Cloudbeds welcomes AI and Machine Learning pioneers to revolutionize hospitality technology
2024年8月13日 - 5:41PM
Cloudbeds, the innovative leader in hospitality management
technology, today announced the strategic hiring of AI visionaries
Amit Popat, Head of Machine Learning, and Nikhil Shah, Head of Data
Science. This move marks a significant investment in artificial
intelligence by Cloudbeds, aimed at developing unparalleled
applications for the hotel industry and ushering in a new era of
what’s possible for hoteliers.
Leveraging over a decade of rich, comprehensive data from
Cloudbeds’ industry-leading hospitality platform, this step toward
integrating intelligence and machine learning into the platform
will empower hoteliers to unlock insights and enable automation and
real-time recommendations spanning the property’s entire
operations.
Popat and Shah, both mathematicians who met at the University of
Cambridge, bring a wealth of experience in utilizing AI and machine
learning to translate advanced analytics into tangible value for
hoteliers. Their expertise in applying causal inference to
hospitality data, combined with Cloudbeds’ extensive data sets,
will position the company at the forefront of technological
innovation in this sector.
Adam Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudbeds, commented:
"The hospitality industry has long sought a solution to break down
departmental silos, enabling revenue, marketing, and operations
teams to work together collaboratively to drive profitability
across the entire hotel. Amit and Nikhil are two of the brightest
minds in AI and ML, and they’re helping Cloudbeds achieve just
that. These individuals are scary brilliant, and they know
hospitality. All we have to do is give them a place to thrive with
the resources they need and plenty of snacks. We are more than
excited about the applications this will have for our hotelier
customers."
Popat is a distinguished machine-learning expert with a
remarkable career spanning senior roles at Valtech and London Town
Group. He went on to establish his own AI software consultancy
firm, where he pioneered cutting-edge AI analytics and marketing
solutions for FTSE-250 companies and multinational giants such as
easyJet, Shell Energy, and Herbert Smith Freehills.
Shah holds a PhD in large-scale computational optimization from
Imperial College London. He went on to co-found S-Cube, an
award-winning energy tech spin-out from his PhD. Shah has since
worked with global industry supermajors such as Chevron, Woodside
and Petrobras, spearheading impactful research and practical
applications in the upstream energy sector. His capacity for
innovation and strategic foresight has led to significant
algorithmic advancements for optimizing high-stakes drilling
investment decisions.
Together, Popat and Shah co-founded the AI analytics and
e-marketing platform Hotel Cloud in 2020, an intelligence platform
designed to maximize revenue at every stage of the guest
journey. Their combined expertise in creating practical
applications of data science and machine learning across
hospitality management will now fuel Cloudbeds’ vision of
developing the industry’s most comprehensive, intelligent platform
serving hoteliers.
For more information, visit www.cloudbeds.com/our-team.
About Cloudbeds
Cloudbeds is the leading platform redefining property management
systems (PMS) for the hospitality industry, serving tens of
thousands of properties in more than 150 countries worldwide. Built
from the ground up to be masterfully unified and scalable, the
award-winning Cloudbeds Platform integrates solutions that
modernize hotel operations, distribution, guest experience, and
data & analytics.
Founded in 2012, Cloudbeds has been named a top PMS, Hotel
Management System, and Channel Manager (2021-2024) by Hotel Tech
Report, World’s Best Hotel PMS Solutions Provider (2022) by World
Travel Awards, and recognized in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 in
2023. For more information, visit www.cloudbeds.com.
Nancy Huang
Cloudbeds
nancy.huang@cloudbeds.com