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Smart Hotel Trends for Next Decade: From Robots to Digital Detox

Altexsoft

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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Hotel Channel Managers: Key Providers and How to Choose a Channel Manager

Altexsoft

In one Hotel Hell episode, lodge guests had to search for a front desk employee by themselves. What is a hotel channel manager? If you’re new to the hotel distribution, we have a video explainer to provide you with a broad picture. This situation is more an exception than a rule. Consistency across channels.

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A Vision of Radical Networking Simplicity

CIO

Count them: the home Wi-Fi, the ISP, the Internet, a Domain Name System (DNS) provider, a content delivery network (CDN), applications distributed among multiple providers in multiple clouds, credit authentication companies, a private customer information database. In networking today, complexity reigns.

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WeTravel books $27M to build fintech and more for bespoke group travel

TechCrunch

In the old, pre-internet days, travel agents ruled the roost when it came to booking tickets and overall vacations for many consumers and businesses, both as individuals and groups. And more involved the trip, the larger the amount of suppliers from restaurants and transport companies to airlines and hotels and more.”

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Is the U.S. driving in the internet slow lane?

DXC

How’s the internet speed where you’re working? There can be multiple answers, since people can work in an office, their own homes, or in a public space such as a coffee shop or hotel. But by far the most common response to that question is, “Not fast enough!”

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Anyplace raises $5.3M to provide a home (office) away from home

TechCrunch

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. Wi-Fi speed will never be an issue either, as all units have gigabit internet.”. That marketplace today is across over 60 countries in more than 450 cities.

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China’s draft measures demand ‘individual approval’ for facial recognition use

TechCrunch

On Tuesday, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the nation’s top internet watchdog, unveiled a series of proposed measures aimed at regulating the application of facial recognition. The rules emphasize the need for clear signage in public areas where facial recognition is employed.

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