Jour : 11 décembre 2025
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A decline in tourism is impacting restaurants
The U.S. Travel Association recently released its Travel Forecast, projecting little growth in spending for 2025 but a significant decline in international inbound travel. Domestic travelers are forecast to spend $1.2 trillion in 2025, while international visitors are estimated to spend $173 billion this year, which makes travel America’s largest services export. That said, visits…
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The big brands keep bragging that 70 percent of their bookings come from loyal guests. It’s the boldest fiction in hospitality. The loyalty trick is simple. A guest gives you an email for a discount… | Pedro Colaco
The big brands keep bragging that 70 percent of their bookings come from loyal guests. It’s the boldest fiction in hospitality. The loyalty trick is simple. A guest gives you an email for a discount and suddenly they’re a “loyalty member”. That’s it. A perk redeemed. An inbox captured. And somehow this gets presented as…
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2026 AI predictions 1. SaaS and agents merge completely in 2026. Every SaaS product becomes an agent platform, and every agent platform builds SaaS features. The ones that don’t adapt die or get… | Greg Isenberg | 345 comments
2026 AI predictions 1. SaaS and agents merge completely in 2026. Every SaaS product becomes an agent platform, and every agent platform builds SaaS features. The ones that don’t adapt die or get bought for pennies. 2. Google continues to crush in 2026. OpenAI feels the heat. Doubles down into becoming a social company, lots…
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Travel Tech Essentialist #191: Reality Check
“The only value of forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good” – Warren BuffettBeware.Special thanks to Zoftify for sponsoring this edition of the newsletter:Looking for a 100% travel-specialized engineering partner or support for your in-house dev or design team? Zoftify helps travel brands modernize their digital products and ship faster. Check out our Conversion…
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#opentravelalliance #ota #agentichoteldistribution #hotelrichcards #agent2agent #ainative #nlweb #mcp #tools #ai #directbookings | Brad Brewer
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 | 𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 | 12/11/25 | Paris 🥊 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 🥊 At Agentic Hospitality, we see Travel Unlocked as more than a conference. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿…
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26 Predictions for 2026
Weekly writing about how technology and people intersect. By day, I’m building Daybreak to partner with early-stage founders. By night, I’m writing Digital Native about market trends and startup opportunities. If you haven’t subscribed, join 70,000+ weekly readers by subscribing here: You know the drill. Last week we graded our 25 Predictions for 2025. Now…
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Ten Predictions for the Hospitality Industry in 2026 and Beyond: Insights from Cayuga Hospitality Consultants’ Annual Conference 2025
At Cayuga Hospitality Consultants’ Annual Conference 2025, industry leaders examined where hospitality is headed and how to prepare for the next era of change. From AI integration and workforce evolution to shifting insurance markets and event space innovation, the conversation revealed a mix of challenges and opportunities. 1. AI Will Become the Industry’s Backbone, Not…
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ISHC Honors Bruce White with the Pioneer Award at ALIS
The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) in partnership with the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) will present Bruce White, Founder of White Lodging, posthumously with the 2026 Pioneer Award. The Pioneer Award, established in partnership with ALIS in 1996, recognizes an individual each year who is considered a pioneer in their field by making…
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How AI can change the hotel booking industry | Sanjay Vakil posted on the topic | LinkedIn
The world just shifted, and most of the hospitality industry hasn’t even blinked. OpenAI just launched a browser that can book travel. Not search. Not compare. Book. With Agent Mode, it can complete entire reservations on your behalf. Flights. Hotels. Transportation. Everything. This isn’t a future scenario. It’s live right now. That means how people…
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Hotels, take a look at this. Google now places WhatsApp front-and-center on mobile search – above Booking, above Expedia, above everything else. Guests can tap, message you instantly, and you own… | D3x
Hotels, take a look at this. Google now places WhatsApp front-and-center on mobile search – above Booking, above Expedia, above everything else. Guests can tap, message you instantly, and you own the conversation from the first second. So… what are you waiting for? Get a WhatsApp number. Start the chat. Let D3x guide them straight…