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HotelKey Accelerates Self-Check-In Kiosk Deployments Following Standout Success in Initial Properties
25 August 2026CARROLLTON, TX, Aug 20, 2026 – HotelKey is expanding the rollout of its self-check-in kiosk following strong guest satisfaction and impressive performance metrics. Delivering round-the-clock service with the potential to save each property over 2,000 labor hours annually, the kiosk is rapidly emerging as a leading solution for modern hotel operations. Building on this momentum, NSR Hotel Group selected HotelKey as the exclusive kiosk provider for its G6 portfolio which includes 20+ properties across the United States. NSR also has…
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The Guest Data OTAs Send You Comes With a Countdown, World Panel Weighs the Human-Free Hotel, Luxury RevPAR Runs 15.9% Ahead
25 August 2026Tuesday extended yesterday’s question about who owns the guest and gave it a paper trail. The clocks running on OTA-supplied guest data are published, specific and short, which makes the contrast with what an AI agent hands a seller unusually sharp. The World Panel opened a question on the fully automated hotel, and the H1 profitability split turned the K-shaped consumer story into something a budget can actually use. The Guest Data an OTA Sends You Has a Published Expiry…
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Building a Hotel Food & Beverage Budget that Performs
25 August 2026As hotel Food & Beverage leaders prepare their 2027 budgets, it is tempting to view the process primarily as a financial exercise. Review last year’s results, project next year’s revenues and expenses, make the numbers work, and submit the budget. But a strong F&B budget should accomplish much more. The budget is one of the most important operating plans a Food & Beverage leader will create all year. It should reflect where the business is headed, where opportunities exist, where…
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How AI Helps Your Hotel Make Big Data Smart Data
25 August 2026A curious click on your website, the specific room type a guest has chosen, a recurring order in your restaurant, or a detailed online review — every interaction is an opportunity to collect guest data. Every touchpoint becomes a piece of your guest’s story. In fact, information and communication technology has evolved to the point where we now have data collected from thousands, or even millions, of individual actions at our fingertips. This massive amount of data that we can…
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How the Improved Forecast Should Shape Your 2027 Budget
25 August 2026The outlook for the U.S. hotel industry just got considerably brighter. At the Hotel Data Conference, STR and Tourism Economics raised their 2026 forecast to 4.4% RevPAR growth, driven by a 3.1% increase in ADR and 1.7% demand growth. The outlook for 2027 improved as well, with RevPAR now expected to grow 2.1% on a combination of 1.6% ADR growth and 1.1% demand growth. Perhaps the most encouraging signal came from STR President Amanda Hite, who said revenue growth has…
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Hotel Pricing Strategy: How to Price Rooms in 2027
25 August 2026A hotel pricing strategy is a documented system for setting and adjusting room rates based on demand, cost, competition, and guest segment, built to protect profit rather than react in a panic. It replaces reactive pricing with rules a team can repeat and defend. You check the OTAs every morning, adjust rates by feel, and […] The post Hotel Pricing Strategy: How to Price Rooms in 2027 appeared first on RateGain.
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Independent Hotel Show Unveils Future-Focused Programme for Boutique Hoteliers
25 August 2026This article was written by Luxury Hospitality Mag. Click here to read the original article The Independent Hotel Show, in partnership with James Hallam Insurance Brokers, has unveiled its 2026 seminar programme, bringing together leading hoteliers and experts from across hospitality, design, technology, travel and marketing. Taking place at Olympia on 5-6 October, the event will offer two days of practical insight and industry discussion across the Hotel Business Stage, in partnership with eviivo, designed by Merav Bustan Design; the…
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Guests Don’t Want Your Playlist (They Want the Feeling They Can Take Home)
25 August 2026A guest hears something at lunch, pulls out a phone, and Shazams it. Later, at the front desk, someone asks whether the lobby music exists anywhere they can find it. A week after checkout, that same track turns up in a playlist they made for a friend, sitting between two songs that have nothing to do with your hotel. This happens constantly, and hotels have noticed. The playlist-as-souvenir is now an established marketing idea: put the property’s music on Spotify,…
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Everything the OTA sends you about your guest expires
25 August 2026Open tomorrow’s arrivals and pick one. The couple in the junior suite, four nights, booked eleven weeks ago. There is an email address on the reservation, something like [email protected] , and it works: write to it and she gets the message. So far, so good. Now look at the clock running on it. Seven days, and the address stops Booking.com publishes the rule on its own partner help page: “You can send messages from the time of booking until seven…
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Who Is Tourism For?
