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🤖 IHG Unleashes AI-Powered Wanderlust: Google Cloud Partnership Ushers in Personalized Trip Planning

⚡ InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), a major hotel chain, is partnering with Google Cloud to introduce a new AI-powered trip planning feature in their IHG One Rewards mobile app. This new tool, set to launch later in 2024, will provide personalized travel recommendations and allow guests to plan and book their entire vacation directly through the app.

🫸 Mississippi Officials Object to Proposal of Housing Migrant Children in Former Harrah's Tunica Hotels

⚡ Local officials refused to support a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children in two former casino hotels in northwest Mississippi after a 3-2 vote by the Tunica County Board of Supervisors, influenced by opposition from state Republican officials and the local sheriff, leaving the future of Rapid Deployment's federal proposal uncertain as a crucial letter of support was not issued.

📈 Hotels See 1.6% Year-over-Year Increase in Occupancy Rate

⚡ The U.S. hotel industry showed mixed performance results compared to the previous week but positive year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar's latest data through May 25. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.

🏨 How Will Las Vegas Resort Closures Impact the Hotel Market?

⚡ The Las Vegas hotel industry saw significant changes in 2023 with the opening of two hotels adding thousands of rooms to the market, but the recent closure of the Tropicana and the upcoming three-year renovation of The Mirage, which will reopen as Hard Rock Las Vegas in 2027, will reduce the total room inventory by about 4,500 rooms in a market of over 153,000, an amount that industry experts believe will not significantly impact the market.

💸 Stayntouch Introduces New Attribute-Based Selling and Dynamic Pricing Solution to Boost Hotel Revenue

⚡ Stayntouch, a global leader in cloud hotel property management systems and guest-centric technology, has launched UpsellPRO, an advanced upselling tool integrated within their PMS that uses Attribute-Based Selling and dynamic pricing to enhance revenue opportunities by allowing hotels to unbundle room reservations and market individual room features to guests during booking.

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