PMS News Desk · Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min read
A paid private pilot connects Australian managers' trust accounts to their Hospitable bookings and owner statements, with daily open banking feeds, per-owner ledgers and month-end records. Queensland rules first.
From the second week of November, hostel and mixed properties can switch Mews Business Intelligence dashboards to a bed view, so a six-bed dorm with five beds sold stops reading as one occupied room.
Shiji has given Meridian Experiences a formal global launch, bringing spa, golf, wellness and activity bookings into one cloud system with a shared guest profile across its platform.
Agilysys reported record second-quarter revenue of $93.4 million and raised its full-year guidance, with subscription revenue growing 32.6% year on year.
The AI Hospitality Alliance published a free AI orchestration framework for hotels, built around five components and the rule that something other than the AI must validate a change before it reaches the hotel's systems.
SuitePad has launched the Phone Dock, a single nightstand unit combining a hotel handset that supports Kari's Law compliance with a dock for its guest tablet. First units ship now, volume follows in January 2027.
OwnerRez can now publish listings to TripSkip, a directory that charges a flat annual fee from $49 and sends guests to the host's own booking page rather than processing the booking itself.
CoStar data puts Canadian hotel occupancy at 77.9% and RevPAR at CAD 200.79 for September, up 14% year on year, with Quebec and Montreal leading on the back of a busy events calendar.
The Mexico City aparthotel operator has gone live on Mews PMS, Channel Manager and RMS, and plans another 500 to 600 units by mid-2027 on the way to a 3,000-unit target.
The parts of the 13 and 20 October digests that did not get their own write-up: browser autofill in the checkout and guest portals, PDF attachments on confirmations, a foreign totals column in reservation exports, and a label rename that touches your saved filters.
Four changes to Cloudbeds in October 2026: two Airbnb discounts you can switch on without the extranet, a flat deposit option in Smart Policies, custom transaction report columns, and a monthly ceiling on automatic ad top-ups.
Hospitable's rebuilt calendar is now the default for all accounts, guest portal smart lock details can be hidden or timed, and a single setting now controls exact property location across every channel.