Reputation has launched three AI capabilities to help enterprise brands manage their presence in AI-powered search results. The new tools—Reputation IQ, AI Reputation Manager, and AI Location Presence Insights—are now available to all customers. Reputation IQ allows users to query datasets in plain English for instant insights. AI Reputation Manager shows how brands appear in AI search engines including OpenAI, Gemini and Perplexity, revealing sentiment themes and citations shaping AI-generated descriptions. AI Location Presence Insights audits data signals that AI search engines use to recommend locations. The platform addresses the challenge of managing brand visibility as AI-powered search increasingly determines which businesses are recommended to consumers. CEO Joe Burton said the tools provide teams with visibility into how AI systems interpret their business and enable targeted action to improve performance across multiple locations.

HotelPORT launches EnGAIgeVIEW(TM), an ai-powered guest engagement platform Anchored in propertyview(r). Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach, FL - HotelPORT(R) today announced the launch of EnGAIgeVIEW(TM), an AI-powered guest engagement platform anchored in PropertyVIEW(TM), the hospitality industry's source of truth for verified hospitality content. Developed by BIG Tech Group, the platform introduces a new standard for real-time, intelligent guest interaction across voice, text, and chat. "This isn't an incremental upgrade. It's a category reset," said Fred Bean, Founder of HotelPORT. "The industry has been built around listening after the experience. We've built a platform that engages during the experience - when it actually matters." From feedback to real-time engagement. EnGAIgeVIEW(TM) is designed to replace static surveys and delayed insights with continuous, AI-driven guest interaction. As the intelligence layer of the HotelPORT ecosystem, the platform: * Engages guests in real time across voice, text, and chat * Anticipates needs through predictive AI models * Personalizes experiences dynamically at every stage of the journey * Provides unified visibility across operations, marketing, and leadership Anchored in PropertyVIEW(TM), EnGAIgeVIEW(TM) operates on a governed foundation of verified hospitality content - eliminating the inconsistencies and blind spots that limit legacy systems. A platform built for the next decade. Hospitality operators have long relied on fragmented tools that capture feedback after the fact. EnGAIgeVIEW(TM) shifts the paradigm - transforming guest engagement into a live, continuous intelligence system. "When you control the interaction layer, you control the outcome," Bean added. "That's the difference between reacting to problems and preventing them." Extending intelligence into reputation. HotelPORT's platform is further strengthened by ReputationAI(TM), its AI-driven reputation and review response solution, which has been operating across hospitality portfolios over the past year. Developed in partnership with Daitrix, ReputationAI(TM) enables operators to translate guest experiences into accurate, timely public-facing narratives through automated responses and sentiment intelligence. Together, EnGAIgeVIEW(TM) and ReputationAI(TM) create a closed-loop system - connecting real-time engagement with reputation outcomes. Why now. The hospitality industry is entering a period of structural change, as legacy platforms face disruption and operators demand AI-native solutions that deliver immediate impact. EnGAIgeVIEW(TM) is purpose-built for this moment - combining real-time engagement with a trusted data foundation. "This is not a new feature set - it's a new foundation for the industry," said Bean. "When intelligence is anchored in truth, performance becomes predictable." Availability. EnGAIgeVIEW(TM) is now available for deployment across hospitality portfolios globally. HotelPORT is offering priority onboarding for select partners during this initial launch phase. About HotelPORT(R). HotelPORT is a hospitality technology company redefining guest engagement through artificial intelligence, data intelligence, and operational integration. Its platforms empower hospitality leaders to deliver exceptional experiences while maximizing performance and profitability. Recent comments. No comments to show.

Subaru, Nissan, Honda, Lexus, BMW & Acura top best in reputation. Reputation, a company that tracks how consumers judge and engage with brands online, on Tuesday released its 2026 North American Automotive Rankings, offering a snapshot of how carmakers and dealers are redefining reputation as something closer to operating infrastructure than marketing afterthought. The rankings, which evaluate automotive brands, dealer groups and individual dealerships, are built around Reputation Score - a composite measure of consumer trust and engagement across the moments that matter most to car shoppers, from online discovery to final purchase. Once treated as a lagging indicator, the score is increasingly viewed by industry leaders as the visible output of a larger, continuously operating reputation intelligence system powered by artificial intelligence. This year's results point to a widening divide within the industry. The strongest performers are no longer reacting to reviews or social media flare-ups after the fact. Instead, they are embedding reputation intelligence into daily decision-making, using it to diagnose operational weaknesses, anticipate customer concerns and differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market. "In today's automotive market, reputation is no longer just perception - it's infrastructure," said Joe Burton, the chief executive of Reputation. "It shapes how car shoppers discover brands, evaluate them and ultimately decide where to spend their money." The shift reflects broader changes in how consumers encounter automotive brands. Algorithms, search rankings and online marketplaces now play a central role in visibility and credibility, making trust both more fragile and more measurable. Reputation intelligence systems, Mr. Burton said, allow companies to unify signals from reviews, listings, social platforms and direct customer feedback into a single analytical framework - one that can surface problems before they escalate and translate trust into measurable revenue. Unlike traditional reputation management, which often focused on periodic monitoring and response, the new approach emphasizes constant interpretation and action. According to Reputation, the companies that rose to the top of the 2026 rankings shared several traits: they consolidated public and private feedback into a single source of truth; used A.I. to understand why trust was strengthening or eroding; and consistently routed those insights into operations, marketing and customer experience initiatives. The impact is already being felt at the brand level. Acura, for example, credited its use of Reputation's tools with helping its dealer network significantly improve the online customer experience over the past year. Jennifer Symington, assistant vice president of marketing at American Honda Motor Company, said the effort contributed to Acura's climb from fifth to third place in the rankings, aligning with the brand's broader push for a more responsive and premium digital presence. Dealer groups are drawing similar conclusions. Patrick O'Connor, director of customer relations at Ken Ganley Automotive Group, said reputation intelligence has become essential as the organization expands. The tools, he said, have helped the group identify weaknesses, reinforce strengths and maintain consistent standards of customer care across a growing footprint. As competition intensifies and consumers grow more discerning, the rankings suggest that reputation in the automotive industry is no longer something to manage episodically. It is, increasingly, a system to be engineered - continuously, intelligently and at scale. | US Non-Luxury Brands * Subaru * Nissan * Honda * Toyota * Kia * Mitsubishi * Mini * Volvo * Hyundai * Mazda | US Luxury Brands * Lexus * BMW * Acura * Infinti * Porsche * Buick * Audi * Mercedes-Benz * Land Rover * Cadillac | | Private Dealer Groups * Hendrick Automotive * Ken Ganley Automotive Group * McGovern Automotive Group | Public Dealer Groups * Penske * AutoNation * Group 1 Automotive | | US Dealers * Hendrick Lexus Charleston * Hendrick Volvo Cars of Charleston * Hendrick Lexus Northlake | / |