Airbnb is reportedly planning luxury offerings like personal chefs to entice travelers away from hotels. The company wants to move beyond accommodations and experiences to “services...
Instant payments have become a mainstay for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the hospitality sector. For example, more hospitality SMBs used instant PayPal to...
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is investing in artificial intelligence (AI) amid record growth in its room pipeline. The hotel and resort chain released earnings Wednesday...
Hospitality/travel industry commercial platform Lighthouse has debuted an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution. Channel Manager, announced Thursday (July 18), is designed to erase what the company...
With consumers increasingly expecting to be able to get anything they want, when they want it, bridal retail is picking up the pace, according to...
Elavon has launched a new application programming interface (API) that helps hotels and other hospitality-related businesses manage digital and in-person payments. With the new Elavon Cloud...
Sabre Hospitality’s retailing solution now allows hoteliers to sell experiences, services and goods without a room reservation. The addition of standalone offers to the SynXis...
American Express has announced agreements to acquire two technology providers — Tock and Rooam — to expand its suite of digital tools for restaurants and merchants. Both transactions...
We’re roughly at the midpoint of 2024, and the midpoint is a good time to take stock of where we’ve been and what lies ahead....