82% of Hotels Plan to Expand AI Usage in 2026
A new study from Canary Technologies reveals 82% of hotels expect to increase AI adoption across their organizations within the next year, with 85% allocating at least 5% of IT budgets to AI tools.
Seventy-one percent say AI is already having a significant or transformative impact, with deployments spanning:
- Housekeeping automation
- Real-time pricing
- Guest communications
- Back-office optimization
Impact on Travel & Hospitality
This confirms AI has moved from experimentation to execution phase, with laggards risking operational inefficiencies and degraded guest satisfaction scores.
