Marriott Q4 corporate travel tops 2019 - Negotiated corporate rate growth for 2023 is in "the high single digits".

Feb 15, 2023 • Hospitality

What if the hotel concierge is a robot? - Rose, an AI bot, uses informal speech to talk about her favorite things around town.

Feb 23, 2023 • Hospitality

Is automation killing hospitality or saving it? - ITB panelists see the future of automation as two-pronged, affecting both guests and employees.

Mar 15, 2023 • Hospitality

US: Internet vs travel agent - 72% of US consumers prefer to book their trips over the internet and 12% opt for a travel agent.

Apr 3, 2023 • Travel

Trip.com and Amazon Web Services partner for innovation lab - The joint lab aims to use experts from AWS and Trip.com to develop new technologies that will improve the OTA's services.

Apr 26, 2023 • Hospitality

Sabre acquired hospitality e-commerce provider Techsembly - Techsembly brings advanced marketplace and gift card retailing capabilities to Sabre Hospitality's existing SynXis Retail Studio.

Jul 6, 2023 • Hospitality

Maximizing AI benefits across hotel departments - AI can help fill the gap in operations knowledge that new-to-hospitality associates/managers may have.

Sep 25, 2023 • Hospitality

Europe’s new travel authorization system being postponed - again - It will now be operational in 2025 instead of next year. This is at least the third time that ETIAS has been postponed and there could still be more postponements.

Oct 17, 2023 • Travel