Amazon Wades Into Travel and 9 Other Digital Trends This Week
Sarah Enelow-Snyder
June 23rd, 2018 at 1:30 PM EDT
Skift Take
This week in digital news, we're still weighing Amazon's growing influence in travel, now via Alexa for hospitality. Are Google and Apple far behind?
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>>The next big questions hoteliers might soon be asking themselves: "Alexa, how do I make sure you recommend my hotels when they ask you where they want to stay?" Or, on the flip side: "Why did I invest so much into the modern-day version of the iPod docking station?" Amazon Wades Into Travel as Hotels Turn to Alexa in Rooms
>>Disruption in the travel industry is a universal constant, and we can certainly expect Amazon and Google to continue that tradition. An even more interesting question to ask ourselves for the moment: Why aren't Google and Apple doing more to get their smart devices into hotel rooms like Amazon is? What Hotel CEOs Are Saying
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