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Duetto and Triptease Launch Integration to Automate Marketing Activity Based on Occupancy.
Duetto, a leading provider of revenue and profit software for hotels, today announced a new integration with Triptease, a data marketing platform for hotels. The new tool, Auto Date Boost, automatically adjusts paid marketing spend when occupancy forecasts change, eliminating manual coordination between revenue and marketing teams.
RateGain accelerates European expansion with a doubled commercial team
RateGain Travel Technologies Limited, a global provider of AI-powered SaaS solutions for the travel and hospitality industry, today announced the next phase of its European expansion, with the region contributing 31.6% of the company's total FY2025 revenue. Driven by growing demand for AI-powered commercial solutions, RateGain has more than doubled its commercial team in Europe and is increasing investments across key markets to accelerate growth.
GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL DUBAI INTRODUCES ZAYA: Dubai's First Hotel AI Influencer
Grand Millennium Hotel Dubai has made history as the first hotel in Dubai to launch its own AI influencer. Her name is Zaya, and she is unlike anything the city's hospitality scene has seen before. Not a chatbot, not a virtual assistant, not an algorithm answering queries -- Zaya is a fully realised AI persona whose sole purpose is to live, explore, and share the Grand Millennium Dubai experience with the world.
Mews named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Revenue Management Systems in Hospitality
Mews, the operating system for hospitality, has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Revenue Management Systems in Hospitality 2026 Vendor Assessment (doc # US53542126, June 2026). According to the IDC MarketScape, "Hospitality operators should consider Mews if they are seeking a unified architecture and are prioritizing a unified PMS-RMS-BI workflow, high-frequency automated pricing, and a roadmap toward total guest revenue optimization within a single ecosystem."
RMS partners with SUNY Niagara to prepare tech-ready hospitality graduates
RMS, a leading global hospitality technology platform, has partnered with SUNY Niagara’s Hospitality Management Program to provide students with hands-on experience using industry-leading property management technology. As part of the partnership, students studying at the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute (NFCI), a division of SUNY Niagara, will use the RMS platform throughout their Hospitality Management degree, gaining practical experience across key hotel operations including reservations, front desk management, housekeeping, sales, revenue management and reporting.
Best Luggage Storage App 2026: Stasher vs Bounce vs Radical vs LuggageHero
Four apps, one job: hold your bags between a checkout and a train. On the surface, Stasher, Bounce, Radical Storage and LuggageHero look interchangeable. You book a drop-off point in an app, hand your bags to a partner shop, hotel or café, and collect them later. The real differences sit one layer down, in how each one charges you, how much guarantee cover comes bundled in, and how fast you can reach a human when a partner's shutter is down at the worst moment. Those three things decide which app fits your trip. The headline price barely moves the needle. Here's all four side by side, picked by trip type rather than crowned with a single winner.
A new operating system for travel takes shape at Phocuswright Europe
Phocuswright Europe opened this week with a clear message: AI is no longer a side conversation, it is the gravitational centre of travel’s next era. Across the main stage, speakers warned that the industry’s economics, interfaces and power structures are shifting faster than many companies can adapt. OAG CEO says travel’s next operating system will be built on “trusted intelligence”
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)
Southwest Airlines Co. is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider to modernize its technology foundation and evolve how the airline operates, builds, and is able to serve its Customers. As part of this partnership, Southwest will transition from a largely on-premises environment to a cloud-based, AI- and agent-enabled architecture on AWS by 2028—laying the foundation to operate with greater speed, flexibility, and reliability to support the business.
Otherwander Soho selects Apaleo to power fully digital pod hotel concept
Otherwander Soho, the newly opened 566-pod hotel in central London, has selected Apaleo, the API-first property management platform, to power its fully digitised guest journey and highly streamlined operating model. Opened on 1 June 2026 at 92 Dean Street in the heart of Soho, Otherwander Soho has built its technology ecosystem around interoperability, automation and real-time data flow. Rather than placing the property management system (PMS) at the centre of operations, the hotel has adopted a middleware-led architecture in which systems connect through open APIs and data moves across the business in real time.
IDeaS Sees Rapid Adoption of Commercial Strategy Solutions
IDeaS, a SAS company and the world’s leading provider of AI-powered hospitality revenue management software, today announced significant momentum in the adoption of its broader commercial strategy solutions, highlighting a growing industry shift toward connected decision-making that extends well beyond traditional revenue management. The announcement comes as hotel organizations face increasing pressure to navigate market volatility, staffing constraints, evolving traveler demand patterns, and growing expectations for data-driven decision-making across commercial functions. As teams are increasingly tasked with connecting revenue, marketing, sales and operational strategies, hoteliers are investing in technologies that provide a more unified view of business performance and market opportunities.
GoNexus Group Launches Sports & Live Events Vertical via Strategic Partnership With TicketNetwork
GoNexus Group, a leading experiences and mobility travel group, has announced a strategic partnership with TicketNetwork, a live-event ticketing technology and marketplace distribution company, to launch a new Sports & Live Events vertical within NexusCube, its B2B travel marketplace. The agreement represents a significant milestone in GoNexus Group’s evolution, expanding its portfolio beyond traditional travel products and reinforcing its strategy to diversify revenue streams and strengthen its omnichannel growth model across international markets.
Travel Trends Podcast Summit V3 Reveals First Speakers
The Travel Trends Podcast today announced that its Virtual Summit V3 has expanded capacity to 2,500 free registrations, driven by overwhelming support from partners across the global travel industry. Taking place October 28 & 29, 2026, the Travel Trends Podcast Virtual Summit V3 will bring together travel leaders, innovators, technology pioneers, destination marketers, advisors, operators, and hospitality professionals to explore the future of travel through this year's theme: Beyond AI.