Innovation

📱 Hospitality platform IRIS reported a 42% increase in mobile orders over the past year across 2,000 hotels globally. The top five countries using mobile orders are the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and Japan, with in-room dining and other outlets popular. Hotels benefit from a 10-minute reduction in wait times. Notable orders include a single $1,500 in-room order and a $500 grocery order. Mobile ordering boosts revenue and guest satisfaction, meeting diverse guest needs.

💰 PriceLabs upgrades its revenue management software for independent hotels with real-time analytics and dynamic pricing. New features include automated dashboards, responsive pricing, and compatibility with 150+ PMS and channel managers. The Real-Time Sync add-on refreshes rates every 60 minutes. The Hyper Local Pulse algorithm tailors pricing based on data from up to 350 nearby properties. PriceLabs leverages its experience in pricing over 500,000 daily short-term rental listings. Co-founder Richie Khandelwal aims to simplify affordable, data-driven revenue tools for hotels.

💸 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.

🍳 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.

💸 Chicago, IL, 4 December 2025 — PriceLabs enhances its AI-driven revenue management software for independent hotels, now offering hourly pricing updates and more precise recommendations. This upgrade allows small hotels to compete with larger chains by dynamically adjusting rates based on public data and competitor trends. PriceLabs serves over 500,000 listings globally and integrates with 150+ property management systems. New features will include responsive occupancy-based pricing and an enhanced rate shopper. Federica Mantovani of The Coo’s Guest House praises the system’s ease of use.