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Revinate Tries Half-Hearted Coronavirus Campaign

2020-04-20 by Phil Butler

Frankfurt

Revinate is the latest hospitality firm to plop down a limited coronavirus strategy information campaign, just when the industry needs help.

Tags: Ariela Kiradjian, booking, Booking.com, Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association, Cara Federici, COVID-19, Hospitality Industry Club, Madison Melle Agency, Marc Heyneker, Rani Croshal, Revinate, travel, TUI

Online Booking Platform taptrip Partners With TMC ATPI

2020-02-12 by Argophilia Travel News

taptrip

taptrip has entered into a new partnership with the leading corporate travel and events business and pioneers of technology, the ATPI Group.

Tags: ATPI, ATPI Group, booking, booking engines, booking platforms, hotel booking, startups, taptrip, TMC

RateHawk Launches in Greek, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian

2019-08-27 by Delia Gavrilescu

Rate Hawk

RateHawk.com has just introduced a fully localized version of its platform for the Greek, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian markets.

Tags: B2B bookings, B2B hotel tech, booking, booking engines, booking portals, booking technology, European bookings, hotel tech, language support, RateHawk

RateGain Launches Smart Distribution

2019-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

RateGain unveiled the Smart Distribution solution during HEDNA, Madrid. This game-changing product will revolutionize hotels distribution.

Tags: ADR, booking, Bookings, HEDNA, hotel bookings, hotel distribution, hotels technology, RateGain, Smart Distribution

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Hotelier: Frank Reeves

2018-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Frank Reeves

The most confusing aspect of hotel technology these days is discerning real innovation from PR buzz. The need to market and sell products and services always skews the reality, but by taking technology (any technology) down into its basic form consumers can sift through the buzz to discover the real value. With this kind of consumer focus, we thought this great breakdown from Avvio might help sort some of the confusion. 

Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, Avvio, booking, booking tech, Frank Reeves, hotel tech, technology

Why Is Every Hotel Not Selling Rooms Via Bidroom?

2016-02-24 by Phil Butler

Bidroom landing page

When was the last time you really compared the prices you pay for hotels stays? If you are like most people, time is never on your side, and loyalty or brand awareness simply must play a role in your travel decision making processes. A Dutch startup a friend recommended, Bidroom addresses several problems caused by […]

Tags: Bidroom, booking, Expedia, hotel booking, hotel tech, hotels, Michael Ros, OTA's, rooms, startups

Sabre to Auction Off Lastminute

2014-08-18 by Phil Butler

Sabre Holdings is to sell Lastminute.com according to their announcement. The advisory firm of Houlihan Lokey will oversee the auction of the once profitable booking platform.

Tags: booking, booking sites, Houlihan Lokey, LastMinute, Sabre, Sabre holdings

Priceline Says Aloha! to OpenTable and Sayonara! to Competition

2014-06-16 by Phil Butler

William Shatner

Priceline buying restaurant reservation website OpenTable for $2.6 billion shows the expansion of the hospitality space growing ever more competitive. It was only a matter of time until restaurants became a bigger part of the tourism mix. If ever there were an “all in one” travel company emerging, Priceline may have just bid Sayonara! to its competition.

Tags: booking, buuteeq, hotel booking, OpenTable, OTA's, restaurant booking, William Shatner

Snap Traveller White Paper Reveals the Secrets of Influence Marketing for Hoteliers

2014-06-05 by Rhett Butler

To celebrate the relaunch of its official site, redesigned as a network to build solid relationships between hotels, journalists and bloggers, Snap Traveller released an authoritative report on influence marketing and its role in the hospitality industry.

Tags: bloggers, booking, channel and revenue management, hotel marketing, hotel news, hotels, marketing, media, rooms

European Travel Commission and Amadeus ink strategic partnership

2014-03-08 by Delia Gavrilescu

Amadeus Logo

Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, and the European Travel Commission (ETC) signed today a strategic partnership to promote Europe as a tourism destination.

Tags: Amadeus, booking, European Travel Commission, OTA's, tech, UTC

Campanile Hotel Paris Bastille – Change the way you stay!

2013-11-23 by Corina Manea

Campanile Hotel Paris Bastille, part of Louvre Hotels Group, the largest hotel chain in France and the 2nd major player on the European market, devised a new vision of comfort and modern convenience for its guests. Close to the historic center of Paris, with the Place de la Bastille in particular just 500 m away, […]

Tags: booking, Campanile Hotel Paris Bastille, france, France hotels, Louvre Hotels Group, Paris

Amadeus Mobile Messenger Brought to Life

2012-10-23 by Delia Gavrilescu

Amadeus travel distribution systems

Leading technology partner Amadeus has has just announced signing a partnership with US mobile technology provider Charter Solutions International.

Tags: booking, distribution channels, GDS, mobile booking, OTA's, TMS, travel alliance

WIHP’s DirectPack & Trivago – Direct Bookings Imminent?

2012-10-02 by Phil Butler

trivago

World Independent Hotels Promotion (WIHP) has just announced a sweet partnership with leading meta comparison site Trivago, one which could end up being a sort of strategic masterpiece. Testing their so called DirectPack ad platform with Trivago, WIHP’s test hotels achieved a 10x ROI with no sweat, according to WIHP’s Marketing experts. The implications of this news may not be readily obvious, we suggest you read on.

Tags: booking, booking engine, DirectPack, Global Hotel Exchange, hotel marketing, marketing, marketing tools, OTA's, ROI, Room Key, treovi, TripAdvisor, Trivago

Digital Marketing System buuteeq Looking Up

2012-08-19 by Phil Butler

Web, mobile, social

News from budding marketing marvel buuteeq suggests their dital marketing system (DMS) for independent hotels is gaining momentum. Powering online reservartions online, on mobile, and via social media, the startup launched back in 2011 is now engaging hoteliers across 15 countries.

Tags: booking, booking engine, buuteeq, Convert, distribution, DMS, Grafetee, hotel marketing, marketing, mobile bookings, OTA, Robert Scoble, Stay.com, Teovi, WIHP Hotels

Lifestyle Hotels & Other Booking Filters

2012-07-24 by Phil Butler

Hotel Augarten

Are you looking for something or someone to filter your digital world? Argo Travel News takes a look at another travel accommodation filtering channel, Lifestyle Hotels, with mentions of a few others. If ever there were a need for good suggestion engines, the travel space is in dire need. How do you decide where to go, where to stay, what to do? Let’s look at regional players in travel booking.

Tags: ads, billboard effect, booking, destination filters, editing, France travel, hotel filter, human filtering, human filters, Italy hotels, Italy travel, Lago di Garda, Lefay Resort & SPA, marketing, OTA's, PR, resorts, startups, Stay.com, Thomas Holzleithner, Toscolano River, Vinivi, Waggener Edstrom, WHIP Convert, WIHP, WIHP Hotels

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