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The Hidden Cost of Inconsistency: Why Manual Workflows Are Holding Back Hotel Groups
Let’s talk about a silent problem that’s costing hotel groups thousands of hours a year, and quietly strangling their ability to scale. Across operations, finance, and reservations, hotel teams are buried in repetitive manual work. Every day, talented staff spend hours fixing profiles, updating rate codes, distributing reports, or reconciling commissions; tasks that could be…
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The Great Debate: OTAs, AI, and the End of the 10 Blue Links Era | PA Dispatch No. 10
Last week at Skift Megatrends, I did a live, two-minute-clock, buzzer-happy debate with Skift’s Seth Borko and Sarah Kopit on what AI means for travel distribution. I’m sharing my answers below in a cleaner format than stage banter allows. You can view the entire debate on Vimeo if you have 30 minutes to spend.The meta-point…
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The « Invisible » Hotel Becomes Reality. How Panadvert Uses AI to Overcome the Content Gap Before Opening – Panadvert
All images in this article are AI generated, using prompt engineering and creative direction by Panadvert The Great “Void” in Digital Presence One of the most significant challenges for any new hotel during construction or major renovation is the complete lack of high-quality visual assets. While the need for sales and branding starts months before…
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#hotels #virtualtours #sales #marketing | Alan Newton
The hospitality sector faces an interesting paradox. 78% of hotel chains have adopted AI systems (Source: Oracle), but the properties who experience a sustained growth in loyalty don’t necessarily have the most sophisticated automation. The best-in-class hotels have worked out how digital and human touch-points work together. For example, a virtual tour doesn’t replace human…
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AI in Hospitality: From Thinking to Doing
AI in Hospitality: Reality Check (No Fluff) The week of FITUR 2026, I had the opportunity to attend google´s Travel event in Madrid, Spain. Not as a tourist of innovation—but as a practitioner. A room full of leaders. Big ideas. Sharp visuals. Powerful statements. And yet, walking out, one thought kept coming back: The future…
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Don’t miss our last OPEN Luxury Hour tomorrow! Can service become an art form, or are most luxury brands still treating it like a script? We’re kicking off the year with an extraordinary edition of… | Natalia Jaramillo
Don’t miss our last OPEN Luxury Hour tomorrow! Can service become an art form, or are most luxury brands still treating it like a script? We’re kicking off the year with an extraordinary edition of The Luxury Hour, focused on Artification: Elevating Service into an Art Form. Since true luxury is not about repeating standards,…
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The Butler Did It! Unless you were born into royalty or lived abroad at some wealthy uncle’s residence, chances are you’ve had limited experience with the quintessential luxury hotel service… | Larry Mogelonsky, P. Eng.
The Butler Did It! Unless you were born into royalty or lived abroad at some wealthy uncle’s residence, chances are you’ve had limited experience with the quintessential luxury hotel service accoutrement – the butler. Whereas a concierge is stationary, typically remaining in the lobby, a butler integrates with the guest…in their space. Browsing Wikipedia, the…
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8 General Managers leading the world’s top hotels | Thibault Selderslagh | 18 comments
Here are 8 General Managers leading hotels ranked in the Top 10 of The World’s 50 Best Hotels Lubosh Barta: General Manager Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Bangkok at Chao Phraya River – General Manager since the hotel’s opening. – Led the launch and ongoing operations of one of Asia’s most complex urban luxury resorts.…
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Hospitality in 2026: Why Human Leadership Will Matter More in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence is already transforming hospitality. And by 2026, the impact will be impossible to ignore.
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#travel #ai #hotel #traveltech | Eugenia Dunaeva
Unpopular opinion here. And FITUR last week might have triggered it 😉 Conferences are great to connect with clients and partners BUT FITUR 2026 did not look very different from FITUR five years ago. 𝗬𝗲𝘀, AI was everywhere. And 𝘆𝗲𝘀, everyone had a slide about it. But 𝗻𝗼, I didn’t see much AI adoption and…
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