interpret the desert, turning its landscape, ecology and cultural heritage into experiences that…
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Airbnb is up 43% this year and valued at nearly $112 billion, but bookings have grown by only 10%. These numbers don’t match. And that gap may be the most important signal in travel right now. The… | Vipul Doshi
26 August 2026Airbnb is up 43% this year and valued at nearly $112 billion, but bookings have grown by only 10%. These numbers don’t match. And that gap may be the …
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The Only Guest Email You Own Is the One She Hands You, 69% Decide on AI Summaries Alone, Branded Residences Get a Reality Check
26 August 2026Wednesday finished the thread the week started, and finished it with contract clauses rather than argument. Monday established that whoever sells the room owns the guest, Tuesday counted the expiry clocks, and today’s piece names the documents and lands somewhere a front desk can act on. Elsewhere the research on where a booking decision actually forms put a number on AI’s role in it, and branded residences got a sales pitch and a warning inside the same morning. The Only…
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ExplorUS consolidates six systems into one platform to run hotels, restaurants, retail, camping and marinas across 30 parks nationwide
26 August 2026SAN DIEGO – August 26, 2026 — ExplorUS , one of the leading national and state park concessionaires operating in more than 200 park destinations across the U.S, has selected Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers, to streamline its lodging operations and create a more consistent operating model across its portfolio. The move will bring ExplorUS onto a single hospitality platform, consolidating six core lodging technology platforms into a fully unified ecosystem. By connecting locations and data…
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I know why 94%** of hotels can’t be found by AI. A year ago people who came to a travel website from ChatGPT or other AI booked 47% less than people who came from Google.* Today that difference is… | Ashkhen Gevondyan
26 August 2026I know why 94%** of hotels can’t be found by AI. A year ago people who came to a travel website from ChatGPT or other AI booked 47% less than people …
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214 – Hotel Data Conference 2026: Key Takeaways
26 August 2026This post was originally published on this site. The Suite Spot attended the 2026 Hotel Data Conference and had the opportunity to interview some of the best and brightest hospitality leaders in the industry to gain their insights and perspectives on prevailing data trends, AI & technology, how to optimize the guest experience and much more. Be sure to watch the full episode if you missed any of the action from the 2026 Hotel Data Conference. Special thanks to: Amanda…
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Are AI-powered RFP Responses Really Good For Hotel Group Sales?
26 August 2026Like all hospitality conferences, most of the breakout sessions at the recent HITEC and HSMAI Commercial Strategy events focused on the use of AI for various applications. Although I already considered myself to be a pretty well-schooled, early adopter of integrating AI into sales, I definitely walked away with some great new ideas. Yet while sitting in one particular session, which was about using AI to instantly respond to RFP inquiries with proposals, I started thinking about where the tech…
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InterContinental reinforces commitment to restorative travel through extended worldwide partnership with Timeshifter
26 August 2026InterContinental is extending its global partnership with Timeshifter , giving guests across its 242 hotels and resorts in almost 70 countries complimentary access to personalised jet lag mitigation plans. Now, each and every guest staying at an InterContinental hotel or resort will have access to a personalized plan to overcome travel fatigue whether staying for the very first time or returning to a beloved hotel or resort. The collaboration reinforced InterContinental’s commitment to restorative travel by placing the latest circadian…
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From Real Estate to Lifestyle: The Evolution of Branded Living
26 August 2026Taking place on Wednesday 1 October, FHS Living will cover all living asset classes including branded residences, student accommodation, senior living, serviced living, co-living, shared ownership, club concepts, mixed use, and hotels & resorts, with global leaders in the sector taking centre stage for an afternoon of debate, analysis and advice. In the run up to FHS Living, co-located with FHS World , industry experts share their thoughts on the key factors driving this ever-growing asset class, how brands can…
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Highline Hospitality Partners Acquires Dual-Branded AC Hotel and Element San Antonio Riverwalk
26 August 2026Highline Hospitality Partners (“HHP”), the hospitality investment platform launched by Highline Real Estate Partners, today announced the acquisition of the dual-branded AC Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk and Element San Antonio Riverwalk. The transaction marks HHP’s 20th and 21st hotel acquisitions and its fourth and fifth hotels acquired this year, after having acquired the Pittsburgh Marriott North in February as well as both the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center and Westin Poinsett Greenville in March. Originally constructed as an office…
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Beyond the Brand Premium: Assessing Value in Branded Residences
26 August 2026Branded residence has become one of the fastest-growing segments within hospitality real estate, but success in this sector depends on more than brand affiliation. The strongest projects rely on early strategic decisions that remain grounded in data-driven analyses and market intel that can support developers, investors, and lenders throughout the development life cycle. In branded residential development, buyers are often asked to make purchasing decisions years before construction is complete. As a result, reliability and confidence in a project’s execution…
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The Connected Hotel: Building a Technology Stack That Can Evolve
26 August 2026This article was written by Shiji Insights. Click here to read the original article Hotels do not lack technology. The challenge is making that technology work together. Revenue management, CRM, payments, distribution, POS, guest messaging, and mobile applications all compete for a place in the hotel stack. Many are significantly better than the systems they replaced. However, adding better applications does not automatically create a better technology environment. A hotel can have excellent individual systems and still deliver a fragmented…
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The email you want is the one she gives you for a reason
26 August 2026She is at the desk on a Thursday afternoon, still in the clothes she drove in, and someone is typing her name into your system. There is a field for an email address. Often it gets filled with whatever came down from the channel, because that is faster and the line behind her is three deep. That one field decides whether she is ever yours to reach again. Almost nobody fills it on purpose. What you agreed to when you…
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AI isn’t just for research anymore: What European travelers are actually doing with it
26 August 2026European travelers are using AI well beyond simple search, and the data shows just how far it’s spread across the trip journey. According to Phocuswright’s Europe Consumer Travel Report 2026, AI now plays a role in destination research, hotel and flight planning, and in-destination support across the U.K., France and Germany. Standalone AI platforms remain the top entry point everywhere, but the surrounding mix of channels, from OTAs to search engines to social platforms, varies sharply by country.
