Egencia makes smartwatches even smarter for business travelers Egencia has supercharged its user experience for business travelers, allowing them to switch between Egencia applications on desktop and mobile – and now smartwatch – without missing a connection. Source: Hotel Marketing Egencia makes smartwatches even smarter for business travelers
Hotels without humans The challenge of getting the just-right balance among human staff, technology, service and guest autonomy is perhaps one of the more perplexing operational tasks a hotel general manager faces. Source: Hotel Marketing Hotels without humans
The rise of metasearch and its effect on hotel distribution The next big thing in hotel distribution might be metasearch, says Cindy Estis Green, CEO and co-founder of Kalibri Labs. While metasearch has been a factor in hotel distribution for a while, it might soon become a dominant player in the market. Source: Hotel Marketing The rise of metasearch and its effect on hotel distribution
Group booking pace provides longer-term opportunities for hoteliers Hoteliers in major North American markets can look forward to an improved group booking pace beginning at the end of 2016 and continuing into 2017, demonstrating its value in capturing incremental business as hoteliers prepare for the New Year. Source: Hotel Marketing Group booking pace provides longer-term opportunities for hoteliers