Jose Sevilla

Former hotelier and hotel tech manager. Now I break down real examples to make hotel tech simple.

Hotel Trends

🛎️ How a 30 room hotel removed TVs and minibars and still charges £350 a night

Oct 29, 2026

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4 min read

🛎️ How a 30 room hotel removed TVs and minibars and still charges £350 a night

Also, Duetto partners with B&B Hotels

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Hotel Trends

🛎️ How one hotel group runs nearly 100 hotels with 180 employees

Oct 22, 2026

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4 min read

🛎️ How one hotel group runs nearly 100 hotels with 180 employees

Also, Booking puts $100M on a new AI travel assistant

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Hotel Trends

🛎️ How this hotel's booking conversion rate almost doubled

Oct 15, 2026

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4 min read

🛎️ How this hotel's booking conversion rate almost doubled

After the GM learned to code at 51

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Hotel Trends

🚙 Choice bets $130M on RVs and Hilton poaches Uber's engineering boss

Oct 8, 2026

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4 min read

🚙 Choice bets $130M on RVs and Hilton poaches Uber's engineering boss

Also, the startup that makes lobby corners profitable

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Hotel Trends

🔮 Hilton predicts, Airbnb commits and Kayak's founders innovate

Oct 1, 2026

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3 min read

🔮 Hilton predicts, Airbnb commits and Kayak's founders innovate

Also, Mews becomes the first partner in Accor's new F&B program

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Hotel Trends

Sep 24, 2026

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4 min read

🤖 Accor presents its new AI concierge

and a famous door lock company buys a digital key platform

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Hotel Trends

💣 This announcement just made a lot of hoteliers curious and vendors nervous

Sep 17, 2026

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4 min read

💣 This announcement just made a lot of hoteliers curious and vendors nervous

Also, digital tipping becomes the newest hotel software category

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Hotel Trends

📺 Marriott plans to fix its in-room entertainment problem with a TV company

Sep 10, 2026

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📺 Marriott plans to fix its in-room entertainment problem with a TV company

And Airbnb poaches a Booking veteran

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Hotel Trends

🔓 Mobile keys could've saved this CEO's job

Sep 3, 2026

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3 min read

🔓 Mobile keys could've saved this CEO's job

And Hilton, Marriott, IHG, and Choice join Google's new booking feature

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Hotel Trends

🏰 Booking consolidates its empire and Google buys travel data

Aug 27, 2026

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3 min read

🏰 Booking consolidates its empire and Google buys travel data

Also, Yanolja rolls out its AI concierge

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Hotel Trends

🦐 Tripadvisor sugarcoats a hotel with 102 food poisoning mentions

Aug 20, 2026

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4 min read

🦐 Tripadvisor sugarcoats a hotel with 102 food poisoning mentions

And Wyndham shows what AI done right can do

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Hotel Trends

🧩 Airbnb partners with Tripadvisor, Mews takes a leap towards fintech

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

🧩 Airbnb partners with Tripadvisor, Mews takes a leap towards fintech

And a new section!

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Hotel Trends

🔓 Hackers turn hotel Wi-Fi into a phishing trap

Aug 6, 2026

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4 min read

🔓 Hackers turn hotel Wi-Fi into a phishing trap

And IHG grabs the first paid spot inside Google's new AI Mode

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Hotel Trends

🏃‍➡️ IHG chases Hilton and Marriott into AI search

Jul 30, 2026

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4 min read

🏃‍➡️ IHG chases Hilton and Marriott into AI search

And Accor sells its last real estate stake and finally goes asset-light

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Hotel Trends

Jul 23, 2026

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1 min read

🚀 PriceLabs upgrades its rate shopper

And Mews adds three ways to get paid faster

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Independent Hotels

🔗 Accor builds new connections, Hilton strengthens existing ones

Jul 16, 2026

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🔗 Accor builds new connections, Hilton strengthens existing ones

Also, the Travel Tech Association

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Hotel Trends

✂️ Mews cuts 15% of its staff and Pudu builds a fully robotic hotel

Jul 9, 2026

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3 min read

✂️ Mews cuts 15% of its staff and Pudu builds a fully robotic hotel

Also, Hopper will pay $35M for hiding fees

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Hotel Trends

🔮 RateHawk and Phocuswright predict 10 travel trends for the next decade

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

🔮 RateHawk and Phocuswright predict 10 travel trends for the next decade

And the PMS debate: global vs. regional

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Startups

📱 A hotel is charging guests to put their phones down

Jun 25, 2026

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4 min read

📱 A hotel is charging guests to put their phones down

And Lastminute.com fires a quarter of its staff

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Hotel Trends

🧨 Oracle launches AI features for OPERA Cloud and Marriott presents its new chatbot

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

🧨 Oracle launches AI features for OPERA Cloud and Marriott presents its new chatbot

Also, Journey raises $15 million

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Startups

🚨 A new security report warns hotels about the World Cup

Jun 11, 2026

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3 min read

🚨 A new security report warns hotels about the World Cup

And IHG will also be inside ChatGPT

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Startups

Jun 4, 2026

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3 min read

🔮 Guesty presents the PMS of the future

And Accor's CEO transition begins

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Startups

💥 Uber chooses Mews and Marriott turns hotel rooms into an online store

May 28, 2026

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4 min read

💥 Uber chooses Mews and Marriott turns hotel rooms into an online store

Also, a fresh look for RemoteHotelier

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Hotel Trends

🔓 A check-in tool leaks a million passports

May 21, 2026

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4 min read

🔓 A check-in tool leaks a million passports

And a new tool to map your hotel's entire tech stack

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Hotel Trends

💣 Another tech giant selling hotels and Airbnb loses its essence

May 14, 2026

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4 min read

💣 Another tech giant selling hotels and Airbnb loses its essence

Also, an Italian hotel tech startup raises €47M

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