Matt Talks Hospitality: Real conversations for innovative hoteliers · 2026-07-29 · 29 min
When you deploy tech the right way, it makes you more revenue, more money. That's hard to prove, since a hotel changes more than one thing at once. Today we bring the data. Mews ran one of its most rigorous studies, across over 6,000 hotels, isolating one system, Mews RMS. What happens when a hotel deploys it, and switches on autopilot? Richard Smithies, Director of Data, led the study. Conor Winders, VP of Product and Engineering, built the product. They’re here to take you through the tech and the data showing a 13% revenue uplift in hotels using the Mews RMS autopilot pricing feature. Richard Smithies is Director of Data at Mews. With a background in tech, financial services and loyalty consulting, Richard is a visionary data science and analytics leader, helping businesses make better decisions using data. Conor Winders is VP of Product & Engineering at Mews where he leads the development of products for Back of House hoteliers. Conor is a seasoned engineer building technology that powers modern hospitality. He brings a product-driven mindset to solving real hotel problems.
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