Live Show 165 October 5th 2018
“How to Beat AirBnB at its Own ‘Game'”
Live Show Player
Co Hosts
Edward StOnge
Stuart Butler
Valyn Perinii
Robert Cole
Show Notes
00:04 — Old Unicorn, New Tricks: Airbnb Has A Sky-High Valuation. Here’s Its Audacious Plan To Earn It
00:23 — How can you counter the AirBnB effect in you market — find what you have they don’t / stop being a faceless entity / remember you are a professional hospitality host they are amateurs
00:30 — Hopper nabs $100M, wants to be “number-one mobile travel marketplace in the world”
00:48 — The role hotels will play in the future of distribution
01:15 — What rate strategies are good rate strategies and does voice AI change any of them?
01:45 == Show ends
TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #165:
Top Story
1. Old Unicorn, New Tricks: Airbnb Has A Sky-High Valuation. Here’s Its Audacious Plan To Earn It
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2018/10/03/old-unicorn-new-tricks-airbnb-has-a-sky-high-valuation-heres-its-audacious-plan-to-earn-it/#1087ef636fa3
Brands
2. Hilton, Hyatt, and Blackstone Eyeing Belmond Hotels
3. Oyo’s $1 Billion Fundraising Raises Strategy Questions for Hotel Chains
Oyo’s $1 Billion Fundraising Raises Strategy Questions for Hotel Chains
4. Leading Hotels of the World Revamps Its Loyalty Program
Intermediaries
5. Hopper nabs $100M, wants to be “number-one mobile travel marketplace in the world”
https://www.phocuswire.com/Hopper-100M-Series-D
6. Booking Holdings: Best Metrics In OTA Sector But Fairly Priced
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4209972-booking-holdings-best-metrics-ota-sector-fairly-priced
Marketing
7. The role hotels will play in the future of distribution
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/290763/The-role-hotels-will-play-in-the-future-of-distribution
8. Luxury Brands Launch College Tours to Meet Maturing Gen Zers
Luxury Brands Launch College Tours to Meet Maturing Gen Zers
9. 4 Trends Defining Tourism Marketing in 2018
Tech
10. Marriott’s insights on future of tech infrastructure
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/290635/Marriotts-insights-on-future-of-tech-infrastructure
11. Ian Schrager on How Hotels Get Technology Wrong
12. Exclusive: Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web
https://www.fastcompany.com/90243936/exclusive-tim-berners-lee-tells-us-his-radical-new-plan-to-upend-the-world-wide-web
Ruh-Roh
13. New Zealand: Hand over phone password at border or face $3,200 fine
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/asia/new-zealand-customs-passwords-intl/index.html