Hapi and Upgrade Partner to Help Hotels Deploy Modern Payment Options at Scale with Flex Pay

Hapi and Upgrade's Flex Pay integration automates BNPL payment processing across reservation systems and PMS platforms, already live across thousands of hotels and billed as the first above-property payment automation…

Is Old-Fashioned Human Customer Service Becoming a Competitive Advantage?

Research shows 84% of U.S. customers say AI service should always include easy human access, suggesting hotels and businesses can differentiate by making human support a feature, not a fallback.

Guest recovery windows are shrinking. Is your team built for that?

As guest expectations for instant response accelerate, hotels face a shrinking window to resolve issues privately before they become negative public reviews.

Leonardo Hotels takes over four hotels in one go

Leonardo Hotels Central Europe simultaneously acquires four former Revo Hotels across Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Dortmund, adding 1,328 rooms spanning its Leonardo Smart and Leonardo Royal brand concepts.

When Hotel AI Can Understand Both the Stay and the Spend

The article examines how integrating PMS and POS data gives AI systems the combined context of guest stay and spend behavior to support real-time, event-driven operational decisions in hotels.

Outdoor travel stays strong in 2026 as AI enters trip planning

RMS survey of 1,500 campers across the US, UK, Australia and NZ finds 66% plan to camp more in 2026, with online search now the top discovery channel and AI tools used by 14% for trip research.

HOSPA expands events portfolio with acquisition of leading industry conference

HOSPA acquires the 20-year-old National Hotel Marketing Conference from Martin Evans, with the next edition scheduled for 27 May 2027 at Hilton at St George's Park.

Turo’s Tim Rossanis on Rethinking Mobility for the Next Era of Travel

Travelers are demanding more flexibility, personalization, and control across the journey. Turo’s Tim Rossanis sees mobility as a pilot for how travel companies can respond by building around traveler intent rather…

Power in the travel industry now belongs to the builders.

Power in the travel industry now belongs to the builders. Those whose initiatives are ambitious, audacious, and — at the same time — gloriously useful.

Experimental Roma set to open this October

Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Hospitality and boutique hotel brand Experimental Group will open its latest property on 10 October, located in Rome. The post Experimental Roma set to open this October appeared first o…