CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Imagine booking a room at a small, charming, off-the-beaten-path hotel on the Hawaiian island of Kauai using a popular mobile travel app, only to discover that the room is… haunted! Even now, an SAP customer or partner could be developing such a tool. That’s what happened to my friend Dana. But that didn’t go as planned.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Atlanta-based startup has developed a kiosk capable of dry cleaning a garment in around five minutes. Initially focused on business travelers, with plans to install machines in hotel hallways, the COVID-19 pandemic found the startup switching focus — a fairly common story in 2020.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 26, 2021

In April 2020, the hotel occupancy in the US dropped to its lowest level ever — the bewildering 24.5 The annual average was roughly 44 percent, which means that more than half of hotel rooms were empty during the whole year. This means a hotel is charged every time the ad is clicked and redirection occurs.

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Altexsoft

APRIL 20, 2023

When searching for hotel rooms, parents with young children may very much prefer to not have a fireplace or a high floor view, while honeymooners may be willing to pay to have both a fireplace and a view. Many hotels, though, still use an old shopping model. shift to more premium rooms and rates ” even in its early trials with ABS.

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Altexsoft

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In this Christmas post, we’ll look into the idea of smart hotels, find out which cutting edge innovations are behind it, and sneak a glance at some of the hospitality industry tech pioneers. What does a smart hotel mean for a guest? The hotel app can be your virtual concierge and provide all sorts of assistance. Watch the news?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

million to help developers securely connect software services , Kyle reports. Hotel, but fancier : Romain reports that Thynk wants to upgrade hotel stays with a vertical software platform aimed at hospitality. You otter give it a try : Otterize raises $11.5 The startup just raised a $13 million Series A round.

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Ruby on Rails

MARCH 6, 2025

This year we are looking for talks that highlight the power and competitive advantage of Rails through real-world case studies, deep technical dives, best practices, or problem-solving discussions, as well as stories of how Rails enables solo developers and small and mid-sized companies to build and scale (both apps and businesses) with ease.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. Moreover, IHG’s cloud backbone enables it to take advantage of emerging SaaS offerings, such as Speakeasy AI conversational chatbots, and deliver its own IHG Voice Cloud AI service to help guests and reception desk clerks at hundreds of hotels.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

JANUARY 22, 2025

Multi-turn conversations make it straightforward to developers to create agentic workflows that can adapt and reason dynamically. Solution overview Consider ACME Corp, a leading fictional online travel agency developing an AI-powered holiday trip planner using Flows. The following sequence diagram shows the flow steps.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Instead, the e-scooter manufacturer is launching a more exclusive version that will see its slick e-scooters available to rent at hotels, luxury apartments and coworking spaces. We like for people to get exposed to experience in a hotel and then want one for their everyday use. We started it because of numerous inbound requests.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Bob W , the self-described “tech-driven” hospitality provider that offers an alternative to traditional hotels and short-stay rentals, is disclosing €10 million in seed funding. Revenue is also said to have grown by 80% in 2020, with the company putting a lot of marketing toward claims behind being more hygienic than many hotels.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With the significant developments in the field of generative AI , intelligent applications powered by foundation models (FMs) can help users map out an itinerary through an intuitive natural conversation interface. This is where AWS and generative AI can revolutionize the way we plan and prepare for our next adventure.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sota Kimura, co-founder and CEO of SmartRyde, founded SmartRyde in 2017 after he experienced trouble getting a taxi from the airport to the hotel when he traveled abroad, Kimura told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The company’s customer list boasts names like Marriott Hotels, and it announced a $520,000 seed round, led by Sahra Growth Capital, to give it nearly $570,000 in total funding. The new funding will be used to grow in development and bring additional engineering talent to the team.

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Altexsoft

JULY 20, 2021

Hotels have been experiencing a surge of direct bookings during the pandemic. Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Direct booking strategies for hotels. Why is that?

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 26, 2020

If you want to sell/advertise hotel rooms, you inevitably stumble over these three technical pitfalls: How do you find hotel room APIs and what kind of providers are out there? How do you find hotel content? How do you map hotel room inventory? How hotel distribution works. Bonus) APIs for hotels.

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CIO

APRIL 21, 2025

Customer service via social media channels was an additional significant development, bringing a sense of transparency and speed in resolving issues. Fast forward to 2024 and the most advanced contact centers are being launched by some of the largest organizations in the world such as Maximus, IHG Hotels & Resorts, and Gannett.

