The World of Hospitality Issue 72 2026 | Page 127

TECHNOLOGY
ensuring every caller receives immediate assistance without waiting in lengthy queues. By removing repetitive enquiries from reception teams, staff are free to concentrate on delivering personalised service where it matters most.
Creating New Revenue Opportunities Conversational AI is proving to be far more than an operational tool. By understanding guest preferences and recognising opportunities throughout the customer journey, AI can actively generate additional revenue.
Canary’ s AI Guest Messaging intelligently recommends services such as room upgrades, early check-in, late check-out and other ancillary purchases at the most appropriate moments. The company reports that
hotels using the platform have achieved up to four times more upsell revenue, while simultaneously improving response times and guest satisfaction.
Similarly, AI Voice helps convert more enquiries into confirmed bookings by ensuring every call is answered, reducing abandoned calls and capturing revenue that might otherwise have been lost during busy periods. With some hotels reporting that a significant proportion of incoming calls go unanswered, the financial impact of automated call handling can be substantial.
Supporting Hospitality, Not Replacing It One of the biggest misconceptions surrounding artificial intelligence is that it replaces people. In reality, hospitality remains a people-focused industry where genuine human interaction continues to define the guest experience.
Instead, conversational AI removes repetitive administrative tasks, allowing hotel teams to spend more time engaging with guests face-to-face, resolving complex requests and delivering the personal touches that create lasting impressions.
Trusted by more than 20,000 hotels across 125 countries, Canary’ s hospitality-specific AI platform demonstrates how intelligent automation can improve operational efficiency, strengthen guest satisfaction and unlock new revenue opportunities without sacrificing the human element that sits at the heart of exceptional hospitality.
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