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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Austin is also home to secondary offices of many of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook and SpaceX. And the numbers are there to back it up.

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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

Altexsoft

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. The hospitality industry was among those that suffered the most because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Travel app S?kr scores $2.25 million to bring campsite inventory into the digital age

TechCrunch

“Just like in the ’90s, if you wanted to book a hotel or travel somewhere, you’d have to call hotels individually. After meeting through social media, where they had become micro-influencers in the van life space, the co-founders decided to build a mobile app for people in the same position. Image Credits: S?kr

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From Alexander Graham Bell to an AI assistant guiding your customer journey, CX has come a long way (baby)!

CIO

Technology innovation has been the chief catalyst. Technology advancesin the late 1990s and 2000s brought powerful new interfaces often shared with customers over the web. Customer service via social media channels was an additional significant development, bringing a sense of transparency and speed in resolving issues.

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Direct Booking Success: How Hilton, Marriott, La Quinta, and More Hotels Boost Direct Sales

Altexsoft

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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Top 9 challenges IT leaders will face in 2023

CIO

Now that organizations have returned to a new (somewhat) normal, CIOs appear to be focused on getting back to basics — and untangling tech debt incurred in making it through the past few years. Recruiting, retainment, and yes, adoption of lead-edge technology, are back on the radar of IT leaders. How do we get the talent we need?

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Hospitality Connectivity Landscape: Choosing Solutions for Your Hotel

Altexsoft

When a hotel business grows, its technical capabilities expand, too. Or you keep your boutique hotel small and cozy, but don’t want to miss a chance and make your guest service better, using technologies. What is Hotel Property Management System? What is Hotel Property Management System?

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