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Hotels
The relationship between development and operating a hotel is key.
Alexandra E. Petri, Skift | 9 years ago
Online Travel
There's a big opportunity for hotel organizations to both learn lessons from guest management as practiced by the new coworking spaces as well as use their own expertise and resources to create connections with a new breed of customer.
Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago
Big data is driving opportunities to create loyalty and conversions for the hospitality industry, but it’s also posing challenges. The key to leveraging the power of customer information is to bring these datasets together. This report examines how to do that, and the value that can be extracted from big data once integration is underway. Download this report for FREE!
CendynONE | 9 years ago
The traveling public is ready for a rolling container hotel caravan sold through Airbnb, but there's a lot of moving parts to get this up and running.
Airlines
Europe is fond of its national airlines, but carrying the ongoing burden of loss is out of the question. There's bound to be more market consolidation. Consolidating without destroying the unique cultural brand is an interesting approach to this dilemma.
Marisa Garcia, Skift | 9 years ago
Over the last decade, the world’s most innovative hotels and hotel brands have developed as portals into their destinations’ local communities. Understand what really pays off, and what smart brands will be doing next.
Jason Clampet, Skift | 9 years ago
The sharing economy may breed a few small entrepreneurs, but it doesn't have much use for professionals. In this world, everyone is an independent contractor.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago
Ground Transport
Getting to a front desk or to the top of a tourism board isn't always a straight path. We'll show you how people made it there.
Tourism
The travel and tourism industry consists of an extremely broad range of businesses and services, and there was broad yet modest employment gains across many of its sectors.
Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago
Partnerships
For travelers needing one foot in the frequent flier world, hotels are teaming up with airlines and offering so-called crossover rewards. Enrollees in such programs enjoy status at both the hotel or airline affiliated with the program.
American Express + Skift | 10 years ago