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U.S. Hotel REITs Forecast to Have a Stronger Year
Colliers expects the overall US lodging demand to grow at 1.3%, mostly on pricing power rather than occupancy. Plus, other hotel deal and development news.
Ixigo Acquires Hotel Booking Platform and Invests in AI Startups
With Brevistay, Ixigo closes the last major gap in its travel stack. Its twin bets on AI infrastructure hint at a larger goal of keeping trip planning inside its ecosystem, rather than letting it migrate to ChatGPT.
Accor CEO Bazin’s Final Stretch: An AI Warning and What’s Next for Ennismore
CEO Sébastien Bazin said an Ennismore IPO is "one of four or five" possible fates for the lifestyle joint venture. In M&A-speak, that means Accor's board hasn't decided yet.
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Houston Set to Get 153-Room AC Hotel by Marriott
A $19 million construction project has started on the AC Hotel by Marriott CityCentre Houston. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.
Why Hotel AI Keeps Cutting Costs Instead of Making Money
AI can't sell what hotel systems can't see. Until room-level data, guest behavior, and service pricing live in one connected system, the industry's AI gains will stay stuck on the cost efficiency side of the ledger.
Dubai Turns to New Visitors and Events to Ride Out Iran War Tourism Slump
Every tool is in play. What’s missing is a lasting ceasefire.
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Lotte Hotels Shifts to Asset-Light Model
Lotte Hotels & Resorts is moving away from direct ownership of overseas hotels in favor of management contracts. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.
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Barclays Says Hotels Have AI Edge Over OTAs
Lots of enthusiasm for hotel development at the NYU IHIF conference. Plus, other hotel development news.
Mews at Skift Data +AI Summit 2026
If your AI investment is being justified internally as labor savings, this session argued you're underselling the revenue case and overselling what's possible.
Marriott’s AI Rollout: From Pilots to ‘Points on the Board’
Marriott is now in the third phase of its AI rollout, with conversational search the highest-profile launch coming this year. Its top data and AI exec says the harder work is rethinking the workflows underneath.