Innovation

🍳 Hilton, Accor, Marriott, and Mandarin Oriental save over $100M annually with Winnow's AI tech tracking food waste. Hilton’s Green Ramadan 2025 cut plate waste by 26% in 45 hotels across 14 countries. Accor's 200+ hotels save one meal every 6 seconds. Winnow's Throw & Go tech allows touch-free waste tracking. Kitchens using Winnow prevent 28,000 tonnes of food waste yearly, saving two meals per second and avoiding 122,000 tonnes of CO₂e emissions, equivalent to 28,000 cars off the road.

💸 PriceLabs upgraded its hotel pricing software for independent hotels, offering hyper-local, hourly updates to improve demand response. The Real-Time Sync add-on updates pricing every 60 minutes, leveraging AI and the Hyper Local Pulse algorithm for dynamic rate adjustments based on public data, competitor trends, and occupancy. Federica Mantovani of The Coo's Guest House commends its ease of use, while co-founder Richie Khandelwal emphasizes its affordability for independent operators competing with major chains. New features aim to boost pricing efficiency further.

🛫 £2.68bn travel industry technology spend in 2025. Analysis covers tech types and business sizes across travel agent, tour operator, air transport, water transport, and hotel sectors. Access the Travolution Innovation Report 2025 for exclusive insights.

✈️ Cirium announced a partnership with Perk, enhancing sustainable travel management. This integration grants Perk's 10,000 global clients access to Cirium's EmeraldSky flight emissions data, boosting sustainability insights. Cirium's data aids in transparent CO2 estimates, facilitating compliance and emissions reduction. Cirium CEO Jeremy Bowen emphasized the importance of accurate data for sustainability goals. Perk COO Jean-Christophe Taunay-Bucalo highlighted the automation of CO2 tracking. This follows Cirium's 2025 acquisition of AmTrav, focusing on the US market.

🌍 2025, London: At the Travolution Innovation Summit, experts like Filip Filipov, Susie Stanford, and Min Liu discussed AI's role in travel. AI enhances personalization, leveraging natural interfaces and data. Challenges include fragmented data, outdated systems, and economic misalignments. Solutions require data-sharing and orchestration. AI could streamline business travel and create rare, curated experiences. The transformation depends on collaboration, with potential benefits for consumers and industry professionals.

🗺️ The Travolution Innovation Report 2025, discussed in London, highlights key travel industry trends: digital investments, experiential travel, and a blend of leisure and business. Business trips are projected to exceed 10 days in 2024, up from 8.8 days in 2019. An average of 10 new transport operators go online daily. The focus is on digitalization in travel, emphasizing consumerization in B2B sectors, enhancing both user experience and financial services.

Chicago, IL, 4 December 2025 — Revenue management software PriceLabs has upgraded its pricing recommendations for independent hotels, making them more accurate and frequent than ever before.  Revenue management has historically been the…

🗺️ Amadeus' Travel Trends 2026 report highlights six travel trends: 27% of UK and USA pet owners traveled with pets in 2025, pushing 'The Pawprint Economy'. The global pet industry is set to reach $500 billion by 2030. 'Point-to-Point Precision' brings direct long-haul flights, with IndiGo launching India-Athens flights in January 2026. Shenzhen's tech-driven tourism sees a 48% rise in flight searches. Comic-Con 2026 sparks a 9% increase in international flight searches to San Diego.

🏠 Forge Holiday Group partners with Guesty to boost UK accommodations. By 2025, Forge gains access to 60+ new booking channels through Guesty's platform, enhancing distribution with synced calendars and real-time updates. This partnership aims to expand Forge's market reach, improve occupancy, and enhance owner returns. James Shaw emphasizes growth and customer connection, while Robin Clifford highlights software evolution and AI integration. Guesty's tools enable smarter operations, maintaining local expertise.