Customer Relationship Management

Opinion / Technology

Will the coronavirus outbreak force hotels to adapt to new technologies quicker?

By Gregor Amon - Hotel Data Cloud | March 13, 2020

When it comes to hotels, you can bet that hotel owners and managers are reeling, trying to come up with a plan to address coronavirus, but more importantly, to have strategies to recoup their losses... Read More

Opinion / Distribution

COVID-19 and the global hotel industry: A roadmap to recovery, part 2

By Yuki Hu, Eva Liu & George Yu - IDeaS | March 4, 2020

Although hotels can’t press the “restart” button on 2020, they can launch into “repair” mode now, despite being forced to a standstill by the big pause button that is COVID-19. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

COVID-19 and the global hotel industry: A roadmap to recovery, part 1

By Yuki Hu, Eva Liu & George Yu - IDeaS | March 2, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, here are actionable steps for hotels to take now to proactively begin the road to recovery: Read More

News / Online

Q&A: Collinson's Phil Seward on co-brand cards, travel subscriptions and empowering consumers

By Jill Menze | February 27, 2020

Phil Seward, senior vice president of loyalty strategy, Americas, at Collinson, explains the evolution of the co-branded credit card, if subscription models in travel are viable and how brands can put... Read More

News / Distribution

EaseMyTrip brings flight bookings to WhatsApp

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2020

Communications platforms such as WhatsApp are mostly used for customer service in travel but EaseMyTrip is enabling flight booking. Read More

Interview / Startups

VIDEO: Fly Money - Summit pitch Phocuswright Conference 2019

By PhocusWire | December 18, 2019

Helping travelers pay like locals: Aggregating and pre-ordering all local payment methods to use during vacations - mobile, cash and cards. Read More

Interview / Startups

VIDEO: Mindsay - Summit pitch Phocuswright Conference 2019

By PhocusWire | December 17, 2019

This leader in conversational AI for the travel industry builds AI-powered chatbots for major travel companies. Read More

Interview / Startups

VIDEO: Bespoke - Summit pitch Phocuswright Conference 2019

By PhocusWire | December 16, 2019

Bebot: The AI-powered multilingual concierge chatbot for hotels, airports, stations and cities. Read More

Interview / Startups

VIDEO: SnapTravel - Summit pitch Phocuswright Conference 2019

By PhocusWire | December 16, 2019

A consumer brand that has driven $100 million+ in hotel sales over messaging (SMS, Messenger, WhatsApp). Read More

Interview / Technology

The Future Of Travel Experience: The "space between" for digital-led airlines

By Jeff Katz - Journera | December 13, 2019

In this installment, Katz interviews two of the biggest forces behind United's customer experience strategy: Luc Bondar, VP for loyalty, and Praveen Sharma, VP for digital products and enterprise... Read More

News / Technology

Norwegian targets more personalization across every passenger channel

By Linda Fox | December 11, 2019

Norwegian Air Shuttle is putting a personalization strategy in place after signing a five-year partnership with Boxever. Read More

News / Technology

WEBINAR REPLAY! Guest Experience in 2020: Behavior, service recovery and business impact

By PhocusWire | December 5, 2019

By opening the lines of communication with guests and improving service, hotels have a huge opportunity to separate themselves from the competition and drive real business results. Read More

Interview / Startups

VIDEO: Gamitee - Summit pitch Phocuswright Conference 2019

By PhocusWire | December 5, 2019

This social solution for travel sites converts 5x better than the site baseline, translating to an increase of 10% in overall online sales. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Nobody wants to be a support ticket - power of real-time comms and service recovery

By Ford Blakely - Zingle | December 2, 2019

In our real-time economy, even the slightest delay or missed expectation can be the difference between a positive or negative guest experience. Read More