RealTime Reservation Names Jose "JD" Canelos as Senior Vice President, Product

HUNTINGTON, N.Y., Oct. 19, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- RealTime Reservation, a leading provider of dynamic hospitality booking technology, has appointed Jose "JD" Canelos as its new Senior Vice President, Product. Canelos brings extensive experience in hospitality technology, having previously served as the Vice President of Product Management at Amadeus Hospitality.

Canelos will lead RealTime Reservation's product strategy and roadmap, focusing on the company's unified guest experience platform. This platform integrates pre-arrival commerce, ancillary revenue management, and in-stay engagement, aiming to provide a seamless experience for hotel guests and operators.

The appointment follows RealTime Reservation's recent acquisition of STAY, which brought together the company's ancillary revenue platform with STAY's in-stay guest engagement technology. This acquisition serves more than 2,000 properties across 75+ countries, enhancing the company's global reach and capabilities.

Canelos' experience at Amadeus Hospitality was marked by his leadership of global product teams responsible for a broad portfolio of hotel technology solutions, including central reservations systems, booking engines, distribution, payments, analytics, guest engagement, loyalty, and property connectivity. His role involved overseeing large-scale product organizations and shaping the strategy and evolution of platforms serving some of the world's leading hotel brands.

Throughout his career, Canelos has focused on transforming complex technology portfolios into cohesive product strategies, bringing together customer needs, commercial opportunities, and technology innovation. His expertise includes platform modernization, product integration, AI and emerging technologies, strategic partnerships, and solutions designed to improve both hotel operations and the guest experience.

Canelos' background includes product and digital leadership roles across hospitality and other industries, including The Leading Hotels of the World, Centric Digital Consulting, AvePoint, and Aetna. His appointment is part of RealTime Reservation's ongoing efforts to build out its leadership team to support the company's growth and innovation.

RealTime Reservation is an institutionally-backed, high-growth hospitality tech company that enables the world's leading hotels and resorts to manage the full guest journey through a unified hospitality platform. From reservations and pre-arrival planning to on-property experiences, RealTime enhances the guest experience, increases ancillary revenue, and streamlines the management of amenities, activities, and services. RealTime also helps hospitality operators deliver seamless digital engagement through branded mobile and web experiences, allowing guests to access services, interact with the property, and transact effortlessly throughout their stay.