25 August 2026Tourism is one of the few industries we celebrate simply for getting bigger. More visitors. More hotel rooms. More flights. More conventions. More restaurant spending. More tax revenue. Every year, destinations announce record-breaking numbers as evidence that tourism is working. The assumption is rarely challenged. If more people came and spent more money, the community must be better off. But is it? That depends on whom you ask. Ask the hotel owner, restaurant operator or attraction executive, and the answer…
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Hotel Tech Companies Need to Spend More Time at Investment Conferences
25 August 2026This post was originally published on this site.There’s a famous quote often attributed to Henry Ford: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Whether he actually said it is almost beside the point. Customers are remarkably good at identifying today’s pain points and wanting tweaked upgrades, but far less adept at imagining tomorrow’s 10x opportunities. Hotel technology vendors and IT directors can easily get caught in this type of feedback loop. We couldn’t…
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RateGain Appoints Shobana Kailash as Chief Human Resources Officer
25 August 2026Shobana will lead RateGain’s global people strategy as the company scales and shapes a workforce ready for an AI-first future India, 24 August 2026: RateGain Travel Technologies Limited (BSE: 543417, NSE: RATEGAIN), a global leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for the travel and hospitality industry, today announced the appointment of Shobana Kailash as Chief Human […] The post RateGain Appoints Shobana Kailash as Chief Human Resources Officer appeared first on RateGain.
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7 Best Cloudbeds Alternatives 2026
25 August 2026If you’re evaluating a Cloudbeds alternative, you’ve probably hit a wall on integrations, reporting depth, pricing fit, or multi-property control. Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud end-user spending will reach $723.4 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024. The trend it pointed to, hotels moving toward connected, API-first stacks instead of siloed point tools, […] The post 7 Best Cloudbeds Alternatives 2026 appeared first on RateGain.
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Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten Embodies the Best of Urban Luxury to Raise a Whole City
24 August 2026This article was written by HotelSpeak. Click here to read the original article Overtourism in Europe isn’t wholly a matter of too many visitors to one city in particular so much as it’s an uneven distribution amongst the array of beautiful destinations afforded to this continent. This is one such example of a hotel in a city that often placed on many people’s bucket lists can elevate its entire locale to become a draw in its own right. With a…
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AI is driving innovation in hotels. Where should the industry focus?
