Articles tagged “amazon”

Food and Drink

Amazon Partners with Olo for Delivery

This move is part of the larger trend of restaurant software companies streamlining and consolidating product offerings. With fewer systems, there's less room for error. Expect much more news like this.
Online Travel

Kayak and Amazon Echo Now Offer Voice-Powered Hotel Booking

Kayak is the first online travel player to let shoppers book hotels via Amazon's smart speakers. While the concept has promise, its price comparison process still has to improve before it becomes useful to the average traveler.
Online Travel

Expedia Turns to Amazon Alexa for Its First Attempt at Voice Search

When it comes to new tech platforms and technologies such as voice-activated search with Amazon Alexa, the advantage, in the short term, goes to the big travel tech and marketing companies, including online travel agencies and metasearch companies, because they have the engineering staff and other resources to address these disruptions.