Jour : 2 octobre 2025
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#ai #hospitality #destinationai2025 | George Roukas
I think the hospitality industry may be turning a corner… This week I attended the Destination AI Forum in Washington, DC. (See proof below.) The rest of the panel was a great group of industry heavyweights: Laura Calin from Oracle,Greg Land from AWS, and Jeff Thoman from Salesforce. When our moderator, David Poprawka, asked me how well the hospitality industry was…
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U.S. hotel results for week ending 27 September
ARLINGTON, Va. – Impacted by the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 27 September. CoStar is a leading global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. 21-27 September 2025 (percentage change from comparable week in 2024): Occupancy: 65.6% (-4.2%)…
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ChatGPT checkout is for boring and expensive buys. Things that need research to figure out what to buy. I don’t think it works for expensive and fun items like fashion or sport because that needs… | Juozas Kaziukėnas
📢 You can now buy on ChatGPT 🤯 OpenAI takes another step toward agentic commerce with the launch of Instant Checkout in ChatGPT — a feature that lets users purchase products directly within the conversation. 🔹 Built on the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open standard developed with Stripe, Instant Checkout is now available in…
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CMO as a showrunner
Subculture is a partner, not a targetFather Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch by Saint Laurent ProductionsThe most culturally influential brands are those with a system for cultural production: part creative studio, part media company, part cultural machine. Their product calendars are in sync with their cultural calendars. Every product moment is also a cultural…
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#hospitalityoperations #guestexperience #hoteloperations #personalizedservice #hospitalityconsulting | Carolina Carvalho | 28 comments
Housekeeping is often called the backbone of hospitality because it plays a foundational role in ensuring guest satisfaction and the smooth operation of hotels, resorts, and other hospitality businesses. Here’s why: ⸻ 1. First Impressions and Guest Satisfaction • A clean, well-maintained room is the first thing a guest notices. • Even if a hotel…
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Are all Revenue Managers created equal?
In case this is our 1st time: I’m Fabian Bartnick aka Fabi – The Commercial Growth Leader. I help companies bridge data, marketing, sales, revenue management and communication to drive future-proof revenue. Each week, I share fun stories with a tongue in cheek thoughts that make you either laugh, cry or shake your head. Here’s…
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Overtourism is fake news. Here’s why (3/5). 💥 The third myth around overtourism: it suggests that tourism is the major force of change in a destination. In reality, it often confuses correlation… | Jeroen Bryon, Ph.D | 15 comments
🌍 Top 10 Countries Earning the Most from Tourism According to the latest data from the Travel & Tourism economic reports (2024-25), these are the countries whose tourism sectors contribute the highest revenue to their economies: Rank Country Estimated Tourism Contribution 1 United States ~$2,360 billion 2 China ~$1,300 billion 3 Germany ~$487.6 billion 4…
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Overtourism is fake news. Here’s why (2/5). 💥 In my last post, I argued that overtourism is a myth – fake news that needs to be debunked. Today, let’s tackle the second myth: the idea that at some… | Jeroen Bryon, Ph.D
Overtourism is fake news. Here’s why (1/5). 💥 In my last post, I argued that overtourism is a myth – fake news that needs to be debunked. Over the next days, I’ll unpack its flaws, based on insights from my PhD and 20 years in tourism development. ➡️ Let’s start with the first misconception: the…
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Overtourism is fake news. Here’s why (1/5). 💥 In my last post, I argued that overtourism is a myth – fake news that needs to be debunked. Over the next days, I’ll unpack its flaws, based on… | Jeroen Bryon, Ph.D
🚩 What’s new in TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES? ➡️ Check out this recently published, cutting-edge research! 🔸 Gibson, C., Gillen, J., Ioannides, D., Molz, J. G., Saarinen, J., & Scheyvens, R. (2025). Making tourism geographies: a tribute to Alan A. Lew’s lifework. Tourism Geographies, 1–22. https://lnkd.in/gGkYDd7e OPEN ACCESS – FREE TO DOWNLOAD 🔸 Lu, S. E., Yang,…
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Overtourism is fake news. Sorry to disappoint you. 👨🏼🎓 Exactly 20 years ago, on September 27th, 2005, I defended my PhD at KU Leuven. The conclusion of six years of hard work. Six years of… | Jeroen Bryon, Ph.D | 30 comments
🌍 What does “𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙢” really mean? Sustainable tourism is defined by the 𝙐𝙉𝙒𝙏𝙊 as a way of traveling that takes into account its » 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 » : 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘, 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩. It aims to meet the 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨. 👥 But before overcomplicating things, let’s keep…