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Virdee Providing best-in-class virtual reception and user engagement software for lodging, multifamily and commercial buildings

🏨 Hotel wages are rising. The key to managing costs is not necessarily reducing staffing but managing it more effectivel...
10/14/2026

🏨 Hotel wages are rising. The key to managing costs is not necessarily reducing staffing but managing it more effectively.

📈 Labor cost per occupied room increased 1.8%, reaching $46.79.

💡 The solution to rising labor costs isn't necessarily reducing staffing. It's making better decisions about how labor is scheduled, deployed, and supported.

✅ Increase front-desk productivity: online check-in and mobile wallet keys reduce check-in lines and provide more time for hands-on guest interactions.

✅ Smarter housekeeping scheduling: AI tools analyze room data and trends and minimize staff downtime.

✅ Higher staff upsells: AI-powered guest analytics provide optimal upsell offers that maximize conversion and profitability

The real opportunity is not simply doing more with less. It's creating an operating model where productivity, employee performance, and guest satisfaction reinforce one another.

As wage pressures continue, hotels that balance labor efficiency with service excellence will be better positioned to protect margins and remain competitive.

Hotel demand may be holding steady, but the pressure behind the scenes continues to build.Hotel owners and operators are...
10/08/2026

Hotel demand may be holding steady, but the pressure behind the scenes continues to build.

Hotel owners and operators are navigating significant cost and workforce challenges:

🔹 71% cite the cost of goods and supplies as a major financial pressure
🔹 65% point to rising labor costs
🔹 50% are concerned about utility and energy costs
🔹 43% cite insurance premiums
🔹 >50% report being somewhat or severely understaffed

Hotels are responding with higher wages, flexible scheduling, employee hotel discounts, and enhanced benefits.

👉 Maintaining performance in 2026 will require more than driving occupancy.

Operational efficiency, workforce retention, productivity, and disciplined cost management will be increasingly important to protecting margins while maintaining the guest experience.

ℹ️ Virdee's self-service check-in suite, combined with new AI agents that optimize staffing and upsells, is here to help hotels provide the best guest experience and achieve the best bottom line.

AI adoption in hospitality is accelerating. But adoption and impact are two very different things.More than half of hote...
10/07/2026

AI adoption in hospitality is accelerating. But adoption and impact are two very different things.

More than half of hotels are using generative AI, yet fewer than 1 in 10 report reductions in manual work greater than 30%.

That gap should get the industry’s attention.

🔹 More than 80% of commercial teams still spend 1 to 2 days each week manually producing and analyzing reports.
🔹 Fragmented systems and disconnected data continue to limit productivity.
🔹 Fewer than 30% have invested in dedicated reporting tools.

👉 The opportunity for hospitality leaders is not simply to “use AI.”

It is to identify the workflows where AI can eliminate repetitive work, connect information, accelerate decision-making, and give teams more time to focus on strategy and the guest experience.

ℹ️ Virdee's AI agents don't just provide recommendations, they take action. From creating service tickets to adjusting pricing on promotions, these agents are your new team. And it's all backed up by analytics paired with actionable recommendations, not just data.

The next phase of hotel AI will be measured less by adoption and more by outcomes.

The hotel discovery journey is changing, and AI is quickly becoming the new front door.Referrals from AI platforms to tr...
10/01/2026

The hotel discovery journey is changing, and AI is quickly becoming the new front door.

Referrals from AI platforms to travel websites increased 194% year over year. Travelers are increasingly asking AI where they should stay based on interests, experiences, neighborhoods, and occasions, not simply searching for a hotel by star rating or price.

Why should AI support end with booking?

Virdee's Intelligence AI offers centrally controlled agents that handle everything from chats and upsells to housekeeping scheduling and performance analyses.

The AI doesn't just sit in the background and run analytics. It proactively offers upsells, adjusts housekeeping schedules, and chats with guests... all within the guardrails set by you.

Virdee co-founder and CEO, Branigan Mulcahy, was on a panel at Destination AI addressing the question of whether AI can ...
09/30/2026

Virdee co-founder and CEO, Branigan Mulcahy, was on a panel at Destination AI addressing the question of whether AI can deliver true hospitality.

Keep your eyes here over the next weeks as we drop clips of the panel.

Technology, especially AI, is moving at a breakneck pace that's clearly also impacting the hospitality industry. The que...
09/24/2026

Technology, especially AI, is moving at a breakneck pace that's clearly also impacting the hospitality industry. The question is whether your hotel is left behind the curve, struggling to catch up with guest demand for more, better, and newer technology.

