Hotel News

As the brand scales from one Manhattan flagship to a global portfolio, it's hard-coding sleep as its differentiator. Its own answer to whether that travel is more interesting than the question.

Oracle is treating AI as a standard feature of hotel operations software, not a premium product. That raises the stakes for property management rivals trying to sell similar tools as add-ons.

The people behind Radisson's net zero hotel project were worried that electrifying the building would result in higher energy bills. One year on, the costs are roughly the same and the hotel is ready for incoming regulations.

Even as Marriott builds a walled garden, it is buying real estate in everyone else's. That hedging action is understandable given that no travel company is yet sure where travelers will actually start their searches.

Why settle for just the airfare when you can own the whole holiday?

Amadeus will publicly introduce two hotel AI tools at HITEC, but its bigger play is infrastructure. As AI agents move closer to travel booking, the GDS wants to help define how hotels are found, priced, changed, and paid for.

Hotels have chased non-room revenue for years without consolidating the fragmented tech underneath. This acquisition puts one shopping cart and one shared data foundation ahead of any new feature.

IHG CEO Elie Maalouf is telling franchisees that eight years of tech investment has begun to expand their margins. It's an open question whether this early tech advantage will woo more hotel owners, boosting the growth rate of IHG's system.

Buying and flipping broken hotels is lumpy and cyclical. Highgate's fees for third-party hotel management are a steady drip that keeps the lights on between the big, risky trades.

If AI agents become the next distribution layer, does the decade-long battle between hotels and OTAs even matter anymore?