Articles tagged “hotel tech stack”

Travel Technology

Marriott and Other Hotel Brands Start 2023 With New Tech Partnerships

You can't even stream Netflix in most hotel rooms. That's changing at some IHG Hotel and Resorts hotels, one of several industry upgrades announced in the last few weeks.

Justin Dawes | 1 week ago

Marriott and Other Hotel Brands Start 2023 With New Tech Partnerships

Travel Technology

Hotels Are Still Too Slow to Adopt Tech Post-Pandemic

Even after the pandemic decimated the hotel industry, operators are still shy about adopting new technologies — and they’re inevitably losing precious dollars because of it.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Hotels Are Still Too Slow to Adopt Tech Post-Pandemic

Travel Technology

Hotel Tech Startup Mews Manages Hefty $185 Million Raise

Raising $185 million in hotel tech at all, especially in this economic climate, is an endorsement of the product Mews has built — but more importantly shows the potential investors see in modernizing the market at this precise time.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Hotel Tech Startup Mews Manages Hefty $185 Million Raise

Travel Technology

Red Roof Outsources Tech Stack to HotelKey to Help Combat Labor Shortage

Service is a premium for hotels coming out of the pandemic, but it's really hard to provide that service when workers are hard to come by. HotelKey is hoping the big brands see tech as part of the solution to the problem.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Red Roof Outsources Tech Stack to HotelKey to Help Combat Labor Shortage

Travel Technology

Are Travel Tech Companies Safe From Layoffs? These Execs Are Optimistic — For Now

While Big Tech is laying off thousands, the travel tech companies interviewed for this column are hiring dozens of people. That's good for now, but we will see how hard the global economy gets hit next year. If too hard, some cutbacks may be inevitable.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Are Travel Tech Companies Safe From Layoffs? These Execs Are Optimistic — For Now

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Accor Subsidiary D-Edge Acquires Digital Marketing Company to Expand Services

The hotel tech services company owned by hotel giant Accor is strengthening its offerings through the acquisition of a digital marketing agency.  Accor-owned D-Edge said this week that it has acquired Equaero, a Paris company that uses a proprietary software platform for marketing campaign tracking and reporting.  Equaero is now a wholly owned subsidiary of…

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Travel Technology

Sabre’s Slow Recovery Gets Lift From Pandemic Booking Milestone

Business is still not close to where it was in 2019, but it's getting there — slowly.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Sabre’s Slow Recovery Gets Lift From Pandemic Booking Milestone

Travel Technology

Sabre Quietly Looks to Shed Hotel Software Unit

Surprise! Sabre has been shopping around its non-core unit that helps hoteliers handle reservations, sources said. A sale might be good for the hospitality business by giving it a home that could further support its growth.

Sean O'Neill | 4 months ago

Sabre Quietly Looks to Shed Hotel Software Unit

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Kenya’s HotelOnline, Backed by Yanolja, Buys Hotel Software Brand HotelPlus

HotelOnline, which is based in Kenya and has more than 6,000 hotel clients for its software, has acquired HotelPlus, a provider of hotel software to 2,200 clients in East Africa, the companies said on Monday. The companies didn't disclose the terms of the deal, other than to say that the transaction was mainly done in…

Sean O'Neill | 5 months ago

Hotels

Amadeus to Use Marriott and IHG Deals as Hotel Tech Springboard

Say what you will about Amadeus, it undeniably dreams big, audacious dreams. At a time when many institutions pursue small solutions for trivial problems, the travel tech titan has big hopes for reshaping how hotels operate and sell their themselves online.

Sean O'Neill | 7 months ago

Amadeus to Use Marriott and IHG Deals as Hotel Tech Springboard