24 August 2026This article was written by HotelsMag. Click here to read the original article Artificial intelligence is creating the most active period of innovation the hotel industry has ever seen. New tools are emerging at a breakneck pace across revenue management, marketing, guest communication, labor, operations, data analysis, maintenance, distribution and other areas. Established technology companies are adding AI to their platforms; startups are introducing entirely new capabilities; and hotel organizations are testing a growing number of pilots and use cases. …
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How to Get Your Micro-Resort Featured in the Press
24 August 2026This post was originally published on this site. Anastasia: Brett, let’s start with the belief that holds most small operators back. They think PR is for big brands with big budgets. You have watched thousands of experts earn coverage through HARO and Featured. Is that belief true, and what does a two-cabin retreat owner actually have that a Marriott doesn’t? Brett: Earned experience. And nothing holding them back from sharing unique perspective. Let’s think about the unique perspectives that a two-cabin…
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167 – Stop Predicting start Preparing
24 August 2026This article was written by Martin Soler. Click here to read the original article This edition is late. Due to challenges on my schedule I almost skipped it. But I figured I need to stick with once a week. This week it might be two editions. PS: If you haven’t filled out my survey, I’d love to have your reader feedback. Best, Martin Pragmatik builds high-converting MQL engines through targeted content.Just find out more ➛ Opinion The building of Hoover…
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Round and round and round they go
24 August 2026This article was written by New Dog PR. Click here to read the original article This week saw IHG Hotels & Resorts add 14 hotels in Kyoto, which would, on the face of it, be quite the seal of approval for the city as a destination if this wasn’t one of those deals where you see the signing ceremony and you enjoy the quotes and you wonder whether it isn’t quite real. The agreement will see IHG add 12 Garner…
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Google Wires Agentic Booking to the GDS, IHG Converts 14 Kyoto Hotels in One Deal, European Booking Windows Compress
24 August 2026Monday moved the agentic booking question from argument to plumbing. Google’s live test now has a confirmed GDS partner, which reshapes the problem for independent hotels rather than solving it. IHG signed one of the largest conversion portfolios Japan has seen in years, and Expedia Group’s quarterly data showed European travellers booking later than they have all year while Asia Pacific plans further ahead than anyone. Google’s Agentic Booking Test Now Runs on the Rails the Industry Already Uses Google…
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Inn-Flow Appoints Jon Coley as Senior Vice President and Head of Sales to Spearhead Hospitality Market Expansion Opportunities
24 August 2026Raleigh, N.C. – Inn-Flow , the leading all-in-one back-office platform built for hotels, today announced the appointment of Jon Coley as Senior Vice President and Head of Sales. By tapping into his extensive experience with SaaS solutions and finance, Coley will lead Inn-Flow’s sales and go-to-market strategy, connecting more hoteliers with the latest in AI-enabled accounting, labor management and procurement technology designed to maximize profitability and operational efficiency. Coley brings more than 20 years of experience spanning new business sales,…
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Strategic ADR Engineering: Safe Tactics for Raising Rates Without Dropping Volume
24 August 2026This article was written by Revoptimum. Click here to read the original article Introduction: The Fear of the Higher Rate The biggest hesitation independent hotel operators face when trying to improve performance is the fear of raising rates. Management teams often worry that if they push their Average Daily Rate (ADR) past a certain price floor, booking pace will stop entirely, causing guests to flock to local competitors. This defensive mindset causes many hotels to leave significant revenue on the…
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HotelIQ expands Decision Cloud connectivity with direct Shiji Daylight PMS integration
24 August 2026Atlanta, GA — HotelIQ , a provider of business intelligence and decision-intelligence solutions purpose-built for hoteliers, today announced a direct integration between HotelIQ Decision Cloud and Shiji’s Daylight PMS. The integration brings reservation data from Daylight PMS directly into HotelIQ, helping shared customers centralize, standardize, and manage data and analytics across their portfolios while reducing manual data handling and creating a more reliable foundation for commercial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting. Hotels increasingly rely on multiple systems across operations, revenue,…
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Safestay appoints Eliza Maćkiewicz as head of commercial
24 August 2026The hostel operator continues to bolster its senior leadership team following recent operational changes
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Google just put agentic hotel booking into testing
24 August 2026Google confirmed to Skift last week that it has begun a limited test of agentic hotel booking in the United States — the AI search that lets a traveler describe a trip, compare hotels, and book without leaving the page. On Booking’s earnings call, CEO Glenn Fogel put his company inside it: “a small percentage of their traffic seeing their agentic booking … we are one of the first with them.” The thing the industry has spent a year calling…
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Q3 Traveler Insights: Demand returns as summer peaks
24 August 2026Traveler confidence had weakened at the end of Q1 amid geopolitical uncertainty, but our Q2 data shows it steadily returning in most regions just as the traditional last-minute summer booking season arrives. Meanwhile, forward-looking travelers are already turning their attention to planning fall and end-of-year travel. Search demand gathers momentum in the second half of Q2 Following softer-than-expected demand in the first half of Q2, global search volumes started to pick back up in the second half as traveler confidence…
