NEEDHAM, Mass. – Tripadvisor®, the world’s largest travel platform, together with Viator, the world’s leading tours and activities platform and a Tripadvisor company, today announced the 2020 Travelers’ Choice® Awards for Experiences. The awards rec…
IZB Residence CAMPUS AT HOME Moves to Infor Cloud for Better Guest Experience
MUNICH – Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced it will introduce Infor Hospitality Management Solution (HMS) and Infor Sales & Catering (S&C) in the cloud at the IZB Residence CAMPUS AT HOME. The …
Wyndham Looks to Drive Corporate Travel with Newly Expanded Wyndham Direct Program
With a focus on finding impactful ways to drive more corporate business for its hotels, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts – the world’s largest hotel franchising company with more than 9,000 hotels across 90 countries – today announced the expansion of Wyndh…
IHCL Introduces I-ZEST: IHCL’s Zero-Touch Service Transformation
MUMBAI, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), South Asia’s largest hospitality company, today announced the launch and implementation of I-ZEST: IHCL’s Zero-Touch Service Transformation – a suite of digital solutions across its hotels under its brands – Taj…
Expedia Group Expands Optimized Distribution for Lodging Partners
Seattle, Wash. – Expedia Group today announced that it has rolled out its optimized distribution program for all medium to large-size lodging partners, allowing them to tap into new areas of B2B demand and giving them increased control of their B2B …
Hotel Marketing Strategies for COVID-19 Business Recovery
Though many hotels are undertaking cost rationalization to get ready for the after-effects of the COVID-19 lockdown, this is not the time for hoteliers to pause marketing which would end up severely impacting their recovery. Instead, they need to us…
In A Twist On Loyalty Programs, Emirates Is Promising Travelers A Free Funeral If Infected With COVID
Last year, advertising spending in the insurance industry reached $7 billion. This is an incredible figure as it accounts for about 2.7% of all U.S. advertising spending, which is $240 billion. Overall, the acquisition cost is just about $20 per eac…
Hyper-personalized hotel website content for mobile?
Much has changed in all aspects of life since COVID-19, including a dramatic change in the world’s digital behavior. Strict lockdown measures, stay at home orders, and social distancing efforts have made many resort to their devices as a means to ta…
Tourism Tidbits: Travel Rage in a Time of Pandemics
During the last decade, tourism officials have noted the evolution of various types of angers among those in the general public and especially among those in the traveling public. These angers first became apparent in the form of road rage then beca…
Cloud Hosted vs. On-Premise vs. Self Hosted vs. Private Cloud PMS: All Platforms Have Advantages; Which is Right for You?
A great deal has been written over the years about the viability of moving a hotel’s property-management system (PMS) to the cloud to take advantage of the latest technologies, but hoteliers need to realize that it’s not the only viable option. All …