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📍 Lodgco Hospitality, a Grand Rapids-based company, has taken over management of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Jacksonville Airport, located near Jacksonville International Airport. The hotel remains under the Fairfield by Marriott brand. Lodgco aims to enhance performance through a comprehensive management platform, focusing on revenue, operational efficiency, and service standards. Both Lodgco President Scott Stuart and Mannmard Nakanant of Nakanant Realty express confidence in the value and performance improvements expected from this transition.

Mansfield, UK, 9 June 2026 — Simply Owners, which offers over 6,000 holiday rentals in the UK and abroad with no booking fees, is celebrating 10 years in business.  Founded by Tim Parkes…

📈 Mark Charlinski is now President & Chief Commercial Officer at LodgIQ, Silicon Valley, CA. He will lead sales, marketing, and customer success amid growing AI demand from hotel owners and operators. LodgIQ’s platform, featuring predictive, generative, and agentic AI, aims to enhance decision-making efficiency. Charlinski, with over 20 years in hospitality tech, previously held executive roles at Leonardo Worldwide. His focus: expand LodgIQ's market presence and improve decision-making speed and intelligence for hotels.

📖 In 2025, Christian Hürlimann returned to hospitality as Director of HotellerieSuisse in Lausanne, after managing 200 restaurants and over 1,000 staff at Eldora. He observed a shift from strict hotel hierarchies to more empowerment. Swiss hotels are now warmer and welcoming, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Hürlimann advocates empowering middle management, noting this fosters responsibility and retention, drawing from his catering experience where micromanagement was impossible. Every hotel, regardless of star rating, should aim for excellence.

Hospitality tech veteran joins LodgIQ to accelerate adoption of the first and only conversational AI purpose-built to help revenue management and commercial teams make smarter revenue decisions. SILICON VALLEY, CA…

💻 In June 2026, LodgIQ, based in Silicon Valley, appointed Mark Charlinski as President & Chief Commercial Officer. Charlinski brings over two decades of experience in hospitality technology, having previously been Chief Revenue Officer and CEO at Leonardo Worldwide. LodgIQ’s platform, featuring the unique LodgIQ Wizard, integrates AI to enhance decision-making for hotel revenue teams by reducing manual workload and increasing strategic focus. The company aims to expand its adoption across global hotel organizations.

🏨 Geoffray Maugin, with 25+ years in strategic marketing and luxury brands, joined Hyatt in February 2026 from Zurich. Previously, he enhanced customer experiences at Accor for 5,000 hotels and founded E-Morphoz in 2022. At Hyatt, his focus includes brand differentiation, leveraging 66 million World of Hyatt members, and expanding the loyalty program. Hyatt leads with 148,000 rooms globally as of 2025. The program grew by 19% in 2025, aligning with Marc Jacheet's vision for premiumization.