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Global e·dentity Inc now monitors your heart rate at the airport
26 August 2026This article was written by Travolution. Click here to read the original article The American company, Global e·dentity Inc, has announced a new version of its identification device for airports. The solution, which uses vascular and physiological signals, promises to respect passenger privacy. Its new version of its Build 60 solution for airports, a biometric recognition system designed to be “multimodal”, verifies passenger identity using 3D vascular biometrics, real-time presence detection, and heart rate-based verification. This device uses 3D vascular…
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Booking.com Deletes Guest Data 30 Days Post-Checkout, Limiting Hotel Marketing Opportunities
26 August 2026📅 On August 26, 2026, Booking.com’s data policy outlines that guests’ details vanish from hotel screens 30 days post-checkout. Expedia, in contrast, lets hotels manage retention time but prescribes data use. To secure guest emails, hotels need operational strategies during stays. Any email obtained directly from guests becomes hotel property, unlike the temporary data from booking channels. The crucial interaction window is from check-in to check-out, where hotels can personally gather guest information.
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Expedia just told you where demand is going. Every answer costs money.
26 August 2026This article was written by Hospitality Today. Click here to read the original article Every finding in Expedia’s quarterly demand report arrives with something to buy. The searches it counts are its own. Aug 26, 2026 by Markus Busch The report is genuinely useful. Expedia’s Q2 numbers say global search softened early and came back through June. Asia Pacific grew 20 percent year over year, the fastest of any region. European travelers stopped planning and started buying, with the zero-to-six-day…
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Why most hotel guest directories are outdated and how to improve them
25 August 2026Think about the last time you stayed in a hotel. Did you flick through a printed compendium to find the Wi-Fi password? Did you walk back to reception to check the spa opening times or ask how to book dinner? It’s not an ideal situation. Today’s travellers instinctively reach for their phone. Whether they’re ordering food, booking experiences or looking up directions, they expect instant, digital access to information wherever they are. Yet many hotels are still relying on printed…
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Building a Hotel Food & Beverage Budget that Performs
25 August 2026As hotel Food & Beverage leaders prepare their 2027 budgets, it is tempting to view the process primarily as a financial exercise. Review last year’s results, project next year’s revenues and expenses, make the numbers work, and submit the budget. But a strong F&B budget should accomplish much more. The budget is one of the most important operating plans a Food & Beverage leader will create all year. It should reflect where the business is headed, where opportunities exist, where…
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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How PMS Technology Supports Multi-Property Hotel Groups
25 August 2026Growth creates a challenge for hotel groups that becomes harder to solve with every new property: how do you create consistency across a portfolio while allowing each hotel to maintain its own personality and deliver a distinctive guest experience? Leadership teams need reliable data, common processes, comparable reporting, and a clear view of performance across the organization. At the same time, the individual properties within a portfolio are rarely identical, nor should they be. A full-service resort does not operate…
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Highline Hospitality Partners Acquires Dual-Branded San Antonio Hotel
25 August 2026This article was written by Lodging Magazine. Click here to read the original article Photo Credit: AC Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Highline Hospitality Partners announced the acquisition of the dual-branded AC Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk and Element San Antonio Riverwalk. The transaction marks HHP’s 20th and 21st hotel acquisitions and its fourth and fifth hotels acquired this year, after having acquired the Pittsburgh Marriott North in February as well as both the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center…
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How AI Helps Your Hotel Make Big Data Smart Data
25 August 2026A curious click on your website, the specific room type a guest has chosen, a recurring order in your restaurant, or a detailed online review — every interaction is an opportunity to collect guest data. Every touchpoint becomes a piece of your guest’s story. In fact, information and communication technology has evolved to the point where we now have data collected from thousands, or even millions, of individual actions at our fingertips. This massive amount of data that we can…
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Hotel Dynamic Pricing: A Complete Guide to Strategy & Software (2027)
25 August 2026A traveler posted about a mid-stay rate change at an RIU hotel near Times Square, and the story picked up an unexpected reply. A hotel general manager, commenting as a Hilton GM, pushed back that PMS rates are fully overridable and questioned the property’s explanation. The exchange, and the wider pattern it triggered, is documented […] The post Hotel Dynamic Pricing: A Complete Guide to Strategy & Software (2027) appeared first on RateGain.
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Hotel Pricing Strategy: How to Price Rooms in 2027
25 August 2026A hotel pricing strategy is a documented system for setting and adjusting room rates based on demand, cost, competition, and guest segment, built to protect profit rather than react in a panic. It replaces reactive pricing with rules a team can repeat and defend. You check the OTAs every morning, adjust rates by feel, and […] The post Hotel Pricing Strategy: How to Price Rooms in 2027 appeared first on RateGain.
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Shiji and Rivalry Tech Partnership Reveals an Unexpected Benefit of Self-Service: More Time for Hospitality
25 August 2026The first integrated deployment in the Americas shows how hotel self-service can improve convenience without sacrificing the human experience. Atlanta, Georgia, USA, August 25, 2026 — Shiji and Rivalry Tech today announced their partnership integrating Rivalry Tech’s hospitality-focused self-service kiosk platform with Shiji’s Infrasys POS, following the successful launch of the first integrated food and beverage kiosk implementation between the two companies in the Americas at Hyatt Regency Savannah. Launched in May 2026, the deployment is challenging one of…
