Six months after being acquired, the AI revenue solution has doubled its customer base and is now being natively embedded to optimize pricing for all of a property’s revenue-generating assets.
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Month: August 2025
International News: Agoda Deploys AI to Instantly Answer Traveler Questions About Hotels
The new ‘Property AMA Bot’ uses ChatGPT and live property data to give users immediate answers to specific questions, helping them make faster, more confident booking decisions.
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Deepfakes at the Front Desk: Here’s What Hotel Leaders Should Do Next
Deepfakes are one of the most dangerous and fastest-growing cybersecurity threats – costing businesses over $200 million in just the first quarter of 2025.
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The Secret to Winning Guest Loyalty in Tribal Casinos
Success comes from starting with guest-centric thinking and then equipping those ideas with modern system design and data strategies.
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IRIS and Travel Curious Team Up to Turn Digital Directories into Experience Hubs
By integrating Travel Curious’s curated tours into its digital guest directory, IRIS now enables hoteliers to seamlessly offer and monetize local experiences alongside on-property services.
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Safara Takes Aim at OTAs With New 0% Commission Platform for Independent Hotels
The new ‘Guest Demand Platform’ combines a zero-commission marketplace with a guest-facing app that centralizes reservations and collects preferences to enhance personalization.
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SynergySuite Raises $12M
This capital will accelerate SynergySuite’s growth strategy as it continues to deliver on powerful automation, practical AI, and a connected platform designed by operators, for operators.
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Start-Up Spotlight: Khumbu Tackles Restaurant Tech’s Most Persistent Pain: Integrations
From POS to loyalty to labor, Khumbu embeds with enterprise brands and vendors to handle the heavy lifting—freeing teams to innovate while building toward a future of native interoperability.
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International News: Marriott and Flipkart Partner to Turn Online Shopping into Global Hotel Stays
In an industry-first for India, the new alliance allows members to link accounts and directly convert points between Flipkart’s SuperCoins and Marriott Bonvoy’s travel program.
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Kasa Lands $40M to Scale AI Platform for Independent Hotels
The investment from Silver Lake Waterman will accelerate the development of Kasa’s proprietary Operating System as the company surpasses $100 million in annual booking revenue.
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