Skift Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

Skift Take: Mastercard knows it’s not the only player in the world of mobile virtual cards. With its new app, Mastercard wants to stand out as an MVP in streamlining corporate travel while serving a wave of companies adopting this innovation. Elizabeth Casolo Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Hospitality Tech

MARCH 19, 2024

Earned wage access pioneer reveals new mobile app and mobile wallet capabilities, simplifying access to wages for users.

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Lodging

MAY 16, 2024

BETHESDA, Maryland—Stayntouch announced a new partnership with Woby, a self-order and pay web app connecting with existing POS and PMS platforms. Stayntouch integrates with Woby’s customizable web app, allowing real-time POS and PMS synchronization for a mobile-first dining experience.

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Hospitality Tech

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Toast rolls out mobile app and makes major updates to new POS experience, all designed to boost restaurant efficiency and enhance control.

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Hospitality Tech

JUNE 26, 2023

the Intelity-powered guest-facing mobile app will be available for both Apple and Android devices and will provide guests with a digital view of the offerings at many LHW properties in one digital footprint.

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Hospitality Net

APRIL 9, 2024

IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, and Google Cloud, today announced an expanded partnership that will fuel new customer experiences within the IHG One Rewards mobile app.

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Intelity

MARCH 8, 2023

Integrating existing casino loyalty programs and in-app gaming into a branded mobile app for your property enhances the guest experience and drives additional revenue When it comes to casino hotel customer retention, casino loyalty programs are key. Enter branded mobile apps.

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Hospitality Tech

JUNE 8, 2023

Guests expect a seamless mobile app experience and get frustrated quickly when apps don't work as expected. Here are 10 best practices hotels can follow to keep guests happy.

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Hospitality Tech

AUGUST 11, 2023

Building and incentivizing mobile app use is a winning strategy for venues. When done well, it can not only enrich a guest’s stay — and promote future stays — but it can also create valuable upsell and revenue generation opportunities for the venue.

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Hospitality Net

APRIL 12, 2024

Hotel mobile check-in is a technology-driven process that allows guests to check into their hotel rooms using their mobile devices, without the need to queue at the front desk.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 22, 2024

A hotel booking app is an application or website that travellers use to book a stay at a hotel. Often travellers will use apps via their mobile devices to research, book, and pay for hotel accommodation. Some well known examples of hotel booking apps include Booking.com, Airbnb, or HotelTonight.

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Hospitality Tech

MAY 31, 2023

Core functions of Everi Mobile App include tie-ins to Everi's CashClub Wallet for cashless gaming, extensions of the operator's loyalty program, property content management tools, and restaurant reservations.

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Little Hotelier

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Little Hotelier Mobile App offers convenience Little Hotelier operates as a desktop system but also has the Little Hotelier mobile app available. Jen manages most of her operations from within the easy-to-use app, saying: “It’s really convenient to have the app to go to.

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Hospitality Net

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A potential guest planning a trip explores your hotel’s mobile site for available rooms. She clicks on a special offer to download your hotel app for an exclusive direct-booking deal but then gets sidetracked with other plans. The next day, she uses the mobile app to complete her reservation.

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Hotel News Resource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For years, hospitality executives have been talking about how their apps are a critical part of their loyalty and guest engagement strategies during all stages of booking, staying and departing. And as mobile applications have become increasingly important, they’ve evolved.

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Lodging

MAY 16, 2024

With applied AI built into the system, each hotel can present targeted offers via its mobile app or digital marketing channels with relevant and targeted options to have a probability of conversion.

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Hospitality Tech

APRIL 29, 2024

Users can order delivery, purchase grocery store products and enter Wow Bao's Roblox Dim Sum Palace Experience.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

To support the growing need for frictionless travel and introduce easier ways for guests to engage with hotel teams, Hilton is expanding its mobile messaging platform to its more than 7,000 Hilton properties worldwide by the end of 2024.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 26, 2023

Strawberry hotels become one of the first outside North America to experience the ease and enhanced efficiency of adopting room keys in Apple Wallet through cooperation with ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Mobile Access and Zaplox mobile key lifecycle management solutions.

