You Publish the Rate, AI Quotes Booking.com, Non-Room Revenue Grew 35% vs 6.5% for Rooms, Hotel Tech Is Hard to Choose When AI Summarizes the Vendors
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: $5B across 15 reported transactions. All Hospitality coverage →
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Wednesday closed September with hospitality.today on AI tools sourcing hotel pricing from OTAs rather than hotels, Turneo's 2027 growth agenda finding non-room revenue growing 35% against 6.5% for rooms, and Puzzle Pa…
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