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Travel Technology, Hospitality Trends

Optii Solutions | October 27, 2022

Optii Solutions, the leading cloud-based hotel operations software, announced that it has launched a learning center with enhanced usability, improved search, and content designed for on-the-job learning. Almost every department and member of the operations team comes in contact with some aspect of Optii’s hotel operations platform. It was therefore important to ensure that educational content and accessibility works for a range of roles, cultures, and working environm...

Travel Technology, Airlines and Airports

Delta | July 12, 2022

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), is part of the latest acceleration in Delta Air Lines’ digital business transformation with the announcement of a multi-year agreement to serve as the airline’s preferred cloud provider. AWS will help Delta unlock technologies and streamline processes that will make the customer experience faster, smoother, and more secure—from the booking process to the flight experience.“Continuous innovation i...

Business Travel

Hyatt Hotels Corporation | August 16, 2021

Hyatt Hotels Corporation today announced that Hyatt has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apple Leisure Group (ALG), a leading luxury resort-management services, travel and hospitality group, from affiliates of each of KKR and KSL Capital Partners, LLC for $2.7 billion in cash. The transaction is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions. ALG’s resort brand management platform AMResorts® provides management s...

GlobalData | July 04, 2020

A new survey conducted by GlobalData suggests that younger and wealthier traveler groups will be the first to resume international leisure tourism, once restrictions are lifted. And, while people’s desire to travel post-pandemic is in no short supply, consumer confidence in the safety of actually taking a vacation right now could use a boost. The report revealed that, even among the younger segments of today’s travelers, anxieties remain high 48 percent of Millennials (a.k.a. ...