Innovation

🛒 Marriott International partners with PathSpot Technologies to introduce a hygiene management system across its 9,300+ properties, enhancing food safety with handwashing validation and equipment monitoring. With over $7 billion in F&B sales and 53 Michelin stars globally, Marriott's collaboration aims for efficient procedure monitoring and improved customer safety. PathSpot's technology saves 2-8 hours daily in back-of-house tasks, contributing to reduced maintenance costs and decreased food waste and energy use. Marriott also made a minority equity investment in PathSpot.

🚿 Marriott International partners with PathSpot Technologies for hygiene management in its 9,300+ properties globally. This collaboration provides real-time contamination detection with handwashing validation and equipment monitoring, elevating food safety standards. Marriott, with $7 billion in sales, 53 Michelin stars, and over 10,000 F&B operations, aims to enhance guest health and safety. PathSpot's technology saves properties 2-8 hours daily in monitoring, while also improving maintenance efficiency and reducing food waste and energy consumption. Marriott has also invested in PathSpot.

🛒 Marriott International, Inc. partners with PathSpot Technologies, Inc. to introduce hygiene management technology across its 9,300+ properties worldwide. This collaboration aims to improve health and safety with a handwashing validation system, focusing on Marriott's $7 billion in food and beverage operations and 53 Michelin stars. PathSpot's Hand Scanners and SafetySuite anticipate saving properties 2-8 hours daily in monitoring, while enhancing food safety and sustainability. Marriott also made a minority equity investment in PathSpot.

🛈 Marriott International collaborates with PathSpot Technologies to implement hygiene management systems across its portfolio of over 9,300 properties globally. The tech includes handwashing validation and equipment monitoring to enhance food safety. With $7 billion in food and beverage sales and 53 Michelin stars, Marriott employs PathSpot's Hand Scanner and SafetySuite for health standards, including real-time temperature monitoring for food quality assurance. This move further solidifies Marriott's commitment to guest health and safety.

🏨 Palm Holdings will reopen Edinburgh's Haymarket Hub Hotel under IHG’s Garner Hotels brand in June after a £2 million investment. Spacebrand designs the refurbishment, led by Fitzsimons, incorporating energy-efficient VX4 Smart Thermostats. The hotel, supporting social causes, will donate £1 per guest to Action Against Hunger. Garner Hotels, launched in August 2023, has 23 open hotels and 94 in development, with Haymarket joining 61 European properties.

🛩 Airbus plans to introduce a "commercially viable" hydrogen-powered, fully-electric passenger aircraft possibly by the late 2030s. The ZEROe aircraft will feature electric propeller propulsion systems, four propellers, and hydrogen fuel cells that emit only water when using renewable energy-produced hydrogen. Technologies include four two-megawatt electric propulsion engines and two liquid hydrogen tanks. Airbus reaffirms its commitment to hydrogen for aviation decarbonization, with further refinement and testing of associated technologies to come.

👤 69% of travelers across generations look forward to business trips, with 70% of Gen Z (18-28) eager but also stressed. Gen Z (63%) less likely understands employer's duty of care compared to 68% overall and 73% of Millennials. UK and US travelers (84% UK, 90% US) feel supported by employers during disruptions. 45% of Gen Z experienced travel disruption, more than Millennials (36%) and Gen X (32%). 60% are interested in digital tools, 70% want human assistance. Over half are comfortable with AI for tasks: flights (62%), expenses (60%). Millennials more comfortable with AI than Gen Z. 62% US/UK travelers extended trips for leisure, 65% maintain personal values on work trips, frequent flyers (78%) more so. 40% of remote workers consider travel opportunities important for job choice. 55% expect more travel in five years, 66% think it will get easier.

💳 Global payment platform FinMont has partnered with Payfast by Network International to integrate Payfast's payment processing solutions into FinMont's global ecosystem, enhancing the payment gateway offerings in South Africa. The collaboration aims to provide merchants with a seamless payment experience, as expressed by Suby Valluri, CEO of FinMont, and David Adams, managing director of Payfast. The partnership focuses on expanding FinMont's client access to secure, scalable, and efficient payment solutions in the travel industry.