AI experts who speak hospitality — and build what moves revenue.

Most hospitality AI is theater: pilots, dashboards, and decks. We embed a senior engineer in your operation and ship the systems that actually reach the P&L.

Steven Nichols, founder of GuestEx, in a hotel lobby
  • Hospitality clients: Sage, The Blackstone, Kachina, The Corner Office
  • Production AI systems across Claude, OpenAI, AWS, and modern data stacks
  • Senior-led and vendor-neutral — an MBA operator, not a junior team

Who this is for

Built for operators with real scale and real data.

  • Hotel & restaurant management companies
  • Ownership groups
  • Asset managers
  • Multi-property operators (10+ properties)

The model

We don’t advise on AI.
We embed and build it.

See the approach →
  1. 01

    Embed

    A senior engineer works inside your operation — enabling and inspiring adoption for measurable results.

  2. 02

    Build

    We ship the data foundations, custom tools, and agents that move a number — into the systems you already run.

  3. 03

    Coach

    We train your team to own it, then tackle the next opportunity. Full ownership, no lock-in.

Why operators trust us

Authority, not theater.

  • AI experts, fluent in hospitality.

    We speak GOPPAR, flow-through, labor cost %, brand standards, and PMS/POS — not AI in the abstract.

  • We ship.

    Working systems tied to a metric that automate backend processes, surface critical information, and enable amazing Guest experiences.

  • Vendor-neutral.

    No software to sell, no commissions, no lock-in. Our only incentive is your result.

  • Senior-led.

    You work directly with the person who builds it — no junior pyramid.

Giving managers back the floor.

A national hospitality management company wanted to move past AI hype and learn what generative AI could actually do for their properties. We ran a pilot on two fronts — automating the administrative load that pulls managers off the floor, and structured ideation on new, AI-enabled guest moments. Managers reclaimed time for guests, and the operator left with a validated view of where AI investment would pay off next.

Read the results →

“This is an incredible tool that we use all the time now, and we have just scratched the surface. It also enabled us to meet new people and make new connections…”
Pierre Giacotto The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago
“I want to express my gratitude for the valuable insights you've shared over the past few weeks for myself and others. Your expertise in AI has been incredibly beneficial. Thank you for your time and knowledge.”
Ken Butler The Corner Office

Insights

Where we think out loud.

All insights →
Out of pilot purgatory

From Side Project to Production: What It Actually Takes

A weekend AI build works fine on someone's laptop. Four honest questions decide whether it's ready for the whole team: ship it in pieces, put it in version control, own what happens when it breaks, and get it security-reviewed.

Out of pilot purgatory

Your Staff Already Adopted AI. Your Hotel Didn't.

Your staff are finding a day a week with AI. Your hotel is not capturing it. It is leaking straight out of the building — and BCG's data says that's the modal outcome, not the exception.

Steven Nichols, founder of GuestEx

Meet the Founder

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No pitch. No deck. You'll leave with a sharper view of where AI could pay off in your portfolio — and where it shouldn't yet.

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