Innovaciones

🚘 AVIS, a premium vehicle rental leader, operates over 10,000 offices in 180 countries and focuses on sustainability. In 2024, it enhanced traveler experiences with new services and started 2025 with tech tools for travel agencies to streamline booking management. Successful innovations include the Self Service Kiosk with an NPS over 60, available in 14 Iberian locations such as Santiago and Madrid, and QuickPass for expedited vehicle pick-up. The AVIS App allows full rental control, while AVIS Preferred DRIVE offers up to 20% discounts and extra benefits for members. BEEP, introduced at FITUR 2025, is a digital platform for agencies to manage AVIS bookings with commissionable transactions.

🏕 Destinia's CEO, Ricardo Fernández, declared the past year as the company's best ever, despite challenges such as Germany's consumption contraction, Turkey's rising competition, the USA's market slowdown due to elections, and Mexico's halt due to peso devaluation. Higher Average Daily Rates (ADRs) with less occupancy were reported. He participated in Fiturtechy's panel "La lámpara de las ideas: con los pies en la tierra" along with other industry leaders. Fernández forecasts 2025 as a "fantastic year" but anticipates the need for hard work due to competitive destinations like Turkey and North Africa. Opportunities in tourism are seen for 2025, with expectations of resolving two active conflicts and benefiting from a strong dollar. The long-haul markets, particularly the U.S. and Middle East, show promise with strong connectivity and high growth. Marina López from Grupo Hotusa and Cristina Cabañas from Guitart Hotels also highlight the benefits of a strong dollar and the higher consumption of long-haul customers in hotels.

📈 The article from January 22, 2025, emphasizes the importance of inventory as a cornerstone of logistic management, vital for controlling the supply chain. Types of inventories differ based on the fiscal period, with the initial inventory at the beginning (January 1) and final inventory at the end (December 31) of the fiscal year. Inventories also vary by frequency: annual, periodic (monthly, quarterly, semiannual), cyclical (partial counts over the year), and permanent (updated in real-time). Additionally, inventories are classified by their state in the supply chain (raw materials, supply, in-process, and finished products) and strategic purpose (safety, seasonal, transit, decoupling). Businesses should utilize specific inventories matching their needs and maintain real-time updates with permanent inventory management. The selection of a logistics management system, like an advanced ERP, should fit the company's unique characteristics and cover essential supply chain areas. Zucchetti Spain offers an ecosystem of solutions for data-driven, intelligent logistics management.

📍 Ávoris Corporación Empresarial launched a pre-sale campaign starting January 22 to capitalize on the Fitur trade fair buzz. Travelers can access exclusive promotions at all group agencies, offering discounts on a wide selection of domestic and international destinations. Travelplan offers up to €250 off per person for Thailand and India, with additional deals for Cabo Verde and Egypt. Special Tours provides a 10% discount on European itineraries. Catai offers up to 7% off on advance reservations for exclusive remote destination programs. LePlan and Touring Club feature up to €100 off per person on Disney packages, including direct flights to Orlando via Iberojet. Viva Tours has discounts up to €175 per person, while bed banks Marsol and Welcomebeds offer up to 50% off accommodation in Spain.

🏩 Ávoris aims for an EBITDA of €80M by 2025, nearly doubling 2024's €46M and targeting over 10% growth with €4.8B turnover. Vicente Fenollar, executive chairman, credits post-Globalia merger synergies. Ávoris, with 6,000 employees, focuses on market share, acquisitions, and strengthening presence in Morocco, Mexico, and Thailand. The V Noche del Agente de Viajes in Madrid on January 21, preceding Fitur 2025, features over 30 brands like Iberia honoring travel agents with 34 awards and gifts min. €600 value. Palladium Hotel Group to launch new luxury brand The Unexpected Hotels in Ibiza this summer, with international expansion including UAE in 2026.

📍 Western sanctions have led Russia to aim for 1,000 new aircraft by 2030. However, plans are faltering with only 7 out of 24 engines for the MS21 expected by 2025, suggesting aircraft delays. The Sukhoi Superjet's production forecast for this year has been reduced from 72 to 50 units. S7 Airlines reports unusual yearly maintenance requirements for these engines, as tests reveal typical new product faults and the TCAS system, 12 years in development, remains uncertified, grounding potential flights.

🔧 On January 17, 2025, the article highlights the critical role of failure analysis in industrial maintenance, detailing its significance in enhancing efficiency and formulating a cost-optimizing preventive maintenance plan. Methods like Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Ishikawa Diagrams, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (AMFE), and Fault Tree Analysis (AAF) are emphasized for anticipating problems and improving reliability. It advocates for digital ERP tools in strategizing predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance, underscoring the impact of machine errors on profitability and safety.

🏦 HBX Group, previously Hotelbeds, plans to enter the Spanish continuous market in February following CNMV approval, with an initial offering aimed at qualified investors valued at €725 million to boost growth and refinance its €1.7 billion debt. FITUR 2025 will take place from January 22-26 at Ifema Madrid, featuring pre-fair innovation and investment events like XI Hotusa Explora Forum. Air Nostrum negotiates with SEPI to delay repayment of a €115 million loan, originally granted in 2022, until 2028 to prioritize bank debt settlement.

💻 Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT acts as a digital assistant in the hospitality industry, providing real-time customer service, optimizing daily tasks, and improving the guest experience with AI. It handles common guest queries in multiple languages, personalizes services by analyzing customer data, and continuously learns to improve hotel operations. Additionally, ChatGPT assists in emergencies, staff training, competition monitoring, and content generation. Embracing ChatGPT in hotels significantly eases workload and enhances both guest satisfaction and operational efficiency.

💲 By 2025, SAP Concur predicts significant growth in business travel as workers return to offices, with greater investment in cybersecurity and user experience improvements. Key trends include increased focus on protecting against data breaches, tighter budget controls, an emphasis on exceptional expense reports, sensible skepticism around AI, and real-time updates for travelers regarding delays and anomalies. In 2024, only 1 in 10 Spanish corporate travelers used AI for easier and faster booking, suggesting a cautious approach to AI benefits in the future.