Global Hotel Occupancy Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Levels in July and August With a Strong Q4 Forecasted Across All Segments
Amadeus | September 28, 2022
For the summer of 2022, global hotel occupancy hit an average of nearly 70%, which is an increase of around 5% over the summer of 2019. Group and business travel segments are showing steady recovery in Q4, with 4.3 million group room nights already booked for H1 2023. After an outstanding summer of travel, Amadeus’ Agency360® and Demand360® data sources are showing strong recovery indicators for the remainder of 2022 and evidence of growing traveler confidence as the sector looks towards 2023. Amadeus’ in-depth Demand360® business intelligence data, which offers both retrospective and forward-looking insights to inform r...
Hoteliers Find Answers and Revenue Potential in Technology
Groups360 | September 27, 2022
The world has experienced some bizarre, and yes, unprecedented times in a short, but monumental, few years. The hospitality and travel industries, (among the rest of the world) have heard the continuous talk about “the new normal.” But for hoteliers, the only thing proving to be normal is that nearly everything about guest services is new. Today’s guests want risk-free contingencies, self-service, and contactless support. Meaning hoteliers need innovative ways to manage volume, promptly communicate, and provide exceptional guest experiences, all while facing a labor shortage. If hoteliers, and the hospitality industr...
Sojern Celebrates 15 Years Supporting Travel, Expands Platform Capabilities to Better Serve Travel Marketers
Sojern | September 21, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 – Sojern, the leading digital marketing platform built for travel, celebrates 15 years this month. Founded in 2007, Sojern has maintained an unwavering focus on travel from day one. It began by targeting travelers with advertisements on printed airline boarding passes, and evolved to encompass the rise of big data, digital marketing and programmatic advertising across new channels, mobile devices and social media—all the while prioritizing agility and an exclusive focus on travel. Sojern has learned—and persevered—through every challenge, industry shift and innovation. For example, the late 2000...
React Mobile Unveiling Hospitality’s Most Responsive, Reliable, and Self-Managing Panic Button Solution to CHLA, AAHOA Members in San Diego
React Mobile | September 21, 2022
For the first time attendees of the Southern California Hotel Conference and Trade Show will experience React Mobile 2.0, an employee safety solution with pinpoint location accuracy SEATTLE, Sept. 21, 2022 — As hoteliers assemble in San Diego Oct. 6 to discuss California’s tourism recovery, hotel staffing challenges, and the guest journey during the Southern California Hotel Conference and Trade Show, React Mobile will be there to showcase its latest version 2.0 employee safety solution that delivers the fastest response times, highest panic button reliability and beacon location accuracy to hotels. With more focus being placed today ...
CartStack’s RezRecover Solution Leverages BEDS© and Conditional Content to Re-Engage Prospective Travelers and Recover Lost Bookings
RezRecover by CartStack | September 21, 2022
BEDS© is CartStack’s unique tracking code, which enables hotels to capture and inject abandoned booking data into personalized email reminders MINNEAPOLIS, MIN (September 21, 2022) – CartStack, the leading eCommerce technology start-up behind RezRecover which has set out to help hospitality and travel companies combat rampant booking abandonment rates, has unveiled its proprietary personalization feature: BEDS©. Developed specifically for hotels, BEDS© refers to the company’s unique tracking code, which can capture key information from abandoned booking data. Using RezRecover’s booking engine integration records data from...
Five Principles to Guide Hotel Tech Evaluations for 2023
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | September 21, 2022
By Larry and Adam Mogelonsky As we descend into Q4, every hotel brand is starting to set up strategic planning meetings to determine what adjustments to make and what new initiative to take in 2023. Without knowing your specific brand, its customers, your finances and your locations, we can say: Labor issues will continue next year for (almost) the entire industry as will the need for improved employee wellness programs Automation and other forms of efficiency-improving tech are critical to maintaining service levels There are many permanent effects from the pandemic that will persist, such as the need for workcation and exte...
Hotel Internet Services Publishes GuestCast Usage Analytics Demonstrating Hospitality’s Growing Demand for Content Streaming Technology
Hotel Internet Services (HIS) | September 20, 2022
Leading provider of in-room entertainment solutions reveals new insight into guest streaming trends and behaviors. CLEARWATER, Fla. — September 20, 2022 — Hotel Internet Services (HIS), a full-service provider of internet services and solutions for the hospitality industry, has today released a set of valuable analytics showcasing how content streaming trends continue to evolve throughout the global hotel market. Leveraging data combined from properties equipped with its GuestCast streaming platform, HIS by publishing such analytics aims to provide the industry’s hoteliers with up-to-date insight on how to adopt an in-room entertain...
Virdee and CLEAR Partner for Frictionless Hotel Check-In
Virdee | September 20, 2022
The partnership brings CLEAR’s identity platform to hotels for a seamless and secure experience directly within Virdee’s platform, solidifying Virdee as the leading solution for a fully contactless check-in experience NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas – September 20, 2022 – Virdee has announced it will implement CLEAR’s (NYSE: YOU) secure identity platform to power its industry leading digital, self-service check-in solutions. The partnership marks the first integration within the hotel space for CLEAR and its 13 million members. CLEAR is now integrated into Virdee’s suite of solutions as its preferred method for identity verificat...
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