Hospitality Today
AUGUST 4, 2025
Hospitality.today⢠Topics Subscribe Topics ⺠Hospitality ⺠Distribution The strategic imperative of agentic AI in hotel distribution Early adoption of advanced automation is key to gaining market dominance Aug 5, 2025 Agentic AI, which goes beyond traditional automation by autonomously managing complex processes and tasks, is becoming a critical technology for the hotel distribution sector.
Hotel News Resource
AUGUST 4, 2025
We take a deep dive into the shifting fundamentals of the UK hotel market in eight key charts. Learn what they mean for owners, operators, and investors alike.
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Hotel Speak
JULY 29, 2025
Event venues are everywhere these days, but hotels have something special that standalone venues often can’t match. When event planners can book accommodation, dining, and meeting spaces all in one place, it’s a game-changer. The challenge? Getting those planners to find your hotel when they’re searching online. That’s where SEO comes in.
Lodging
JULY 30, 2025
BETHESDA, Maryland—Kalibri announced the launch of Hummingbird Market, a hotel market intelligence platform designed to help owners, operators, developers, and investors make smarter decisions. The platform provides real-time insights that highlight market dynamics often missed by legacy data tools. Hummingbird Market delivers clear, detailed, and actionable insights to drive investment decisions.
Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy
AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.
STAAH
AUGUST 3, 2025
STAAH’s newly launched eBook, “The Right Channel Mix for Every Hotelier: OTAs, Metasearch, Direct & More,” gives hoteliers a practical, up-to-date guide to navigating today’s complex online distribution landscape. The guide walks readers through the pros and cons of major booking channels from online travel agents (OTAs) and metasearch to direct, B2B, and alternative distribution models while offering actionable strategies to tailor the mix based on a property’s type, target audience, and lo
eHotelier
JULY 29, 2025
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Hotel Sales Focus brings together the best content for hotel sales and marketing professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Hotel Speak
JULY 31, 2025
Over the past decade, the pricing-centric revenue management model has gained prominence within the industry. It’s a concept that promotes maintaining availability across all channels, even as demand is surging, relying solely on dynamic pricing to manage booking behaviour. This approach, favoured for its operational flexibility, requires that rooms always remain open to book, and availability should never be curtailed, even if it means selling out on a single night and preventing longer length-
Hotel Management
AUGUST 3, 2025
Torrential rains couldn’t dampen the spirits of Sydney hoteliers this weekend, with rugby fans packing out hotels for the final test of The British and Irish Lions Tour. A crowd of 80,312 attended Saturday night’s Wallabies v Lions match at Accor Stadium, with Accor hotels also having cause for celebration, reporting a combined occupancy of 97% for Sydney Centre and 95% for Sydney West.
Hospitality Tech
JULY 28, 2025
AI is evolving from a simple tool into the central nervous system for hospitality—unifying communications, optimizing workflows, and personalizing the guest journey to drive unprecedented profit.
gcommerce
AUGUST 1, 2025
The rise of AI-powered search results is changing the way that guests discover, find, and book accommodations, making it vital to understand how your hotel may appear within AI responses. As Google introduces more AI-based features into their search results, Google Hotel Ads continue to have an impact. Hotel metasearch has always been an important part of any hotel’s marketing strategy, but the inclusion of Google Hotel Ads within AI search results brings this importance to a whole new level.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Global Sales and David Phelan, Account Manager
In a world where buyers are more informed and objections are more nuanced, confidence isn't optional—it’s a competitive advantage. In high-stakes conversations, knowing how to handle pushback can make or break the deal. Join industry experts Brendan Sweeney and David Phelan for a behind-the-scenes look at how teams are transforming sales coaching with real-time feedback, objection-handling role plays, and pre-call preparation that actually sticks.
Hospitality Today
JULY 30, 2025
Hospitality.today⢠Topics Subscribe Topics ⺠Marketing ⺠Search Marketing How Googleâs AI search is reshaping hotel visibility Why conversational search changes the rules for hotel marketing and distribution Jul 31, 2025 Googleâs AI-driven search has transformed how travelers find hotels, replacing simple keyword queries with complex, conversational requests.
