Innovation

📈 **Sunnyvale, CA, August 26th, 2025** – LodgIQ integrates its AI-driven RMS with Host Hotel Systems' PMS, impacting over 1,800 hotels across 15 countries. This partnership streamlines revenue management through automated pricing, optimizing room rates based on real-time data and external factors. CEO Vincent Ramelli highlights improved efficiency, allowing staff to focus on guest experiences. LodgIQ serves over 550 hotels globally, enhancing decision-making with data-driven insights from Silicon Valley, NYC, and Bangalore. For more details, visit their websites.

💻 Bethesda, Maryland—August 2025: Stayntouch partners with Lion Roars Hotels & Lodges in South Africa. Stayntouch PMS now supports 11 properties, implemented within six weeks. Benefits include centralized management, flexible integrations, and user-friendly cloud technology. Vincent Bouwer, Lion Roars CRO, praises Stayntouch for enhancing operations and guest experiences. Jeff Down, Stayntouch EMEA head of sales, highlights the platform's ease of use and scalability, helping staff focus on delivering memorable guest experiences.

💸 AI is transforming hotel revenue management. Manual processes once consumed up to 80% of managers' time, leading to revenue losses of up to 15% during peak periods. Now, AI enables real-time pricing, demand forecasting, and rate behavior intelligence, which boosts profitability by 20–30% and improves RevPAR. A New York hotel saw an 18% RevPAR increase during a marathon weekend using AI. AI saves revenue teams 50% of their time, enhancing strategic decision-making.

💸 BARCELONA, August 26, 2025 – Shiji integrates its Daylight PMS with Right Revenue’s rate management software, empowering hotels with AI-driven, real-time rate recommendations covering up to two years. This partnership optimizes revenue and simplifies decision-making for hoteliers. Shiji supports over 91,000 hotels globally, while Right Revenue specializes in independent hotels. The integration delivers dynamic pricing by analyzing reservation data and market trends to enhance profitability and operational efficiency.

📈 Sunnyvale, CA, August 26, 2025 – LodgIQ announces integration of its Revenue Management System with Host’s Property Management System, benefiting over 1,800 hotels across 15 countries. The system automates data-driven pricing, optimizing rates by analyzing performance, competitor rates, and local factors. This collaboration enhances operational efficiency and competitiveness, freeing hotel staff from manual tasks. LodgIQ, with 550 hotels already using its platform, continues to lead in AI-driven revenue management.

💰 Hyatt is now allowing guests to earn and redeem loyalty points for travel experiences like cabana rentals and chef's table meals. Several Hyatt properties using Way's platform have generated millions in ancillary revenue, according to Arlie Sisson, Hyatt’s SVP and global head of digital. This initiative is unique among major hotel groups and showcases Way's tech platform. Michael Stocker, CEO of Way, emphasizes the need for hotels to offer unique, branded experiences rather than standardized offerings.

💻 Ireckonu warns about AI risks in hospitality. CEO Jan Jaap van Roon highlights legal and trust issues from using public AI models like ChatGPT without safeguards. Risks include exposing guest data to servers in weak privacy jurisdictions and GDPR fines. Ireckonu advises using internal AI models and tools like Microsoft Copilot. Hotels should invest in secure systems, staff training, and policies. Urges global guidelines for AI use in guest data, emphasizing proactive industry leadership.

🚪 RoomRaccoon partners with i-Checkin to automate hotel and vacation rental check-ins using a digital key system, enhancing guest experiences. Guests receive a secure digital key via WhatsApp or email to unlock doors, reducing front desk workload. The system supports over 300 electronic lock models from 42 manufacturers and works with all intercom systems. Tymen van Dyl emphasizes improved security and satisfaction, while Sebastian Worel highlights operational cost savings and staff efficiency.

💻 SIHOT upgrades its SIHOT@360º API with REST technology to enhance interface building and security. This update, featuring an embedded Token Service, supports multiple Identity Providers like Microsoft Entra ID and Amazon Cognito. Developers benefit from improved authentication, data integrity, and traceability. Carsten Wernet, CEO of SIHOT, highlights the API's role in simplifying development and boosting flexibility, enabling faster market entry and stronger connectivity for hospitality management and services.

📅 Holiwise, a London-based AI travel agency, raised €1.45M in an oversubscribed pre-seed round involving executives from Bank of America, Barclays, Google, and Goldman Sachs. Led by Bobby Previti, with Ulf Nilsson joining the board, the funds will enhance AI travel services for over 10,000 destinations. Major integrations include HBX Group and Amadeus, allowing instant personalized trip planning. Notably, the platform boasts tens of thousands of monthly users with an 80% return rate.