Live Show 176 December 21st 2018
“How Facebook will ruin the internet for the ‘nice guys'”
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CoHosts
Robert Cole
Edward StOnge
Show Notes
00:04 — Facebooks admission of data sharing yet again
00:23 — PhocusWire’s newsmakers of the year 2018
00:47 — Natural Light, Juice Shots And No Bathtubs — Inside Marriott’s Bold New Redesign
00:56 — Chip taking over AHLA
TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #176:
Top Story
1. PhocusWire’s newsmakers of the year 2018
https://www.phocuswire.com/Travel-newsmakers-of-the-year-2018
Brands
2. Natural Light, Juice Shots And No Bathtubs — Inside Marriott’s Bold New Redesign
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2018/12/18/natural-light-juice-shots-and-no-bathtubs-inside-marriotts-bold-new-redesign/#7ba80a7d3d33
3. Venture Capital Shows Growing Interest in New Hospitality Models: What Are the Risks?
Venture Capital Shows Growing Interest in New Hospitality Models: What Are the Risks?
4. Dual-Branded Hotels: Beware Expectations of Significant Operating Efficiencies
Dual-Branded Hotels: Beware Expectations of Significant Operating Efficiencies
5. Hospitality Isn’t Just for Hotels
Intermediaries
6. Booking Holdings Faces a Hotel Chain Challenge in U.S. Competition With Expedia
Booking Holdings Faces a Hotel Chain Challenge in U.S. Competition With Expedia
7. Airbnb boosts hotel visibility with homepage refresh, new filter
https://www.phocuswire.com/airbnb-hotel-web-updates
8. Expedia Sued for Inflating Hotel ‘Taxes and Fees’ on Reservations.com
https://www.travelpulse.com/news/features/expedia-sued-for-inflating-hotel-taxes-and-fees-on-reservationscom.html
Marketing
9. Bill Slawski’s Hardest SEO Quiz You’ll Ever Take – 2018 Edition
Bill Slawski’s Hardest SEO Quiz You’ll Ever Take – 2018 Edition
10. 10 Trends That Will Shape Business Travel and Spend Management in 2019, and Beyond
https://www.concur.com/newsroom/article/business-travel-spend-management-trends-2019
11. Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/influencers-are-faking-brand-deals/578401/
Tech
12. Nvidia’s Scary AI Generates Humans That Look 100% Real
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/nvidia-ai-faces-generative-adversarial-network,news-28869.html
13. The Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Nightmare Came True
https://gizmodo.com/the-amazon-alexa-eavesdropping-nightmare-came-true-1831231490
14. Industries must adopt ethics along with technology
Ruh-Roh
15. Facebook’s Latest Privacy Screwup Shows How Facebook’s Worst Enemy Is Still Facebook
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181219/10370941268/facebooks-latest-privacy-screwup-shows-how-facebooks-worst-enemy-is-still-facebook.shtml