Innovation

💰 Console SecretBox revolutionizes e-commerce for hospitality and culinary sectors by offering a direct sales solution for gift vouchers and packages without commission. It features over 100 advanced functionalities, including AI-driven content generation, facilitating rapid creation of SEO-optimized descriptions tailored to your brand. Gain 100% of your sales revenue directly into your account. Targeted at hotels, restaurants, and artisans, Console SecretBox maximizes visibility and efficiency, supporting even seasonal and rural businesses.

📈 2024 European Hotel Industry & Investment Survey highlights persistent staff shortages and rising costs as key concerns for hoteliers by 2025. Mews technology enhancements aim to boost direct bookings, reduce OTA fees that reached $266 billion globally. Mews Guest Portal, Digital Key, and RMS with Atomize integration improve operational efficiency and personalization. Mews Events and Amadeus integration diversify revenue sources. Over the past year, Mews released numerous updates to aid modern hoteliers in growing with agility.

📶 WiFi 6, or IEEE 802.11ax, was certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance in September 2019. It offers 40% faster speeds than WiFi 5, enhanced capacity, less congestion, and improved energy efficiency, particularly in dense environments. Adoption started slowly in 2020 due to limited device compatibility, with only a few high-end smartphones and PCs supporting it. WiFi 6 competes with 5G but remains essential for local networks, especially where cellular signals struggle to penetrate buildings.

📹 Projo, a startup incubated by TUI, leverages AI to automate video production for travel professionals, addressing the challenge of producing diverse, high-quality promotional content. Founded by Fabien Roques in 2025, Projo customizes video formats like Instagram ads and newsletters, enhancing travel experience visualization. Collaborating closely with TUI, Projo aims to integrate its solution across TUI's digital platforms, enriching customer engagement through multimedia content. The service focuses on video due to its visual and experiential importance in the travel industry.

📱 HCN, a leading AI-powered hotel solution provider, acquires Crave Interactive, a UK-based digital experience innovator for luxury hotels, on an undisclosed date for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2009, Crave is known for in-room tablets and AI services, catering to high-end clients like MGM Resorts, Fairmont, and Hyatt. This strategic move enhances HCN's global presence in the four and five-star hotel market, aiming to redefine customer engagement and expand its advertising network.

📈 SuiteOp, co-founded by Simon Seroussi and Jean-Emmanuel Losi, partners with French rental software Smily to automate operations for thousands of real estate managers across France and Europe. This integration marks a significant step in SuiteOp's European expansion, enhancing its presence in a highly professionalized short-term rental market. The partnership aims to streamline processes for local operators, leveraging SuiteOp’s platform to meet the year-round demand in the region.

🗺 Cocohop, 2025, launches its B2B2C platform for customized travel planning, accessible to travel agencies and travelers. The platform integrates AI to automate travel organization, featuring 50 million tourist points of interest. 500 beta testers helped refine the tool, enhancing human expertise. Theya, an AI agent, utilizes Gemini and various servers like Airbnb and Amadeus. Cocohop tests Google's Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, streamlining multi-agent systems and automating tasks like flight catalog consultation.

💻 HiJiffy a introduit Aplysia 3, un chatbot innovant basé sur la technologie RAG, permettant aux hôtels de répondre précisément à des questions illimitées. Les équipes hôtelières peuvent utiliser deux documents pour mettre à jour instantanément le contenu, facilitant le déploiement et la gestion. Conçu pour les groupes hôteliers, Aplysia 3 offre une cohérence globale avec une personnalisation locale, garantissant des réponses intelligentes et pertinentes en comprenant l’intention des clients.

🛠 Skyted reveals its Skyted 320 headset at VivaTech in Paris on June 11-12, 2025, with commercialization starting June 18. Vietnam Airlines collaborates with FPT to accelerate digital transformation with AI and blockchain. Mirai's new booking engine boosts multi-room conversion by 56%, reducing scrolling by 90%. Zoox issues a second software recall after a May 8 collision in San Francisco. Hyundai to deploy over 1,100 EV charging robots at Incheon Airport by next year.

🏠 Wander, the luxury short-term rental platform, secured $50 million in Series B funding in May 2025. The American startup, founded by John Andrew Entwistle in 2021, plans to enhance global expansion and its AI-driven WanderOS system. Key investors include QED Investors and Fifth Wall. With over 1,000 properties, Wander aims to tap into a vast market of 300,000 suitable homes worldwide, following previous rounds raising $20 million in 2022 and $7 million in 2021.