Are Hotels Getting Too Dependent on AI? Aviation Already Knows How This Story Ends
Why this matters
Hospitality has separated by chain scale and demand segment, with luxury and resort outperforming and select-service holding pricing power on a leaner cost base. New construction starts remain at multi-decade lows, which has supported in-place RevPAR and made conversions of soft-branded flags an increasingly active part of transaction velocity. For sponsors with operational expertise, the sector continues to offer one of the more compelling income-plus-appreciation profiles available across CRE.
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- Disclosed hospitality deal value tracked in November 2026: $562M across 6 reported transactions. All Hospitality coverage →
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Drawing on aviation's hard-won lessons about automation complacency, the author argues hotels must pair AI adoption with deliberate human competence to avoid fragility disguised as efficiency.
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