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Drive your hotel’s success with a dynamic pricing intelligence

💸 Hoteliers use rate intelligence for competitive edge as of Dec 3, 2024. SiteMinder offers a data-rich platform with tools to unify data, create reports, and save time. Features include Business Intelligence for daily rate optimization, a Channel Manager for real-time offer deployment, and a Booking Engine to maximize rates through direct sales on various platforms. More information can be found on SiteMinder's website.
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Thanksgiving 2024 travel reached new heights

📆 The FAA reported a record 232,000 flights scheduled and over 12 million travelers at TSA checkpoints during the Thanksgiving weekend, November 24-28, 2024. Despite the surge, airlines were prepared, with flight cancellations at only 0.3% and delays at 1.2%. These figures represent the industry's resilience and improved passenger experience.
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Marketing Trends 2025

💸 Kantar’s Brand Inclusion Index 2024 reveals that nearly 80% of people globally, especially Gen Z, Millennials, LGBTQ+, and those with disabilities, consider a brand’s diversity and inclusion efforts when making purchases. High-growth, underserved populations prioritize these values even more, with 89% in emerging economies versus 71% in developed markets. By 2050, 1 in 4 individuals will be African, highlighting the need for brands to adapt to a diversifying customer base in 2025. - Valeria Piaggio & Ndeye Diagne.
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Lemongrass Annual Travel Trend Report 2025

🏖 Over the past year, the tourism industry embraced changes like combating overtourism, integrating technology, shorter getaways, and lifestyle shifts for extended travel. Travel trends predicted for 2024 have become common, despite economic challenges and artificial intelligence advancements. The industry continues to adapt to societal trends and environmental concerns.
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Spain’s new law demands more personal data from tourists

🛫 Spain's 'Traveler Registry', beginning Dec 2, 2024, mandates travel entities to collect personal information, sparking privacy and cost concerns. Travel agencies call it a "bureaucratic nightmare", while hoteliers, including CEHAT, fear damage to Spain's tourist image. Royal Decree 933/2021 requires details like full names, gender, ID, nationality, and family relationships, potentially overstepping privacy and affecting industry appeal.
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Survey reveals gaps in corporate travel policies

📌 A Booking.com for Business survey, dated Dec 2, 2024, involving more than 600 U.S. business travelers and decision-makers, reveals confusion about company travel policies. While 76% claim awareness, only 32% understand the inclusion of medical and travel insurance, against 45% of decision-makers. Discrepancies also exist regarding class of travel, accommodations, and loyalty points usage.
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Booking.com launches AI-powered tool for hoteliers

📱 The AI Tech Stack Advisor tool, launched on Dec 2, 2024, provides personalized tech assessments for hoteliers, leveraging HotelTechReport's database. It recommends channel managers, revenue systems, upselling, and CRM platforms, offering a "Digital Transformation Score" for benchmarking and progress tracking. The tool benefits Booking.com's connectivity partners by connecting them with hotels seeking to improve their technology. Read more at yahoo!finance.
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