Articles tagged “alice”

Online Travel

Expedia’s 3 Core Brands, Explained

Expedia Group's brand strategy makes sense to the extent that these three core brands don't detract from the company's global ambitions.

Expedia’s 3 Core Brands, Explained

Airlines

Dominica’s New Airport and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift’s top stories this week, Dominica sets eyes on a new international airport, Amtrak plans for an expensive upgrade, and Mexico reaches pre-pandemic levels of travel.

Dominica’s New Airport and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Online Travel

Expedia in Latest Exit From Hospitality Tech Sells Alice

Hotels generally don't want online travel agencies to run their front desks and house-cleaning services. And Expedia Group is much better at marketing and booking hotel rooms than operating them.

Expedia in Latest Exit From Hospitality Tech Sells Alice
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Online Travel

New eBook: Key Solutions to Delivering Contactless Hospitality With a Lean Staff

Looking toward Covid-19 recovery, health and safety have become top priorities for all sectors of the travel industry, especially hospitality. To help ensure guest confidence, hotels must manage new protocols while working with leaner staffs, making smart hotel management software more critical than ever.

New eBook: Key Solutions to Delivering Contactless Hospitality With a Lean Staff

Hotels

Viceroy Hotels Is Using Smartwatches to Be More Hospitable

Personally — while Virgin Atlantic may disagree with us — wearing a smartwatch is preferable to donning a Google Glass, and we have a feeling hotel staff members would agree, too.

Viceroy Hotels Is Using Smartwatches to Be More Hospitable

Online Travel

Hotel-Tech Startup Alice Acquires Smaller Rival GoConcierge

Expedia has famously grown by acquisition. Will Expedia-controlled Alice also try to do the same for its hospitality operations software business? If any concierges know, contact us. We'll tip well for answers.

Hotel-Tech Startup Alice Acquires Smaller Rival GoConcierge

Online Travel

Expedia Leads $26 Million Alice Investment in Hotel Tech Push

Alice is now majority-owned by Expedia. That brings heft to its dream of becoming the largest data machine in hospitality for operations and guest service.

Expedia Leads $26 Million Alice Investment in Hotel Tech Push

Hotels

Hotels Find That Guests Won’t Wait When It Comes to Mobile Messaging

While we'd probably cut these response times in half or maybe more before we start to get frustrated, the importance of this survey lies not in how long people are willing to wait for a response to a hotel service request made by text, mobile apps, email, or social media. It's the fact that more hotels need to be paying attention to these channels and instituting better standards for addressing requests that come through them.

Hotels Find That Guests Won’t Wait When It Comes to Mobile Messaging
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Hotels

Free Report: The Hospitality Industry’s New Platform Paradigm

"Platform" companies like Airbnb, Amazon and Uber have reinvented their respective industries by seamlessly linking together all aspects of their operations and customer experience into a single system. The lessons from this model are especially relevant in the hotel industry, where a more holistic approach can work wonders for guest satisfaction, property efficiency and revenue.

Free Report: The Hospitality Industry’s New Platform Paradigm

Online Travel

Expedia Reveals Its Ownership Stakes in Smaller Travel Sites and Services

Expedia inherited some minority investments in travel startups from HomeAway and Trivago, and made a few of its own in 2015. Look for Expedia to spread its money around in 2016, making additional minority investments, as well as a big acquisition or two.

Expedia Reveals Its Ownership Stakes in Smaller Travel Sites and Services