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Articles tagged “technology”

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Hotels

How Small, Independent Hotels Are Using Tech to Be More Competitive

Independent hotels struggle to keep up with larger hotels and chains when it comes to adopting the latest technology, thanks to high costs and complexity of implementation. However, they stand to benefit substantially if they adopt the right systems.

Expedia Group Lodging Partner Services + Skift | 4 years ago

How Small, Independent Hotels Are Using Tech to Be More Competitive

Hotels

Oyo CEO Claims Backer SoftBank Isn’t Trying to Sway Its Hotel Strategy

WeWork's implosion is putting pressure on all of SoftBank's investments, Oyo included. If it's not changing course already, the budget hotel chain may soon have to decide whether, as CEO Ritesh Agarwal put it, to grow fast or grow right.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Oyo CEO Claims Backer SoftBank Isn’t Trying to Sway Its Hotel Strategy

Hotels

Budget Chain Oyo Can Be a Nightmare for U.S. Hotel Operators Despite Its Hype

Oyo has a hype machine to rival any brand. But beneath all of the disruption, some hotel owners complain its technology is unstable and lacks functionality, leaving them to clean up the mess. Growth for growth's sake may seem great for a unicorn-like valuation, but the hotel chain will need to grapple with flaws in its business model that can't keep pace.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Budget Chain Oyo Can Be a Nightmare for U.S. Hotel Operators Despite Its Hype

Online Travel

What the Reappointment of the EU’s Top Antitrust Regulator Means for Travel

Margrethe Vestager has been a thorn in the side of Google in the past. Will she use her next term to go after the technology giant's travel vertical?

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago

What the Reappointment of the EU’s Top Antitrust Regulator Means for Travel
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Airlines

How Connected Employees Can Enhance Customer Experiences in Real Time

Digitizing, streamlining, and simplifying how employees communicate and collaborate is essential to truly empowering firstline workers to deliver results. Providing them with the right tools is key.

Microsoft + Skift | 5 years ago

How Connected Employees Can Enhance Customer Experiences in Real Time
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Online Travel

Why Online Travel Agencies Need to Beat the Cookie and Improve Customer Identification

OTAs need to do a better job at identifying their customers and understanding why they’re abandoning their carts before booking. Relying on cookie-based technology to solve for this is no longer enough.

BounceX + Skift | 5 years ago

Why Online Travel Agencies Need to Beat the Cookie and Improve Customer Identification

Ground Transport

Uber CEO Hopes IPO Will Solve Its Saudi Arabia Investor Problem

Uber needs to shed its Saudi Arabia investment as long as Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman remains in power, and the country bombs innocents in Yemen. Uber's leaders know they have to do this, but how they dump their Saudi investment and the extent of the divorce remain to be seen.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Uber CEO Hopes IPO Will Solve Its Saudi Arabia Investor Problem
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Meetings

San Antonio Unites Its Local Innovation Economy to Share a New Story with Conference Planners

San Antonio is building on its past as a city of pioneers who once led the country’s expansion into the American Southwest. Today, the new frontier is digital. San Antonians are again moving the nation forward in technology, medicine, energy and other advanced industries, which conference planners can leverage to drive innovation in their organizations.

Visit San Antonio + Skift | 5 years ago

San Antonio Unites Its Local Innovation Economy to Share a New Story with Conference Planners
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Airlines

Digital Has Helped Airlines Innovate, But There’s Still a Long Way to Go

The digital transformation that the airline industry has undergone in recent years has helped fuel a customer-centric approach. But there’s still opportunity for improvement as far as behind-the-scenes tech infrastructure goes.

Sabre + Skift | 5 years ago

Digital Has Helped Airlines Innovate, But There’s Still a Long Way to Go

Airlines

JetBlue Founder Reveals Details on His New Tech-Focused International Airline

David Neeleman argues that the competition won't be able to touch his new airline, which likely won't be named Moxy, because it will be so different. Plenty of other airlines will have something to say about that.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

JetBlue Founder Reveals Details on His New Tech-Focused International Airline