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. The hospitality industry was among those that suffered the most because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Altexsoft

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Every now and then, a big hotel brand introduces its own take on the “hotel room of the future”. Marriott even launched a whole 10,000-square foot lab with model rooms where the brand can design and test innovative technologies. What is a smart hotel? A mobile (digital) key technology has many benefits over RFID keycards.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 12, 2021

How long does it take an average traveler to pick up a hotel? The number of things to consider and the variety of reviews from previous guests can blow a human’s mind. We stayed at this hotel for five days” is neutral, “I liked staying here” is positive, and. “I I disliked the hotel” is negative. Step 1 — data collection.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

GITEX Global 2023 witnessed Huawei’s impactful presence, as the tech giant delved into the future of intelligent networking. Intelligent transformation is accelerating due to the proliferation of smart devices, surging audio and video traffic, and the ever-growing demand for higher bandwidth.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Now that organizations have returned to a new (somewhat) normal, CIOs appear to be focused on getting back to basics — and untangling tech debt incurred in making it through the past few years. Recruiting, retainment, and yes, adoption of lead-edge technology, are back on the radar of IT leaders. How do we get the talent we need?

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Altexsoft

MAY 13, 2021

In 2021, the biggest challenge hotels face is successfully recovering from the COVID-19 impact. Even before the pandemic, when travel was booming, hotels — especially of middle and small sizes — experienced difficulties of another sort. What is a hotel booking engine and how it makes you competitive.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

For example, one of my business’ backers has a deep tech “pod” that generates events and content we are always welcomed to be a part of. Due diligence works both ways, and entrepreneurs shouldn’t be in a rush to take investment from anyone that offers it. The transparency and value of DocSend.

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Altexsoft

MAY 23, 2023

Revenue Per Available Room, or RevPAR, has emerged as a crucial key performance indicator (KPI) for assessing a hotel’s financial well-being and prosperity. This significant metric enables hotel owners to evaluate their property’s performance by considering both occupancy rates and average daily rates (ADR).

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Altexsoft

MARCH 27, 2023

As a hotel revenue manager, one of your key responsibilities is creating a pricing strategy tailored to the property and its market. Many hotels still rely on a fixed pricing strategy that uses a tiered pricing system based on room types. This article explores the concept of open pricing and how it can benefit hotels that implement it.

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Altexsoft

JULY 17, 2019

When a hotel business grows, its technical capabilities expand, too. Or you keep your boutique hotel small and cozy, but don’t want to miss a chance and make your guest service better, using technologies. What is Hotel Property Management System? What is Hotel Property Management System?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

AlterPacks is tackling both issues with technology that turns food waste into takeout boxes and other containers. Its go-to-market strategy is a B2B model and includes working with distribution partners that sell supplies to F&B businesses like restaurants and hotels. AlterPacks containers have been on the market since December.

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The Hustle

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And finding the little creatures in your hotel sheets — like what happened last fall in Paris — is a real-life nightmare that’s becoming more common. Spotta, a UK-based company founded in 2017, is developing tech to spot bedbugs on hotel mattresses and put a stop to outbreaks, per Hotel Dive.

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 26, 2020

If you want to sell/advertise hotel rooms, you inevitably stumble over these three technical pitfalls: How do you find hotel room APIs and what kind of providers are out there? How do you find hotel content? How do you map hotel room inventory? How hotel distribution works. Tech and mapping providers’ APIs.

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Altexsoft

JULY 20, 2021

Hotels have been experiencing a surge of direct bookings during the pandemic. Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Direct booking strategies for hotels. Why is that?

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 2, 2021

Today, a hotel concierge is the person whose job is to assist the guest with any request or problem — be it arranging a manicure, an urgent dry cleaning, or a pet walk. So, let’s explore the opportunities to improve customer satisfaction and other benefits concierge software can bring to your hotel. What is a virtual concierge?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

But the foot traffic and location analytics startup saw growth in new categories, including consumer packaged goods (CPG) and hedge funds that use its tech to perform due diligence. It’s been a very tough year for Placer.ai ’s core customer segments of retail and commercial real estate, to put it mildly.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Austin is also home to secondary offices of many of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook and SpaceX. And the numbers are there to back it up.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

One of Minoan’s largest markets, the Hamptons, actually had a very busy season, with most of its short-term rental partners near 100% occupancy and charging higher rates due to demand. Then Minoan’s tech gives them an easy way to buy those products and also collect reviews. Minoan has offices in Hyderbad and Delhi there.

