Grevon debuts AI booking and connectivity platform at HITEC 2026
Grevon launched at HITEC 2026 with Kore, an MCP-based connectivity layer powering AI booking, voice, and staff intelligence tools to drive direct revenue and reduce OTA dependence.
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Pricepoint Launches the First Five Episodes of Its AI Micro-Drama Series Rate War
Pricepoint launches a fictional AI-generated micro-drama series where five hotel revenue managers compete on pricing in the same city, using storytelling to illustrate real commercial scenarios.
By Mateusz Sznir, CEO, Pricepoint
Shiji Unifies Housekeeping Workflows with Tasks per Room in Daylight PMS Mobile App
Shiji's Daylight PMS now embeds task management directly into the housekeeping mobile app's room-level view, letting attendants handle cleaning and guest requests in one screen without switching between systems.
HITEC 2026, day three: eight startups, and our first closed-door round table
HITEC day three recap covers E20X startup pitches, candid booth conversations with Oracle, HotelKey, Revinate and Shiji, and a closed-door round table with hotel CIOs and senior supplier executives.
Innspire Officially Launches ‘Guest Flows’ at HITEC
Innspire's app-free Guest Flows product covers the full hotel stay via SMS, WhatsApp, and browser, with pilot data showing pre-arrival completion rates rising from 5% to 20%.
Why Running Hotel Operations on WhatsApp Is the Equivalent of Managing Your Business on Personal Gmail — A Conversation with Guy Weiss, CEO of Zenzap
Zenzap CEO Guy Weiss argues that hospitality's reliance on WhatsApp for operations creates data loss, privacy, and security risks, and that purpose-built work communication can cut turnover by up to 50%.
Revinate Introduces Ivy, the Hospitality AI Decision Intelligence, Built Across Its Entire Platform
Revinate's Ivy is trained on 17 years of hospitality data and 1.1 billion guest profiles, currently powering chat resolution and call scoring, with planned expansion into automated guest communications.
Revinate Brings Ivy to Work: Automated Call Scoring and Revinate Chat Put Hospitality AI on the Front Line
Revinate announced AI-powered call scoring (96% accuracy, 30+ hours saved monthly) and a digital concierge chat tool, both launching for general availability in mid-to-late 2026.
Demand Calendar cuts hotel forecast error in half at Classic Norway Hotels
Classic Norway Hotels cut forecast error by ~50% across 22 properties using Demand Calendar's automated BI platform, reducing Excel use by 95% and aligning all departments on a single nightly-updated forecast.
How 'Just Ask AI' Is Rewriting the Rules of Every Industry
Behavioral shift toward AI-driven question-and-answer is already complete among consumers, leaving businesses across hospitality, accounting, and healthcare racing to replace dashboards with conversational tools.
By Ivana Johnston, Co-Founder and CEO, Puzzle Partner
RoomPriceGenie Enhances Revenue Management Transparency with Price Explanations
RoomPriceGenie's new price explanations feature gives hoteliers plain-language context behind each rate recommendation, including how their own pricing rules may be limiting revenue potential.
Recast: How Swiss Deluxe Hotels redefines luxury hospitality with tech
Wilhelm Luxem, Head of Quality Commission at Swiss Deluxe Hotels, shares how luxury properties can adopt technology while preserving authentic human connection, drawing on a 50-year career.
Karen Stephens, Chief Marketing Officer, Revinate, Inc.
HITEC 2026 so far: where AI feels thrilling and unsettling at once
A first-person recap of HITEC 2026's opening days finds consensus that AI will transform hospitality distribution and operations, but deep disagreement on costs, brand survival, and the role of human staff.
Thynk Introduces Lead Qualification Index to Help Hotels Prioritize High-Value Business and Respond Faster
Thynk's Lead Qualification Index scores incoming hotel inquiries across Intent, Fit, Impact and Relationship dimensions, automating RFP capture and prioritization to help sales teams respond faster and win more business.
Marriott International Introduces Ask Bonvoy™ a New AI-Powered Search Experience Transforming Travel Exploration
Marriott's AI-powered conversational search tool launches in beta on Marriott.com and its mobile apps, with a full global rollout to 283 million Bonvoy members planned later in 2025.
Aven Hospitality Debuts New Booking Engine; First Properties Live with Navarino Services
Aven Hospitality launches a redesigned booking engine built on the SynXis platform, with Navarino Services reporting over 30% revenue growth in the first month of the pilot.
The Hard Part of a 100+ Hotel PMS Migration Isn’t the Software
Shiji's Senior PM details how a 100+ hotel PMS rollout averaging seven properties per day was kept on track through structured governance, dedicated task forces, and onsite intervention when validation fell behind schedule.
Alfredo Goldin, Senior Project Manager, Shiji
Introducing TRYBE Overnights: The Latest Feature from TRYBE Software
TRYBE launches an overnight booking engine letting guests book stays, spa treatments, dining, and activities in one place, integrating with Guestline, Mews, ResDiary, Sevenrooms, and Opera Cloud.
Hotel Essencia in the Philippines upgrades to Hotelogix to modernize operations and drive growth
Hotel Essencia in Dumaguete City replaced its legacy PMS with Hotelogix's cloud platform, gaining improved system stability, third-party integrations, and broader online distribution capabilities.
Amadeus unveils major expansion of AI strategy across hospitality sector
Amadeus expands its AI strategy with new tools covering agentic commerce, AI search visibility, and a cross-portfolio AI assistant layer called Amadeus Max, targeting demand capture and operational efficiency for hoteliers.