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Articles tagged “hotels”

Hotels

Latin America’s Top 20 Hotel Brands: Spotlight on Mexico

In Mexico, Latin America's largest hotel market is expected to keep on growing, thanks in part to the country being boosted by the U.S. economy.

Luke Bujarski, Skift | 8 years ago

Latin America’s Top 20 Hotel Brands: Spotlight on Mexico
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Hospitality Reenvisioned Through Data and Mobile

The digital transformation of hospitality and travel is underway, and it mirrors the changes most brands and consumers now see across the broader business ecosystem.

Microsoft + Skift | 8 years ago

Hospitality Reenvisioned Through Data and Mobile

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Travel Industry a Beneficiary of ‘Seismic’ Shift in Consumer Spending

There are innumerable factors that impact the health of the travel industry but the latest U.S. government numbers on retail spending lead to the conclusion that consumer spending habits are changing. There is a shift in emphasis from purchasing consumer goods toward buying services such as travel. That's a classic tailwind and a very healthy trend indeed for the gamut of leisure-travel businesses.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Travel Industry a Beneficiary of ‘Seismic’ Shift in Consumer Spending

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Priceline Group CEO Sees Changing Consumer Search Behavior on Alternative Accommodations

Metasearch sites such as Kayak, Hipmunk, Trivago, TripAdvisor and Tripping have a lot of heavy lifting to do because consumers will increasingly be demanding better ways to comparison-shop for alternative accommodations that are often unique and difficult to define. All things being equal -- and they aren't -- that's a big market opportunity for these sites.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Priceline Group CEO Sees Changing Consumer Search Behavior on Alternative Accommodations

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Priceline CEO to Hotels: We Can Offer Discounted Rates, Too

Priceline Group Interim CEO Jeffery Boyd is too much of a gentleman and a professional to get into a public shouting match with his hotel-chain partners. Still, behind the scenes, he doesn't intend to sit back and let hotel chains withhold their lowest rates without taking retaliatory steps.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Priceline CEO to Hotels: We Can Offer Discounted Rates, Too

Business Travel

What Airline and Hotel Executives Say About Corporate Travel This Quarter

With the Brexit vote just behind us and U.S. elections looming, some form of stability — eventually — will be a welcome change of pace for companies that cater to corporate travelers.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 8 years ago

What Airline and Hotel Executives Say About Corporate Travel This Quarter

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TripAdvisor Instant Booking Shows ‘Slight’ Improvement But It’s Still Ugly

Because of the proliferation of mobile devices and the propensity of TripAdvisor's metasearch users to meander off course after clicking off the TripAdvisor site, the company needed to do something dramatic such as Instant Booking to adapt to the future. As it plays the unglamorous "long game," the outcome of TripAdvisor's gamble won't be known until at least 2017.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

TripAdvisor Instant Booking Shows ‘Slight’ Improvement But It’s Still Ugly
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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.

ALICE + Skift | 8 years ago

Free Report: The Hospitality Industry’s New Platform Paradigm

Online Travel

Google Focuses on Deals With Changes to Mobile Travel Products

It seemingly takes Google forever to roll out new features in travel products such as Hotel Ads and Google Flights. But in light of all that A/B testing going on, Google will continue to take its own sweet time. Google is not beholden to anyone else's schedule. After all, it's Google.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Google Focuses on Deals With Changes to Mobile Travel Products

Hotels

5 Takeaways From Conversations With Top Hotel CEOs and Executives

Hotels have a lot to worry about these days. The direct booking wars have no clear frontrunner, Airbnb is on the rise, and millennials are an increasingly elusive customer base.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 8 years ago

5 Takeaways From Conversations With Top Hotel CEOs and Executives