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📱 ONOMO Hotels, with 23 properties across 13 African countries, partners with D-EDGE Hospitality Solutions to digitize guest experiences. The initiative involves automated communication, a guest app, and digital marketing tools, ensuring consistent service in cities like Dakar, Abidjan, Kigali, and Casablanca. This strategy enhances brand loyalty and operational efficiency through multilingual, multi-currency management. ONOMO aims to capture both resident and non-resident guests, leveraging CRM to offer personalized deals, thus diversifying revenue and cementing its position as a Pan-African hospitality leader.

💻 LodgIQ revolutionizes hotel tech with an advanced API integration, moving beyond daily aggregated PMS reports. In 2023, they introduced a near real-time data ingestion system, offering detailed transactional data access. This integration, using OHIP and HTNG-compliant APIs, enables Pace Analytics and Pickup reporting features, enhancing decision-making. The system handles data variances across PMS providers, setting the stage for predictive forecasting and AI-guided strategies. Trustworthy, granular data is crucial for revenue management and strategic agility.

💰 SAN FRANCISCO, 21 January 2025 – Hospitable launched an automated trip insurance upsell for short-term rental managers. In the US, hosts can earn commissions from guest-purchased travel protection, potentially earning up to $190 per purchase, averaging $19.80 per policy. This feature integrates into Hospitable’s guest portal, allowing coverage addition up to 24 hours before check-in. This transformation highlights a tech-driven shift toward effortless revenue streams in the short-term rental industry.

📈 Pace Analytics, by LodgIQ, streamlines revenue management by integrating root-cause insights directly into the RMS, saving time on analysis. It enables users to filter data by room type, segment, or distribution channel and view up to a year of pickup data in one screen. This tool allows revenue managers to diagnose performance shifts swiftly, providing transparency and eliminating the need for multiple systems, thereby significantly reducing daily tasks and enhancing strategic focus.

💻 According to the 2025 h2c study, 66% of hotel chains report AI enables teams to focus on strategic tasks; only 13% noticed a reduction in team size. Hotels in Europe and North America use AI and automation to cut manual workload, allowing staff to engage more with guests. Trust in AI scores 6.6/10, with reliance at 4.7, indicating human presence is still valued. Key objective: optimize AI to enhance human-centric hospitality.