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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

Altexsoft

In April 2020, the hotel occupancy in the US dropped to its lowest level ever — the bewildering 24.5 The annual average was roughly 44 percent, which means that more than half of hotel rooms were empty during the whole year. The hospitality industry was among those that suffered the most because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Smart Hotel Infrastructure: How to Adopt IoT in Hospitality

Altexsoft

Every now and then, a big hotel brand introduces its own take on the “hotel room of the future”. Marriott even launched a whole 10,000-square foot lab with model rooms where the brand can design and test innovative technologies. What is a smart hotel? A mobile (digital) key technology has many benefits over RFID keycards.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO

Decision makers are realizing that technology is essential for reaching their ESG goals,” noted Bjoern Stengel, IDC global sustainability research lead, in the report. And the opportunities for tech-enabled sustainability solutions are wide ranging. It’s coming — and anyone not already in the game is going to be left behind.”

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Data Collection for Machine Learning: Steps, Methods, and Best Practices

Altexsoft

While today’s world abounds with data, gathering valuable information presents a lot of organizational and technical challenges, which we are going to address in this article. We’ll particularly explore data collection approaches and tools for analytics and machine learning projects. Set up data storage technology.

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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically

TechCrunch

With the market for call center software estimated to be worth tens of billions, there’s a strong incentive to crack the code — or to come close, at least. Or if a hotel guest calls to book a standard room but then changes their mind and decides on a suite, the platform could suggest rooms that fit the new criterion.

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Hotel Booking APIs: Wholesalers, Channel managers, and GDS

Altexsoft

If you want to sell/advertise hotel rooms, you inevitably stumble over these three technical pitfalls: How do you find hotel room APIs and what kind of providers are out there? How do you find hotel content? How do you map hotel room inventory? How hotel distribution works. Tech and mapping providers’ APIs.

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HTNG: What Hospitality Technology Next Generation Is and How It Works

Altexsoft

The hospitality industry evolved into various businesses that propose different customer experiences by adopting new technologies, practices, and cultural trends. Machine learning allowed hotels and rental services to personalize offers and services. foster the adoption of new technologies.