Hotel Business
JULY 30, 2025
Kalibri has launched Hummingbird Market, a next-generation hotel market intelligence platform designed to help owners, operators, developers and investors make smarter, faster decisions, according to the company. The platform provides real-time insights that reveal market dynamics often missed by legacy data tools, the company reports. The platform offers highly visual, granular intelligence across 334 U.S. markets and 975 submarkets, including deep views into occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, rate segmen
Hotel Management
JULY 31, 2025
Winner of the 2024 HM Award for best Economy Hotel, Hilton Garden Inn Busselton is enjoying continued success in 2025 with demand from domestic and international travellers and the MICE market. Speaking exclusively to HM , Hotel Manager, Des Shanks, shares an insight into the first 18 months in business. As an internationally branded hotel in the Busselton and Margaret River region, how important is the Hilton name in attracting guests, particularly international travellers?
Hospitality Tech
JULY 30, 2025
The property management system now allows operators to manage all guest conversations—from texts to emails to OTA messages—in a single AI-powered inbox, citing open rates 5× higher than email.
Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering
The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless 5G connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to in-room entertainment and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that are enabling
Demand Calendar
JULY 28, 2025
We are now in a new era that demands greater sophistication, agility, and a fundamental shift in how we approach revenue, data, and talent. Over the next 12 months, success hinges on mastering three critical imperatives rather than merely optimizing RevPAR or managing departmental budgets in isolation. This article cuts through the noise to focus on the strategic challenges that every commercial leader must confront head-on: The Profitability Puzzle: Shifting from a volume-based to a value-based
Catala Consulting
JULY 28, 2025
Hotel revenue management isn’t just about pricing rooms. It’s about protecting every euro, pound, or franc your hotel works so hard to earn. Yet, time and again, we find that hotels, especially independent and boutique properties, are making avoidable hotel revenue management mistakes that silently bleed revenue. At Catala Consulting, we’ve worked with over 450 hotels across Europe and uncovered recurring patterns.
Lodging
JULY 30, 2025
The evolution of artificial intelligence continues to impact the hospitality industry in various ways. Plenty of companies are looking for ways to stay ahead of the curve by utilizing AI. Cendyn, an integrated hospitality solutions provider, is a prominent example; in March, the company advanced its business intelligence solutions with AI-enabled analysis to deliver actionable insights to hotel sales and marketing teams.
Skift Blog
AUGUST 1, 2025
Skift Take: The dollar's decline is splitting the hotel industry along regional lines. European and Asian chains are feeling the pinch while U.S.-based operators barely mention the turbulence.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Hotel Management
JULY 29, 2025
Voco Gosford pre-opening team revealed The pre-opening team for the Voco Gosford precinct has been announced with Bjoern Noeldner taking up the role of General Manager. Kristina Ayton has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing; Natalie McGready as Executive Assistant Manager; Nicole Curran as Human Resources Manager and Janendra Rama as Financial Controller.
eHotelier
JULY 28, 2025
In today’s hospitality market, data isn’t optional—it’s your competitive edge. Hotel owners and general managers often sit through revenue meetings where numbers fly fast and jargon flows freely. RevPAR index, ARI, fair share—these aren’t just buzzwords. They’re the language of profitability. If you’re not fluent, you’re leaving money on the table.
STAAH
JULY 29, 2025
Turn lookers into bookers with a seamless, connected booking journey powered by smart visibility and conversion tools. Ever get the feeling that people are landing on your hotel website but not quite making it to “Book Now”? You’re not imagining it. The hotel booking journey has evolved into a complex, non-linear path. It’s now a multi-tab, multi-device maze filled with browsing, comparing, and second-guessing.