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Altexsoft

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Hotel business produces a plethora of data literally every moment. Let’s take a closer look at major data management processes — data collecting, storing, and analyzing — as applied to the hotel domain. Hotel data collection: what and where to look for. Important hotel data sets and overlaps between them.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

It develops and sells bite-sized auto insurance products (aimed at drivers and others in transportation-related scenarios), healthcare protections to employers, as well as protection on gadgets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

They sell to more than 500 retailers and HORECA (hotels, restaurants and catering) customers. Over 4,000 items are available on the platform from farmers in Southeast Asia and Japan, including vegetables, fruit, eggs and seafood.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

True to its name, Anyplace began its life as a marketplace that gives people the option to book hotels or rentals for 30 days or more nearly anyplace they want to. Anyplace partners with real estate developers such as Greystar and AvalonBay to rent units, furnish them and then master leases them out at a higher price with its select offering.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

These points, whether earned through spending on the card or by paying rent at Bilt-partnered properties, can be used toward travel with airlines and hotels, as well as other perks like group fitness classes. Building out every airline and hotel partnership was huge. Getting regulatory approval from the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

After two years of research and development, the company is planning its first pilot underground farm system north of Montreal in spring 2022 with Zone Agtech, an incubator for agricultural technologies. We have interest from hotel companies and real estate developers,” Labrie said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Japanet, one of Japan’s largest television shopping companies, and Pegasus have established a $50 million venture fund to invest in startups from around the world, including for a major new development in Nagasaki. Japanet is looking for startups to support its expansion into new sectors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

With the remote work revolution continuing apace, Ukio wants to give professionals the comforts of home with the added perks and flexibilities of a hotel, with each apartment including a concierge and reception area, while some properties also include a weekly cleaning service and linen/towel replacement.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The app already had multi-channel reservation tools, so it began adapting the types of hotel reservations offered, adding daytime options, with stays of four, six or 12-hour increments. Some users, tired of WFH, booked hotel rooms to work. FunNow founders TK Chen, CC Chang, Pei-Yi Sun and Szu-Chi Lee. Image Credits: FunNow. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company saw revenues grow tenfold in the last two years and its total number of properties balloon to over 1,000, and now it will use the new funding for expansion, specifically adding more properties to its platform; and to continue developing its technology as it expands into more aspects of the property rentals business.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Prior to Alloy, she led business development and partnerships at an ACH payments startup. More hotel raffle details here. Laura Spiekerman: Alloy co-founder and president In 2021, Laura Spiekerman was recognized by Crain’s New York as a Notable Woman on Wall Street. A proud Barnard College alumna, she lives in Berkeley, California.

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CIO

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Huawei opens new doors to small to medium businesses Huawei has developed a strategy and a suite of products targeted toward digitally enabling small to medium enterprise players in the distribution business. SMEs will experience none of the growing pains of developing it themselves.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Today, Nowsta’s technology manages over 300,000 workers each month across 600 employers, including sports stadiums, hotels, food services vendors and warehouses. markets, double its 68-person headcount by the end of the year — it was 25 people in 2021 — and invest in product development and sales and marketing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

This includes a network of more than 40 hotels, including properties like William Vale in Brooklyn, Lokal Hotels and Mint House 70 Pine. They’ll lead technology and product development across different elements of the platform,” Khandelwal said. “We Minoan currently has about 80 property partners, encompassing 1,800 spaces.

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Xicom

APRIL 9, 2020

Possibly not everyone is aware of it, but the concierge apps are defining a new experience of the hotel stay – more pleasant and luxurious. But before we dive deep in decoding the development of a luxurious concierge app, it is essential to understand the definition of concierge services. Who Are Concierge Services App Provider?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

million in new funding to continue developing data-driven tools for businesses to source the produce they need and have it delivered directly to them. Alima , a Mexico-based supply chain startup, raised $1.5 The procurement process today in Latin America is complicated and expensive, co-founder and CEO Jorge Vizcayno told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The new capital will be used on research and development and expanding Placer.ai’s sales and marketing teams. I’m excited to be partnering with the company’s next phase of growth and product development.”. Participants included Fifth Wall, Rahul Vohra and returning investors JBV Capital and Aleph VC.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It develops and sells bite-sized auto insurance products (aimed at drivers and others in transportation-related scenarios), healthcare protections to employers, as well as protection on gadgets.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

SkyCity Entertainment Group Chief Information Officer Glen McLatchie on his career-defining moments, the importance of mentoring and professional development, and the transformation plans ahead for the casino and hotel group after a challenging few years. Watch this episode: CIO, CIO Leadership Live

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Details: DimOrder, a Hong Kong-based company founded in 2019, is developing a restaurant point-of-sale system for Southeast Asia. As the daughter of a former hotel chef, I watched my father make his food ordering lists on a legal pad and call them in. The following list is in no particular order. Christine Hall: DimOrder.

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