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1Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announces a referral partnership with Cvent, a cloud-based event management platform, and PSAV, a technology service provider, to offer CrowdCompass by Cvent mobile apps to planners who book meetings and events at its properties worldwide. Starwood?s director of sales, new business and digital
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1Wynn Resorts is ranked number 100 out of 500 companies on?Newsweek?Magazine?s 2015 list of ?Top Green Companies in the US?. The ranking considers eight environmental performance indicators, including Energy Productivity, Water Productivity and Carbon Productivity.
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Lodging Leader Ranks #18 on World?s Most Innovative Companies List. Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) was recently named to the Forbes World?s Most Innovative Companies List, ranking as the highest hotel company and #18 overall. The World’s Most Innovative Companies is the definitive ranking of the 100
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Christopher Nassetta, Hilton Worldwide president & CEO, says Hilton Hotels are revolutionizing the hotel experience by offering guests the ability to check-in, select rooms and customize the hospitality experience all from their smartphones.
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MCLEAN, Va. – Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) today announced the designation of Home Box Office (HBO) as the preferred premium movie channel at U.S. hotel and resort properties within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio of brands. The agreement is the latest chapter in Hilton Worldwide and HBO’s longstanding relationship, which
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NEW YORK ? June 9, 2014 ? TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION?, the next generation of luxury hospitality, announces today the launch of a new digital newspaper service for guests. TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION will now provide complimentary, unlimited access to top newspapers and magazines through digital access to The Wall Street Journal, The New
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1Guests are demanding more data than ever, but according to recent research, infrastructure in the?United States?is having difficulty keeping pace with the rest of the world in terms of broadband speed and price. ?The Global Competitiveness Report 2013 ? 2014? by the World Economics Forum ranked the U.S.
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1As social media is constantly evolving, hotels are forced to come up with new and innovative ways to stay connected with their guests. While many have now acclimated to using various social networks, some are taking an outside-of-the-box approach to tying social media into in-person activities.
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1NEWTON, Mass.,?April 15, 2014?/PRNewswire/ —?1, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced it has reached the mobile milestone of 100 million downloads for its?1?for iPhone and Android. The number of downloads more than doubled in the past year and is up 6x from 2011. According
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1Although energy management technology has been available for almost 20 years, the hospitality sector has been slow to adopt it. That is beginning to change, as hotel operators look to improve financial performance at the property level despite a slow-moving economy. According to a new report from?Navigant Research,
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1Translate Your World, developers of language software and mobile applications, introduces its revolutionary “TYWI ?Tourism?, a suite of software that enables staff and managers to speak up to 78 languages instantly, thereby eliminating the language barrier. These unprecedented language tools are designed to help facilities attract and retain more international
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Building on the industry leading Marriott Mobile app for smartphones, Marriott Hotels announced today the addition of mobile checkout. Mobile checkout is the latest innovation from Marriott Hotels in a string of new services designed for today?s connected travelers. The flagship brand of Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) leads the