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IT to thank for most of Radisson Hotel Group’s business initiatives

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With stints at Procter & Gamble, HPE and DHL, Jaime González-Peralta landed at Radisson Hotel Group four years ago as CIO for EMEA and then became global CIO in April 2020 — a particularly complex moment due to the paralysis that the pandemic inflicted on the world of travel. How many people, then, make up Radisson’s IT area worldwide?

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CIOs set their agendas to achieve IT’s ultimate balancing act

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Achieving operational excellence while deploying innovative technologies is not an either/or proposition as far as Christian Mate is concerned. Both are critical for meeting the responsibilities of the job of CIO, which requires the staid mantra of “keep the lights on” while concentrating on the more exciting innovating for growth, he says.

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How Palladium targets tech to better serve the business

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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. But the company’s history and growth wouldn’t have been possible without a clear commitment to innovation.

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What you need to know to accelerate your cloud and data strategy

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At Choice Hotels , cloud is a tool to help the hospitality giant achieve corporate goals. The day-long conference will drill into key areas of balancing data security and innovation, emerging technologies, and leading major initiatives. Cloud Management, Hybrid Cloud, IT Leadership, IT Strategy Don’t miss out – register today.

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Innovation – Between Chaos and Standardization

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Innovation is such a beautiful thing. Without a doubt, innovation has made a lot of headlines in the past few years. “Innovation is our response to the market challenges, it’s the way we’ll overcome our competitors and create new revenue streams.” Is innovation the way? What is Innovation? Or like both.

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How sport made CIO 100 winner Joanna Drake a better technology leader

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Speaking at the CIO UK 100 awards ceremony at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, Drake explained what it meant to be ranked the top CIO in the UK , how her tennis background shaped her leadership, why automation is freeing up her IT team, and how THG is supporting engineers relocating from war-stricken Ukraine.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. You need a leadership team that is supportive, and a board that will back them up. At Vuori, everything is in the cloud.