Despite the economic challenges and intensified overall cost pressure across the industry, hotels are expanding. Recent announcements of growth include: Choice Hotels announcing record growth, Extended Stay America’s Premier Suites reaching five years of growth, and Wyndham’s Trademark Collection surpassing 100 U.S. hotels.
Our team is headed to AAHOACON 2026 in Philadelphia this week this week to join 6,000 attendees, representing AAHOA members who own nearly 60% of hotels across the United States. Discussions at the show will focus on the major impacts on the industry and ways to address them. This year’s event also marks a milestone of its own – a tribute to generations of hoteliers and a call to the next to carry the torch forward.
If you are attending AAHOACON 2026, we will showcase our suite of solutions that work together behind the scenes to help cut costs while supporting staff and increasing guest satisfaction.
- Internet Gateways & Network Infrastructure: This foundational internet access management solution enables personalized guest experiences, compliant and reliable onboarding, and dynamic bandwidth management. The suite of switches, Wi-Fi access points, and physical or cloud controllers delivers secure and dependable wired and wireless connectivity.
- Cloud Portals: This hospitality HSIA and captive portal management solution features guest onboarding journeys aligned with loyalty program tiers, brand-approved and customizable multilingual templates, PMS integrations, reporting dashboards and analytics, and dedicated events management functionality.
- Cloud Telephony: This modern hybrid cloud-PBX solution is designed to meet the specific needs of hotels and is available through a disruptive per-property commercial model. It is compatible with most SIP and analog phones, offers desktop or mobile apps, and integrates with most Property Management Systems (PMS), reducing entry and ongoing maintenance costs.
- Energy Management: This purpose-built solution is based on a digitally secure “cloud native” architecture coupled with connected smart wireless thermostats. Leveraging existing IT and Wi-Fi infrastructure, our EMS offers immediate cost savings and improved system management.
We’d also like to share how we fit into The Vingcard Solution and how a modular approach to PropTech can uplevel operations for AAHOA properties. With ASSA ABLOY as our shared parent company, Vingcard also offers affordable and secure room lock systems that are brand compliant.
Be sure to stop by our booth #1303 at AAHOACON 2026 to learn more and see our show specials for AAHOA members. Feel free to book a meeting. See you in Philadelphia.
Mike Gray is Global Vice President – Strategic Partnerships at Nomadix, an ASSA ABLOY company, and is recognized as a global technology leader in the AHLA Global Technology 100 (T100).