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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

Altexsoft

Greenhouse gases (tourism is responsible for around 8 percent of global carbon emissions, three-quarters of which is due to aviation), local resource overuse (e.g., It means that people want to travel responsibly, so hotels, airlines, and tour companies have to keep up and satisfy their customers (and attract new ones).

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This hack could take control of your Ford

The Parallax

Using a $300 software-defined radio , a security researcher says he has figured out how to take control of some of Ford’s newer and higher-end cars and trucks. As seen in the video below, Wooden demonstrates the hack working from the third-floor balcony of a hotel within eyesight of a 2019 Ford Mustang test car.

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

Altexsoft

The adoption of, say, IoT devices gave us new ways to collect and process data. Machine learning allowed hotels and rental services to personalize offers and services. Technologies that form back offices and hotel management systems consist of various tools and structures. HTNG organization and membership.

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Travel Analytics: Data Sources, Use Cases, and Real-Life Examples

Altexsoft

Company’s booking website and mobile app allow you to track and collect a wealth of data, from web traffic information to user behavioral metrics (session duration, navigation paths, etc.), Learn more about the functions of internal systems with our dedicated articles about hotel property management systems and passenger service systems.

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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”. The Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning that are powering smart hotel applications are accessible to everyone bold enough to try. What is a smart hotel? IoT hospitality applications. Mobile keys.

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Cyber Canon Candidate Book Review: A Sustainable Digital Economy: Not Fear, but Trust Connects

Palo Alto Networks

Cyber Canon Book Review: “A Sustainable Digital Economy: Not Fear, but Trust Connects” (2018), by Ad Krikke. Book Reviewed By: Fred Streefland, Regional CSO NEEUR, Palo Alto Networks, 02 January 2019. The dream starts with checking into a hotel by holding an electronic passport to a card reader that also opens the room.

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Dynamic Pricing Explained: Use in Revenue Management and Pricing Optimization

Altexsoft

For instance, an airline can secure itself from bad sales during a low-demand season or before an upcoming departure day by putting tickets on sale. Such a pricing strategy can lead to bad reviews, complaints, or worse. What to beware: Disadvantages of dynamic pricing. Customer alienation and backlash.