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H2O Hospitality secures $30M Series C to expedite hotel digital transformation

TechCrunch

The pandemic has triggered more demand for contactless and staff-less operations in the hospitality sector, and now H2O Hospitality , the unmanned hotel management company, has closed a $30 million round on the back of that boost. SevenRooms raises $50M to double down on reservations, ordering and other tools for hospitality businesses.

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

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Choice Hotels International’s early and big bet on the cloud has allowed it to glean the many benefits of its digital transformation and devote more energies to a key corporate value — sustainability, its CIO maintains. With Amazon taking care of infrastructure, patching, and security, Choice’s 650-member Scottsdale, Ariz.-based

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Selfbook raises $15M at a $300M valuation in Tiger-led extension to give hotels a way to accept ‘one-click’ payments

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Hotel payment software provider Selfbook has completed a $15 million extension of its Series A financing that values the company at $300 million. Hotels can implement its technology, according to Meniri, “with a single line of code” to improve their booking experience directly on their existing reservation systems.

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How AI continues to reshape the cybersecurity arsenal

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This necessitates continuous adaptation and innovation across various verticals, from data management and cybersecurity to software development and user experience design. Let’s talk about strengthening the four major pillars from an attacker’s perspective, as they form the core of any organization’s security.

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Primer: The next act for security theater

The Parallax

The day after DefCon concluded this year, a prominent cybersecurity researcher and hacker known as the brain behind hacks featured on hit TV show Mr. Robot offered his resignation as the head of its security operations. Why are Androids less secure than iPhones? We MUST NOT let our hotels become like our airports.

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Minor Hotels lays foundations for a purely digital future

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The hotel sector has been undergoing a digital revolution for years, transforming not only the way hotels operate and interact with their customers, but also with the environment, all without harming their bottom lines. Recognition of a digital future Minor’s growth wouldn’t have been possible without a commitment to digitalization.

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In post-massacre Vegas, security policies clash with privacy values

The Parallax

LAS VEGAS—Hackers gathered here for the annual Black Hat and DefCon conferences, among others, are sounding privacy alarms as hotel security personnel along the Las Vegas Strip demand access to their rooms. Of those hotels, only a representative from Caesars returned a request for comment.