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eRevMax expands in the Middle East through technical partnership with Intimus PMS
Hotel connectivity expert, eRevMax has completed 2-way integration with Intimus PMS while offering hotels a wider selection of technical partners in the region. Hotels using Intimus PMS and RateTiger – LiveOS solutions can now manage their online distribution easily from one place removing all manual efforts.
The true cost of not protecting customer data in travel
For years now, the hospitality business has shared Big Tech’s addiction to customer data. Rather than sell it to advertisers, however, hotels and airlines traditionally use it to personalize travel experiences. Hotels – in particular luxury hotels – collect customer data to build detailed guest profiles, which can include personal preferences, from room, pillow and favorite cocktails, to potentially more explicit guest information.
https://www.phocuswire.com/GDPR-hotel-customer-data
What every hotelier must know about EU’s payment rules
Just as hoteliers have become used to GDPR, another piece of European Union legislation, the Payment Services Directive regulations, known as PSD2, is set to go into effect.
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/297360/What-every-hotelier-must-know-about-EUs-payment-rules
Rise in Mobile Bookings in Middle East Creates New Online Travel Competition
The Middle East traveler has been going digital across all touchpoints of the travel journey, fueling a surge in the online travel market that is projected to reach $15 billion by 2023 across the region. That will mark an increase of 140 percent from current levels, according to research company Mena Research Partners.
Hotel chains demonstrate common B2B eCommerce website blunders
Hotels can earn customers’ loyalty by providing better personalized recommendations that understand their individual price/value tradeoff.
https://go.forrester.com/blogs/hotel-chains-demonstrate-common-b2b-ecommerce-website-blunders/
Amex GBT forecasts modest hotel rate increases for 2020
The Hotel Monitor 2020, published by American Express Global Business Travel, predicts that hotel prices in most key cities will experience only modest rises in 2020.
https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4094362.html
Online presence high priority with independent hotels
Trends in how people, and brands, consume and process information online are driving digital marketing strategies for independent hotels. It’s important not only to have an online presence but also to have the proper digital footprint, sources said.
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/297313/Online-presence-a-high-priority-at-independent-hotels
What you need to know about Google Ads’ “Store / Hotel Visits”
Google came out with another way marketers and hoteliers can measure the performance of campaigns through Store Visits or for hotels, Hotel Visits. Hotel Visits can measure whether or not users actually visited your property. Google uses cell towers, wifi signals and more to tell whether or not you’ve actually visited a property and you aren’t just staying next door or across the street.
https://screenpilot.com/2019/07/what-you-need-to-know-about-google-ads-store-visits/
How San Francisco boosted Chinese bookings by 30 percent
Outbound Chinese visitors represent an increasingly important part of San Francisco’s tourist model, constituting 23 percent of international tourist spending in 2018.
https://jingtravel.com/san-francisco-grew-chinese-bookings-30-percent/
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