Innovation

AI is everywhere right now. It’s in your newsfeed, in the trade magazines, at the hotel conferences, and yes, even creeping into those late-night WhatsApp chats with fellow operators. The promises are shiny: faster check-ins, smarter pricing, happier guests, more efficient staff.

Today, Perplexity launched Comet, an AI-powered web browser that embeds artificial intelligence directly into the browsing experience. Expedia Group is one of Comet’s launch partners and our travelers can benefit from the…

Boutique hotels are under increasing pressure to do more with less in this day and age. With OTA commissions eating into margins, guest expectations rising, and staff bandwidth stretched thin,…

This article was written by Travolution. Click here to read the original article Independent B2B travel technology marketplace, HBX Group, has partnered with Ayesa, a global provider of technology and…

This article was written by Travolution. Click here to read the original article Small accommodation businesses worldwide spend more time managing daily operations than attracting guests, according to new research…

This article was written by Travolution. Click here to read the original article Property management software Hospitable has raised over $1.5 million in funding directly from its own customers and…

This article was written by Travolution. Click here to read the original article Global digital travel platform, Booking.com, and software provider for the tours and activities sector, FareHarbor, have teamed…

This article was written by Travolution. Click here to read the original article AI is transforming industries from finance to healthcare, but hospitality remains stubbornly behind. The reason isn’t a…

I think the hospitality industry may be turning a corner… This week I attended the Destination AI Forum in Washington, DC. (See proof below.) The rest of the panel was a great group of industry heavyweights:…

The hospitality industry has overlooked email and the inbox for too long. While hotels invest resources in websites and social media, email remains one of the most valuable yet underinvested in customer touchpoints. Not only the hotel’s own email marketing program, but also emails from trusted, third-party media brands that lend credibility and discovery en masse in the upper funnel, before your potential guests have started searching or making purchase decisions.