AskSuite
JULY 31, 2025
Explore proven hotel marketing strategies for 2025 designed to boost direct bookings, reduce OTA reliance, and maximize revenue through digital and automated channels. In 2025, hotels must move beyond relying on OTAs and embrace direct sales through targeted hotel marketing. According to Kalibri Labs via Hotel Tech Report , 27 % of hotel bookings now occur directly through the property , with another 25 % via the hotel website , totaling over half of reservations originating from hotel-owned cha
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive
Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!
Hotel Business
JULY 28, 2025
Landingplace Hotels has launched two midscale, conversion-focused brands. Landingplace Suites bridges the gap between extended-stay hotels and furnished apartments, offering flexible 30-plus night stays without leases, according to the company. The properties feature apartment-style suites that “combine home-like comfort with hotel convenience.” Locally inspired experiences, such as activated outdoor spaces, community rooms, food trucks and live music, create a “lifestyle-driven experience for l
Hotel News Resource
AUGUST 4, 2025
Snapshot of the Edinburgh hotel market in 2025 with an exploration of tourism demand, hotel performance, hotel supply, the investment market and the market outlook.
Hotel Management
JULY 31, 2025
Ennismore’s 25hours brand is gearing up to make its Australian debut on September 25, with the opening of 25hours Hotel The Olympia, 1-11 Oxford Street, Sydney. The hotel, which is now taking bookings, is located on the heritage-listed site of the former West Olympia Theatre and the Grand Pacific Blue Room, which once shaped the city’s art and social scene.
Intelity
JULY 28, 2025
Are You Meeting the Expectations of Today’s Mobile-First Guest? The mobile phone is now the guest’s command center. Over 80% of travelers use their smartphones to check in, make service requests, and access hotel services. That’s why INTELITY’s combination of Nexus and GEMS is purpose-built to deliver seamless, mobile-first hospitality. With a mobile guest experience designed to feel intuitive and branded, you give your team a smarter way to meet modern expectations while maintaining service exc
Speaker: Beth Sunshine, SVP, Up Your Culture
When culture isn’t consistently lived out across the organization, engagement suffers—and it often starts with a disconnect at the top. In this session, Beth Sunshine, SVP of Up Your Culture at The Center for Sales Strategy, will reveal how HR and executive leaders can close the gap between vision and execution by equipping frontline and mid-level managers to become culture carriers.
Lodging
JULY 30, 2025
NEW YORK—Preferred Hotels & Resorts announced a strategic partnership with DayBlink GPO (Global Procurement Organization) to support its member hotels in gaining control over their distribution ecosystem and reducing reliance on higher-cost channels. Phase one of the collaboration introduces chain-level agreements with Hotelbeds and WebBeds. “As the distribution landscape continues to evolve, it’s vital to work with partners who can boost both booking results and profitability for our
Hotel Business
JULY 29, 2025
First Hospitality has appointed Logan Fish as senior director, business development. Building on his experience in hotel development and acquisitions, Fish will support in efforts to secure third-party management agreements and maintain a pipeline of new business. His role will also include cultivating relationships with key industry stakeholders, evaluating management opportunities, supporting all phases of the development process and representing First Hospitality at major industry conference
Hotel News Resource
JULY 29, 2025
Article - CASE STUDY: How Texas A&M Hotel Improved Communications and Boosted Operational Efficiency with Maestro PMS and PurpleCloud - By integrating an all-in-one PMS with smart housekeeping technology, the hotel streamlined communication and improved productivity across departments
Hotel Management
JULY 30, 2025
Accommodation Australia has released its mid-year hotel room report card for 2025, showing improved occupancy across the board but drops in average daily revenue for major cities. “The good news is all of Australia’s capital cities experienced an increase in average occupancy rates over the first six months,” said Accommodation Australia CEO James Goodwin.
Speaker: Lauren Fernandez - CEO & Founder, Full Course
Companies all over the world, including Marriot International and Hilton Worldwide, are aware of the value of including DEI in their talent acquisition strategy. However, despite these initiatives, there is still plenty that the hospitality sector can do to promote DEI. When comparing the hospitality industries in India, Iraq, the UK, and the US, you will see that there is a consistent underrepresentation of persons from different ethnic, gender, and disability origins across all levels of the i
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