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Roommatik tests facial recognition to streamline hotel check-in

By Mitra Sorrells | January 26, 2018

Facial recognition technology is going mainstream - Apple added it to its iPhone X, MasterCard is using it to verify mobile payments, conferences are adopting it to expedite registration and travel... Read More

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Video: Don't believe the hype of digital assistants - embrace it

By Kevin May | January 10, 2018

The emergence of digital assistants in the past few years has excited many people in the travel brands. Read More

Opinion / Technology

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Technology

By PhocusWire | December 20, 2017

The problem with technology as a term in the travel industry is that it’s now so ubiquitous that it becomes difficult to single out what developments are the most important for 2018. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Gordon Wilson of Travelport has five trends to follow

By Gordon Wilson - Travelport | December 15, 2017

As is customary at this time of the year, we turn out minds, strategy and expectations to what we might expect to happen over the course of the next 12 months. Read More

News / Online

Hotels should "adjust the model" in Airbnb battle

By Jill Menze | December 7, 2017

"Airbnb is coming for our kids," hospitality and nightclub legend Ian Schrager has cautioned the industry in a major speech this week. Read More

News / Technology

One job in hospitality that technology cannot replace

By Jeri Clausing - Travel Weekly | December 3, 2017

Even with the most advanced technology, there's still one role no good luxury or upscale hotel can do without: its concierge. Read More

Interview / Distribution

In The Big Chair - Luis Maroto of Amadeus

By Kevin May | November 27, 2017

Almost 20 years - the last six as global leader - have seen the former-Bertelsmann exec push the company into new areas and list on the public markets. He tells Kevin May how the company views the... Read More

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