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Revinate, hospitality’s leading direct booking platform, is excited to announce two strategic appointments to power its continued expansion across the Asia-Pacific region. Jeff Hoh joins as APAC Head of Sales, while Nick Ellis has been appointed Australia Country Director. Ellis will report to Hoh who will report to Doug Tilford, Revinate’s Chief Revenue Officer.

The business travel industry is fueled by innovative supplier companies who focus on serving the needs of both corporate travel programs and the travelers these corporate customers send out on the road for work trips.

Harbour Hotels, an award-winning UK-based hotel group, has announced a landmark £3 million refurbishment of Harbour Hotel Guildford. Commencing this summer, the investment will see all 183 rooms and suites undergo a full redesign in a two-phase project, with upgraded technology and refreshed interiors.

Paris, France, August 26, 2025. Influence Societies has partnered with the newly restored Palacio de Tavira for its opening, launching a high-performing website designed to serve as the property’s primary booking and revenue channel. Set in the meticulously renovated former Palacio dos Tavares—a historic 18th-century landmark in Tavira’s old town—the hotel offers guests a distinctive blend of heritage, culture, and modern comfort. The new website reflects the property’s unique identity while enabling a seamless booking journey for its target audience of families and couples seeking authentic Algarve experiences.

BARCELONA, Spain, August 26, 2025 – Shiji, the global hospitality technology leader, is proud to announce that its Daylight PMS now integrates with Right Revenue’s cutting‑edge rate management software. This partnership empowers hoteliers to harness AI‑driven rate recommendations with forecasts covering up to two years ahead directly within their cutting-edge PMS. By combining rate strategy execution and real‑time predicted revenue gain insights, this integration lets hotel operators boost revenue, save valuable time, and deliver smarter, data‑driven decisions right to their bottom line.

The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation has released a special report, “AI-Powered Workforce: Hospitality’s Next Evolution,” examining how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming talent management for hotel sales, marketing, and revenue management teams. The first installment of the Foundation’s ongoing quarterly talent insights series, the report offers practical guidance for hospitality leaders on embedding AI into professional development, recruitment, and retention strategies.

LodgIQ, a leading provider of AI-powered revenue management solutions, today announced the successful integration of its LodgIQ Revenue Management System (RMS) with the Property Management System from Host Hotel Systems (Host PMS). This collaboration enables more than 1,800 hotels in fifteen countries, currently using Host’s technology, to leverage LodgIQ’s dynamic, data-driven pricing and automation to maximize revenue, improve operational efficiency, and stay competitive in rapidly changing markets.

For decades, hotel key cards have been an overlooked necessity: functional, forgettable, and ultimately disposable. Now, a new wave of sustainable design is transforming them into a detail that captures attention, and tells a story.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is pleased to welcome CDR, a global Talent Advisory firm specialising in luxury hospitality and destination real estate, as its newest Global Member.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA), the leading data standards organization for the travel industry and a member of the Linux Foundation, today announced it has joined the Overture Maps Foundation (Overture), another Linux Foundation initiative focused on building reliable and interoperable open map data for global use. By joining Overture, OTA will work with another leading consortium to resolve one of the travel industry’s most persistent challenges: standardizing location data across the highly fragmented ecosystem of travel providers, platforms, and markets by establishing open, interoperable mapping frameworks.