Innovation

💻 February 3, 2026 - Berlin: AMANO Group, with 12 hotels in major cities and 1,300 rooms, completed a digital transformation using Mews. The rollout, one property per week, centralizes operations, reducing administrative workload by 85%. The transformation, completed by July 2025, includes online check-in and digital keys, enhancing guest experience. AMANO plans to double its portfolio in three years. Mews serves 15,000 customers across 85 countries, named Best PMS and POS multiple times.

🌍 In 2026, the travel industry is evolving with trends like the Pawprint Economy, making pet-inclusive travel more accessible. AI enhances personalized travel planning, while new aircraft unlock more nonstop routes. Pop culture influences travel destinations, and hotels offer tailored experiences. Innovation tourism highlights destinations shaped by tech and creativity. These changes reflect a shift towards more personalized, tech-savvy, and inclusive travel experiences. Explore more trends in the blog, "Top Travel Trends for 2026.

💻 In February 2026, 10 Minutes Hotels, France's top hospitality podcast, featured LodgIQ's AI Wizard during their global launch. The episode highlighted the industry's shift from data collection to strategic AI-driven decision-making. Focused AI transforms Revenue Managers into commercial strategists, saving hours daily by prioritizing tasks. For example, a €34 rate adjustment could boost occupancy by 12.4%. LodgIQ, based in Silicon Valley, integrates RMS, BI, and AI for seamless revenue management.

🦀 Hospitality is witnessing a shift with the Moltbook Effect, where AI systems reshape asset evaluations by machine-generated narratives. This machine-to-machine interaction influences rankings and decisions in the human economy. AI narrative governance is vital to manage valuation growth, as machines interpret data with mutual reinforcement, risking misalignment. Owners must govern AI-level sentiment to prevent valuation memory issues. Pertlink Limited, an IT consultancy in Hong Kong, helps the hospitality industry navigate these technologies since October 23, 2000.

💻 2026 will spotlight agentic booking in travel as Accor integrates its ALL Accor app into ChatGPT. This allows travelers to use natural language for hotel searches, destination selection, availability checks, and rate comparisons. Thomas Vidal, Accor's VP of Digital Design, emphasizes meeting guests where they are. Key industry shifts include strategic early integration, AI-driven loyalty and personalization, and conversational AI as a necessity. The travel industry is rapidly evolving towards AI-centric distribution and loyalty strategies.

💻 LodgIQ's AI Wizard was featured in 10 Minutes Hotels' first international podcast episode with Samuel Johnson, Director of Operations & Customer Success. The podcast, a popular hotel innovation platform in France, launched globally to address the overwhelming data faced by Revenue Managers (RMs). The AI Wizard helps RMs focus on strategic tasks by automating report compilation. With over 1 million views and 100,000 newsletter subscribers, 10minhotel.com aims to enhance hospitality strategy.

🎤 10minhotel.com, a top French hospitality podcast, expands globally by featuring LodgIQ's AI Wizard in its first international episode. The episode, titled "Hotels Have More Data Than Ever — So Where is Generative AI?" highlights a shift in hotel revenue management towards clarity and strategy. With over 1 million views on its French content in the past year, 10minhotel.com is growing its audience, alongside nearly 100,000 subscribers to its English newsletter.

💻 LodgIQ, based in Silicon Valley, was selected for France's top hospitality podcast's first global episode in 2026. This marks the international expansion of the "10 Minutes for a Hotelier" show, which reaches 400,000 readers monthly. LodgIQ's AI Wizard helps revenue teams by analyzing data for strategic insights, addressing "analysis paralysis." The episode titled “Hotels Have More Data Than Ever — So Where is Generative AI?” is now live, emphasizing AI's role in commercial strategy.

📈 A volunteer committee in a town of 1,800 used AI prompts to audit a main inn and art gallery, taking under an hour per quarter. Six prompts facilitate tasks like business audits and outreach emails. One-page handouts help businesses update Google listings independently. The guide assumes one hour monthly, breaking tasks into 10-minute chunks. Key tasks include comparing Google and website business hours and sending corrective emails. A successful year involves four to six businesses.