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VIDEO: Hotels and doing the simple things first with tech
By Kevin May
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December 27, 2018
Hotels face battles on multiple fronts - but it's not just the obvious competitive elements that give them the biggest challenges.
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Simpleview acquires travel software provider JackRabbit Systems
By Mitra Sorrells
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December 21, 2018
Arizona-based Simpleview, which provides CRM, CMS, website design, digital marketing, revenue generation and mobile technologies, to more than 900 travel, tourism and convention marketing customers on...
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Momentum and the vacation rental tech startup scene
By Vanessa de Souza Lage - Rentals United
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December 20, 2018
The vacation and short-term rental industry is an exciting place for startups right now. There’s been plenty of investment flowing in, with lots of growth, which has created momentum.
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How travel brands can turn short‐term immediacy into long‐term loyalty
By Chuck Christianson - Connexions Loyalty
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December 19, 2018
Friction in travel is unavoidable. Here's how brands can use technology to turn adverse customer experiences into positive brand relationships.
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Marriott cyber breach shows industry's hospitality to hackers
By Patrick Clark - Bloomberg
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December 18, 2018
For now, there are more questions than answers regarding Marriott's announcement of a far-reaching breach of the Starwood guest reservation database.
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VIDEO: XTrader - Summit pitch at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May
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December 18, 2018
XTrader offers connected TV and digital video as customer acquisition channels in China.
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Travel startup investments 2018 - a year in review
By Kevin May
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December 14, 2018
Despite the powerful presence of established players, many of which have seemingly cornered various sectors, the eagerness to support new businesses never appears to subside in travel.
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VIDEO: DataArt and Hudson Crossing on giving brands a new edge
By Kevin May
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December 12, 2018
Travel brands have made no secret of a desire to evolve their underlying technology and boost their strategic position in an increasingly complicated and competitive marketplace.
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Kiwi.com takes stake in airline tech company AeroCRS
By Linda Fox
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December 11, 2018
Kiwi.com has taken a minority stake in AeroCRS, a cloud-based airline reservation technology specialist.
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Women's leadership in travel: What does the industry think?
By Jill Menze
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December 10, 2018
Despite there being a clear business case for hiring women in leadership positions, there is still much to be done to advance the standing of women at travel companies.
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I was a senior VP of technology at Starwood - here’s my take on the guest data breach
By Israel del Rio - Quilmach
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December 10, 2018
Reports on the Marriott guest data breach have suggested the most probable cause was a result of the technology platform deployed by Starwood under the name “Valhalla.”
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Lyft first out of the ride-hailing blocks with filing for IPO
By Kevin May
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December 6, 2018
Ride-hailing service Lyft will be the first of the big U.S. brands to test their model on the public financial markets.
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Will Marriott data breach herald the death of personalization?
By Greg Abbott - DataArt
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December 5, 2018
This analysis could be titled in a number of ways, each with a lean towards what was disclosed by Marriott last week when it emerged some 500 million guest accounts had been hacked.
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Airlines urged to move quickly as cyber attacks grow in number and sophistication
By Linda Fox
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December 4, 2018
Airlines and airports are increasing investment and focus on cybersecurity but need to move more quickly as attacks intensify.
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VIDEO: How to make better data-informed decisions in hotels
By Linda Fox
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December 4, 2018
In a very entertaining Tech Talk at The Phocuswright Conference, Jeff Ma laid out some of the areas where more reliance on data and less on human behavior would lead to better outcomes.
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