Catégorie : Strategy
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#hoteltech #traveltech #smarthotels #hospitalityinnovation #futureofhospitality #aidrivenfuture #hotelautomation | Joe Imholz
Are we about to see the biggest shift in hotel bookings since the rise of OTAs? In the last months I’ve been deep-diving into how AI is reshaping travel. And honestly… the way people find and book accommodations will look completely different in the next 3–7 years. Here’s what I’m observing: OTAs won’t disappear — but they’ll…
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#hoteltech #traveltech #smarthotels #hospitalityinnovation #futureofhospitality #aidrivenfuture #hotelautomation | Joe Imholz
Are we about to see the biggest shift in hotel bookings since the rise of OTAs? In the last months I’ve been deep-diving into how AI is reshaping travel. And honestly… the way people find and book accommodations will look completely different in the next 3–7 years. Here’s what I’m observing:OTAs won’t disappear — but they’ll transform.Not…
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Will AI take your job? That question came up in almost every conversation at HSMAI MEA these past two days. Sometimes direct, sometimes after a couple of drinks. Always genuine. The speakers were… | Jean-Gabriel Personne
Will AI take your job? That question came up in almost every conversation at HSMAI MEA these past two days. Sometimes direct, sometimes after a couple of drinks. Always genuine. The speakers were top notch and the sessions eye opening, but the real gold was in the hallway chats with commercial leaders across the region.…
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Expedia Guess The Guest: A Conversation on Hospitality, Dead Internet Theory, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Stupidity
Earlier this week, I found myself at Expedia Group ’s Roman offices, seated across from Elisa Ragno <!–> for Guess the Guest. The plan, at least on paper, was simple: talk about AI and hospitality. What happened instead was closer to a dérive, a drift across the borderlands where travel, technology, and human complexity leak…
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Why do families of 5 bypass hotels more often than smaller families? (Hint: it’s not because they prefer Airbnb.) If you’ve ever travelled as a family of 5, you know the pain: ❌ Rooms that simply… | Guillaume Thevenot
Why do families of 5 bypass hotels more often than smaller families? (Hint: it’s not because they prefer Airbnb.) If you’ve ever travelled as a family of 5, you know the pain: ❌ Rooms that simply don’t fit everyone ❌ Prices that jump the moment child number 3 appears ❌ “Family options” that still force…
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#hospitality #ai #revenuemanagement #hotelmarketing #directbooking | Michael Bejan
Consultants are flooding the market with a new pitch: “Pay us to optimize your hotel for AI, or you will become invisible.” Before you buy expensive courses or panic-hire a guru, let’s separate the Basic Web Hygiene from the Marketing Hype. 1. The Interface vs. The Math (The TSP Reality): AI is an incredible semantic…
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#hospitality #ai #revenuemanagement #hotelmarketing #directbooking | Michael Bejan
Consultants are flooding the market with a new pitch: « Pay us to optimize your hotel for AI, or you will become invisible. » Before you buy expensive courses or panic-hire a guru, let’s separate the Basic Web Hygiene from the Marketing Hype. 1. The Interface vs. The Math (The TSP Reality): AI is an incredible semantic…
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Going Bananas 🍌
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: Over the weekend, I ran into Nancy Pelosi by the baggage claim at JFK:…
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The Key Art Edition
On why yours and my Netflix don’t look the same.Today, we’re re-running a WITI classic, for both new and longtime subscribers to enjoy…Rex Sorgatz (RS) wears a lot of hats. He’s one part media theorist, one part cultural observer, and one part creative technologist. He wrote an actual Encyclopedia of Misinformation, and previously covered deepfakes…
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MKG Insights – Which geographies offer the strongest potential for luxury assets? – Adrien Lanotte
At the Hospitality Operator Forum, Adrien Lanotte, Senior Analyst at MKG, analyses the regions capable of supporting the move upmarket in the hotel sector. By examining valuations that can exceed €10 million per key, the concentration of global hotspots, the targeted growth of supply and the ecosystem linking high-end residential and hospitality, he identifies the…
