AI for Hospitality + Tourism, Built for People Who Care About Places

Kay Walten Founder of Smart Pineapple

You’re not here because you love tools.

You’re here because you care about the place you’re building.

A hotel.
A lodge.
A vacation rental.
A small destination.
An experience that should feel intentional, not generic.

This page gives you a simple, steady path forward.
Hospitality runs on trust. When trust breaks, bookings break.

No hype. No noise. No pressure.
Just clear thinking for people who want their work to matter.

I’ve spent 35 years in hospitality and tourism. I’ve watched small operators get overshadowed by bigger budgets, bigger platforms, and bigger promises. You’re not behind. You’re just building in a world that wasn’t designed for independent brands.

That’s why this space exists.


Who This Is For

You’re in the right place when this feels familiar:

You care about guests, not just clicks.
You want systems, not chaos.
You want AI that supports your culture, not replaces it.
You want marketing that feels like you, not like a template.
You believe tourism should protect the place you represent.
You want clarity you can act on, not more noise to sort through.

Most operators aren’t struggling because they’re bad at hospitality.
They’re struggling because their trust signals are inconsistent.
That’s fixable.


Who You Are Now Part Of

You’re not just a reader.
You’re now part of a group of people who see hospitality differently.

Place Builder
You shape environments people remember long after checkout.

Culture Keeper
You protect the soul of the place you’re growing.

Independent Operator
You build without hiding behind big brands or big budgets.

This space was built for you.
A place for hospitality humans who want clarity over chaos.


The Reality You’re Navigating

Hospitality isn’t in a marketing crisis.
It’s in a trust crisis.

Guests trust platforms more than properties.
Automated replies feel identical.
Policies read defensive.
Small operators feel punished for caring.

The result:
Operators lose 10 to 30 percent of potential direct bookings long before price enters the conversation.

AI isn’t the threat.
AI is the tool that helps you rebuild trust at scale through better clarity, faster consistency, and more human communication.

Your business doesn’t rise with louder marketing.
It rises when every signal you send aligns with what guests want to believe:
This place is trustworthy. This place cares.What This Space Actually Is

This is not a blog.

This is a working playbook for people who run real hospitality and tourism businesses.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use AI without losing your voice
• Build guest trust before arrival
• Reduce late-night chaos
• Design experiences that feel intentional
• Turn first-time guests into repeat guests

No theory.
No noise.
No pretending.


What This Space Actually Is

This is not a blog.
This is a working playbook for people who run real hospitality and tourism businesses.

Before: inconsistent signals, rushed decisions, and guests who hesitate.
After: steady systems, clearer communication, and trust that converts.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use AI without losing your voice
• Build guest trust before arrival
• Reduce late-night chaos
• Design experiences that feel intentional
• Turn first-time guests into repeat guests
• Make clearer decisions with less mental load

No theory.
No jargon.
No pretending.

Just structure you can use tomorrow.


Your Simple Path Forward

If you’re new, begin with these core ideas:

→ Read: “AI Won’t Replace Hospitality, But It Will Remove Burnout”
→ Read: “Your Guests Aren’t Hard To Please, They’re Trying Not To Be Burned”
→ Read: “Stop Treating AI Like A Trend. It’s Your New Tourism Infrastructure”

Once those feel clear:

→ Explore: AI + Systems
→ Explore: Guest Experience
→ Explore: Tourism & Destinations

Slow is smart.
Clarity compounds.
Better signals create better seasons.


Standards We Operate By

We don’t chase trends.
We don’t automate laziness.
We don’t confuse noise for growth.
We don’t scale chaos.

We build systems.
We build clarity.
We build trust.

That’s the work.


When You’re Ready To Build

This space stands on its own.
There is no pressure to buy anything.

But when you want structure, not guessing:

We work directly with independent hospitality businesses and small destinations.
Not with pressure. Not with pitches. Not with noise.
Just steady systems, clearer decisions, and trust-first strategies.


A Quiet Reminder

You don’t need louder marketing.
You don’t need another shiny object.
You don’t need to pretend to be bigger.

You need:
A system.
A standard.
And the confidence to build it your way.

You’re in the right place.


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It’s free.
It’s focused.
It earns its keep.
Each issue builds the next layer of your trust system.

Join readers in 35 states and 62 countries.
A global community of hoteliers, vacation rental owners, and destination leaders who care as much about their places as you do.

Because hospitality is human.
AI just helps you sound like yourself everywhere.


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