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

CIO

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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AFL launches Just Walk Out technology to tackle queues at Marvel Stadium

CIO

While best known for Aussie rules games, Marvel Stadium has also hosted some of the biggest international sporting events such as UFC, FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and international rugby union tests. My goal in my role as a technologist is not to be the best sports stadium in the world. Not just the best stadium experience.”

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Closed User Groups in Travel: Benefits, Examples, and Best Practices to Enable a CUG Strategy

Altexsoft

They are a way for travel vendors to offer discounted airfares, hotels, car rentals , and other perks and benefits to certain clients, while also potentially increasing sales and customer loyalty. For example, the Resort Inventory Group, which we’ll cover further, aggregates many membership clubs for hotels to distribute their products.

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Nowsta takes in fresh capital to show some tech love for hourly workforces

TechCrunch

Today, Nowsta’s technology manages over 300,000 workers each month across 600 employers, including sports stadiums, hotels, food services vendors and warehouses. Earlier this year we saw Homebase raise $71 million, and Workiz , which focuses on home services pros, raise $13 million.

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How the Coronavirus Is Impacting Your Workplace and Defining Your Culture

CEO Insider

Major sporting events, political rallies, conventions, and meetings are being canceled. Hotels and cruise ships are virtually empty. The sky is falling. The stock market is in total upheaval. Schools are closing. Airlines are cutting flights. And as a sure sign of the apocalypse, Ireland has canceled their annual St.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter backpedals on CEO’s promise, permanently bans user who tracked his private jet

TechCrunch

You can bet on this : Blockchain has faced its fair share of challenges this year, between crypto winter and other scandals, Mike writes, but it seems to be finding its stride in the sports betting market. Dear Sophie: When can I register my employee for the H-1B lottery? Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. and work for us.

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Weird week: Tomato taxes, cultivated chicken’s debut is done, and more

The Hustle

In its 2023 financial report, the company disclosed that its CEO’s proclivity for combat and extreme sports, like MMA and hydrofoiling, poses a risk of death and serious injury that, if actualized, would have a “materially adverse impact” on its operations. Meta wants Mark Zuckerberg to find a hobby that won’t kill him.

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