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

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How to organize and execute an effective sales kickoff in 2022

TechCrunch

According to a recent event participation survey conducted by MarTech, respondents rated the likelihood of attending an in-person event in the first half of 2022 a five out of ten. Organizations will save thousands on venue, hotel, transportation and catering costs.

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CIOs Have To Treat Social Media With Care

The Accidental Successful CIO

Hackers can learn a lot from a CIO’s social media Image Credit: Blogtrepreneur Every person with the CIO job knows what social media is. In fact, we all probably have Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media accounts. However, it turns out that there is a downside to social media that we may not be aware of.

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Beekeeper, which helps companies engage with their ‘deskless’ frontline workforce, raises $50M

TechCrunch

Beekeeper’s platform constitutes tools to support messaging, surveys, video and voice chats, FAQ chatbots, workflow automation (e.g. ” Beekeeper has amassed some big-name customers over its 10-plus years history, including hotel giant Hilton and food corporation Cargill. Beekeeper platform Image Credits: Beekeeper. .

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YC-backed Deskimo, an on-demand coworking space app, launches in Singapore and Hong Kong

TechCrunch

The pandemic has quickly changed attitudes toward remote work, with a McKinsey survey finding that 62% of respondents said they only wanted to return to the office a few days a week, or not at all. The second are hotels that are converting some of their space into coworking areas. Deskimo app’s QR code.

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Bliki: Periodic Face-to-Face

Martin Fowler

Trust is hard to develop online, where there isn't the social cues that can happen when we are in the same room. Compared to this, saving on airplanes and hotels is a false economy. Claire Lew surveyed remote-first teams in 2018 , noting that a quarter of their respondents did retreats “several times a year”.

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Daily Crunch: Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover tries to get his BharatPe CEO fired

TechCrunch

One recent survey of sales and marketing professionals found that only half of respondents said they were likely to attend an event in H1 2022. Today, those convention centers and hotel ballrooms are dark and quiet. TechCrunch wants you to recommend growth marketers who have expertise in SEO, social, content writing and more!

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