Every industry has its golden moment of obsession, that period when a single innovation promises to rewrite every rule we’ve ever lived by. For hotels, we’ve lived through many. Online travel agencies were going to make our own websites obsolete. Review platforms were going to destroy reputation management. Social media was going to replace loyalty. And yet, through every so-called revolution, the heartbeat of hospitality never stopped.Every industry has its golden moment of obsession, that period when a single innovation promises to rewrite every rule we’ve ever lived by. For hotels, we’ve lived through many. Online travel agencies were going to make our own websites obsolete. Review platforms were going to destroy reputation management. Social media was going to replace loyalty. And yet, through every so-called revolution, the heartbeat of hospitality never stopped.