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SnapShot GmbH Demos to Vienna Hotels

2016-04-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

SnapShot dashboard

In hotel technology news this week, analytics startup SnapShot is touring European cities demonstrating its new flagship product to hotel execs. Yesterday, company CEO Stefan Tweraser was in Vienna at Hotel Melia showing off the free cloud-based data analytics tool.

Tags: analytics, Claudia Ebbers, cloud based, hotel tech, hotel tools, SnapShot, Stefan Tweraser

Comanche International & TravelClick Partner

2016-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Comanche International, a leading Thai property management player, and cloud based revenue booster TravelClick are now interconnected via two-way integration of TravelClick’s iHotelier reservations solution into Comanche’s property management system (PMS).

Tags: Comanche International, hotel tech, PMG, Somboon Sukheviriya, technolotgy, TravelClick

The Hotel Business and Critical Mass

2016-03-08 by Phil Butler

Any hotel executive reading this will have arrived here via social media, Google, or as a direct reader via RSS feed. The same reader is probably reading during a commute, on a smart device, or using an iPad for night table reading. Technology has almost overnight, changed our personal and business lives in ways we never could have imaged even 5 years ago.

Tags: hotel tech, hotel trends, Hotel Yearbook, HotelNewsNow, hotels, Hyatt, Skift, tech, WeChat App

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

The Uniquely Compelling Appeal of Big Data

2016-02-04 by Phil Butler

Five years ago the world-wide-web was horrified at the concept of usable user data. Today every business from high fashion to the local laundry-mat wants to know how to convert customers via predictive intelligence. Technology is gearing up to meet a Big Data conundrum, as marketers wring their hands awaiting the golden ring that signifies an R-O-I bonanza. But at this stage of trend analysis, most experts agree that the analytics ship has not yet arrived. Here’s a succinct look at where we really are.

Tags: AI, Big Data, data, guest data, hotel analytics, hotel tech, IBM, IBM Watson, McKinsey & Company

Hotel Marketing Tips Suite: Managing Demand Through Segmentation

2015-06-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

From Snap Shot Hotel Brand Management

A recent ESSEC Business School Hospitality Management MBA Bootcamp spawned a series of discussions and expert analysis. The

Tags: Big Data, Bookings, brand management, hotel revenue, hotel tech, hotels, Snap Shot, travel tech

Palladium Hotel Group Juices Smart Payments

2014-08-13 by Phil Butler

VIB from Palladium

Palladium Hotel Group has once again upped their guest bracelet game adding smart payment utility with the “Smart Very Important Bracelet” (VIB).

Tags: biometrics, hotel payment, hotel tech, hotel technology, Palladium Hotel Group, payment systems, PayPal, Spain hotels, VIB

NH Hoteles – Swisscom Promise High Tech for Guests

2012-10-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

NH Hoteles

NH Hoteles extends its partnership with Swisscom Hospitality to provide efficient guest technology. Swisscom Hospitality will assist NH Hoteles in achieving further network and IP service convergence.

Tags: hospitality tech, hotel tech, smart rooms, travel tech

Library Hotel Collection Moves With WIHP

2012-06-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wine and cheese at Casablanca Times Square

Selected to reinvent all Library Hotel Collection’s websites, hotel marketing agency WHIP expands their already considerable brace of interdependent hotel clients with four extraordinary boutiques in New York, and more to come from Budapest to Toronto in the coming weeks. The hospitality sensation of ITB Berlin, WIHP Convert website design renders a result ending the way Every hotel website should look like, at least according to Robin Wauters at The Next Web.

Tags: booking portal, Convert, hospitality, Hospitality marketing, hotel booking, Hotel rooms, hotel tech, hotel websites, hotel websites platform, Independent hotels, Library Hotel Collection, marketing, New York accommodations, New York bookings, new york city, New York rooms, New York stays, online booking, OTA's, Robin Wauters, The Next Web, WHIP, WIHP Hotels, World hotels

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