In five minutes or less, keep track of the most important news of the week, curated just for you. We present to you hand – picked news on latest industry perspectives and some general updates. Read on!!
How to Know When Your Hotel Property Management System Needs a Change?
Property Management System (PMS) is important for hotel properties, and here are a few signs to indicate when it needs a change.
With changes in time, the needs of your hotel tend to change and the goals and requirements of your hotel property, staffs and guests change as well. The Property Management System (PMS) of your hotel has a short longevity.
Technology Players Make Moves in Hospitality
Hotels are utilizing technology to make both the guest experience and hotel operations more seamless. From a digital concierge to bracelets doubling as wallets and room keys, here are the latest happenings in technology.
https://www.hotelbusiness.com/technology-players-make-moves-in-hospitality/
eRevMax partners with GuestCentric for Edinburgh roadshow on September 5
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How Facebook and Google Are Changing the Travel Industry for Brands and Travelers Alike
After years of intense focus on the moment of conversion, travel companies are beginning to reach travelers much earlier in the search and discovery process.
HotelTonight wants to wow more millennials by gamifying travel booking
HotelTonight, the mobile app that lets you book last-minute discounted hotel rooms, is making a bigger play for millennial stays. On Tuesday, the startup announced a new feature called Daily Drop, which promises a guaranteed 30% off online travel agency room rates.
Thomas Cook-Expedia hotel booking platform launches
Thomas Cook’s new city break and hotel-only booking platform in partnership with Expedia has gone live.
The online travel giant is now the preferred provider of hotels for Cook’s city and domestic holiday business.
http://www.travolution.com/articles/108372/thomas-cook-expedia-hotel-booking-platform-launches
TripAdvisor using machine learning to choose ‘best’ hotel pictures
TripAdvisor has begun using machine learning to automatically select the ‘best’ photos to portray a hotel listed on its site.
The review site says primary, or ‘hero’, images can often be lower quality when hotel managers don’t choose their own favourite.
The Data Journey in a Hotel
Data scientists are experts in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data and can make educated decisions on what to do with and how to use that data. Within the hospitality industry, data scientists are crucial to understanding the hotel’s data and how to use it to benefit the overall business of the hotel. However, data scientists cannot analyze data without the help of hotel operations staff members who are doing the groundwork of collecting daily data – it doesn’t take a data scientist to be an integral part of a hotel’s data journey.
https://blog.snapshot.travel/the-data-journey-in-a-hotel
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