Innovation

October 30, 2025 (Austin, Texas) — Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), producer of HITEC, is pleased to announce the 2026 HITEC North America Advisory Council. This esteemed group of hospitality technology leaders will guide the educational planning and program development for the 2026 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) in San Antonio, Texas, taking place June 15–18 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, has partnered with ESSEC Academy, Singapore to launch a tailored leadership development initiative.

The European Employers’ Institute (EEI) has released its second study on the EU–US labour productivity gap, conducted by Rexecode (France), offering a detailed country- and sector-level analysis over the 1995–2019…

HIT Scotland has launched a series of executive and leadership development programmes to support senior professionals in the hospitality sector. The announcement was made at Mar Hall near Glasgow, attended…

In this week’s episode of Hotel Moment, Steven Rubin, CEO of Collared Martin Hospitality, joins Revinate CMO Karen Stephens, with the answer on how to keep the soul of hospitality alive. And it’s simply one phone call at a time.

How will marketing adapt to the unlimited content dillemma? The price of boring. Luxury brands and visual identity. AI to test your ads. Hello, There’s a big shift underway on…

There’s something paradoxical about our times. We are entering an era of unlimited content. AI is generating articles, videos, music, animations (Sora and others are opening up new visual glut/slop - let’s just call it streams). But despite this tidal wave of creativity, we’re seeing a steady rise in boredom. [link]

In the latest episode of Matt Talks, Mews CEO Matt Welle spoke with Jason Noronha, co-founder of D3x – an AI company built by hoteliers, for hoteliers. What began as a solution to a single operational pain point has evolved into a technology that promises to change how hotels operate.