PMS News Desk · Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Smoobu's new Smart Devices add-on connects Nuki, igloohome, RemoteLock, Tedee and Masunt in one place. Smoobu delivers the codes, but each brand still generates and controls them, and pricing has not been published.
Booking Experts' week 39 release adds a DATEV Connector for German accounting exports and lets access control cards be generated per guest rather than per booking, pulling names and dates of birth from the reservation.
Hospitable has added three smart device tools to its MCP server, letting an AI client read lock and thermostat status and lock or unlock doors. Hospitable's own advice: treat an unlock like handing over your keys.
The AI Hospitality Alliance and HEDNA have published a free catalogue of 109 hotel AI use cases across 39 systems. Vendors and consultants supplied seven in ten submissions, hoteliers fewer than one in ten.
Guest Vetting now reuses a previous ID check for repeat guests on Direct Premium, tolerates nicknames and typos in name matching, and flags disposable or undeliverable email addresses.
Hospitable's 25 September release lets managers move a property between owners with a start date attached to the management agreement, and ends the long-running problem of fee edits made on Airbnb overriding the settings held in Hospitable.
Mews Operations can now hold multiple occupancy levels and rates against the same space category inside a single Availability Block, and track pick-up by category as guest counts change. Mews has not said which plans or regions it covers.
From Monday 28 September, Booking.com no longer passes guest phone numbers through to connectivity partners. Reservations keep syncing, but anything in your stack that texts or calls a guest will stop working.
Hostaway's CoHost assistant moved from answering questions to preparing actions: drafting guest messages, tasks and review replies, blocking calendar dates, and reading owner statements and payment data.
Cloudbeds has added a two-way integration with Klook, giving properties access to an Asia Pacific audience that books rooms alongside tours and transport. Commission terms and plan availability were not disclosed.
Dextr AI has raised $6.7m led by Elevation Capital for a platform of five named AI agents handling reservations, guest messaging, staffing and revenue. It claims over a million monthly interactions across hundreds of properties.
The 2026 PMS API Power Index audited 343 vendors and found just 24 publish self-serve API documentation. Mews topped the detailed scores at 80.0; Oracle OPERA 5 came last at 26.3.