Quick Wins to Convert Black Friday Bookings on Your Website
Black Friday has surged in popularity over the past decade, and it has become the most important day for hotels to capture online bookings.
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Quick Wins to Convert Black Friday Bookings on Your Website
Black Friday has surged in popularity over the past decade, and it has become the most important day for hotels to capture online bookings.
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Study: Cybersecurity confidence gap in hospitality, restaurant and retail sectors
New data released from Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality Research and FreedomPay, a global leader in data-driven commerce, reveals that while nearly all (96%) surveyed retail, restaurant and hospitality stakeholders are confident in their…
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Chexology Launches Chexpass, the Digital Claim Ticket for Apple Wallet and Google Pay
The First "Tap and Go" Technology That Eliminates the Paper Claim Ticket in Checkrooms
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The Best Check-in Experience Is Omnichannel
Like airlines, smart hoteliers will offer several options in order to provide a true omnichannel experience that meets guests’ needs on their own terms.
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Tripadvisor reveals new data in fight against fake reviews
Tripadvisor has released its 2021 Review Transparency Report, revealing in detail the volume of review contributions to the platform in 2020, the impact of COVID-19 on user-generated travel guidance and the multi-layered approach the website takes…
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Makeready Hotel & Restaurant Brands Standardizes POS Across Its Portfolio
Hotel and restaurant operator seeing a rise in employee and guest satisfaction as its POS drives consistency across all hotel restaurants.
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SELFBOOK RAISES $25M IN QUEST TO REINVENT HOTEL PAYMENTS
New York-based Selfbook, a hotel payment software startup, has raised $25 million in Series A funding at a valuation of $125 million.
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Inauguration of the Spark Hospitality Digital Center
The global Spark innovation sphere by Les Roches has grown rapidly in a year, attracting important partners…
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Hilton unveils new tech enhancements for guests
Hilton has revealed its latest in a series of technology innovations that enhance the guest experience across the company’s 18 hotel brands.
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Why Housekeeping Is More Than Just a Clean Room
Having the right technology in place can help hotels dramatically increase housekeeping productivity and reduce labor costs, in some cases providing up to 500% ROI within just months of implementation…
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Booking.com Introduces “Native Ads”
For many hotels, the line between “distribution” and “marketing” has always been quite blurry.
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Google Expanded Text Ads Discontinued
Google recently announced yet another fundamental change to their paid search advertising product - the discontinuation of Expanded Text Ads.
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Why a Mach 5 passenger plane is a crazy idea that might just work
Almost two decades since Concorde retired, interest around supersonic travel has been picking up pace, and several super-fast planes are under development…
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The Small Hotel Guide to Finding the Right OTAs and Ranking Highly
Online travel agencies (OTAs) have dramatically changed the game when it comes to getting the word out about your property and inventory, and even booking rooms…
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Protect Your Guests, Brand from Automated Cyberattacks
No matter how convenient it is to book rooms, how fast the contactless check-in system is, or how clean your hotel is, if you are not protected from automated attacks, you are putting your hotel and your guests at risk…
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Trainline booking platform integrated into Google Maps
Google Maps has integrated rail booking platform Trainline into its app, allowing users to click through from journey searches to buy tickets.
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Hilton & Bluestone Lane Brew Up New Food and Beverage Offerings
Tempo by Hilton signs first-of-its-kind consulting partnership with Bluestone Lane to develop comprehensive food and beverage program
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What Hoteliers Need to Know About Cloud-Based Technology and PMS
Four simple truths will enable hotel and resort operators to assess the right cloud-based property-management system for their single or multi-property enterprise
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Spanish Theme Park Says Now Is the Time to Begin Cryptocurrency Acceptance
PortAventura World, a resort that boasts the most theme parks in Europe, in addition to six hotels with 2,300 rooms, recently announced that it is developing software so that its guests can use cryptocurrency as a means of payment…
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The Lasting Tech Trends That Fad-Averse Hoteliers Are Pursuing Now
If you’ve ever stayed in a hotel whose guest rooms still had iPod docking stations, you have an intuitive grasp of why hotel executives are nervous about investing in guest-facing technology…
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Virgin Galactic cleared for further flights
Virgin Galactic said that the FAA has cleared it to resume launches after an investigation into why its spaceship veered off course while descending during a July flight with founder Richard Branson aboard…
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Clean guest data and why it matters
Even with the best intentions and training in place, it’s very easy for hotels to experience data inaccuracies…
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Pandemic Twist Emerges on Bookings for Hotels in Tussle With Online Resellers
«Hotel companies have broadly resisted using aggregators such as Expedia and Booking.com for online sales so far during the recovery because of somewhat surprising factors. Yet the temptation remains». Sean O'Neill…
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Real Estate Firm JLL Launches Short-term Rental Platform
Real estate services provider JLL is launching a short-term rental platform it’s positioning as a rival to giants in the space including Airbnb and Booking.com.
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