Innovation - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 9

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The “Invisible” Hotel Becomes Reality. How Panadvert Uses AI to Overcome the Content Gap Before Opening – Panadvert

🏨 Kenshō Paros, under construction in Paros, faced a digital marketing challenge due to a lack of high-quality visuals. Panadvert tackled this using AI-enhanced 3D renders, creating engaging teasers before completion. The AI model was trained on 1,800 videos and 230,000 photos from luxury hotels. The one-minute video, featuring original music and AI-based styling, was finalized with DaVinci Resolve and Luma AI (Ray3), showcasing a luxury aesthetic. Panadvert used private DGX SuperPOD infrastructure for this innovative marketing approach.

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#hotels #virtualtours #sales #marketing | Alan Newton

💻 78% of hotel chains have implemented AI, but outstanding loyalty growth doesn't always mean more automation. Successful hotels blend digital and human interactions, using virtual tours to enhance guest understanding before visits. This strategy results in higher booking conversion, reduced cancellations, improved satisfaction, and increased revenue. Virtual tours pre-qualify prospects, enabling staff to focus on memorable experiences rather than mismatched expectations, enhancing overall loyalty.

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2026 is the year of the brand evolution

📱 In 2025, a major shift in hospitality emerged with AI-driven booking channels changing consumer behavior. Large language models (LLMs) reshaped hotel discovery and choice, demanding more comprehensive brand storytelling. Traditional web searches have evolved to longer, more detailed queries, making older optimization models obsolete. By mid-2025, Online Travel Agencies gained influence as AI narrators, challenging hotel brand ownership. Cendyn, with over 35,000 clients in 150+ countries, drives $20 billion in hotel revenue annually.

RobosizeME to Sponsor Revenue Strategy Days 2026, Hosted by Radisson Hotels Group in Riga

💻 RobosizeME will sponsor and speak at the Revenue Strategy Days Conference 2026, held February 4–5 at Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa in Riga, Latvia. Hosted by Radisson Hotels Group, the event will explore AI's role in hospitality. RobosizeME aims to highlight automation benefits in revenue operations. The conference is exclusive to Radisson Hotel Group commercial leaders and partners, reflecting the company's influence in digital transformation.

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RobosizeME to Sponsor Revenue Strategy Days 2026, Hosted by Radisson Hotels Group in Riga

💻 Prague, 27 January 2026. RobosizeME will sponsor and speak at the Revenue Strategy Days Conference on February 4–5, 2026, in Riga, Latvia. The event, hosted by Radisson Hotels Group at Radisson Blu Latvija, focuses on AI's impact on hospitality. Stephen Burke, CEO of RobosizeME, highlights automation's role in enhancing efficiency. This conference, themed "Together Towards Tomorrow," invites Radisson Hotel Group leaders to explore AI-driven innovations in hospitality revenue strategy.

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AI in Hospitality: From Thinking to Doing

💻 In 2026, during FITUR week in Madrid, Google’s Travel event underscored speed and personalization as strategic advantages in AI’s role in hospitality. Leaders emphasized moving from “thinking” to “doing.” AI is not a tool or department but an enabler across operations, improving forecasting, pricing, and marketing efficiency. Despite AI’s potential, broken systems, misaligned teams, and volume thinking remain challenges. By 2030, success lies in intentional execution, not loud AI advocacy.

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Hospitality in 2026: Why Human Leadership Will Matter More in the Age of AI

💻 By 2026, AI will transform hospitality through enhanced pricing, forecasting, guest messaging, revenue management, and operational analytics—executing faster and with fewer errors. However, leadership, human connection, and judgment remain irreplaceable. As hotels adopt AI, they must balance automation with human service, focusing on emotional guest experiences. The industry will split: those replacing versus those elevating leadership with AI. The latter will prevail, valuing consistency and presence over speed and process.

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#travel #ai #hotel #traveltech | Eugenia Dunaeva

🗺️ FITUR 2026, held in Madrid last week, marked five years since the last major industry gathering. Despite AI's presence, there was little groundbreaking adoption. Notable AI innovations included Trip.com's travel companion for real-time support in Shanghai, Otonomous' AI-curated hotel experiences in Las Vegas, and Sherpa°’s AI documentation assistant embedded with airlines like Air Canada and Lufthansa. These innovations aim to enhance travel experiences by offering practical, personalized, and frictionless solutions.

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Voice AI or Chat AI? if you have to choose, choose both! Here's why: It's 11 PM. A guest's flight just got rerouted. They need a hotel room tonight. They find your property online. Call to book. It… | mathias coudert

📱 At 11 PM, a guest's flight is rerouted, needing a hotel room. Missing a call costs a hotel $299, but with AI, a human-like voice handles booking in 3 seconds, securing the revenue. Voice AI is crucial for emergencies and complex requests, while chat is ideal for quick queries. Properties using both see a 40% booking increase, with all interactions unified in one thread. Conduit AI explains more.

Maestro’s GuestXMS Evolves in the GenAI Era

📱 Maestro PMS launches an AI-driven GuestXMS in Markham, Ontario, enhancing hotel guest management. It converts guest requests into tickets, alerts for unresolved issues, and flags rooms needing maintenance, improving efficiency and guest satisfaction. AI tools like ChatGPT influence travelers’ hotel choices based on service quality. GuestXMS users see higher Guest Experience Measurement scores, boosting reviews. The platform offers SMS/email communication, mobile check-in/out, and integrates with Maestro’s Spa/Facilities modules for seamless service.

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