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Rethinking hotel distribution with attribute-based selling

By Simone Puorto - Simone Puorto Consulting | June 4, 2019

How the development of systems to offer room attributes might impact distribution. Read More

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VIDEO: Airbnb plays down competition, says it welcomes new entries into home-sharing

By Jill Menze | May 16, 2019

Speaking at Phocuswright Europe, Airbnb managing director of EMEA Jeroen Merchiers claimed: “We’re not obsessed with any individual company.” Read More

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Marriott will add 19 new properties in MENA region in 2019

By Mitra Sorrells | April 9, 2019

The expansion is part of the hotel brand's goal of bringing 100 properties to the area by 2023. Read More

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Rate parity issues continue to challenge hotels in key markets

By Linda Fox | March 25, 2019

OTA Insight's Annual Hotel Parity Review shows independent hotels and local chains are more likely to suffer losses from rate parity issues. Read More

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Highly connected hotel industry continues to be vulnerable to cyber attacks

By Linda Fox | March 20, 2019

Fraud in travel is on the up, according to a number of recently released reports from experts in the field. Read More

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Marriott CEO: Source of attack still unknown, encryption and decentralization may be future solution

By Mitra Sorrells | March 7, 2019

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee regarding the cyber attack on Starwood's guest reservation system. Read More

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Marriott data security breach costs the company $28M so far

By Linda Fox | March 1, 2019

Marriott revealed that the data breach disclosed in November 2018 cost the company $28 million in the fourth quarter. Read More

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Airlines, cruise lines see big gains in WeChat engagement

By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2019

According to a report from Dragon Trail Interactive, the top 10 airlines and cruise lines saw significant increases in WeChat activity in 2018. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Seamless and secure cross-border travel - the tech is here, collaboration needed next

By Liselotte de Maar and Rajeev Kaul - Accenture | February 22, 2019

Using biometrics and cryptography, KTDI enables the creation of unique, verifiable and secure digital identities for travelers that will provide them with nearly hassle-free travel. Now it needs... Read More

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Home-sharing is ready to write its second chapter

By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | February 18, 2019

Startups are mounting fresh challenges to both traditional hotels, whose forays into the home-rental space have met with mixed results, and to a maturing Airbnb, which is showing signs of evolving its... Read More

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Marriott and Expedia's battle over commissions could trigger industry-wide overhaul

By Linda Fox | January 8, 2019

Expedia and Marriott are said to be near agreement on fee negotiations, other large hotel players are likely to follow suit. Read More

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Marriott says 383 million, not original 500 million figure, guest records hit in hack

By Linda Fox | January 7, 2019

Marriott adjusts the numbers around those affected by the data attack. Read More

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Marriott cyber breach shows industry's hospitality to hackers

By Patrick Clark - Bloomberg | 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. Read More

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PhocusWire's newsmakers of the year 2018

By Kevin May | December 17, 2018

The profile of a brand in travel - and the perception of it from consumers and industry peers - is mostly generated over the course of certain events or a period of time. Read More

Opinion / Technology

I was a senior VP of technology at Starwood - here’s my take on the guest data breach

By Israel del Rio - Quilmach | 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.” Read More

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