No matter what you're deploying, it has to be done right.

👍 Do it right, and guests are left delighted, likely to recommend your property and your brand to friends and rebook.

👎 Do it wrong, and you'll hear all about it on Google reviews, in social media, and beyond.

👉 What sets Virdee apart is our dedication to our clients, ensuring that every installation is the best it can possibly be. We're onsite, making sure every kiosk is running smoothly. Our teams monitor performance remotely, provide optimization recommendations during and after onboarding, and look after each client as if it were our only client.

Virdee makes every stay a memorable one.

Hotel workforce planning is becoming a profitability strategy, not simply a scheduling exercise.As demand becomes more d...
09/23/2026

Hotel workforce planning is becoming a profitability strategy, not simply a scheduling exercise.

As demand becomes more dynamic, static labor plans can quickly become disconnected from what is actually happening inside the hotel.

🔹 Forecast beyond occupancy. PMS data, events, weather, etc. can provide a more complete picture of staffing demand.

🔹 Move from static schedules to demand intelligence. A schedule that looks right on paper may not match what is happening on the floor.

🔹 Protect the team while protecting margins. Self-service technology can take handle surges where staffing is hard to adjust.

Virdee helps hotels prepare for guest and staff fluctuations. Whether an impromptu event draws a crowd or a wave of the flu reduces your staff by 30%, you're ready to provide the guest experience you are known for.

Smarter staffing is about having the right people, in the right place, at the right time... supported by the right technology.

The room key is moving to the phone.Today, Virdee is announcing an expanded integration with Salto that lets hotels deli...
09/22/2026

The room key is moving to the phone.

Today, Virdee is announcing an expanded integration with Salto that lets hotels deliver room keys directly to guests' mobile wallets.

Here's what that looks like for a guest: check in on your phone or at the desk, add the key to your wallet, then hold your phone or watch near the reader. No app to open. No screen to unlock. On most phones, the key still works for hours after the battery dies.

Here's what it looks like for a hotel: shorter lines at the desk, fewer plastic keycards to encode and replace, and remote key issuance that works whether your arrival model is traditional, hybrid, or fully digital. Access extends beyond the room to elevators, fitness centers, pools, and other authorized spaces.

"Mobile room access is not simply a replacement for the plastic keycard," says our co-founder and CEO, Branigan Mulcahy. "It is an essential part of a more connected arrival experience, one that gives guests greater control while giving hotel teams better tools to manage operations."

Paired with the identity verification, payments, registration, and upsells already running through Virdee, hotels get one connected path from reservation to room.

Available now for qualifying deployments on compatible Salto access technology.

Hotel energy management can no longer be a “set it and forget it” exercise.As electricity costs rise and grid conditions...
09/17/2026

Hotel energy management can no longer be a “set it and forget it” exercise.

As electricity costs rise and grid conditions become more dynamic, static guestroom thermostat schedules may be leaving significant savings on the table. HVAC can account for more than 1/3 of a hotel's energy costs.

Modern technology can help reduce costs while also customizing settings for guests.

🔹 Smarter controls can adjust to actual occupancy, weather conditions, and more
🔹 Mobile check-in can provide more detailed information on guest arrival time and temperature preferences
🔹 AI agents can log check-outs and communicate with smart controls to adjust thermostats

The opportunity is not simply to use less energy. It is to use energy more intelligently while protecting guest comfort and even improving the guest experience.

Virdee's mobile check-in solution combined with AI agents that can link to various property systems to provide a smoother, faster, and more customized guest experience.

Mixed-use development is giving hotels something every operator wants: demand that is already built into the destination...
09/10/2026

Mixed-use development is giving hotels something every operator wants: demand that is already built into the destination.

Mixed-use projects combine hotels with residential, medical, retail, dining, and entertainment uses.

For hotel owners, developers, and operators, several advantages stand out:

🔹 Embedded demand
🔹 More balanced occupancy
🔹 Stronger ancillary revenue

👉 Another benefit of these developments? The right technology can be embedded from the start, providing easy, reliable, and differentiating impacts for guests, residents, and customers.

Mobile wallet keys don't just open hotel doors. They also open residential doors.

Check-in technology can go beyond just checking in guests and can also check in residential visitors, immediately providing them with a key, property information, and more.

Virdee is here to help you unify your technology across multiple property types, making every experience smoother.

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