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[ ] Marriott Embraces Alexa for Hospitality as Amazon Turns Its Attention to Hotels Guest Experience Management
[ ] Qwick Launches Digital Orientations and COVID-19 Certification Program for Hospitality Professionals Announcement
[ ] Travel Outlook Offers Service to Help Keep Hotels Open Virtually During the Covid-19 Crisis Announcement
[ ] 7 Ways Hoteliers Can Cut Costs in the Face of COVID-19 Before Resorting to Layoffs Viewpoints
[ ] As the Hotel Industry Struggles with Covid-19, React Mobile Stands Behind Hotel Customers by Waiving Service Fees for April and May Announcement
[ ] To Help Hoteliers Fight Covid-19, Beekeeper, Whispr Offer Free “Cleaning Task Lists” App Announcement

Announcement

Qwick Launches Digital Orientations and COVID-19 Certification Program for Hospitality Professionals

Qwick, the leading on-demand staffing platform for the food and beverage industry, has announced the launch of their digital orientations to help onboard new Professionals and a certification training program for hospitality professionals currently enrolled [...]
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Travel Outlook Offers Service to Help Keep Hotels Open Virtually During the Covid-19 Crisis

Travel Outlook Premium Reservation Call Center, a virtual hospitality company specializing in voice reservations, has announced a campaign to assist hotels to stay open for business during the Covid-19 crisis. With agents trained in sales [...]
Viewpoints

7 Ways Hoteliers Can Cut Costs in the Face of COVID-19 Before Resorting to Layoffs

The hospitality industry has entered uncharted territory. As concerns surrounding the continued transmission of COVID-19 continue to mount, we find ourselves isolated in our homes, unsure of when this pandemic will pass. What does the [...]
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As the Hotel Industry Struggles with Covid-19, React Mobile Stands Behind Hotel Customers by Waiving Service Fees for April and May

React Mobile, the market-leading hospitality safety technology provider, today announced measures to help alleviate the growing impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the hospitality industry. React Mobile is offering its staff safety platform, designed to [...]
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To Help Hoteliers Fight Covid-19, Beekeeper, Whispr Offer Free “Cleaning Task Lists” App

Is your hotel “Covid Clean?” It can be, thanks to a new app that gives housekeepers step-by-step cleaning instructions that follow Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines to stop the spread of the virus. Beekeeper, [...]

To Combat the Threat of Coronavirus, The Westin Houston Medical Center Deploys Robots to Disinfect Guest Rooms

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Imagine a future when robots will use intense germicidal UV light to disinfect rooms by quickly destroying microscopic bacteria and viruses that may be missed during the manual cleaning process. The robots will use pulsed [...]
In Launching Its First Hotels, Featuring Immersive Virtual Reality Experiences, Atari Isn’t Playing Games

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The Sinclair, Autograph Collection, Undergoes a Digital Transformation with Internet of Things Functionality

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Cloudbeds Raises $82 Million for Its All-In-One Hospitality Management Platform

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Hospitality management solution provider Cloudbeds secured a series C minority investment of $82 million, led by Viking Global Investors with participation from PeakSpan Capital, Recruit Co., Ltd., Counterpart Ventures, and Cultivation Capital. Last month, PeakSpan [...]
Oaky Secures $9.5 Million to Fuel Growth of Its Upselling Solution Platform for Hoteliers

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Impala Secures $20 Million to Expand Its API Service for Integrating Hotel Technology and Data

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For Hoteliers, the COVID-19 Health Crisis May Be an Opportunity to Focus on Technology Improvement

Living through the 2003 SARS epidemic in my hometown of Toronto, this current crisis is already echoing the pattern of huge occupancy drops while air travel has already been decimated. I do not have the answers as to how bad this novel coronavirus situation will get or how far the media will go to propagate this panic, but it will inevitably mean that your hotel will experience some ripples that must be addressed. Beyond having an effective cleaning and employee hygiene program in place, there is perhaps an opportunity for you to expand how your property utilizes technologies in order [...]

Infographic: Hotels and Influencer Marketing

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Mary Smith works as a Marketing Executive with The Dunloe Hotel & Gardens, a member of the Killarney Group of Hotels in Ireland. She has a keen interest in all topics relating to the [...]
Research: 69% of Travelers Say Hotels Aren’t Investing Enough In Cybersecurity

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Research: A Mobile-First Strategy May Not Be The Best Strategy For Driving Hotel Bookings

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7 Ways Hoteliers Can Cut Costs in the Face of COVID-19 Before Resorting to Layoffs

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The hospitality industry has entered uncharted territory. As concerns surrounding the continued transmission of COVID-19 continue to mount, we find ourselves isolated in our homes, unsure of when this pandemic will pass. What does the [...]
How Distributed IT Teams Can Help Hospital Brands Improve Business Continuity and Resilience to Disruptions

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How Technology Can Facilitate Social Distancing and Help Hotels Stay Healthy

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Spotlight Interview: Parminder Batra, Co-Founder and CEO, TraknProtect

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Parminder Batra has served as CEO of SekureTrak, Inc. (TraknProtect) since co-founding the company in 2013. Since its inception, TraknProtect has evolved into the hospitality industry’s leading provider of staff safety solutions by leveraging its [...]
Spotlight Interview: Diallo Powell, Founder & CEO at Curant

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Spotlight Interview: Gautam Lulla, CEO of Pegasus

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