Automatic - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 58

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Unlimited Content, Unlimited Boredom?

There’s something paradoxical about our times. We are entering an era of unlimited content. AI is generating articles, videos, music, animations (Sora and others are opening up new visual glut/slop - let’s just call it streams). But despite this tidal wave of creativity, we’re seeing a steady rise in boredom. [link]

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IHG Hotels & Resorts and Ark Capital unveil Kimpton Mayfair Adelaide – an exciting new chapter for the iconic Mayfair Hotel

IHG Hotels & Resorts is proud to announce a partnership with Ark Capital, which is 50% owned by ASX-listed alternatives manager Regal Partners, to take over management of the heritage-listed Mayfair Hotel, one of Adelaide’s most iconic luxury addresses, ahead of its rebranding as Kimpton Mayfair Adelaide in 2026.

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2025 Lodging Tax Report – USA

Since room sales generate lodging tax revenues, an overview of hotel market trends provides insight into the industry’s current and future fiscal impacts. As documented in our 2024 HVS Lodging Tax Study, the national lodging market has experienced recent growth in average daily room rates and revenue per available room. However, occupancy levels have remained relatively flat. The Average Daily Room Rate (“ADR”) represents the average revenue earned for each room rented in a hotel. Revenue per available room (“RevPAR”), the product of ADR and occupancy rate, is a standard industry metric that combines the effects of occupancy and room rates on overall revenue performance. ADR and RevPAR increased in 2024 but has seen slower growth through the first eight months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The figure below compares year-over-year growth in the national lodging market from 2023 through August 2025.

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Hospitality Industry Launches Global Consultation on Sustainability Standards

The Energy & Environment Alliance (EEA), a global coalition whose members represent more than 50,000 hotels and £360 billion in hospitality and real-estate capital, today launched a worldwide consultation on the establishment of the first financially material sustainability accounting standards for the hotels and lodging sector.

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From chatbots to workflows: how AI is finally solving hospitality’s biggest operational headaches

In the latest episode of Matt Talks, Mews CEO Matt Welle spoke with Jason Noronha, co-founder of D3x – an AI company built by hoteliers, for hoteliers. What began as a solution to a single operational pain point has evolved into a technology that promises to change how hotels operate.

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d&b adds a touch of gold for The Savoy’s Beaufort Bar

When London’s exclusive Savoy Hotel came to upgrade the sound in one of its most popular leisure destinations, the Beaufort Bar, d&b audiotechnik provided a custom 24 carat gold leaf finish, combining a unique accent of luxury with the signature sound quality that lifts this stylish space . . .

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Siam@Siam Design Hotels chooses Shiji Horizon Distribution’s WeChat Booking Engine to strengthen connection with Chinese travelers

Shiji, the global leader in hospitality technology, announced today that Siam@Siam Design Hotels, part of Kaleido Group, has selected Shiji Horizon Distribution’s WeChat Booking Engine to strengthen its connection with Chinese travelers and expand its reach into one of the world’s most influential outbound tourism markets. This partnership marks a significant milestone in Siam@Siam’s digital growth strategy, enabling guests to discover, share, and book directly through WeChat, the most widely used platform in China.

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KING’s Hotels improve guest communications with HiJiffy reaching 91% WhatsApp automation

In the hotel industry, responding to guest enquiries quickly and accurately is key. At the same time, many operators struggle with freeing their teams from repetitive tasks. This was the exact challenge KING’s Hotels in Munich wanted to solve: giving staff more time for quality guest interactions and driving more direct bookings.

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AI Buzzwords Decoded (for Hoteliers Who Just Want to Know What the Heck Is Going On)

If you’ve been anywhere near LinkedIn lately (including my profile), you’ve probably been hit by an alphabet soup of acronyms: AI, GenAI, AEO, GEO, MCP, A2A, and maybe even a mysterious “agentic something”.

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HotelRunner Launches Ruby: The Embedded and Autonomous Finance Infrastructure for Travel

Unlike generic fintechs retrofitted for tourism, HotelRunner Ruby is travel-native: unifying bookings, payments, and compliance in real time. Alongside tackling long-standing settlement delays and frictions, Ruby delivers faster, more transparent, and regulation-ready payment flows, reshaping the financial backbone of global travel commerce. More than settlement, this is just the beginning of a roadmap transforming how global travel moves money.

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