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💰 In London, on May 12, 2025, eviivo enhanced its integration with PayPal, allowing hospitality businesses to offer flexible payments and reduce transaction failures, potentially increasing transaction completion by 62%. The integration includes PayPal's Advanced Checkout and Payment Manager, offering various payment options like Buy Now Pay Later, card processing, and mobile payments. Security features include AI-powered fraud detection and PayPal Seller Protection. Eviivo, serving over 28,000 hospitality businesses, simplifies property management and guest engagement.

🚧 Louvre Hotels Group, with over 1,700 hotels globally, has chosen RobosizeME to automate voucher reconciliation, a task previously consuming hundreds of hours a month. In Prague, on 12 May 2025, this partnership was announced, aimed at enhancing efficiency and accuracy by reducing manual work and human error. François Couturier of Louvre Hotels Group highlights the shift of team efforts to strategic activities, while RobosizeME CEO Stephen Burke emphasizes the impact of AI and automation in hospitality. RobosizeME offers AI-driven automation solutions for the hotel industry with a focus on reservation, finance, distribution, and front office workflows, boasting certifications like ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance.

🏢 On June 4th, 2025, the Global Revenue Forum will hold its first French edition in Paris, simultaneously with events in Amsterdam, Madrid, and online. Organized by BY Solutions and Profit Intelligence, the forum focuses on harnessing AI for profit in the hospitality industry, with over 150 attendees expected. Sessions will cover AI-driven personalization, distribution marketplaces, new revenue streams, and personalized booking experiences. More information is available at https://paris.globalrevenueforum.com.

📈 In San Francisco, on May 1, 2025, Hospitable, a property management software company, announced the launch of its dynamic pricing tool. The tool, first in the industry to be built-in with no extra fee, aims to assist 57.2% of hosts who aren't meeting occupancy goals and 28.9% struggling with pricing. It offers real-time pricing recommendations based on trusted market data and allows hosts to tailor their pricing strategy. Users receive a 30-day preview of pricing trends, with a one-time offer of a 24-month preview without activation. Available to all Hospitable customers, the tool is part of the company's evolution into a short-term rental super app, with the full industry report to be released the following week. Hospitable, launched in 2016, has processed $4.6 billion in reservation income in 2024.

📢 In London, on 29 April 2025, Clermont Hotel Group partners with IDeaS to integrate G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) and Optix across their properties. Clermont previously used IDeaS SmartSpace for event space optimization. The new RMS features advanced forecasting and automation for revenue optimization, aiming to enhance RevPAR and profitability. Key London hotels include The Tower Hotel, The Cumberland, and the Royal Horseguards Hotel. The partnership emphasizes after-sales support and focuses on actionable insights for strategic improvements.

📢 Jordan Cohen appointed as Head of Growth for SuiteOp in New York on 23 April 2025, after their recent $3 million seed funding. Cohen previously grew annual recurring revenue from $1 million to $10 million at Radix/redIQ. SuiteOp, founded in 2023, is the first Guest Operations Platform unifying hospitality teams and guests, aiming to streamline property management and enhance operational efficiency across thousands of units globally.

📈 IDeaS, a SAS company, launched "IDeaS Spotlight" on April 22, 2025, in London, aiming to enhance marketing effectiveness in hospitality through advanced demand forecasting and AI. This tool aids hoteliers in identifying high-value opportunities and optimizing marketing spend to boost incremental revenue. Spotlight will become available to IDeaS clients in July 2025, promising proactive strategy adjustments and data-driven campaign success for 30,000 properties in 164 countries.