Topic Digitalization

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Digi News
3.3.2022

Augsburg. Innovative, funny and scary things from the digital world. Today: Legal uncertainty about data / Newcomers to stock market slow down tech IPOs / Start-up superlative in Munich / Restaurants also know new guests / IHG and Expedia.

No more Facebook or Instagram in Europe?
10.2.2022

New York. Facebook's and Instagram's parent company Meta drops 200 billion dollars in Wall Street in one session! Meta is also struggling to transfer EU users' data to the US because of GDPR. The company "threatens" to close Facebook and Instagram in Europe.

Digi News
10.2.2022

Augsburg. HRS and Citi, Sabre and American Global Business Travel as well as Meininger and Hotelbirds will work together more closely in the future. Recent studies look at Big Data in tourism planning, the impact of AI on our daily lives and the use of the Internet of Things in businesses. Betterspace is integrating Covid certification into digital check-in, and in Austria a new course of study is making digitalization human.

Automated personalisation? Chains overwhelmed
27.1.2022

Berlin. Automation can and should help with massive staffing problems and still give the customer a good experience. However, even the chains have hardly taken care of automated personalisation yet. A new study goes into depth.

China promotes the next wave of robots
20.1.2022

Frankfurt/M. China has published a new five-year plan for the robotics industry: the country wants to become a world leader in robotics technology - and uses robots from abroad to achieve this.

With the acquisition of Getaroom, the OTA is close to a one-stop shop
Booking benefits from the crisis
2.12.2021

Amsterdam. Booking.com recently posted impressive results boosted by a growing demand for alternate accommodations, the success of its Fintech unit and its Flight search engine. The holding is buying B2B distributor Getaroom and slowly but surely is morphing into the one-stop-shop every travel platform dreams of.

Digi News
11.11.2021

Augsburg. Small countries have the fastest broadband, a new "Selfie-Ident" app saves a lot of time in online identification, Rewe operates its first hybrid supermarket, Girocard customers of the Sparkasse can now also use Apple Pay, myhotelshop and Acomodeo are sold and Ophelia becomes an official Guestline reseller for Germany.

Tech on the rise: Digitise, book, respond faster...
28.10.2021

Wiesbaden. Digitalisation in the industry has picked up tremendous speed, individual hotels and groups are introducing new systems in record time to streamline processes and increase bookings. An overview of current measures and innovations.

Hotelbird, apaleo and Ruby on the new pace of innovation after Corona
No more doubts about digitalisation
28.10.2021

Munich. Corona has increased the guests' needs for safety and digital tools are an important USP for this. Another one is that digitalisation helps to rationalise processes in the back office and save money that way. A discussion at Expo Real with two software platforms and one hotelier showed what is possible beyond the online check-in.

Hilton Honors app scores with three digital innovations
21.10.2021

McLean, Virginia. Hilton yesterday announced three technology innovations within the Hilton Honors app designed to enhance the guest experience across the company's 18 hotel brands: shared digital room keys, automatic complimentary room upgrades for elite members and easy booking of connecting rooms.

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