Your hotel website stopped being how she finds you. It became how she checks you.
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: $375.2M across 6 reported transactions. All Hospitality coverage →
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As AI assistants drive hotel discovery but not trust, the author argues hotel websites must shift from acquisition tools to verification tools, starting with transparent all-in pricing that matches OTA displays.
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