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New episode of In Good Company the network under the park... introducing Wifinity Joining Dave McRobbie, is Kendal Stace...
12/10/2026

New episode of In Good Company the network under the park... introducing Wifinity

Joining Dave McRobbie, is Kendal Stacey, Account Director, to explain how one 5G network can cover vans, venues and the whole park without digging up the ground...

One of our newest community Partners, they discuss why parks struggle with connectivity, what private 5G is, and why the basics come before any new tech.

Link in comments below.

05/10/2026

UK hospitality pays 82p in business taxes for every £1 of pre-tax profit. The all-sector average is 50p.

This week's Lookout also covers:
- Wetherspoon: sales up 5.2%, profit down 28%
- 37% of hotel AI users reported higher room revenue
- 70% of consumers abandoned an AI chat that forgot them
- Choice Hotels buying Harvest Hosts for $130m

Every story, with the original links, is in the full update on the HolidaymakerXP community: https://community.holidaymakerxp.co.uk/hospitality-news-week-of-5-october-2026/

28/09/2026

The Lookout, this week in UK & global hospitality 👀

Haven had a big week... pulling back on new capital while holiday-tax plans stay unresolved, but also adding its 40th park, picking up Seal Bay Resort in West Sussex from Cove.

Consolidation at the top isn't slowing down, which is exactly why the operators who own their guest relationship and their direct bookings are the ones with room to move.

Also this week:
👉 Gwynedd shelves its tourist tax after 80% of respondents pushed back
👉 OpenAI's Bret Taylor tells travel brands to stop over-scripting their AI agents
👉 Accor's AI concierge passes a million guest conversations
👉 B2B brands lean on creators to cut through "AI slop"
👉 Lufthansa AI agent's blunt reply to a customer went viral...

Sources in the comments, keep following for more!

Just three weeks until we're taking XP Hospitality just up the road to Martin's Bar & Restaurant, Highlands End Holiday ...
22/09/2026

Just three weeks until we're taking XP Hospitality just up the road to Martin's Bar & Restaurant, Highlands End Holiday Park, part of West Dorset Leisure Holidays.

We're bringing together some of the souths hospitality, commercial and travel tech leaders to share their knowledge and experience with us all, plus we have a few surprises up our sleeve for the day itself...

Kimberley Ramsey MIH, TigerTMS
Jon Moxon, Travel Chapter
Laurence Cornwall-Watkins, Bright Blue Day
Seemin Suleri, Prima assicurazioni richiesta preventivi
Tom Wright, Upperdog Ltd

Work in hospitality or travel tech? Register for your free place now: https://community.holidaymakerxp.co.uk/events/xp-hospitality-dorset/

Limited spaces, do not miss out!

What a day at XP Hospitality Edinburgh. A full room at The Place Hotel, straight talk on Scottish tourism, AI and where ...
17/09/2026

What a day at XP Hospitality Edinburgh. A full room at The Place Hotel, straight talk on Scottish tourism, AI and where it actually helps, and travel distribution, no pitching, no agenda, just good conversation with people who work in this industry.

Full recap here: https://community.holidaymakerxp.co.uk/xp-hospitality-edinburgh-recap

Huge thanks to Marc Crothall MBE, Sam Weston, Sarah Allanson, Glenn Tait, Josh Ryan-Saha, Ian McAteer and Jay Thomson for speaking.

PS. Ian McAteer surprised the room with a Holidaymaker theme tune. It's in the write-up. You're welcome!!😁

Closing out our Edinburgh speaker line-up: Josh Ryan-Saha, Director of Traveltech for Scotland and Edinburgh Futures Ins...
10/09/2026

Closing out our Edinburgh speaker line-up: Josh Ryan-Saha, Director of Traveltech for Scotland and Edinburgh Futures Institute.

He's facilitated over £20m in Scottish traveltech investment and built a 200-strong community of innovators and operators, and speaks regularly at ITB Berlin, Phocuswright and World Travel Market.

At XPH Edinburgh: where agentic AI is taking travel distribution, and what it means for how independent hospitality gets found and booked.

Tuesday 15th September, 9:30am–3:30pm at The Place Hotel, Edinburgh.

Join us, link in the first comment 👇

AI: From Magic Trick to Business Tool. Closing out XPH Edinburgh, Ian McAteer and Jay Thomson, Co-founder & CEO of Maate...
09/09/2026

AI: From Magic Trick to Business Tool. Closing out XPH Edinburgh, Ian McAteer and Jay Thomson, Co-founder & CEO of Maaten, explore what AI actually means for hospitality and tourism businesses, beyond the hype and the chatbots.

Through practical examples and live demonstrations, they'll show how AI is beginning to transform everything from marketing, websites and content creation to customer insight, guest communications, internal processes and paid media.

They'll also ask the harder question: as AI makes more things faster, easier and cheaper to produce, where does human judgement, creativity and experience become even more valuable?

Tuesday 15th September, 9:30am–3:30pm at The Place, Edinburgh.

Join us, only 10 spaces left👇

Introducing Sam Weston, Head of AI & Marketing at 80 DAYS editor of Hotel Speak, and one of our amazing XPH Edinburgh sp...
07/09/2026

Introducing Sam Weston, Head of AI & Marketing at 80 DAYS editor of Hotel Speak, and one of our amazing XPH Edinburgh speakers.

His session, "The Future of Websites", looks at what happens when AI agents start browsing accommodation sites, comparing rates and attempting bookings on a guest's behalf. When they get stuck, they head straight to an OTA, a real challenge for independent brands that have fought hard for direct bookings, but a real opportunity for those who prepare early.

Tuesday 15th September, 9:30am–3:30pm at The Place, Edinburgh.

Join us, link in the first comment 👇

06/09/2026

I think £78 billion was generated by the sector in 2025, which is a staggering figure in any case.”

Daniel Phillips MRTPI of JMS Planning & Development Ltd on the tourism and leisure sector’s rural growth potential, and the pro-growth changes coming in the new NPPF… support for farm diversification, and leisure businesses given room to adapt and grow.

Full episode of In Good Company out now: https://community.holidaymakerxp.co.uk/in-good-company-s02e01-jms-planning/

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