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Making Change Work: A Conversation with Ryan King on Hotel PMS Implementation and Leadership
This article is the first installment in The Implementation Playbook, a new Shiji Insights series examining the realities of hotel PMS implementations. Across five parts, the series will explore the leadership behaviors, operational structures, and on‑property practices that determine whether a technology rollout succeeds or struggles. This first article focuses on the foundational mistakes hotel…
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If AI Picks the Hotel, You’re Not a Brand. You’re Inventory. At the Progress Conference, economist Tyler Cowen shared a throwaway anecdote that every hotel commercial leader should lose sleep over:… | Michael J. Goldrich | 15 comments
If AI Picks the Hotel, You’re Not a Brand. You’re Inventory. At the Progress Conference, economist Tyler Cowen shared a throwaway anecdote that every hotel commercial leader should lose sleep over: “Every hotel we booked, other than the first, we found through GPT-5.” OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman didn’t flinch. Instead, he casually confirmed OpenAI’s plans:…
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Why Google is pulling ahead of OpenAI in agentic travel
How yesterday’s Gemini updates reveal the real battle shaping the future of hotel distribution Nov 19, 2025 Key takeaways Google holds the intent advantage: It sees what travellers want before anyone else — through Search, Maps, YouTube, Gmail, Android — giving it a uniquely deep travel-intent graph. Agentic booking is now real inside Gemini: With…
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#ai #consulting #digitaltransformation #ai #strategy | Alex Richards | 12 comments
McKinsey & Company just admitted the quiet part out loud: the traditional consulting business model is collapsing with AI as the accelerant. And rivals are scrambling to keep pace. Business Insider reports that 25% of McKinsey & Company’s global fees now come from outcomes-based pricing, not billable hours. That’s a direct challenge to the old…
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Cloudflare is down, bringing X, ChatGPT, Spotify, Anthropic’s Claude and many others with it. A few weeks ago, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a massive outage that brought to their knees many… | Gregory Mermoud | 20 comments
Cloudflare is down, bringing X, ChatGPT, Spotify, Anthropic‘s Claude and many others with it. A few weeks ago, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a massive outage that brought to their knees many services. Two thoughts: 1/ Maybe it is time to rethink our strategy here? The Internet was designed to be fundamentally decentralized, yet financial…
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Google Is Building Agentic Travel Booking, Plus Other Travel AI Updates
Google is developing an agentic tool for booking flights and hotels, the company said Monday, as it unveiled several new travel features tied to its artificial intelligence and search systems. The ambition is to turn AI Mode into a travel hub that can plan trips and help users complete them. In a blog post, Google…
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🛌 Bed Time Stories by Testbed Vegas – 17 Nov 2025
Plenty of time down on the Boulevard last week to catch up on all the latest news. We’ll give you the Testbed Vegas perspective on what it means for our fair valley and where we think it might be going. Everything you need for a Las Vegas driven dreamscape! This week, the news cycle in…
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When Google’s AI Becomes Your Travel Agent: Which Hotels Make the Cut?
Google just rolled out new AI-powered features in Search that can plan a trip, find deals, and turn your ideas into bookings. All from a single prompt. So I tried it. I asked Google’s AI mode: “Suggest highly-rated hotels for a family visit to London this Christmas.” Here’s what it came back with: “For a…
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When Google’s AI Becomes Your Travel Agent: Which Hotels Make the Cut?
Google just rolled out new AI-powered features in Search that can plan a trip, find deals, and turn your ideas into bookings. All from a single prompt. So I tried it. I asked Google’s AI mode: “Suggest highly-rated hotels for a family visit to London this Christmas.” Here’s what it came back with: “For a…
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New ways to plan travel with AI in Search
Then, AI Mode will show you a curated list to choose from, with direct links so you can finalize your booking through partners like OpenTable, Resy, Tock, Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, Booksy, Fresha and Vagaro.Agentic booking for restaurants is rolling out this week on AI Mode in the U.S. (no Labs opt-in required), so…
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