Chinese AI Booked 800% More Rooms at Spring Festival, U.S. RevPAR Streak Ends After 21 Weeks, Tech Friction Costs More Than Licensing
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 September 2026: $940.1M across 8 reported transactions. All Hospitality coverage →
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Friday brought Pertlink's account of Fliggy's AI booking skill live inside Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, and Honor phone stores with Chinese AI hotel bookings up 800% at Spring Festival, CoStar data showing U.S. RevPAR fell 6…
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Fliggy's open-source "flyai" travel skill is now live in Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and Honor native skill stores, enabling AI-driven bookings without a user ever opening the Fliggy app, just as Chinese AI orders surged 800…