“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

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

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