IHG launches Artificial Intelligence rooms in China The company has collaborated with Baidu to introduce Smart Rooms that will fully embrace voice control technology to deliver a more natural human-computer interactive experience. Source: Hotel Marketing IHG launches Artificial Intelligence rooms in China
Thomas Cook closes in-house bed bank, Medhotels Expedia and Webjet are poised to take over contracting of the company’s own-brand and partner hotels. Source: Hotel Marketing Thomas Cook closes in-house bed bank, Medhotels
Startup wants to be the ‘eBay for travel’ TransferTravel.com wants to become the “go-to website for travelers and a one-stop shop for all transferrable travel tickets and bookings, including concert tickets”. Source: Hotel Marketing Startup wants to be the ‘eBay for travel’
Who are the biggest innovators in hospitality? Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne put six innovation scenarios to test and asked hospitality industry executives what scenario(s) were more likely to take place in their organization within the next three to five years. Source: Hotel Marketing Who are the biggest innovators in hospitality?