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Top 3 DMC Trends as Tracked by an AI Proposal Platform

Smart Meetings

When you aren’t wasting time formatting your margins on the proposal, you can think the big thoughts creatively,” said Volmrich. You no longer have two weeks for a proposal because Google stepped in the way of that,” Volmrich said. Read More: 25 Pivotal Hospitality Trends from 2022 1.

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Is the RFP Dead? Long Live Next Evolution of Booking

Smart Meetings

Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are just getting longer, more prolific and, too often, ignored. Hotel sales teams are barraged with automated forms, lean staffs and limited information to determine what the customer really needs. An Automated Future . Automation is critical,” said Emenecker. “As

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Southwest Commits to Groups with Simplified Booking, Investment in Routes and People

Smart Meetings

The new portal allows for easy research, real-time quotes, automated proposals and tracking in one place. The goal was to introduce a digital hospitality and group platform based on the building blocks tested for the transient traveler by IMEX 23. Individual travelers can still earn and manage loyalty points.

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TIS2023 will delve into how to attract talent and foster leadership in the new era of tourism

Travel Daily Media

Top speakers will address the industry roadmap to address the talent shortage in the sector and proposals on how to attract and retain the right people to serve travelers in their businesses and destinations correctly.

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Hotel Strikes May Soon Widen to Hawaii, Boston and San Francisco

Smart Meetings

Our proposal is to make one job enough to live on in Hawaii,” Eric Gill, Local 5 secretary-treasurer, told Associated Press. Year-round health benefits and worker protection against automation are reportedly among the major issues on the negotiating table.

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Guide to Digitizing Hotel Upselling and Cross-Selling: Strategies and Tools

AltexSoft Travel

In hospitality, upsells may include things like. room upgrades — proposing guests upgrade their choice of the room during or even after booking, say, from a standard room to a mini-suite — and. Modern realities, on the other hand, provide various tech solutions that digitize and automate these processes. Source: Pinterest.

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

AltexSoft Travel

Sustainability in hotels and hospitality industry. Hotels, vacation rentals , alternative accommodations , and other hospitality companies are huge consumers of resources and producers of waste. To learn more about IoT, automation, and other smart hotel technologies, check our recent post. Brussels Airlines Compensaid platform.