Topic Digitalization

News & Stories

Booking.com commits itself to more consumer protection
9.1.2020

Brussels. Following EU action, Booking.com commits to align practices presenting offers and prices with EU law. Manipulative practices such as hiding sponsoring in ranking, unduly putting time pressure on users or misrepresenting rebates should then be a thing of the past.

Smart humans grow together with smart hotels
19.12.2019

Berlin. It will be a long time before the intelligent hotel room starts living. But it is already visible how smart humans grow together with their smart environment. And that includes smart hotels. Hotel operators are also pushing this development themselves.

Digi News
19.12.2019

Wiesbaden. Innovative, funny and scary things from the digital world. Today: The most popular German passwords / Digitalization stops rising construction costs / Delivery Hero takes over Woowa / IHG's digital room entertainment / Sparkasse accepts Apple Pay / Travel Startup Prize to Pincamp.

Digi News
27.11.2019

Augsburg. Innovative, funny and frightening things from the digital world. Today: Data leak at Accor subsidiary / The slightly different stay / TripAdvisor's first self-serve advertising platform / Federal Supreme Court checks Yelp / Billion euros for blockchain and AI / Booking.com expands genius rates / IHA marketplace for hotel software / Alexa becomes emotional.

Digi News
21.11.2019

Augsburg. Innovative, funny and frightening things from the digital world. Today: Request refunds digitally / Dispute resolution in the travel industry / More fairness for payment services / New investors for the digitization of the hotel experience / The power is with Microsoft / US court makes searching mobile devices more difficult / The digital status quo in the hospitality industry.

TrustYou optimises data exchange with Impala
14.11.2019

Munich. Against the backdrop of the European General Data Protection Regulation and to accelerate connectivity, TrustYou will now collaborate with Impala. For hoteliers, this is expected to streamline their day-to-day work and optimise the efficiency of their technologies.

Digi Talk: Parkhotel Stuttgart Messe optimises team and workload
Kitchen strategy with AI
14.11.2019

Stuttgart. The 220-room Parkhotel Stuttgart Messe-Airport in Echterdingen has 18 convention rooms and four F&B outlets. On average, the hotel has 300 to 400 couverts a day. In the kitchen, a new "boss" is in charge now: artificial intelligence. AI facilitates planning and reduces costs. General Manager Elouan Pêcheur is very enthusiastic.

Digi News
7.11.2019

Augsburg. Innovative, funny and frightening things from the digital world. Today: Travelers prefer digital solutions / Hotel industry gets its own app store / 60 million dollars for Tiqet / Germany's smartest cities / Internet under state control / Fight against online crime / Tech giants combat housing shortage / New SEO criteria / Networked products and services on the advance.

Bits & Pretzels 2019: Most just came for Barack Obama
Founders and start-ups congratulate themselves
30.10.2019

Munich. Bits & Pretzels is Europe's largest founder festival and has welcomed company founders, start-ups and celebrities during the Oktoberfest every year since 2014. Four weeks ago, the keynote speaker was Barack Obama. 5,000 participants made their way to the "Laptop & Lederhose" city – to a curious mixture of interesting speeches and Bavarian folklore, all of it served up with a hefty dose of self-adulation. Bärbel Schwertfeger was there.

Digi News
24.10.2019

Augsburg. Innovative, funny and frightening things from the digital world. Today: GDPR record fine, Improving negotations with technologies, Understanding Corporate Digital Responsibility, Beethoven audio play for Alexa and Google Home, Tracking without face recognition, Electro-Flighttaxi until 2020, Europe is loosing touch.

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