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Find articles covering Technology and Finance including such topics as the wireless world in hotels, the Internet, financial issues affecting Hotel management and new administration methods. Reviews, analysis and more.

Certainty Sells: Positioning Your Hotel for Maximum Buyer Activity
Hotel sellers can maximize buyer activity by reducing uncertainty before going to market; presenting transparent financials, organized due diligence, and clear investment storytelling gives buyers the context needed to evaluate the hotel
Your Hotel Is Invisible to AI, Here Is What That Actually Means
Exclusive Feature: A guest opens Claude on their phone and types: 'Best hotel restaurant for local seafood in Dubrovnik', your property has been serving Adriatic fish for fifteen years, your head chef sources from local fishermen by name, y...
Are Chatbots a Must on the Hotel Website and Mobile App?
According to the latest research by B2C и Aven Hospitality, 70% of hotel chains are expected to have implemented chatbots on their websites and mobile apps by the end of the year
Agentic Governance is the Big Trend from HITEC 2026
Everyone knew AI would dominate the conversation at HITEC 2026 in San Antonio, what surprised me was how quickly the discussion has moved beyond chatbots, virtual concierges and one-off productivity tools
Hospitality Report 2026: What Keeps Hotel Leaders Up At Night?
As the industry navigates an increasingly complex landscape, hoteliers worldwide are rethinking how they drive demand, optimize performance, and deliver standout guest experiences – at scale, while responding to unique regional dynami...
Same hotel, Different Asset: Why Owners and Investors See Two Different Businesses
For decades, a hotel’s value was explained mainly by three factors: location, category, and operating results and although these elements remain fundamental, the reality of today’s hotel market is far more complex
AI in Action: Reshaping Travel
10 key takeaways from a presentation at WiT Japan by Amy Wei, Senior Product Director, Trip-com Group
Hotel Robots: Integrating Automation in Hospitality
Robots in hotels? It may seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, but with persistent staffing challenges and evolving guest expectations, hotel robots are becoming a real consideration
What Do Hoteliers Consider as the Most Important AI Applications?
According to the latest research by B2C и Aven Hospitality, 80% of hotel chains and 41% of independent hotels already use AI applications
Reclaiming the Core: Why Modern Property Management Systems Define the Next Era of Hotel Intelligence
The past three years have reshaped the role and expectations of modern property management systems in ways few could have predicted
Timeshare Industry Is Resilient and Evolving
The 2026 ARDA Spring Conference highlighted a strong, evolving timeshare industry, marked by high occupancy, steady sales, and growing adoption of AI and flexible ownership models
Portugal & Indonesia: Why These Two Markets Are Defining the Future of Resort and Branded Residence Development
As global hospitality investment increasingly shifts toward experiential luxury, wellness, and mixed-use developments, Portugal and Indonesia have emerged as two of the most attractive destinations for luxury hotel and resort investment
Beyond the Chatbot — The Agentic Future of Hospitality
Over the past two decades, hotels have adopted dozens of specialized systems: property management, revenue management, point of sale, housekeeping, guest communications, payments, booking engines, channel managers, CRMs, and more
Are Humanless Hotels the Future of Hospitality?
Hospitality is believed to be an industry where human connection is the primary differentiator, so replacing humans with robots, AI and automation is considered by some as contrary to the very nature of our industry
AI in Hospitality: Where It is Working in Asia and Where It is Just Marketing
Every hotel owner in Asia Pacific has, by now, sat through a pitch that promised artificial intelligence would transform their property or their asset portfolio
The Tech Edit: Your Hotel Knows The Answer, But it Can't Tell You
The reality for most hotel properties is this: guest data sits in multiple systems
What ChatGPT’s Decision to Move Away From In-Platform Transactions Means for Hotels
AI-powered search engines like OpenAI’s ChatGPT are changing the way guests find and plan their travel experiences, direct bookings are back in your hands
Financing in a Higher-for-Longer World: How Hotel Owners Can Still Close Deals
The financing environment has reset and is unlikely to fully reverse; Owners closing deals today have stopped waiting and started working—cleaning up operating statements, proactively managing capital stacks, and presenting well-docum...
Hotel Discovery in the Age of AI, Part 26: Hotel Websites are Great, Now Change!
Why the digital front door of luxury hospitality needs a reality check; Over the past two months, I had nothing better to do than review and update nearly 900 hotel profiles and not just any hotels, but the best of the best, the creme de la...
How Can Hotel Owners Maximize NOI Without Compromising Service?
How to maximize hotel NOI is one of the most important questions for hotel owners, but requires more than cutting costs
What Will Be the Impact of Agentic AI in Hospitality
What will be the impact: significant as the Internet or as insignificant as blockchain and the metaverse?
How Should Owners Evaluate Hotel Investment Opportunities in 2026?
Hotel investment underwriting in 2026 has fundamentally changed, lenders and equity investors now understand hotel volatility better than ever before
Hotel Discovery in the Age of AI, Part 25: How AI Decides Which Hotel(s) to Recommend
Exclusive Feature: Understanding the logic behind AI-driven shortlists and recommendations
Hotel Discount Rates and Equity Yields: A Decade of Shifting Investor Expectations
Over the past decade, equity yields for hotel investments have declined steadily across all segments, reflecting growing investor confidence in the asset class
Safeguarding Value: Hotel Asset Management & Crisis Response in Asia Pacific
The ongoing Middle East crisis continues to exert a significant impact on the global #hospitality sector, including several markets in Asia Pacific, with flight disruptions, increased cancellations, and rising travel costs due to rerouting ...
Hotel Discovery in the Age of AI, Part 24: Why Hotel Guests Finally Want To Be In Charge
Exclusive Feature: How shifting expectations around control, personalization, and transparency reshape hotel discovery
How AI and Robotics Will Define Hotel Winners When Supply Surges
Hotel markets are experiencing their most significant supply surge in over two decades, tech-driven upgrades and resources will help your hotel stand out
Hotel Discovery in the Age of AI, Part 23: Agency in an AI-Mediated Travel World
Exclusive Feature: How decision-making power may shift between travelers, platforms, and AI systems
The Real ROI of Hotel Robots: Staff, Guests, and the Bottom Line
Nine years ago, I stood at a trade show watching a delivery robot navigate around a mock hotel lobby and my first thought? 'Interesting gimmick', my second? 'Will guests actually want this?'
Hotel Discovery in the Age of AI, Part 22: Trust as the New Currency of Hotel Discovery
Exclusive Feature: Why credibility increasingly determines which hotels AI systems recommend
Global Branded Residences Guide
In collaboration with Global Branded Residences, we are proud to present our Branded Residences Guide – a practical overview of the evolving landscape, playbook and commercial dynamics shaping this fast-growing asset class
Hotel Discovery in the Age of AI, Part 21: Can Travelers Finally Own Their Data in an AI-First Environment?
For more than two decades, travel data has largely been accumulated, analyzed, and monetized by platforms: search engines, OTAs, metasearch engines, and social networks have built powerful models by aggregating user behavior at scale
What Makes a Hotel Feasibility Study Truly Reliable?
A hotel feasibility study can make or break a development project, but too often, these studies lean toward optimism rather than reality
Hotel Discovery in the Age of AI, Part 20: How AI Reshapes the Economics of Direct Hotel Booking
Exclusive Feature: Why distribution strategy must adapt when AI becomes the primary decision interface
Will Google’s New Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Turn Hotel Distribution Upside Down?
This very timely question was asked a World Panel of hospitality revenue optimization and technology experts
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