酒店科技媒体Hospitality Technology报道，MGM Resorts International游戏、商业与数据技术高级副总裁Hemant Salvi将在今年酒店科技论坛（11月17-19日，拉斯维加斯Red Rock Resort）首日炉边对话中，分享MGM在物业满负荷运营期间替换核心企业系统的经验，以及在餐饮业务中测试人工智能的实际做法，包括真实宾客反馈和哪些工具最终被永久采用。Salvi拥有25年工程领导经验，曾管理超过250名工程师和产品开发人员。
Prince Harry, founder of Travalyst, called on the travel industry at the Skift Global Forum to measure destination health rather than just traveler value or traditional business performance metrics. He said travel relies on healthy communities and nature, but overtourism and climate change put them at risk. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, travel and tourism accounts for around 7.3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. His comments come amid a summer of extreme heat, wildfires, and drought that wreaked havoc in popular destinations.
A Skift Global Forum preview profiles Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin's decision rule. Bazin, who has led Accor since 2013, says he starts with his gut, then his heart, then his brain, and that data should nourish instinct rather than replace it. He will speak at Skift Global Forum on September 22–24, 2026, explaining how that rule holds across 45-plus brands and 5,800 hotels and resorts, and where he draws the line between technology and the human side of hospitality.
Skift has unveiled the second round of speakers for Skift Global Forum 2026, held under the theme "Travel's Great Recalibration." The lineup spans ride-hailing, cruise, hotels, airlines, OTAs, AI labs, and venture capital, including CEOs from Expedia, Airbnb, Hilton, Uber, Booking Holdings, Accor, Wyndham, Carnival Cruise Line, and Qatar Airways, plus AI and investment figures. Recurring themes include who owns the traveler as AI agents mediate bookings, how the discovery-to-booking interface is shifting, and how hospitality and airlines make growth and pricing calls amid geopolitical and fuel-driven volatility.