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Transparency or Emotional Engagement?
Exclusive Feature: Today, thanks to advanced management systems and AI, hotels can generate a complete quote in seconds, including different room options and all booking conditions
When Customer Experience Becomes Customer Transformation  
My favorite business book ever written is The Experience Economy by Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore, I’ve written and talked about this business classic many times
Hotels Enter the Ask and Book Era as AI Reshapes Discovery, Distribution, and Operations
Analysis finds 37% of travelers already use AI large language models embedded in online travel sites to plan and book trips
It’s Not a Rebound. It’s The Great China Luxury Market Reset.
For a decade, the Chinese middle class didn't buy a $3,000 bag because they were 'rich'; they bought it because their million dollar apartment in Shenzhen went up 15% YoY
Agile Purpose-Driven Innovation by Design: Building a Resilient, Future‑Ready Organisation
Every organisation eventually reaches a point where familiar ways of working can’t keep up with the pace of change
How ChatGPT is Transforming Trip Planning
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live, work – and vacation and with their rapid, sophisticated responses, AI chatbots like ChatGPT offer travellers an unprecedentedly powerful tool for trip planning
This Could Be the Most Expensive Phrase in Business
This article answers the question: What phrase may be the most expensive to use in business, and why?
Travel Platforms That Survive Won’t Choose Between AI and People. They’ll Need Both
New 'Hosted Trips' product deepens monetization for creators and travel agents, unlocking incremental demand across TourRadar’s global operator network
Is Luxury Travel Really Built For Humans?
Luxury prides itself on intuitive service: anticipating what a guest needs before the guest articulates it — or even knows they need it, but there is one area where the industry consistently falls short: accessibility
AI First, Not AI Only The Future of CX: AI First, Not AI Only
This article answers the question: How should leaders use AI in customer experience without sacrificing the human connection customers still value?
Why Hospitality Partnerships Matter: What We Learned from Consultant Conversations
Hospitality is a people-first industry: Connections matter, true partnerships are about building momentum together, sharing knowledge and creating space for honest conversations about where our industry is heading next
The Difference Between a Proactive and Reactive Customer Service and CX Strategy
The definition of a proactive customer experience is simple: The company reaches out to the customer before they call about a problem
The Mille Club: Potato Chip Pricing Lessons
For those who have not followed our writing, the Mille Club refers to properties with rates over one thousand dollars, pounds or euros, with the ‘mille’ picked up from the Italian language
The Future of CX: AI First, Not AI Only
'47% of consumers said that even with their preference for the phone, they still want the digital option
The Customer Service Department Isn’t Broken – The System Is
I’ve been monitoring my customer service experiences with the brands I do business with a little more closely than usual
Travel Trends 2026: From Multi‑Modal Planning and Pop Culture Pilgrimages
From multi‑modal planning and pop culture pilgrimages to pet‑first escapes and hyper‑personalized stays, the future of travel starts here
Ten Luxury Trends for the 2026 Luxury Renaissance
Now firmly in the back half of the 2020s, one megatrend that we’re all aware of is how the experience economy has caused a mushrooming of luxury hospitality
Asset Managers: This Is Why Your Hotel Sales Teams Don’t Close More Deals Despite Your Extensive Investments
You have approved every request for new sales automation systems, because salespeople report being overwhelmed with inbound leads
The Great Stagnation: How We Built Systems That Kill Execution
The modern organization is a masterpiece of illusion: On the surface, everything looks professional, we are more structured, more process-driven, and more 'supported' than at any time in history
Customer Experience Without Conditions
Last year, I wrote an article on a 'rule' in customer service that I called the Reality Rule: Treat customers well, regardless of how they treat you
The 11 Travel and Hospitality Trends That Will Shape 2026
In 2026 the fight for bookings will be fiercer than ever: Travel and hospitality businesses must now win over a more discerning, AI-armed traveler, while contending with an unstable global economy
Hotel AI Deployment Planning from the Framework of a Switchboard Operator
It seems every day there’s another announcement surrounding some preternatural feat that artificial intelligence (AI) has accomplished
Google Changing How We Book Everything from Hotel Rooms to Tours to Flights
Google and a group of major retailers launched a new tool (Universal Commerce Protocol), the takeaway is shopping will no longer depend on clicking through a website
2026: A Year To Stand Out, Stay Open and Fight One Battle After Another
While everyone was traipsing round the world during the holiday season, I stayed home and watched the world go by, in posts, reels, streams and stories; When did the world become such a stage where everyone is an actor in their own movie?
New Year’s Resolutions: Stop Doing These in 2026
Happy New Year! This is the season when many people (and companies) take time to reset and prepare to kick off the new year
The New Economics of Hospitality: ESG, AI, And Value Creation in The MEA Region
The Middle East and Africa remain among the most dynamic frontiers for hospitality investment, three trends stand out
Member Clubs Are the Next Luxury Revenue Engine for Hotels
Luxury travel is evolving and membership clubs - once the domain of elite city venues - are now reshaping hospitality
Six Forces Reshaping Commercial Real Estate in 2026
Following a challenging year, the outlook for 2026 is more positive: Improving market fundamentals, including positive economic growth across most major markets, easing trade concerns, moderating inflation and lower interest rates will cont...
De-Googlize Your Company
What company doesn’t want to rank high in Google searches? When a customer is looking for whatever you sell, wouldn’t you want to be ranked at the top of the first page?
AI’s Ridiculous Response to a Ridiculous Question
As I write this article, I’m at the CX Malaysia conference, where I was the opening speaker, watching Dr Shreekant Vijaykar of COPC Inc, one of the other speakers, talk about AI and how you can’t always trust its responses
Hotel Advantages in a Market Disrupted by Cruises and Short-Term Rentals
The hospitality industry has seen significant transformations over the past two decades, largely due to the rise of cruise tourism and short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo
How a Feasibility Study Can Create Incremental Profits for Your Hotel or Resort
In today’s evolving hospitality environment, hotel leaders must navigate increasing competition, rising operating costs, and ever-changing guest expectations
Are Hoteliers Going to Delegate Management of Customer Reviews to AI?
With everything now touched, created, managed by AI, is hospitality prepared to delegate customer reviews to AI?
An 'Above and Beyond' Strategy Doesn’t Work
This is a story about a disagreement I had with a client, I should mention, this was a friendly disagreement and his idea of an amazing experience was to go above and beyond, always exceeding the customer’s expectations
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