Hotel bookings coming soon to Amazon Alexa Expedia customers can now use Amazon’s Alexa to ask for flight updates. While the latest skill can also be used to ask questions about hotel bookings, Expedia says its working hard to bring hotel and flight bookings to Amazon Alexa soon. Source: Hotel Marketing Hotel bookings coming soon to Amazon Alexa
UK hotel room rates crash in Q3 Average hotel room rates in major UK cities including Cardiff, Edinburgh and Bristol have fallen by up to 20% in Q3 2016 when compared with Q3 2015 prices, according to latest data from global hotel solutions provider HRS. Source: Hotel Marketing UK hotel room rates crash in Q3
Cornell roundtable focuses on high-tech adoption in hospitality industry A wide-ranging discussion at Cornell University on the impact of technology in the hospitality realm, involving two-dozen industry leaders, touched on such topics as the adoption of cloud computing, best practices for rolling out new technologies, and online marketing strategies. Source: Hotel Marketing Cornell roundtable focuses on high-tech adoption in hospitality industry
Motel 6 debuts mobile app to smooth out booking process The hospitality brand is latching onto the dominant wave of mobile as the new primary method that customers interact with brands in the digital world. Source: Hotel Marketing Motel 6 debuts mobile app to smooth out booking process