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Lodging

MAY 8, 2024

Since consolidating systems yields more efficiencies, hotel operators often look to integrate other software tools with their PMS, such as door-lock systems, mobile apps that facilitate the guest journey, and various AI tools.

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eHotelier

APRIL 24, 2024

A seamless guest journey from pre-stay to post-stay, previously only available in Native App, now accessible via Web App.

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JUNE 13, 2023

From mobile apps and mobile guest messaging to itinerary building and kiosk check in, the industry’s preferred provider of PMS solutions will display an array of NEW software tools and technologies in Booth 1225 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre June 27 to 29.

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Lodging

JANUARY 31, 2024

MCLEAN, Virginia—Hilton is expanding its mobile messaging platform to more than 7,000 Hilton properties worldwide by the end of 2024. The system, developed in partnership with Kipsu, will enable messaging via the Hilton Honors app, SMS, WhatsApp, and other messaging channels.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 1, 2023

IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), a leading hotel company with a global presence, is thrilled to announce the launch of a new mobile product feature – IHG Wi-Fi Auto Connect.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 5, 2024

SiteMinder, the name behind the only software platform that unlocks the full revenue potential of hotels, has today released its industry-leading platform on mobile, to give accommodation providers the power to execute their property’s revenue management strategy and mitigate real-time risks, free from their desk.

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Lodging

APRIL 9, 2024

The long-term strategic licensing agreement between Marriott International and MGM Resorts allows guests to book participating MGM Collection resorts on Marriott’s digital platforms, including Marriott’s website and the Marriott Bonvoy mobile app. These resorts also remain available on MGM Resorts’ native channels.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 8, 2023

Grubhub, a leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform, and Homewood Suites by Hilton, the award-winning extended-stay brand, are taking the guesswork out of ordering a meal while traveling through their latest partnership.

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Hospitality Net

MAY 14, 2024

With applied AI built into to the system, each hotel can present targeted offers via its mobile app or digital marketing channels with relevant and targeted options to have the highest probability of conversion.

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Hospitality Net

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Le Méridien Pasadena Arcadia, part of Aimbridge Hospitality, has embraced evolving customer preferences and technological advancements by implementing IRIS’ mobile dining app, resulting in a transformation of their F&B operations and guest experience.

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Textedly

MAY 2, 2024

We'll dive into the intricacies of mobile communication costs, exploring how messaging and data usage can impact your monthly bills. From deciphering the charges associated with SMS texts to understanding the data consumption of multimedia messages and app notifications, we'll navigate through the complex landscape of mobile tariffs.

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eHotelier

APRIL 9, 2024

IHG Hotels & Resorts, and Google Cloud, today announced an expanded partnership that will fuel new customer experiences within the IHG One Rewards mobile app.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 26, 2023

While there, the Montreal-based company will introduce a NEW mobile app and a NEW energy service-optimization program. Verdant will display its popular digital thermostats at HITEC® Toronto, June 27 to 30 in Booth 607 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, and at The Hospitality Show, June 28 to 29 at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.

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Hospitality Net

JANUARY 23, 2024

From mobile apps and self-service kiosks to AI-powered platforms, automation is becoming ubiquitous across hotels, restaurants, and travel businesses. 2024 marks the shift to automation as hotels, venues, and restaurants march fast toward new technologies to transform guest experiences and reduce costs.

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eHotelier

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Find the strategies, tools, and best practices that empower hotels to engage and convert guests effectively through mobile channels, from mobile apps to SMS marketing, ultimately driving bookings and enhancing guest experiences.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

To book, visit [link] or the Marriott Bonvoy mobile app. Beginning Tuesday, November 21 through Travel Tuesday, November 28, Marriott Bonvoy members* can receive 20 percent off bookings for stays occurring from Sunday, November 26, 2023 through Monday, January 15, 2024 at participating hotels.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 20, 2024

LodgIQ introduces DecisionIQ, a groundbreaking mobile app addressing hoteliers’ urgent need for on-the-go rate updates. This innovative solution empowers executives to make real-time pricing decisions, freeing them from desk constraints.

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Hospitality Tech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As IHG's fastest-growing booking channel, the app has driven more than half of all digital bookings in 2023 and is the main platform for loyalty engagement.

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