Higher margins, but the market is dividing
Read → HotelData.com's report shows US hotels boosting profitability in H1 2026, but not equally across the board. Luxury surges while economy-class properties lose steam on RevPAR.
Paying Travel Advisors on Time Is a Commercial Strategy
Read → Agency channel grew 11.8% in H1 2026 while commissions rose just 0.8%. Paying travel advisors on time is a smart commercial move.
How independent hotels can capture AI bookings
Read → When guests ask AI assistants to book a hotel, independent properties lose by default unless they sync rates and direct booking links across AI platforms.
The spa revenues hotels are leaving on the table
Read → Countryside resorts are discovering that guest experience and revenue aren't enemies. A new look at event management, AI messaging and spa upselling shows how to stop choosing between making guests happy and making money.
RevPAR records can hide profit loss, here's what to watch instead
Read → Hoteliers celebrating record RevPAR while margins collapse. The metric that ruled revenue management for years is no longer enough to spot where money really goes.
Excel is quietly becoming a risk to your hotel portfolio revenue
Read → Revenue teams still leaning on spreadsheets are taking minutes to answer what an RMS could answer in seconds. Hospitality Net argues that's now a portfolio performance risk.
Membership beats rooms: how Gravity Haus flipped the revenue model
Read → While most hoteliers obsess over occupancy rates, Gravity Haus discovered that a local membership program generates better margins than lodging itself, and doubles as a direct distribution channel.
HEDNA returns to Lisbon in 2026 to talk global distribution
Read → HEDNA confirms its 2026 Global Distribution Conference in Lisbon, September 15 to 17, with AI, direct booking and OTAs on the agenda.
AI Decides Which Hotels Get Seen, Move the Budget Earlier
Read → AI is moving hotel discovery earlier, and revenue budgets need to move with it.
IHG AI Search, RMS TrustYou, Cloudbeds OTA Ads, IRIS Room Service, Nonius CoolAutomation
Read → IHG launches AI-powered search, RMS integrates with TrustYou, Cloudbeds introduces OTA Ads, IRIS boosts room service revenue, Nonius expands guest control.