RideAustin is a non-profit ridesharing alternative set up in the wake of Uber and Lyft leaving town.
Uber and Lyft have both stopped operating in Austin, Texas, after the City Council ruled that the companies would have to do fingerprint-based background checks on their drivers, clearly mark their cars with the company logo and other...
Alan Young, Co-Founder of Puzzle Partner
Last week I had the opportunity to serve as a panelist on Leonardo’s webinar, “Strategies to Thrive in Today’s Complex Travel Shopping Journey.” In this day and age, it’s a topic on every hoteliers mind.
The travel industry boasts one of the most complex digital landscapes out...
TrustYou releases third annual interactive ‘Advent calendar’, providing daily travel trends, tips and insights throughout December.
Today, TrustYou has unveiled its third annual interactive digital ‘Advent Calendar’ packed with all new industry trends, insights, and best practices.
The digital calendar, titled, “24 Days...
Acquisition Increases Uniguest’s Customer Base to Over 10,000 Locations Worldwide And Enhances Uniguest’s Industry Leading Portfolio Of Guest-Facing Technology Solutions
Nashville-based Uniguest (www.uniguest.com), the world’s leading provider of secure and fully managed guest- facing technologies to the hospitality industry,...
In one of the largest social sampling programs to date, Heineken is leveraging Facebook and Twitter to give away free beers to smartphone owners at participating restaurants and bars.
Experiential marketing platform Gratafy announces a partnership with Heineken USAgiving thousands of legal-age consumers across the country a glass or...
The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN) announced the acquisition of AS Digital, a leading provider of restaurant table and reservation management solutions. Based in Australia, AS Digital will expand The Priceline Group's global footprint in the digital restaurant reservation booking business, following the Group's acquisition of OpenTable...
By Michelle Marquis, Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Initiatives at NAVIS
These days, the guest journey has grown more complex. On a typical day in 2015, millions of people worldwide will book lodging accommodations. The exponential growth of the internet and the use of mobile devices by travelers who shop, plan, and book...
Mobile is helping quick service restaurants and dining chains extend the customer experience beyond restaurant doors by rolling out wait list features within their applications to show available times and enable consumers to inform the restaurant of their own expected arrival.
Brands including Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and...
Foodscene lets food enthusiasts create their own food column, which will consist of pieces of food writing, called "chapters".
The writing experience is clean, and there are no pre-defined templates that limits creativity. In addition to their own writing, users can populate their column with chapters written by other users, a nice...
Coffee giant Starbucks has launched a branded smartphone touch case, which will automatically order and pay for the user’s favorite coffee.
Approximately 4 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year, so any product that makes it quicker and easier for customers to order their daily grind is a welcome development. We have already...