Articles tagged “cloud”

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Hotels

Skift Global Forum Video: Using Data to Deepen Customer Relationships

In this video from Skift Global Forum 2023, we hear from Clare Ward, worldwide technical leader of travel & hospitality solutions at AWS, and Noha Abdalla, chief marketing officer at Choice Hotels, on the ways companies can put their data to work to create lasting customer relationships.

Skift Global Forum Video: Using Data to Deepen Customer Relationships

Hotels

Hilton Taps HotelKey for Property Management Tech at All Its Hotels

This move by Hilton is significant and shows that the hotel industry is, finally, modernizing its core systems. For HotelKey, it's a remarkable win by a small tech vendor in a competitive space.

Hilton Taps HotelKey for Property Management Tech at All Its Hotels

Hotels

Hilton Tests New Ways to Increasingly Personalize Guest Bookings

Strides in artificial intelligence will enable Hilton and many others to enhance and speed up personalization efforts. You ain't seen nothing yet.

Hilton Tests New Ways to Increasingly Personalize Guest Bookings
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Airlines

For Airlines, Cloud Solutions Are Now a Must-Have

Through cloud modernization, airlines can usher in a new era of efficiency, create dynamic customer experiences, and access valuable and actionable data insights.

For Airlines, Cloud Solutions Are Now a Must-Have

Online Travel

Wyndham Signs on for Next-Gen Technology From Oracle Hospitality

Technology is developing faster than many hotels’ ability to implement it, so some chains turn to tech specialists to stay up to date. Wyndham is tapping Oracle Hospitality for its full-service brands and Sabre for its select-service brands.

Wyndham Signs on for Next-Gen Technology From Oracle Hospitality

Airlines

Flight Schedule Service OAG Partners With Microsoft and Snowflake for Data Upgrades

Aviation folks of a certain vintage will recall how OAG used to publish passenger flight schedules in book format once a month. My, how times have changed.

Flight Schedule Service OAG Partners With Microsoft and Snowflake for Data Upgrades

Online Travel

Star Alliance Wants Amazon Web Services to Lift It Out of the Crisis

Star Alliance says its move to Amazon Web Services has let it more quickly enhance many passengers' processes. That's promising news because a lot of digital innovation is still needed for booking and traveling on international itineraries served by more than one carrier.

Star Alliance Wants Amazon Web Services to Lift It Out of the Crisis

Hotels

Amazon Is Doubling Down on Travel, Just Not in the Way You Think

Turns out it's through its cloud-based services that Amazon is embedding itself in the travel and restaurants sectors. The company’s recent hiring hints at the scope of the opportunity.

Amazon Is Doubling Down on Travel, Just Not in the Way You Think

Online Travel

Travel Tech Execs Take Shine Off Cloud Computing by Highlighting Hidden Perils

Executives from Expedia and other travel companies acknowledged at an Amadeus tech conference that cloud computing can lead to hidden waste. Mistakes include not monitoring costs and allowing internal strife to delay cross-department projects.

Travel Tech Execs Take Shine Off Cloud Computing by Highlighting Hidden Perils

SkiftX

Cendyn Buys Guestfolio to Expand Its Hotel Digital Marketing Solutions

As with Cendyn and Guestfolio, further consolidation is likely in the hotel marketing and loyalty sector as the number of competitors proliferate and the opportunities grow.

Cendyn Buys Guestfolio to Expand Its Hotel Digital Marketing Solutions