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🍴 The global hospitality industry could slash food-related emissions by 30% by 2030. The World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, the Sustainable Markets Initiative, and Systemiq released a white paper on Dec 9, 2024, detailing methods such as waste tracking, which may cut food waste in half. With the industry accountable for 1% of food production emissions and 3% of food waste, there's potential for significant environmental impact. Iberostar Hotels is striving for net-zero emissions by 2030, implementing AI waste management and removing single-use plastics.

📅 Corporate travelers can now seamlessly book meetings, hotels, and office spaces through Amadeus Cytric's new integration with hubli announced on Dec 6, 2024. Over 60% of business travels are for meetings, yet booking has been manual. The global industry, valued at $598.2 billion in 2022, could reach $2,309.4 billion by 2032. Hubli's existing collaboration with Amadeus on Delphi and MeetingBroker will enhance the booking experience.

📣 Google Business Posts, a tool for promoting hotel events, offers, and features, include “Events,” “Offers,” and “Update” post types. They display in Google Maps and search results. More details available since Dec 6, 2024, at gCommerce website.

🤖 Agentic AI, identified by Gartner as a top strategic trend for 2025, is set to revolutionize industries by 2028 with 15% of daily workplace decisions autonomously made. Using technologies like large language models and machine learning, this AI can autonomously handle tasks, collaborate with systems, and anticipate user needs in travel and hospitality. It's reshaping workforce structures, creating new roles like AI trainers and ethics officers, while enabling humans to focus on higher-level decision-making.

📌 U.S. Senate criticizes airline fee practices; CEOs defend in D.C. (Dec 5, 2024). Delta Air Lines collaborates with Fetcherr on AI pricing algorithms; 1% of network affected. Senators question data use for price setting; airlines deny direct influence but confirm algorithmic pricing. Full story on Quartz.