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Robert Cole
Tim Peter
Stuart Butler
Edward StOnge

Show Notes
00:04 — Digital trends to watch in 2019
00:21 — Marriott cuts current-quarter forecast on weak North America demand
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TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #162:

Top Story

1. Digital trends to watch in 2019
http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/291331/Digital-trends-to-watch-in-2019

Brands

2. Marriott cuts current-quarter forecast on weak North America demand
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/marriotts-revenue-slips-220530302–sector.html

3. Buyers See Limited Upside in Hotel Acquisitions
https://www.nreionline.com/hotel/buyers-see-limited-upside-hotel-acquisitions

Intermediaries

4. Booking Holdings Makes Major Pivot Toward Merchant Hotel Bookings

Booking Holdings Makes Major Pivot Toward Prepaid Hotel Bookings

5. TripAdvisor Inc. 2018 Q3 – Results – Earnings Call Slides
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4219935-tripadvisor-inc-2018-q3-results-earnings-call-slides

Marketing

6. How to help today’s impatient customers on every step of the purchase journey
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/consumer-insights/purchase-journey-assistance/

7. Key takeaways from 5 real China Experts for hoteliers
https://www.traveldailynews.asia/key-takeaways-from-5-real-china-experts-for-hoteliers

8. For a More Creative Brain, Travel
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/for-a-more-creative-brain-travel/388135/

1. Why Is Sex Better in Hotel Rooms?
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-is-sex-better-in-hotel-rooms

Tech

9. Amadeus Revs Up Spending for Product Development

Amadeus Revs Up Spending for Product Development

10. Tim Berners-Lee launches campaign to save the web from abuse
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/05/tim-berners-lee-launches-campaign-to-save-the-web-from-abuse

11. Videc’s Startup Periodical
US: https://videc.co/knowledge-center/videcs-startups-periodical/vspus3.html
Asia/Pacific: http://videc.co/knowledge-center/videcs-startups-periodical/apac2.html
Europe: https://www.videc.co/videc-startup-periodical-eu2.html
Middle East: https://videc.co/videc-startup-periodical-me1.html
South America: https://videc.co/knowledge-center/videcs-startups-periodical/southamerica1.html

Ruh-Roh

12. Radisson Hotel hack shows vulnerability of hospitality industry

Radisson Hotel hack shows vulnerability of hospitality industry