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"What is becoming as valuable as the source of truth, itself, is the system of execution." Is the hotel industry facing a future where connectivity without action comes with costs? And, where lightning speed-to-market is non-negotiable? Our CEO and managing director, Sankar Narayan, believes it is. As originally published in The Hotel Yearbook, here's Sankar's timely reflection on the future of hotel distribution.

If you were at HITEC last week and didn’t grab a ticket to Battle of the Bands, then bless your heart. It was hot! 🔥 To our partners at Cloudbeds and everyone who came along in their boots, tennis shoes and everything in between, thanks for partying with us. Till next time 😉

Hellooo HITEC and welcome to our home state of Texas! The doors are open and we're inspired as ever by the innovation around us. Want to talk distribution, intelligence and revenue optimisation? So do we. Come and say hey at stand 642.

Time for some good ol’ southern BBQ and sweet country music, y’all! 🤠👢 Coming to HITEC this month? Then you best be joining us and Cloudbeds for the party of the week. Grab your ticket before it’s gone: https://lnkd.in/es_zwUFX 🎸 Proudly supported by our co-host, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

For the world's hotels, the picture is always more than a single trend. It's a set of signals playing out differently, destination by destination. As we arrive at the halfway point of 2026, the mid-year edition of SiteMinder's Hotel Booking Trends report explores the wider shifts shaping hotel bookings from June to September, across 22 key destination markets. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/d4hxCKR4

👋 Melbourne, Amsterdam, Durban, Sitges and Marina Bay. We loved every conversation along the way. Missed us? Here's where we're heading next: https://bit.ly/4epbVDT

Ho Chi Minh City, thank you for having us. 🇻🇳 Last Thursday, 21 May, we brought the emergent series to Le Méridien Saigon for an afternoon with Vietnam's hotel community. A big thank you to our event partners, IDeaS Revenue Solutions and PayPal, and to Hung Pham for joining our fireside chat. Most of all, thank you to everyone who spent the afternoon with us. The energy in the room said it all: Vietnam's hospitality sector has real momentum right now. 🪷

What. A. Week. 🤝

For 20 years, we've pioneered solutions to get modern tech into the hands of the world's hoteliers. Today, we're doing it again. Say hi to the hotel industry's first fully-integrated best-in-class distribution solution. Mews Channel Manager, powered by SiteMinder, is a native integration with Mews to bring our premier distribution platform inside the hotel operating system. Two category leaders. One experience. One connected workflow. Read more in our announcement: https://bit.ly/3RwB6vy

It takes a helluva lot to build the tech stack hotels actually need. Next week, at #MewsUnfold, our Chief Product Officer, Leah Rankin will delve into exactly this. Winding the clock back, Leah will share the evolution of hotel tech, from where it's been over the last 20 years, to where it is today, and where it's headed in an AI-driven world. As a headline sponsor of Mews Unfold, we also know that the Mews team's been working on some exciting stuff! So, be sure to stick around for the innovation session after Leah's keynote, to find out what they've been up to. Register at https://lnkd.in/dCaXcbtv