AdcommTV has signed a three-year agreement to become an approved vendor for Red Roof properties nationwide, giving franchise owners access to a wider range of hospitality technology and procurement services.
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News, features and articles written by the IHS team and our knowledgeable contributors on businesses who provide goods and services to the hospitality sector.
Launching a new B2B hospitality product requires strategic restraint. Discover how top suppliers and technology providers build authority with hotel executives through phased messaging, position clarity, and measured launch sequences.
ARDA’s H1 2026 Pulse Survey shows continued growth across the U.S. vacation ownership sector. Timeshare sales and occupancy increased, existing-owner sales rose strongly, and IT spending grew 7.5%. The report also highlights staffing pressures and higher booking cancellations, giving hospitality suppliers useful insight into the priorities shaping resort operations.
Sadie AI has joined the Inside Hospitality Solutions Provider Network. Built specifically for hospitality, Sadie AI helps hotels and restaurants answer every guest call, manage reservations, increase direct bookings, and provide 24 hour guest support through intelligent Voice AI that integrates with leading hotel systems.
Independent Hotel Show Miami returns September 16–17, 2026, bringing together luxury, boutique, and independent hoteliers with 200+ exhibiting brands. Whether you are attending or exhibiting, these ten tips will help you set clear goals, book the right meetings, and turn two days on the show floor into real business results. Register free using the Inside Hospitality Solutions code.
Unproven eco-claims create legal risks and damage guest trust. Discover how hoteliers audit sustainable OS&E suppliers, verify credentials, and secure corporate travel accounts.
Traditional hotel RFPs prioritize the lowest upfront cost, often sacrificing vendor quality and long-term performance. Modernizing the B2B hotel RFP process with outcome-based contracting speeds up procurement and drives measurable operational ROI.
New research reveals that 95% of travelers fail to identify AI-generated photos accurately, yet 74% refuse to book without seeing pictures first. Hospitality journalist Mia Taylor explores how synthetic imagery damages guest trust and why hoteliers must prioritize authentic visuals.
A high “like” count on social media rarely translates to hotel procurement contracts. To earn the trust of hotel owners and operations leaders, B2B hospitality suppliers must look beyond vanity metrics and optimize for deep engagement signals like text expansions, document swipes, and meaningful comment threads. Here is how to establish true conversational authority on LinkedIn.
An aesthetically pleasing website means nothing if search engines and AI discovery tools cannot parse its architecture. Drawing on core technical insights from digital strategist John Heffernan of RedLive Media, this guide breaks down why clean site hierarchy, structured data, and sub-three-click navigation are essential for hotels driving direct bookings and B2B suppliers targeting enterprise procurement.