Booking.comSurvey
94%
60%properties with under 10 staff
Cybersecurity readiness gap by property size
Are small hotels prepared for AI-era security risks?
94% of properties with 250+ staff feel prepared for cybersecurity threats, against 60% of those with fewer than ten.
Cybersecurity readiness gap by property size · Europe94%
properties with under 10 staff60%
34 points apart
A 34-point capability gap on a dimension that agentic systems make more consequential, since an agent that transacts needs an exposed, authenticated surface to transact against.
Source
Booking.comPlatform data
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- Geography
- Europe
- Evidence type
- Survey
- Sample
- European accommodation providers by size band
- For comparison
- properties with under 10 staff: 60%
- Last checked
Method
Booking.com European Accommodation Barometer, February–March 2026. Self-assessed preparedness, which typically overstates readiness at both ends.
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