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Hoteliers tweak loyalty programs to lure leisure travelers
By Tovin Lapan - Travel Weekly
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February 1, 2022
Loyalty programs are an area ripe for evolution, as they have become more important to hotel business models and serve to capture new customers during a period of shifting traveler tastes and...
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Q&A: Why - and how - travel brands should embrace verifiable ID
By Mitra Sorrells
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January 26, 2022
Affinidi's director of travel says there will be opportunities for travel operators and intermediaries that can accept they do not "own" the customer.
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Travelers willing to pay more, use loyalty points for trips in 2022
By Jill Menze
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January 20, 2022
An Expedia Group report reveals Gen Z travelers have the most loyalty points stockpiled for trips.
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What NFTs and the metaverse mean for airline loyalty programs
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January 19, 2022
While NFT and metaverse technologies are in their infancy, they have the potential to reimagine airline loyalty programs.
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VIDEO: How hotel marketing tactics are shifting
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January 12, 2022
PhocusWire talks to Peter O'Connor, professor of strategy at the University of South Australia, on hotels are nurturing direct bookers and how distribution is swinging back in favor of OTAs.
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VIDEO: How DeFi tokens can reinvent travel loyalty
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January 11, 2022
Coras CEO Mark McLaughlin explains how blockchain-based tokens can solve problems inherent in existing loyalty programs.
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Travala builds NFT-based travel rewards program
By Jill Menze
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January 5, 2022
The “Travel Tigers” NFT collection gives users access to Travala’s Smart Diamond membership program.
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VIDEO: Travel applications of decentralized digital ID
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January 5, 2022
In the recent PhocusWire Pulse: Emerging Innovation online event, two experts explain how SSI and DDID will transform the travel experience.
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