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📈 IDeaS, a hospitality revenue management software provider, launched IDeaS Spotlight in July 2025—a demand intelligence tool that utilizes advanced analytics and AI to aid marketers in creating effective demand-generating campaigns. Spotlight integrates demand forecast and price sensitivity capabilities, enhancing campaign conversion and response speed. Initial availability is exclusive to IDeaS clients, with registration currently open.

🚠 AutoRentals.com and InterLnkd have partnered to offer a first-of-its-kind AI-driven virtual shopping mall for car rental customers, featuring personalized shopping recommendations from thousands of brands. This e-commerce platform targets the European and North American markets, enabling AutoRentals.com to earn revenue from customer purchases. InterLnkd already collaborates with major retailers like CVS, Bloomingdales, and Anthropology, and is available in the UK, US, Italy, Hungary, the UAE, Canada, Poland, and Romania, with expansion plans for 2025.

✈ Alternative Airlines reported a total transactional value of £83 million in 2024, an 11% increase from £74 million in 2023 and a 822% growth from £9m in 2020 post-pandemic. Significant market growth occurred in the UK (+36%), Canada (+121%), and Singapore (+286%). Strategic investments in technology, such as the AI-powered chatbot Amelia, and flexible payment solutions fueled these results. The brand also enhanced its ancillary service offerings through an expanded partnership with Amadeus.

🛫 Intuitive reports that 60% of companies fail to complete reservation system upgrades due to complexity. Intuitive's buyer’s guide and over 20 years of experience aim to streamline this process for tour operators and OTAs. The guide offers a methodology, an RFP template, and evaluates technology providers beyond just functionality. Intuitive also provides reverse RFPs and 30-minute expert calls to assist businesses in the upgrade process. A webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, 7 May to further aid in planning, evaluating, and selecting technology providers.

📅 ATPI Group launches ATPI EventsHub, a guest management platform integrating travel booking for events management. The innovative technology offers 24/7 support, a customizable white-labeled experience, and streamlines booking flights, hotels, and transfers on one platform. Helen van Berkel, the global head of Events at ATPI, emphasizes personalization, innovation, and human touch for exceptional guest experiences. The platform, tested last year, will be used by a UEFA partner for the Champions League Finals in Munich.

💾 Guesty, an Airbnb Preferred+ Software Partner, launched a Quality Dashboard for property managers on Airbnb, resulting in a 17% increase in review volume and a 7% increase in 5-star ratings over eight months. The tool provides real-time data-driven insights, tracks ratings, guest feedback, and quality metrics, leading to up to a 10% higher average quality score. The initiative reflects Guesty's commitment to innovation and supporting property managers to enhance guest experiences and drive bookings.

📅 The Travolution European Summit will take place on May 13 at Events at No 6 in Aldgate, London. New speakers announced include David Norris from Holiday Extras, Mik Ruberl from Chain4Travel, and Beatriz Oficialdegui from Destinia. The event focuses on travel and technology with discussions on AI, multi-channel search, web3, and crypto. Last year's key speakers were from companies like easyJet holidays and Amazon Web Services. Sponsors for this year's summit include Belvera Partners and Stripe among others. Tickets are available online.

🏨 Sabre Hospitality, part of Sabre Corporation, renewed its strategic partnership with Preferred Hotels & Resorts, adding SynXis Retailing and gift card & vouchers to their agreement. This expansion includes SynXis Booking Engine, GDS Distribution, Call Center Services, Digital Marketing, and SynXis Voice Agent solutions to support Preferred Hotels & Resorts' goals, such as boosting the I Prefer Hotel Rewards program and broadening hotel distribution. Sabre's Frank Trampert and Preferred's Michelle Woodley emphasize mutual trust, shared vision, and commitment to innovation in the hospitality industry.

🏡 Lighthouse acquired The Hotels Network, a leader in hotel marketing personalization technology, to enhance its commercial intelligence platform for the travel and hospitality industry. The Hotels Network, founded in 2015, serves over 20,000 hotels in more than 100 countries, including brands like Minor Hotels and One&Only Resorts, and has increased direct bookings by an average of 32%. The acquisition merges AI-driven marketing tech with Lighthouse's data, aiming to personalize the guest experience and boost direct revenue for hotels.

🏡 Lighthouse acquired The Hotels Network, enhancing its travel and hospitality industry platform with AI-driven marketing technology. The Hotels Network, founded in 2015, operates in over 100 countries, serving more than 20,000 hotels and delivering an average 32% uplift in direct bookings. The integration will offer hoteliers personalized booking experiences and advanced AI capabilities, aiming to maximize direct channel revenue. The Hotels Network is unique in combining pricing data, personalization, and cross-channel marketing in one solution.