LODGING Staff

📈 In June 2026, Duetto and RateGain Travel Technologies Limited announced a strategic partnership in San Francisco, California. By integrating RateGain's AI-powered channel manager with Duetto’s Revenue & Profit Operating System, the collaboration enables automated and real-time rate updates across 400+ distribution channels. The partnership aims to enhance hotel profitability and direct bookings through advanced forecasting, price optimization, and intelligent ARI logic for efficient revenue strategies.

💸 Revenue Analytics launched Climber RMS in North America, targeting independent and boutique hotels, family-owned hotel groups, and regional chains. Climber offers dynamic 24/7 automated pricing and has shown up to a 30% revenue increase for users. It includes auto-pilot pricing updates, 24x daily rate publishing, in-depth reporting, and manageable price rules. Jaclyn Long and Alex Harrington highlighted its potential to empower hoteliers without adding manual workload. Climber extends enterprise-grade revenue science to all hoteliers.

🏨 SAN FRANCISCO, California—Canary Technologies launched the Agentic Sales Coordinator, an AI-powered solution for managing hotel sales and events. It addresses issues like unvetted opportunities and time-consuming tasks, helping sales teams capture more revenue. Harman Singh Narula, CEO of Canary Technologies, highlighted its role in improving lead quality and deal closures. The solution is part of Canary's existing AI suite, which includes AI Voice, AI Contracts, and AI Webchat.

💻 WorldVue launched Atlas, a new customer platform in Houston, Texas, enhancing hotel technology operations. It offers centralized monitoring, performance management, and data-driven insights, simplifying complex processes. Key features include a portfolio dashboard, property overview, network monitoring, and support management. Plans for future enhancements include proposal management and vendor management. Atlas is accessible via the web, with iOS and Android apps in development, aiming to redefine technology management in hospitality.

📶 June 2026, Plano, Texas: Enseo's whitepaper, "The Power of Connections, II," highlights luxury hotels' need to move from manual processes to integrated systems for a seamless guest experience. Insights from hospitality leaders emphasize technology's role in personalization and efficiency, especially when guests pay $1,000 a night. Enseo leaders, Brian Gurley and David Goldstone, and Peter Kressaty from LW Hospitality Advisors stress the importance of connected systems for maintaining guest satisfaction and loyalty.