Meituan Jibai Launches Flagship Edition, Hotel AI Moves Toward Business Advisor

On September 23, Meituan announced an upgrade to its hotel AI product Jibai at the 2026 TravelDaily Summit in Shanghai, officially launching a flagship edition that provides full-chain AI support for market insight, business diagnosis and performance review for upscale and chain hotels. With merchant authorization, the flagship edition can connect with hotel PMS and other local operating systems to consolidate data scattered across channels. Meituan said merchants deeply using Jibai saw RevPAR rise an average of 11%, diagnostic recommendation accuracy reached 98%, and full-chain management efficiency improved 20%.