Innovation

SAN FRANCISCO, 9 October 2025 – Property management software Hospitable has launched Owner Portals, a feature designed to reshape how managers and owners collaborate. For the first time, property managers can offer owners…

Some big companies have recently been crowing about how much of their code is generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

A lot of agentic stuff is really good on paper. But then it fails just on the crucial part that makes the result useless - there are exceptions.

Today, Booking.com has announced the launch of its first customer-facing agentic AI innovations: Smart Messenger and Auto-Reply, designed to make partner-to-guest communication faster, streamlined, and more intuitive.

In the early computer age, when the first hotel property management systems arrived, most hoteliers saw them as tools, not turning points. These machines helped process reservations, print folios, and store guest records faster than any ledger could. But in hindsight, those systems changed everything.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXCemrvaNKQ 0:00I do think the story of the blue link is far from over. People want to hear from other people, an evolution in some of 0:06what they’re interested…

Expedia Is Training AI to Bypass Your Hotel Website. 🆕 Expedia partnered with Perplexity to launch a free AI-powered browser called Comet. It plans trips, compares hotels, creates itineraries, and…

IDeaS’ 2026 forecast highlights tech simplification, AI acceleration, and workforce transformation as key priorities for the year ahead Oct 9, 2025 IDeaS’ new Future Forecast: Hospitality Tech Predictions for 2026…

As AI turns chat into commerce, GDS-style data infrastructure becomes the backbone of hotel visibility in the new era of agentic booking Oct 9, 2025 Key takeaways ChatGPT becomes a…