Innovation

Corporate travel is a big but oddly antiquated market. Navan is attacking it like a software company: consolidating travel, payments, and expense into one AI-first platform. Before jumping into the…

Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, and BeCause, the sustainability data hub for the travel and tourism industry, have announced an integration to enhance how hotels present sustainability information on the Cvent Supplier Network (CSN), one of the world’s largest venue-sourcing platforms. The integration allows hotels to automatically integrate verified sustainability information from BeCause’s live data hub – the largest database of verified hotel sustainability data in the industry containing more than 2 million data points across 10,000 metrics - into their CSN profiles, addressing the growing demand from event planners for easily accessible sustainability data when sourcing and booking venues. More than 12,000 hotels and venues are already sharing sustainability data and publishing it on CSN through this integration.

Shiji, the global hospitality technology leader, today announced that American Liberty Hospitality (ALH) has expanded its use of Infrasys POS, Stellaris Digital Dine, and Infrasys POS Move (iOS mobility solution) to seven of its properties, marking a significant milestone in the group’s digital transformation journey. The rollout includes the group’s newest acquisition, the Hilton Houston Westchase, a 275+ room property in Houston, Texas, which went live earlier this year and implemented Infrasys POS Move to further enhance mobility in its F&B operations.

Annual Hospitality Conference, Manchester, 29 September 2025 – RMS, a leading hospitality platform for hotels, motels, serviced apartments, and short-term rentals has announced an integration with ResDiary, an Access Group company and specialist…

A hotel keycard may be small, but its impact on the guest journey can be monumental. That was the message from GCSTIMES, which presented its vision for the future of keycard innovation at the Wyndham SEAPR General Managers Conference in Thailand this month.

Kondody Hotels & Resorts streamlined multi-property operations with STAAH’s real-time channel manager, improving efficiency and guest experience. When you think of Kerala in India, you picture lush greenery, misty hills,…

Hotels get a constant stream of guest feedback, but it’s scattered across Google and TripAdvisor. That means slow follow-ups, missed negative reviews, and painful reporting. To fix that, I built…

CEO+AI is for travel leaders interested in AI strategy and business outcomes. I met a girl last week. Her name is Fiona. You know those times when you meet someone,…

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 … 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫?  The GDS race is entering a new era: innovation, consolidation, or fade-out. The winners will be those who adapt – or unite –…

✈️ The Next Battleground in Online Travel: My Take Dennis Schaal at Skift recently highlighted how Expedia, Booking, and Hopper are reshaping their strategies. What stood out to me wasn’t…