SiteMinder stories
Travellers could soon book rooms inside chatbots as SiteMinder taps AI assistants to drive live hotel rates and reservations.
Hoteliers can boost profits and enhance guest experiences by using AI technologies like generative AI and predictive analytics to forecast demand and understand customer choices.
SiteMinder has appointed Mike Rogers as Chief Data Officer and Tomas Varsavsky as Chief Technology Officer to enhance its data strategy and technology stack.
Australia is set to lead global hotel bookings in 2024, with 86% made by Australians, as direct website reservations hit an average of AUD $778.
SiteMinder's latest report reveals Australian travellers are wary of AI, with only 32% open to using it for accommodation, lagging behind Asia and Latin America.
Australia's Right to Disconnect bill comes into effect, aiming to protect work-life balance by allowing employees to disengage from work communications outside official hours.
As AI Appreciation Day nears, industry leaders spotlight AI's transformative impact across sectors, calling for a balance between innovation, transparency, and customer benefit.
SiteMinder, the open hotel commerce platform, appoints Trent Innes as Chief Growth Officer. Innes is a former MD of Xero Australia and Asia.
Travellers increasingly using conversational search could redirect hotel bookings away from metasearch and OTAs as AI tools surface live rates.
ELMO Software has appointed Mei Ching Koon as Chief Marketing Officer to boost growth and strengthen its HR tech presence in Australia and New Zealand.
Hotel bookings across Australia for Easter 2025 have surged by 19.6% compared to last year, signalling a trend towards earlier travel plans.
Ignition has appointed Bec Donnelly as Senior Vice President of People & Culture to drive its global expansion strategy and enhance team performance.
Hotel bookings for Christmas have surged, with a 43% increase in Germany and British travellers among the busiest, highlighting a global travel revival.
SiteMinder and Cloudbeds unite to boost global hotelier revenue opportunities, integrating their platforms to enhance distribution and operational precision for 60,000 hotels.
SiteMinder bolsters partnership with global OTA, Trip.com, amid increased demand from the outbound Chinese travel market.
SiteMinder unveils an innovative mobile platform for hotel revenue management, fundamentally transforming operations with real-time booking adjustments and risk identification capabilities.
Re-Leased, a proptech scale-up, has appointed Dai Williams as CRO. He will oversee global revenue growth and expansion of the software platform.
Direct bookings driving revenue growth in Australia's hotel sector as it embraces online commerce and technology, says SiteMinder.
