TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Today, the company announced two new booking tool features, including guaranteed accessibility for hotel rooms booked from its website and a price match offer. The company also now price matches hotel rooms from other booking platforms, including Booking.com, Expedia and Travelocity. “We Those are things that we haven’t done yet.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Further evidence that travel is rebounding lies in the number of people staying in hotels, and the money going into startups that serve the industry as well as travelers. Hotel Engine is the latest such startup, having just raised $65 million in a Series B round at a $1.3 Image Credits: CEO and Founder Elia Wallen / Hotel Engine.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Now, OTA Insight — a company that builds business intelligence tools for one of the key sectors in that space, hotels — is announcing a round of funding as it too picks up more business on the upswing. And yet after they arrived they could see that a lot of hotels had spaces and were drastically dropping prices.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We first covered the NUMA Group (then called Cosi) back in 2019 when it raised €5 million for its “full-stack” hospitality alternative to boutique hotels, and then later on when it raised €20 million. NUMA provides boutique hotels, offering around 2,500 units in Berlin, Munich, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona and Vienna.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Imagine booking a room at a small, charming, off-the-beaten-path hotel on the Hawaiian island of Kauai using a popular mobile travel app, only to discover that the room is… haunted! But what is not commonly known is that this family-owned hotel once thrived as a busy brothel during the City’s wild Barbary Coast days. Then, at 3 A.M.,

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CIO

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Así, con la ambición de posicionarse como referente en innovación experiencial y consciente de la necesidad de renovación, adaptación y digitalización de estos servicios, Barceló Hotel Group da un paso más allá con el lanzamiento de Barceló Experiences.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Following a settlement with the FTC, the hotel chain must implement a host of security changes and provide help to customers affected by the string of data breaches.

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The Hustle

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We at the hotel, motel — yet another inn? Major companies — the Hiltons, Marriotts, and Hyatts of the world — are spawning new hotel brands at a rapid pace. But most of the major brands don’t actually own many of their hotels; instead, they rely on franchise models, giving owners the rights to specific brands.

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Ooda Loop

MAY 28, 2024

In a weekly news roundup, Chinese radar ships might be spying on undersea communications, spyware found at hotel check-ins, and Iran continues disruptive attacks. This week, consumer-grade spyware was discovered in Wyndham hotels across the United States.

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Altexsoft

APRIL 20, 2023

When searching for hotel rooms, parents with young children may very much prefer to not have a fireplace or a high floor view, while honeymooners may be willing to pay to have both a fireplace and a view. Many hotels, though, still use an old shopping model. shift to more premium rooms and rates ” even in its early trials with ABS.

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Battery Ventures

JUNE 25, 2020

We talk to the founder of one of those startups, hotel-software provider Mews*, in this episode of Powered by Battery. Mews’ founder, Czech-born Richard Valtr, comes from a family of hotel operators in Europe and has a far-reaching vision of how hotels can offer better service to customers—through technology.

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Altexsoft

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In this Christmas post, we’ll look into the idea of smart hotels, find out which cutting edge innovations are behind it, and sneak a glance at some of the hospitality industry tech pioneers. What does a smart hotel mean for a guest? The hotel app can be your virtual concierge and provide all sorts of assistance. Watch the news?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. Moreover, IHG’s cloud backbone enables it to take advantage of emerging SaaS offerings, such as Speakeasy AI conversational chatbots, and deliver its own IHG Voice Cloud AI service to help guests and reception desk clerks at hundreds of hotels.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 26, 2021

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. This means a hotel is charged every time the ad is clicked and redirection occurs.

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Altexsoft

OCTOBER 12, 2023

With the right RMS in place, hotels and vacation rentals can optimize room pricing, enhance occupancy rates, and boost overall revenue. What is a revenue management system for hotels? Learn more about hotel revenue management in our video. Revenue management software for hotels is generally flexible.

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CIO

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Éste ha sido el tema principal de una nueva edición del CIO Summit España 2024 , organizado por IDC y las publicaciones CIO y COMPUTERWORLD , que se realizó el 25 y 26 de septiembre en el Hotel Mandarín Oriental Ritz de Madrid y que reunió a líderes tecnológicos y de negocio de diversos sectores, públicos y privados, para abordar las distintas aristas (..)

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CTOvision

JULY 20, 2015

The first hotel to be completely run by robots opened Friday, July 17th in Japan. The Weird Hotel in Japan where the front desk is staffed by ROBOTS opens (dailymail.co.uk). Japanese equips hotel with dinobots to greet foreigners (vr-zone.com). Japan's robot hotel is for you (pcworld.com). Related articles. Japan's $1.4M

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Vendease , an online marketplace that allows restaurants and other food businesses to buy supplies straight from manufacturers and farms, has raised a seed round of $3.2 million, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.

