by Are Morch | Jul 13, 2026 | Hospitality Leadership
I have spent a long time now looking at which hotels get real value from AI and which ones spend money and end up disappointed, and I want to report something that surprised me. The dividing line is not budget. It is not the size of the property, the sophistication of...
by Are Morch | Jul 6, 2026 | Hotel AI Strategy
Most hotels approach AI the way they approach any new technology. They look for a tool to buy, a vendor to hire, or a system to install. Then they wonder why the results never quite match the promise. The hotels that actually succeed with AI tend to have something...
by Are Morch | Jun 25, 2026 | Hotel AI Strategy
I remember a conversation I had with a hotel general manager several years ago while we were sitting in a quiet corner of his lobby, just after the morning check-out rush had settled down. He had been in the hospitality industry for more than two decades and had seen...
by Are Morch | Jun 22, 2026 | Hospitality Leadership
There is a quiet assumption running through most hotel AI conversations that I want to challenge directly, because it is steering decisions in the wrong direction. The assumption is that AI decisions belong to technology people. The IT lead, the corporate innovation...
by Are Morch | Jun 17, 2026 | Hotel AI Strategy
I want to say something out loud that many people in hospitality feel but rarely articulate clearly, partly because it sounds too dramatic for an industry built on calm confidence, operational stability, and a belief that good service will always speak for itself. AI...
