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Hotel overbooking: strategies, benefits and risks for hoteliers

📅 In the hotel industry, overbooking strategies involve selling more rooms than available to counter no-shows, cancellations, and early departures. Intentional overbooking, driven by data and forecasting, maximizes occupancy and revenue. Accidental overbooking, often due to operational errors, can harm reputation. Benefits include minimizing revenue loss and achieving full occupancy, while risks involve negative guest experiences and legal issues. Successful strategies require big data, partnerships, and staff training to balance profit and guest satisfaction effectively.

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Atriis announces Travelport launch of…

💻 Atriis and Travelport successfully launched Travelport NDC within the Atriis ecosystem, enhancing corporate travel booking. The integration, now available to all Atriis customers, offers full NDC booking and servicing capabilities, including search, booking, seat selection, and ticketing. This collaboration, involving Atriis, Travelport, and BTP Group, focuses on modernizing airline retailing for corporate travel. Atriis plans further NDC expansion through 2026. Omri Amsalem and Damian Hickey highlight the partnership's innovative impact on corporate travel.

Hospitality is broadening its definition

🏨 Dec 16, 2025, leaders from Airbnb, Marriott, and Casago highlight a shift in hospitality. Hotels, homes, rentals, services, and experiences are converging into a single guest journey, focusing on matching traveler needs with appropriate stays. Brands are reshaping strategies, embracing technology like AI and loyalty systems to enhance experiences, although this expansion risks diluting brand identities. The goal is an interconnected offering, emphasizing services as key experiential components. Explore more at Hotel Investment Today.

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Todd English partners with chef Olivia Ostrow for global kosher hospitality group

🍴 Celebrity chefs Todd English and Olivia Ostrow are launching a global kosher hospitality group under Ostrow Global Inc. 🌍 Debuting December 18 in Miami at Maison Ostrow, the project includes restaurants in Miami, New York, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Paris, and London. The first dinner supports Sharsheret, aiding Jewish women facing cancer. The brand aims to elevate kosher cuisine globally, with future expansion plans for a French-English kosher brasserie in New York City. 🍽️

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VSR Announces Partnership With MeetingPackage

📱 In December 2025, in Auburn, California, VSR and MeetingPackage launched an integration to enhance meetings and events reservations. MeetingPackage now uses VSR's VAIA Conversational AI Assistant to enable direct, 24/7 voice communication for inquiries, event details, and requests in multiple languages, without human intervention. The system can even automate quote generation for customers. The collaboration aims to increase revenue and reduce costs by centralizing sales processes and incorporating advanced voice workflows.

CHTA Highlights the Biggest Takeaways from CHIEF 2025, Signaling a New Era for Caribbean Hospitality

🏝️ Barbados hosted the 2025 Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), highlighting strategies reshaping Caribbean hospitality. CHIEF 2026 is set for November 16–18, 2026. The forum emphasized climate resilience as a business priority, smart sourcing to cut costs, and the acceleration of digital transformation. AI and cybersecurity are crucial, with technology enhancing operations while maintaining personal touches. Embracing community-focused, cultural experiences, and innovative workforce strategies like a four-day workweek are key for future competitiveness.

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Skift Global Forum East 2025: 9 Takeaways for the Future of Travel

🗺 The 2025 Skift Global Forum East was held in the Middle East, highlighting the region's influence in global tourism. Leaders discussed the Middle East's role as a travel hub, driven by increased air connectivity and high-spending visitors. Key topics included luxury travel growth, short-term rentals, and AI's impact on trip planning. Skift partnered with Abu Dhabi's Department of Tourism and Culture to deliver insights. 🏙️

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Encapsulating the Barefoot Luxury Trend at Casa Yuma in Puerto Escondido

🏖 Casa Yuma, a 25-key boutique resort, opened in March 2024 along Los Naranjos beach, near Puerto Escondido, Mexico. This resort embraces "barefoot luxury," emphasizing authenticity and nature. Founded by Tim de Belloy, Camille Lambert, and Sara Skalli, Casa Yuma highlights local culture and sustainability. The property was meticulously crafted using local materials like Chukum and Oaxacan brick. The hotel emphasizes meaningful experiences, contributing positively to the regional economy and environment.

Hotel distribution in the age of AI

📈 Dec 15, 2025, AI is reshaping hotel distribution. AI agents have become key gatekeepers, bypassing traditional booking funnels. Structured, machine-readable data is crucial for visibility. Speed of AI adoption doesn't allow for delays. Search and booking are merging, making personalization default. Inconsistent data diminishes visibility, while loyalty data enhances direct bookings. Hotels must prioritize data quality to remain relevant. 📊

Hotel pricing power continues to weaken into 2026

🏨 Dec 15, 2025: Global hotel pricing power declines, influenced by heightened price sensitivity among travelers, uneven regional demand, and expanding accommodation supply. Event-driven rate hikes are less reliable, with performance focusing on precise, market-led pricing strategies. Revenue growth relies on ancillary income and personalized services. Competitive pressure persists into 2026, limiting rate leverage across destinations. New hotel and short-term rental openings dilute pricing power, signaling a challenging market for hoteliers.

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