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News / Distribution

Travelport tech chief talks moving the needle on NDC

By Linda Fox | April 19, 2023

Tom Kershaw, chief product and technology officer at Travelport, talks about the current state of NDC, real progress in 2023 and moving the needle on adoption. Read More

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News / Technology

Can we hardwire happiness into hospitality tech?

By Linda Fox | March 29, 2023

Hotels are providing the opposite of hospitality with long queues, paperwork, poor Wi-Fi and disconnected systems, according to Lennert de Jong, president for hospitality at Planet. Read More

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News / Startups

Reeco checks in with $10M for hotel supplies marketplace

By Linda Fox | March 28, 2023

The investment in the Israel-based company was led by Net Capital Ventures and Joule Ventures while a number of angel investors also participated. Read More

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Interview / Technology

Q&A: EV Hotels’ vision to serve “technology travelers”

By Derek Catron | February 9, 2023

EV Hotels bills itself as the first smart hotel brand with experiences in crypto and NFT. Read More

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News / Startups

Hotel tech innovators present solutions for cleaning rooms, digital tipping

By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | January 26, 2023

During the ALIS Tech Challenge at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit, several companies pitched new hotel technology solutions to address the industry's labor challenges. Read More

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News / Startups

Hotel Manager lands £1M for modular hotel tech platform

By Linda Fox | December 14, 2022

Fuel Ventures led the investment in the U.K.-based company while Pitchdrive VC, CORE angels Lisbon, Boost Fund and Startupist Ventures also participated. Read More

Opinion / Online

2023 trends in hospitality from a road warrior’s perspective

By Klaus Kohlmayr - IDeaS | November 22, 2022

While the last few years have been difficult, the road ahead is littered with uncertainty. Read More

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News / Distribution

Can a "coalition of the willing" fix airline distribution?

By Linda Fox | October 6, 2022

Airlines are facing the fact that transformation is needed across front- and back-end processes. Read More

News / Technology

My Method... How Staycity went from pen and paper to tech-driven operations

By Lloyd Green - Staycity | September 14, 2022

Staycity enlisted Optii Solutions to help the hotel company improve productivity and efficiency across housekeeping and operations. Read More

News / Startups

Shackle raises $5.5M to digitize the hotel guest experience

By Jill Menze | August 23, 2022

Founded in 2020, Shackle helps hotels streamline operations by integrating backend systems into its guest-facing app. Read More

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News / Technology

My Method: How Welcome Break reduced check-in from four minutes to 45 seconds

By Chris Jones - Guestline | August 22, 2022

Welcome Break Hotels wanted to address the manual, time-consuming and complex check-in and checkout process. Read More

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News / Online

VIDEO: A hotelier’s long-term learnings from COVID

By PhocusWire | August 19, 2022

An Italian hotelier provides an update on the impact of COVID at Phocuswright Europe 2022. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Why the hotel chatbot is a must-have for data collection

By Elitza Stoilova - Umni | August 15, 2022

With the disappearance of third-party cookies, hotel website chatbots will be critical to the collecting of first- and zero-party data. Read More

News / Online

Mews launches venture arm to fuel growth and innovation in hospitality industry

By Kathryn Walson | July 28, 2022

Following three acquisitions in the past year, Mews has launched Mews Ventures to accelerate M&A activity. Read More

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From Our Partners / Technology

Report: The hospitality executive's guide to RMS technology

By Cristina Polo | July 25, 2022

Find out how a comprehensive revenue management strategy can elevate a hotel group’s commercial performance across multiple customer touchpoints. Read More

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