
The market is splitting between luxury and economy, and most PMS systems are really built for one side of it. We look at what that means for a conference hotel that's neither.

Guests will soon stop booking themselves — an AI agent will do it on their behalf. We look at what that actually means for a conference hotel over the next two years, and what's still pure hype.

Every vendor now says they have AI. That makes the question less interesting than it used to be — the real one is whether it's an actual agent with tool access, or a suggestion with a fancy name.

Building a simple app with AI in an afternoon has become surprisingly real. What that same afternoon doesn't solve is security, regulations, and the maintenance waiting in the years after.

A system switch rarely succeeds because the software is good. It succeeds because someone internally actually owns the project, follows a plan, and gives super-users and staff real time to learn it.

The industry is shifting from rate growth to profitability. That should change what you look for in a system — and the real cost rarely sits in the license price.