Personalization viewed as a key driver of commercial value for hoteliers, as 85% of hoteliers feel it could help deliver in excess of 5% in incremental revenue
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Personalization viewed as a key driver of commercial value for hoteliers, as 85% of hoteliers feel it could help deliver in excess of 5% in incremental revenue
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Hospitality Technology PR Specialist Abode Worldwide Makes Three Key Hires
Abode Worldwide, a specialist public relations agency in the hospitality and living sectors, has announced three key hires as it seeks to execute its ambitious growth plan.
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AI-powered tablets can enable housekeepers to fill service requests, update room status, pinpoint their location in an emergency and more via voice command in multiple languages.
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Tech-centric hotel operators look to upend the traditional management model
In fall 2021, the Ace Hotel in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood reopened after being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. Only thing was, it no longer was the Ace Hotel. Now called The Maverick by Kasa, the hotel’s owner decided to…
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7 trends the hospitality industry should be talking about today and tomorrow
It’s been a choppy ride for the hospitality industry from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to the present. While most markets have regained a positive footing, there are several key changes.
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Affordable ‘digital nomad’ hotel brand set to expand across Australia
DOMA Group, the Canberra development company that influenced the capital’s hospitality landscape when it opened its game-changing Hotel Realm, is setting its sights nationally – Little Nationally in fact…
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Retail and hospitality companies unlock the data insights they need to face the future
Workday's Keith Pickens looks at the findings from two surveys exploring the challenges faced by business leaders in the hospitality and retail industries - and how customers have addressed them by unlocking data insights…
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Artificial Intelligence in hotel marketing: use cases and perspectives
Within the framework of FITUR, the international tourism fair that took place recently in Madrid, a round table discussion entitled “Artificial Intelligence in hotel marketing: real use cases” was co-organised by BEONx and Hotelverse…
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DUVE ACQUIRES EASYWAY, BOOSTING AI-DRIVEN GUEST EXPERIENCES
Guest experience platform Duve announced Monday the acquisition of hotel technology company Easyway in a move designed to boost artificial intelligence-driven guest experience management for hotels and vacation rentals worldwide. Terms of the deal…
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VDA Telkonet's Tech Report 2024 traces the direction of tomorrow's hotels towards the well-being of the entire hotel ecosystem and announces the pilot project applying neuroscientific monitoring to the hospitality sector…
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Six ways voice-assisted tech delivers business value
Voice-controlled technologies are everywhere in everyday life. Over one-third of Americans now own a smart speaker, like an Amazon Alexa or Google Home, and 7 out of 10 say they use it at least daily…
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THE U.S. HOSPITALITY industry is set to harness AI to reshape the “typical” guest experience, according to hotel revenue management software and services provider IDeaS…
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RateGain Raises $72 Million for Investments and Acquisitions
Indian travel tech firm RateGain, which is publicly traded, raised $72 million for investments and acquisitions to “build an AI-powered integrated tech stack” to power its travel and hospitality clients, the company said…
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Digital Nomad Startup Raises $325 Million For 150 Boutique Hotels
Traditional short-term rentals often don't work well for the digital nomad who also wants to socialize. Outsite is trying to fill that gap…
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How Hotels Can Protect Power Devices from Looming Cyber Threats in an Interconnected IT Environment
As IT strategies have evolved amid the digital transformation, an era of generative AI is emerging that is changing the way hotels serve guests…
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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud
The hotel multinational’s multicloud architecture delivers innovative digital services to thousands of franchises and their guests, with an eye toward improving both customer experience and the bottom line…
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Iconic Singapore hotel caught up in major data breach
The prestigious Marina Bay Sands (MBS) resort complex in Singapore has become the latest major hospitality operation to fall victim to cyber criminals after a serious breach of its Sands LifeStyle loyalty programme, which has seen the data of…
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Gen Z shapes hospitality towards a more digital and environmentally aware industry
As of now, Baby Boomers are still the biggest spenders in tourism. However, Gen Z is catching up and will continue to do so as they start or advance in their career…
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