Hotel Technology
A hotel's technology stack is now as strategic as its location.
A hotel's technology stack is now as strategic as its location.
Read → Revinate's CMO reflects on 200+ episodes of Hotel Moment and pinpoints the recurring themes: service as everyone's job, human connection, and data foundations before new tools.
Read → Hyatt modernizes its small business travel program with Spotnana technology, offering preferred rates and centralized spend management across more than 1,300 hotels.
Read → Meliá defends selective ownership, RIU buys its first hotel in Barcelona and Bankinter launches a takeover bid for Atom Hoteles at 510 million. The reading for the tech buyer.
Read → The revamped Confidant Rewards program, powered by Antavo, increased claimed revenue by 42% and bookings by 43% between 2023 and 2024.
Read → Bestprice moves to list on BME Growth and Accor ties sustainability to hotel performance. Two signals that capital and operations are converging ahead of WTM London.
Read → Assa Abloy's Tess Mattisson explains why wallet-based NFC keys outperform Bluetooth, and how Mews and Vingcard deliver keyless check-in without replacing existing RFID locks.
Read → Waymo for Business connects to Ramp so receipts land automatically in expense reports. The first integration signals a bigger push into corporate travel.
Read → Pruce Wu, from Huixin, sets seven acceptance checks that hotels should demand before rolling out guestroom TVs. The demo is not the test.
Read → Growing hotel groups are clustering finance functions and digital workflows across properties to reduce headcount and gain group-level visibility. The playbook works, but the tech stack decides who wins.
Read → Vegas Resort in Malta has built a 41-module custom platform on Cloudbeds' Open API, slashing housekeeping prep from 3 hours to 15 minutes and check-in from 5 minutes to 90 seconds across 405 rooms.
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