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“How can you sell a product when you already know that the average rate achieved won’t generate a sufficient profit? RevPAR is under massive pressure in many markets.” These are the critical words of Dirk Iserlohe, CEO of Honestis AG. He warns of a significant fall in RevPAR. 

The hospitality sector asked the previous Starmer government for three things over two years. It received almost none of them. Andy Burnham has changed the tone, but the public finances that blocked those requests remain unchanged. Hotels should expect a long wait.

How is PRISM organised from an operational perspective? How is an Indian tech company taking over German hotels? In a bumpy and disorganised way is the answer. Suddenly, an auditor from India turns up unannounced in the lobby; ad hoc requests for system access are made; the hotel staff are frustrated; and those who have spontaneously been handed their notice at are still trembling.

As one of the first hotel chains worldwide, the Radisson Hotel Group launched an AI-powered price-matching system across all distribution channels in June. Guests/customers no longer have to search for a better deal. As a result, the Best Price Guarantee has been discontinued. The details.

From Poitiers to Germany to the UK, residents left their own homes to book air-conditioned hotel rooms for several nights during the latest heatwave. Searches for rooms with air conditioning and pools surged across OTA platforms.

Romantik Hotels comprises 160 privately-owned hotels, and each can now create its own "Romantik": "MyRomantik". A group of pilot hotels helped develop this new MyRomantik platform for the members of the cooperative. All establishments now have digital, 24/7 access to knowledge, data, guests and hotels.

Fifty-one Marriott owners, holding nearly 1,000 hotels, want a bigger cut of Bonvoy revenue. Credit-card fee income is surging they say, reimbursement isn't. Marriott has made small adjustments, but owners say it's not enough.

Anti-G7 demonstrations are planned for this Sunday in Geneva. This "event" is causing hotel occupancy rates in Geneva to plummet – rather than driving them up.

A first in the German hotel partnership landscape: CPH Hotels will initially operate under the operational umbrella of Ringhotels until 2027. After that, the hotels can decide under which brand they wish to operate.

Cameras and AI are now making their way into the bins of professional kitchens: Together, they help to identify food waste in the bin in real time. Anyone aiming to save half of this earns $25,000 a year. The technology behind this comes from Winnow in Chicago. At the HITT Think Tank founder and CEO Marc Zornes set the pulse regarding food waste