Kayak expands to new platforms as A.I. assistants proliferate As Kayak attempts to build a better virtual travel agent, the tech firm is expanding beyond its core website and mobile app, and establishing a presence on additional types of technology platforms. Source: Hotel Marketing Kayak expands to new platforms as A.I. assistants proliferate
Inventory Management: The achilles heel of hotel distribution Hotels must understand that there is only one thing they have that OTAs don’t have: hotel rooms. Without your rooms, they cannot do anything, no matter how much money they have. Source: Hotel Marketing Inventory Management: The achilles heel of hotel distribution
Google Travel exec details changing consumer behavior If you want to dig for new information about consumer behavior in travel and beyond it, Google’s a good place to start. Source: Hotel Marketing Google Travel exec details changing consumer behavior
Hotelbeds to connect to IHG’s central reservation system Rates, inventory and availability will be fully controlled by the hotels and transmitted in real-time via IHG’s central reservation system via Hotelbeds Group’s distribution network active in more than 120 markets. Source: Hotel Marketing Hotelbeds to connect to IHG’s central reservation system