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CTOvision

JULY 16, 2020

Researchers have found 142 million personal details from former guests at the MGM Resorts hotels for sale on the Dark Web, evidence that a data leak from the hotel chain […].

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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

Mike Rawson, CIO of citizenM, is also emphasizing green IT as part of the global hotel chain’s IT strategy. The hotel chain’s sustainability efforts go beyond IT as well; it requires new hotels to meet green energy standards, and it works with partners to reduce food waste.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 30, 2022

Upselling and cross-selling provide hotel owners and managers with the ability to drive greater profit from the same guest by timely offering valuable services. This post aims at explaining the key hotel upselling and cross-selling strategies, ways to digitize them effectively, and examples of existing software serving that purpose.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Have you ever looked longingly at the website of a posh hotel or resort and thought, “Man, I wish I could hang out there.”. The six-year-old company gives people the option to purchase day passes to more than 900 hotels and resorts — think Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, W Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, Fairmont and Westin — around the world.

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CIO

AUGUST 29, 2024

Los modelos consiguen automatizar predicciones de demanda en todos los hoteles del grupo, asegurando la permeación de la información no solo a los equipos comerciales, sino también a los equipos de operaciones, y reduciendo tiempo, recursos y dependencia.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 24, 2022

Let’s be honest, for many hotels, payment functionality is not a priority. But if you work in the hospitality business, you must have noticed that the way people book and pay for hotels has changed, especially since the start of the pandemic. Hotel payments challenges. These common problems stall many hotels’ transformations.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2024

Achieving and sustaining compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a daunting challenge for hotels because they handle many complex payment business cases. In the hospitality industry, hotels are either corporate or franchise entities. Many hotels use Opera PMS, Sihot PMS or some Cloud PMS.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In September, MGM Resorts was hit by a devastating ransomware attack, downing operations at some of its most iconic casino hotels in Las Vegas, including the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay and the Cosmopolitan. The […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The eight-year-old Indian budget hotel giant has filed the paperwork (PDF) with the local market regulator for an initial public offering, in which it is seeking to raise about $1.16 Oyo has also streamlined its relationship with hotels in recent quarters. Oyo is ready to explore the public markets.

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VironIT

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

You’ve got an idea of creating a hotel booking website, now what? In this article we consider the market, how do hotel booking websites work, business models, trends, software functionalit?. Comment on ways of creating a hotel booking website, mobile app and how much does it cost.

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Crunchbase News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Engine , formerly Hotel Engine, booked a $140 million Series C led by a fund advised by private equity firm Permira that values the Denver-based startup at $2.1 Growing and rebranding Engine’s platform connects business travelers to a network of more than 750,000 hotels, 300 airlines and 40 rental car companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Sometimes companies have the perception that the best way to reduce travel costs is to get people to get cheaper flights or cheaper hotels and make two stops on the way to two places,” he said. “We And if a company requests it, employees can only see flight and hotel options that are in policy.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Travel booking app Hopper announced today that it’s launching a number of new flexibility products that are designed to help customers save money on hotel, flight and car bookings. The pricing for the new Leave For Any Reason option is averaging about $30 per hotel reservation, Hopper says. Image Credits: Hopper.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2021

Hotel business owners must find the best candidates for the various roles in a hotel. The trends in the hotel sector are evolving. A hotel strategy should be synced with modern-day needs, ranging from the increase in costs to customer demand and expectations. It is a direct response to the fast-changing business world.

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Altexsoft

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In one Hotel Hell episode, lodge guests had to search for a front desk employee by themselves. What is a hotel channel manager? If you’re new to the hotel distribution, we have a video explainer to provide you with a broad picture. This situation is more an exception than a rule. Consistency across channels.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Rather than searching by destination, Elude gathers information like budget, time frame and trip preferences (think beach versus mountains), then presents users with flight and hotel results for destinations they may never have thought existed or could be traveled to on their budgets. stars and above.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

SkyCity Entertainment Group Chief Information Officer Glen McLatchie on his career-defining moments, the importance of mentoring and professional development, and the transformation plans ahead for the casino and hotel group after a challenging few years. Watch this episode: CIO, CIO Leadership Live

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CIO

AUGUST 9, 2023

Jeff Knowlton named CIO for Sonesta International Hotels James Knowlton, Sonesta Sonesta Sonesta International Hotels is a hotel management company with over 280 properties in eight countries. Prior to Pursuit Collection, he held roles at Sage Hospitality, Vail Resorts, and Marcus Hotels & Resorts.

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CIO

JUNE 7, 2023

The result was what is now the Palladium Hotel Group, a hotel chain with 10 different brands spread across Spain, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. At the end of the 1960s, Spanish businessman Abel Matutes had an ambitious dream to bring paradise closer to travelers by offering incredible experiences.

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