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Sabre | May 10, 2022

Sabre Corporation announced its acquisition of Nuvola, a leading global provider of hotel service improvement and guest engagement software. The deal comprises Nuvola technology and guest enablement software and the integration of Nuvola staff into Sabre. The terms of the arrangement were not made public. Sabre anticipates advancing its hotel retailing and merchandising strategy and expanding its property and operational capabilities by leveraging the Nuvola technologies. The Nuvo...

BUSINESS TRAVEL

KAYAK and Babbel | November 11, 2021

Travel ranks among the top three reasons Americans want to learn another language, according to a recent survey from KAYAK, the world's leading travel search engine. One quarter (almost 24%) said they simply feel more comfortable visiting a country where they can speak the local language, while nearly the same (23%) want to avoid the embarrassment of mispronouncing a word. To help Americans travel like a local while speaking like one too, KAYAK and Babbel are teaming up to lau...

Skift | January 13, 2020

Airbnb, TripAdvisor, and Holiday Lettings are active participants in Google’s year-old vacation rentals feature, but they have a curious approach to guest reviews on the platform — no usernames. If you read a guest review of an Airbnb-provided vacation rental listing on Google’s travel pages in Chicago, London, or Bangkok, all of the reviews seemingly come from what is labeled as an “Airbnb.com reviewer” instead of Hazel P. or Betty M., for instance. That’s a ...

HOSPITALITY TRENDS

Brittain Resorts and Hotels & Agilysys | November 20, 2021

-Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation cloud-native SaaS and on-premise hospitality software solutions and services, announced that Brittain Resorts and Hotels in Myrtle Beach, SC, has selected Agilysys’ cloud-native SaaS PMS solution Agilysys Stay, as well as Agilysys rGuest Service and Owners Accounting for 10 of their properties representing over 3,400 roomsFrom award-winning, full-service oceanfront resorts to affordable and family-friendly hotels,...