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Marriott claims wifi jamming legal, but still pays to resolve dispute

By Kevin May | October 6, 2014

Marriott has given the US government $600,000 to end an investigation into its practice of blocking the personal wifi of guests. The hotel chain will pay the "civil penalty" to the Federal Communic Read More

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Marketing watch: Marriott's Teleporters entertain and inspire newlyweds with virtual reality

By Nick Vivion | October 1, 2014

Without a doubt, the emergence of virtual reality has been the hottest travel trend of 2014 - and yes, that statement is fraught with implications for an industry that makes money by physically moving Read More

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Six Degrees of separation, possibly less at a Marriott

By Linda Fox | September 1, 2014

Forget social seating on planes, Marriott Hotels has been working with MIT Mobile Lab Experience to create a more social experience at its hotels. Six Degrees is a prototype social network which wo Read More

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Booking.com quietly gets a big hotel chain signed up to white label services

By Kevin May | August 18, 2014

The hotel industry has been watching closely during 2014 as Priceline (and its Booking.com division) has started flexing its muscles elsewhere. That "elsewhere" is namely around providing business Read More

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More hotels offer loyalty points for posting photos on social media

By Nick Vivion | July 16, 2014

Hotels are eager to garner organic social media attention from guests, as this is one of the most valid means of social proof across networks. Rather than pay for access, these social shares are direc Read More

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Marriott and EasyJet each try tracing travelers' whereabouts, via iBeacon

By Sean O'Neil | July 10, 2014

In unrelated experiments, hotel giant Marriott International, low-cost airline EasyJet, and selected airports worldwide have all begun tests to electronically track customers as they move about, via s Read More

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Ostrovok raises $12 million in latest round, brings total to $50 million

By Kevin May | June 18, 2014

Russian online hotel booking agency Ostrovok has added to its investment coffers with a further $15 million in capital. The latest injection was led by Vaizra Capital Russia and sees the co-founder Read More

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Concur's Fusion event kicks off with TripLink and IBM announcements

By Nick Vivion | May 6, 2014

Concur's annual customer event Fusion is going on this week in New Orleans. In addition to the table8 funding news, the company has announced a new partnership and an expanded direct connectivity feat Read More

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White Lodging releases more about credit card data breach, including affected hotels

By Nick Vivion | February 4, 2014

There's an update to the far-reaching credit card data breach story that Tnooz covered yesterday. The operator, White Lodging, confirms that they did in fact have a significant security breach for man Read More

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MakeMyTrip reports 40% revenue from non-air, mobile channel also grows

By Karthick Prabu | February 3, 2014

India-based OTA MakeMyTrip has reported a revenue less service costs of $28.5 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 42.1% year-on-year. The NASDAQ-listed company said the quarter wa Read More

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Latest credit card data breach revealed, affecting a national multi-brand hotel operator

By Nick Vivion | February 3, 2014

National hotel franchisor White Lodging has been beset by a credit card data breach, with fraud stretching for more than 9 months, the KrebsOnSecurity blog has revealed. Brian Krebs, who is the pre Read More

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Hotel giants fall victim to spam attack on Google

By Linda Fox | January 15, 2014

Google has confirmed it is working to fix an attack on big brand hotels including Marriott and Hilton, which sees links to their websites redirected to a third party. The search giant declined to m Read More

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Hotel tech provider SiteMinder secures $30M in capital from Facebook investor

By Kevin May | January 14, 2014

SiteMinder has started off 2014 with a shot across the bows of its hotel distribution rivals by winning a mighty $30 million investment from Technology Crossover Ventures. The Sydney, Australia-bas Read More

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Marriott website leads other hotel brands for usage and awareness

By Karthick Prabu | December 8, 2013

A hotel's website is a key and indispensable sales channel. So how do some of the leading chains on the planet perform in terms of customer experience and acquisition? Qubit, website conversion ser Read More

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Travel DEVICES roundup - Google, SITA, AirNZ, Singapore, Marriott, United, Hotels.com

By PhocusWire | December 6, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality on Friday 6 December 2013... Google allows users to save flights and find them on all devices Flight Read More

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