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Ruby on Rails

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Preference will be for technical talks with concrete takeaways, and original talks that will be presented for the first time at Rails World 2024. The state of Rails and its role in the broader tech industry: What are potential areas for growth and innovation? This year there will be 24 talks and keynotes across two tracks.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The company writes articles on every facet of travel to inform customers, especially now with airlines, hotels and countries placing certain restrictions on travel. Before, you might have combed through reviews, but now you just want an expert to tell you, and that is what we are.”. The deal closed in 2020.

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Altexsoft

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Today, the share of walk-ins in the hotel industry keeps reducing annually. At the time of global digitalization, 75 percent of all hotel bookings are made online. Among that, 40 percent of the reservations are made via Booking.com, 32 percent — via other aggregators, and 21 percent — through a hotel’s website.

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CIO

JANUARY 4, 2023

Decision makers are realizing that technology is essential for reaching their ESG goals,” noted Bjoern Stengel, IDC global sustainability research lead, in the report. And the opportunities for tech-enabled sustainability solutions are wide ranging. It’s coming — and anyone not already in the game is going to be left behind.”

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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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Altexsoft

MARCH 7, 2022

So, hotel selling became a messy business that leaves many of its players unsatisfied. Learn more about the complex politics of hotel-OTA relationships in this video. In recent years, a few startups have sprung up to disrupt hotel distribution. The current state of hotel distribution and its challenges.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 24, 2022

Let’s be honest, for many hotels, payment functionality is not a priority. Once integrated, the payment gateway or processing solution isn’t customarily upgraded or reviewed. Hotel payments challenges. Currently, there are four main areas where hotels experience shortcomings with their payment technology.

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Altexsoft

JULY 3, 2020

The hospitality industry evolved into various businesses that propose different customer experiences by adopting new technologies, practices, and cultural trends. Machine learning allowed hotels and rental services to personalize offers and services. foster the adoption of new technologies. What is HTNG: mission and functions.

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Altexsoft

JANUARY 27, 2021

However, there are still hotels that rely on pen and paper or Excel spreadsheets to assign rooms, maintain booking records, register guests, invoice them, and address their complaints. Some hotels go even further and implement self-service check-in and facial recognition features. How front desk software can benefit the hotel business.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Countless tech giants and startups have thrown their tech at the automated call handling problem, from Google (and Google’s Area 120 incubator ), Microsoft and Amazon to Got It AI , Replicant and Tenyx. Image Credits: PolyAI. But the company claims its true advantage lies in its approach to language understanding.

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Altexsoft

JANUARY 19, 2022

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., 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.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Cosi Group , a Berlin-based startup offering an alternative to boutique hotels and managed short-stay apartments, is disclosing €20 million in new investment. Cosi raises €5M for its ‘full-stack’ hospitality alternative to boutique hotels.

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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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CIO

AUGUST 17, 2022

People may be toiling on tech projects to improve website functionality or automate processes yet have no idea of the ultimate goals that those tasks are designed to feed, such as achieving a specific percentage increase in conversion or customer retention. Deeper cultural issues typically underly the problem. GfK is recruiting!

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CIO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Due to the unstable economy in the post-pandemic era, SMEs are searching for new revenue sources and expanding their business, which is why a lot of SMEs are now aiming to utilize digital technologies to improve business efficiency and innovate business models.

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CIO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Due to the unstable economy in the post-pandemic era, SMEs are searching for new revenue sources and expanding their business, which is why a lot of SMEs are now aiming to utilize digital technologies to improve business efficiency and innovate business models.

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Altexsoft

JANUARY 6, 2022

The authorities admitted that the previous 2024 deadline for human landing “ was not grounded on technical feasibility.”. Tech miscalculations are not unique to ambitious, state-backed space endeavors. Technical feasibility inspects whether software can be built at all with available tools and experts.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

True to its name, Anyplace began its life as a marketplace that gives people the option to book hotels or rentals for 30 days or more nearly anyplace they want to. People really worked all day from their rooms while staying in hotels or Airbnb,” Naito said. That marketplace today is across over 60 countries in more than 450 cities.

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 18, 2023

OTAs, hotel booking platforms , and other travel businesses need to have real-time access to extensive hotel inventories to offer diverse choices to their customers. Hotelbeds, a leading accommodation wholesaler , provides this expansive inventory and advanced tech solutions, making it a top choice for many.

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