Here is the round up of investment, acquisitions, product launches and strategic partnerships during the month of October for our Hotel Technology Expert Partners.
Aggregate Intelligence, Blastness, Cloudbeds, Flyr, Mirai and Right Revenue
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Aggregate Intelligence announces the acquisition of Vizly.ai
Aggregate Intelligence, the leader in data services and business intelligence for travel and real estate, today announced the acquisition of Vizly.ai, the leading AI platform for expert data analysis and visualization.
The acquisition catapults Aggregate Intelligence to a leading innovation position in its addressable markets and brings a fully functional agentic layer to its data products.
“This acquisition is a defining moment for Aggregate Intelligence and for our thousands of data customers and heralds the beginning of the next generation in AI-assisted data analysis and decision-making,” said John Tilly, CEO of Aggregate Intelligence
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Blastness presents AIBE: the revolutionary AI-based Booking Engine for optimising hotel direct bookings
In an increasingly competitive market where the booking engine plays a central role in the user’s digital experience, AIBE is a strategic tool for strengthening the direct channel and reducing dependence on OTAs, preserving greater value for the hotel and, most importantly, building a direct and lasting relationship with the guest. Every booking made on the official website therefore becomes not only instant revenue, but also an opportunity for customer loyalty and growth.
AIBE makes full use of the power of Artificial Intelligence to analyse every search and promptly suggest the most relevant solutions, enhanced by personalised visual content and arranged according to the likelihood of selection. With state-of-the-art tech, it guarantees fast loading, modern graphics, and a navigation experience on par with leading e-commerce sites for a quick, simple, and intuitive shopping experience.
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Cloudbeds and GuestCentric Join Forces to Smash Barriers to Direct Bookings
Independent hoteliers have long been stuck between clunky legacy systems and giant chains with endless resources. Today, Cloudbeds and GuestCentric are rewriting the rules. Their new partnership cuts through the tech clutter, giving hotels a frictionless, guest-first booking experience, without the usual headaches.
For too long, the industry has tolerated clumsy integrations and outdated workflows. Cloudbeds and GuestCentric aren’t interested in “good enough.” This partnership connects Cloudbeds’ powerful PMS with GuestCentric’s HyperCommerce CRS, putting independents on offense with the same caliber of tools as the big guys, but faster, leaner, and without the bloated complexity.
As recognized leaders across Latin America and Southern Europe, both Cloudbeds and GuestCentric bring unmatched expertise in empowering independent hotels in two of the world’s most dynamic hospitality regions. This partnership strengthens their shared commitment to help hoteliers in these markets – and beyond – drive more direct revenue and deliver exceptional guest experiences.
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Flyr Build Offer & Order: Built Right. Designed to Deliver.
We built Offer & Order to move the industry forward, not to recreate what already existed with new labels. From the start, we decided that adopting standards was not enough. As the first to make this work in production, we have a responsibility to lead and inform those standards, not simply follow them. Every product decision we make ties back to three core themes that keep us aligned and moving forward.
Removing the Friction
Real delivery means working together. Our architecture removes friction between systems and partners, making it easier to adapt, integrate, and grow as the industry evolves.
- ONE Order Readiness and Modular and Future Proof design let airlines deploy Offer & Order capabilities step by step, not through risky all-at-once replacements.
- Seamless Legacy Transition ensures compatibility across partners still running on older systems. That flexibility accelerates delivery for everyone involved.
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Flyr and RateGain partner to power smarter hotel pricing with integrated rate shopping
By offering RateGain’s Navigator along with the FLYR platform, this partnership delivers real-time, high-fidelity rate intelligence and actionable insights, replacing data overload with clarity right where pricing decisions are made. As part of the agreement, FLYR Hospitality will offer these solutions to hotel customers, supported by product resources and demonstration environments from RateGain.
“This partnership is about making it easy for our customers to get the data they need to run a world-class commercial organization,” said Andrew Rubinacci, Chief Commercial Officer at FLYR Hospitality. “By combining RateGain’s market-leading products with FLYR’s AI-driven revenue and business intelligence capabilities, we can help hotels access more insights, make faster decisions, and drive stronger commercial outcomes.”
“Our mission has always been to simplify growth for travel and hospitality companies,” said Toby March, EVP–Revenue (Americas), RateGain. “With Navigator built into FLYR, pricing becomes faster and frictionless, and hotels now get real-time insights, exactly when they need them.”
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Mirai launches Sarai, the new generation of AI agents for hotels
After months of development, Mirai introduces Sarai, the new generation of AI agents designed to revolutionize guest service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across multiple channels and in any language. Agents that help you evolve traditional chatbots, moving from automation to true intelligence.
We present this new product under the name Sarai, a super-agent capable of coordinating dozens of specialized sub-agents that work together seamlessly behind the scenes.
What can Sarai do
- Multilingual by design: Supports up to 100 languages automatically, without you having to maintain tedious translations.
- Natural understanding and reasoning: Sarai understands users regardless of how they phrase their questions and answers in context, without asking them to repeat.
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Right Revenue Introduces the Market Mix Optimiser
Getting the business mix right in hotels is tricky at the best of times. Too much of one type of booking or not enough of another and suddenly revenue, occupancy, and profitability are at risk. Managing this balance is often messy, highly manual, and a bit of a guessing game.
As revenue professionals, our goal is always to keep profit front of mind. That’s why securing the right business, at the right time, through the right channel, and at the right cost of sale is critical – and exactly where our latest upgrade to the Right Revenue platform comes in.
The Market Mix Optimiser not only forecasts hotel demand and recommends the most profitable BAR rate, it also gives you complete control over the business you accept. And with the ability to manage rates by rate code, our hoteliers can now bring even more precision and profitability to their strategy – something we’re very excited about.
