Innovation

🌍 Lighthouse launched a next-gen Data Solutions platform for travel and hospitality, unifying hotel, rental, and flight data into one comprehensive platform. The platform processes over 140 terabytes daily, includes 1.3 billion flight and hotel searches, 1.8 billion global hotel rates, and thousands of hotels' data. It profiles 16.8 million properties and tracks 10.5 million events globally. OTAs report improved conversion rates by 15-20%. The platform provides a 5-year historical data scope with 365 days of forward-looking insights.

🍞 Belgium, known for high-tech processing and safety in food production, exports 49% of its processed potatoes outside Europe, with Asia as a key market. In 2024, Japan imported over 41,000 tonnes, South Korea 22,000 tonnes, and Malaysia 17,000 tonnes. Belgium's global exports to East and Southeast Asia represent 3.8%, a figure that's increasing annually. Belgian potato products are mostly halal-certified, with an emphasis on sustainability and energy efficiency.

📦 DoorDash set to acquire New York-based SevenRooms and London-based Deliveroo, expanding its Commerce Platform globally. SevenRooms, founded in 2011 by Joel Montaniel, Allison Page, and Kinesh Patel, offers CRM and operational tools to enhance guest experiences in the hospitality industry. Deliveroo, founded in 2013, operates with around 176,000 partners and over 130,000 riders, serving close to 7 million monthly active consumers in 2024 across nine countries. The SevenRooms deal is anticipated to close in the second half of the year, enhancing DoorDash's mission to empower local businesses and connect consumers with local commerce.

📦 DoorDash to acquire SevenRooms and Deliveroo, expanding its Commerce Platform and hospitality technology capabilities. SevenRooms, founded in 2011, offers CRM integration for marketing and operations, aiming to deepen client relationships and drive revenue. DoorDash will gain scale and reach, enhancing both in-store and delivery services. The SevenRooms deal is expected to close in H2 2023. Deliveroo operates in 9 countries and served 7 million monthly active consumers in 2024, working with 176,000 partners and 130,000 riders.

🏢 On June 4th, 2025, the Global Revenue Forum will hold its first French edition in Paris, simultaneously with events in Amsterdam, Madrid, and online. Organized by BY Solutions and Profit Intelligence, the forum focuses on harnessing AI for profit in the hospitality industry, with over 150 attendees expected. Sessions will cover AI-driven personalization, distribution marketplaces, new revenue streams, and personalized booking experiences. More information is available at https://paris.globalrevenueforum.com.

📞 Cetis, Inc., established in 1982 in Colorado Springs, produces telephone solutions for the hospitality industry. Founded by Dr. Bing N. Sun, the company offers three main brands: Teledex for high-end hotels, TeleMatrix for mid-range, and Scitec for budget-conscious establishments. Cetis serves a global clientele, including Hilton and Marriott, and has expanded into hospitality appliances. Their products feature energy efficiency, antimicrobial surfaces, and VoIP compatibility, with emphasis on guest satisfaction, emergency safety, operational efficiency, and accessibility.

???? Simone Gibertoni is the CEO of Clinique La Prairie, a longevity clinic with a 90-year history. The clinic, located in Montreux, Switzerland, specializes in holistic treatment focusing on medical, nutrition, wellbeing, and movement. It serves clients from 80 different countries, offering highly personalized therapies based on diagnostics, interventions, and follow-up. These include genetic and epigenetic testing to assess biological age and tailor treatments. The clinic has only 34 rooms and maintains a high staff-to-client ratio with 300 staff members, including 50 doctors, to ensure personalized service. Clinique La Prairie also operates five international hubs with plans to open two more. Additionally, they have opened a clinic in China with 29 rooms and are planning the largest longevity project in Saudi Arabia, as well as a third clinic in Phuket. The urban hubs differ from the full clinics, offering day treatments for consistent and continuous care. The clinic uses artificial intelligence to analyze medical data for accurate diagnostics. Clinique La Prairie aims to improve not just lifespan but also healthspan, focusing on quality of life over mere longevity.

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🔔 Hotels often choose to build their own tech solutions with standard, non-industry-specific tools like Power BI or Tableau, believing it's cost-effective. However, integrating various hotel systems proves complex, leading to increased internal costs, and such DIY projects commonly fail to provide actionable insights. Custom BI solutions or utilizing generic tools for hotel-specific needs result in high maintenance, security risks, and staggering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for smaller hotel groups (less than 200 hotels). Specialized, industry-specific solutions like Demand Calendar offer faster insights, continuous innovation, and handle hotel-native logic, outperforming generic BI tools. Demand Calendar simplifies complex data for various hotel departments, improving decision-making and performance. Adapting to best-practice industry solutions is more strategic than pursuing custom tech builds. Investing in specialized tech partners allows hotels to focus on hospitality and commercial strategy.

🏨 Cloudbeds, a leading hospitality management software provider, has formed a strategic partnership with STAAH, a hotel distribution technology leader, to offer integrated channel management tools to hoteliers for optimized operations and revenue generation. The collaboration enables real-time data sync, centralized inventory, enhanced reporting, and better guest experiences. Cloudbeds, founded in 2012, serves properties in over 150 countries and has received multiple awards, including recognition in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 in 2023.