Innovation

📚 Sep 17, 2025 - Simplifying motel management is achievable with hotel software, reducing no-shows, enhancing payments, supporting direct bookings, and organizing front desk operations. These improvements lead to increased guest satisfaction. Authored by Vanshikha Dhar, the article highlights technology's role in streamlining motel operations, ensuring efficiency and happiness for guests and staff alike.

💻 TIME Hotels mapped current tech, reducing admin workload by 30% across 17 properties using Daylight PMS. Ruby Hotels integrated Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, and Reviewpro to enhance guest experiences. Middleware optimized operations for compliance in the Middle East. Langham Hotels use Single Guest Profiles for tailored service. Dakota Hotels phased in tech upgrades for smooth transitions. Simplifying tech empowers staff, boosts efficiency, and enhances guest satisfaction.

📸 Google’s Nano Banana AI Studio, powered by Gemini 2.5, revolutionizes hotel marketing by providing a cost-effective tool for generating top-notch visuals. Accessible 24/7, it ensures brand consistency across platforms like OTAs and social media, enabling faster campaign rollouts and engaging guest experiences. Implemented via the Gemini app, API, or Vertex AI, it's pivotal for hotels aiming to stay competitive and relevant in the visual-centric industry.

💻 Equator Global's new 'Advanced Intelligence' platform revolutionizes travel agent training with AI, delivering instant multi-language information on destinations, hotels, and more. Agents receive quick answers and suggested itineraries via the 'Auto-Expert', with responses also available as Auto-Podcasts. Supporting over 350,000 agents globally, this upgrade enhances learning and sales. CEO Ian Dockreay and Marketing Manager Philip Micallef highlight this as the future of travel e-learning.

🚀 IBS Software announces the successful launch of its cloud-native iLoyal platform with Emirates Skywards, serving over 35 million members globally. This marks a long-term innovation partnership to modernize the loyalty program's ecosystem. The iLoyal platform aims to drive real-time personalization, enhancing customer engagement. Emirates Skywards, in collaboration with IBS Software, seeks to deliver more rewarding experiences, laying a foundation for future innovation and growth.

🚀 Waymo's driverless rides in San Francisco are attracting tourists, with third-party tours costing up to $149. Bookings have grown over 10% weekly, contributing $39 million in visitor spending and $5.5 million in robotaxi revenue. Google's AI Mode is reshaping travel booking, with direct bookings to operators at 80%. Google Cloud's AI report shows 88% of adopters seeing ROI, with 70% productivity improvements. Jetson has delivered a single-seat eVTOL for $128,000, not requiring a pilot’s license.

💻 On September 16, RMS and SiteMinder announced a strategic partnership in Sydney. The integration connects RMS's PMS with SiteMinder’s Dynamic Revenue Plus, aiming to simplify revenue management for hotels through automation and real-time intelligence. The partnership benefits independent hotels by reducing manual processes and enabling real-time, data-driven pricing. RMS operates in over 70 countries, while SiteMinder, headquartered in Sydney, facilitates over 130 million reservations annually worth A$85 billion.

✈️ Sabre, in 2025, partnered with Travelin.Ai, providing access to SabreMosaic and Lodging AI, boosting booking likelihood by 14%. Travelin.Ai’s new split payment tech will launch in the UK, Nordics, US, Australia, and Germany, allowing business and leisure bookings in one workflow. Sabre’s sustainability team saw three executives depart amid restructuring, raising concerns over its environmental program's future.

📈 Benedict Evans, independent analyst focusing on tech, media, retail, and mobile, shared insights within the last 12 hours.

💻 Executives report an 88% ROI from AI, with productivity up 70%, CX up 63%, and revenue up 56%. Yet, static ROI metrics are outdated as AI evolves at quantum speed. The article critiques traditional ROI frameworks, advocating for real-time, continuous impact measurement and broader value dimensions like inequality reduction. Google surveyed 3,500 executives on AI's financial impact, detailed in a 48-page report. Key insights cover industry applications, work changes, ROI, and future investments.