Articles tagged “the standard”

Hotels

Standard International CEO Says Lifestyle Hotel Growth Plan Isn’t ‘Drag and Drop’

Standard chief executive Amber Asher is one of the smartest people in hotels. But The Standard International has so much going on it, we wonder if the company can manage it all.

Standard International CEO Says Lifestyle Hotel Growth Plan Isn’t ‘Drag and Drop’

Airlines

Air France-KLM Gets Shrewd About Fares and 9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top travel stories this week, we looked at changes in Air France-KLM's pricing strategies, Vrbo's attempt to woo disgruntled Airbnb hosts, Nashville's tourism strategy, and the Delta's reversal and the state of Georgia's new voter suppression law.

Air France-KLM Gets Shrewd About Fares and  9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Coronavirus

The Standard Moves From Human Touch (Tone) to Human Text With New Hotel Chat

Hotel labor groups have justifiably been concerned over the industry push in the last year to offer contactless features like mobile check-in that reduce staffing needs. The Standard’s chat function replacing calls to the front desk may be the rare tech innovation that actually helps the worker.

The Standard Moves From Human Touch (Tone) to Human Text With New Hotel Chat

Hotels

Hotel Startup Life House’s Hedge: Selling Its Own Tech as Well as Rooms

The lifestyle hotel space has gotten very crowded, especially over the last 18 months. But it appears Life House has a viable fallback plan in place in case expansion plans don't work out.

Hotel Startup Life House’s Hedge: Selling Its Own Tech as Well as Rooms

Hotels

The Standard Launches a Same-Day Booking App for Independent Hotels

Even more exciting than the launch of this app is the transformative potential it could have for the participating independent hotels in terms of data sharing, loyalty program opportunities, messaging, mobile services, and so much more.

The Standard Launches a Same-Day Booking App for Independent Hotels

Online Travel

The Standard Hotels Launches Its Own Same-Day App

This app is obviously only for married couples celebrating their 25th wedding anniversaries or higher. Know what we mean?

The Standard Hotels Launches Its Own Same-Day App