Bottom Line
The CEO consensus is not “AI replaces hotels.” It is “AI changes who answers the phone, who gets retrained, and who shows up when a guest shops through an assistant.” Operators should steal Wyndham’s call metrics, Accor’s labor honesty, and Hilton/Hyatt’s distribution anxiety—and ignore any vendor pitch that skips all three.

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