“GDPR is beginning to get attention”

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Marriott Finally Reveals How It Will Combine All 3 of Its Loyalty Programs

Marriott Finally Reveals How It Will Combine All 3 of Its Loyalty Programs

Brands

U.S. Hotels Are Operating at the Highest Level of Efficiency Since 1960

U.S. Hotels Are Operating at the Highest Level of Efficiency Since 1960

Hoteliers share insights on the industry’s future
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/283839/Hoteliers-share-insights-on-the-industrys-future

A Veteran Hotel Designer on the Fallacy of Instagrammable Moments

A Veteran Hotel Designer on the Fallacy of Instagrammable Moments

How the Marriott-Starwood deal almost didn’t happen
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/284230/How-the-Marriott-Starwood-deal-almost-didnt-happen

Marketing

Banishing the pricing monster that the industry created
https://www.phocuswire.com/New-approach-customer-pricing-hotel

How to better convert online direct bookings
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/284131/How-to-better-convert-online-direct-bookings

A measure of influence: Can you trust influencer marketing to deliver real engagement that leads to sales?
https://www.tnooz.com/article/a-measure-of-influence-can-you-trust-influencer-marketing-to-deliver-real-engagement-that-leads-to-sales/

Intermediaries

Airbnb makes foray into events with meeting planner tool
https://www.phocuswire.com/Airbnb-for-events

Booking Holdings CEO: We’re on the Road Toward Going Full-Service

Booking Holdings CEO: We’re on the Road Toward Going Full-Service

Booking Holdings CEO on the Foolishness of a Short-Term Focus

Booking Holdings CEO on the Foolishness of a Short-Term Focus

Booking Holdings buys FareHarbor in push for share of tours and activities
https://www.phocuswire.com/Booking-aquires-FareHarbor

Tech

Amazon Prime has 100 million-plus Prime memberships — here’s how HBO, Netflix and Tinder compare
https://www.recode.net/2018/4/19/17257942/amazon-prime-100-million-subscribers-hulu-hbo-tinder-members

A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes

A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes

Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-admits-tracking-users-and-non-users-off-site

3 Ways Apple’s ARKit Will Revolutionize E-Commerce

3 Ways Apple’s ARKit Will Revolutionize E-Commerce

Ruh-Roh

How to Get High With a Client
https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/how-to-get-high-with-a-client.html