Category: Travel and Hospitality

Bill Magnuson is the cofounder and CEO of Braze, joins David Solomito, WW Head, Marketing for AWS Travel and Hospitality, for a broad-ranging discussion around how AWS Partners are helping customers build resilience and prepare for what’s next in travel and hospitality. During this unprecedented time for the industry, we have been inspired by the […]

Sean Corkery, Chief Executive Officer at Datalex, joins Judy Pitchford, WW Head, Travel for AWS Travel and Hospitality, for a broad-ranging discussion around how AWS Partners are helping customers build resilience and prepare for what’s next in travel and hospitality. During this unprecedented time for the industry, we have been inspired by the innovations that […]

Heidi Bullock, Chief Marketing Officer for Tealium, joins Joanna Todd, WW Head, Accommodations and Lodging for AWS Travel and Hospitality, for a broad-ranging discussion around how AWS Partners are helping customers build resilience and prepare for what’s next in travel and hospitality. During this unprecedented time for the industry, we have been inspired by the […]

Imagine a young child who aspired to drive a Ferrari by the age of seven on a public road. Would you let them? Unlikely. You would counsel them on what they need to do, why, and, critically, build a number of steps for them to achieve this goal. After all, who would let a toddler […]

Kevin Tate, Chief Marketing Officer for Rigado, joins Steven Elinson, WW Head, Restaurants and Food Service for AWS Travel and Hospitality, for a broad-ranging discussion around how AWS Partners are helping customers build resilience and prepare for what’s next in travel and hospitality. During this unprecedented time for the industry, we have been inspired by […]

This post is authored by Rob Anson, CEO of Loop Insights — There’s no doubt that the pandemic has devastated the travel and hospitality industry. A recent policy brief from the United Nations reports the COVID-19 pandemic will cost the global tourism industry over $1 trillion in losses and threaten 100 million jobs. Today, 50 […]

This is typically a time to reflect back on the year that was. That is particularly true this year, and especially for the travel and hospitality industry. As much as any industry (if not more so), global travel and hospitality organizations have been deeply impacted by the effects of the current global pandemic. Subsequent restrictions […]

With so many launches and announcements of new services and major features during re:Invent, it can be hard to keep track of the most relevant ones for the travel and hospitality industry. Of the many announcements, three stood out as game changers for our travel and hospitality customers at this crucial time for the industry: […]

Travel and hospitality has been greatly impacted by the pandemic: an industry that has already been preparing for long-term transformation. The AWS Travel and Hospitality practice is keenly aware of this and remains customer-focused and long-term oriented as many challenges can only be addressed with technology and transformation. Today we are announcing the AWS Travel and […]

I have looked forward to participating in AWS re:Invent for many years, the annual cloud computing conference hosted by Amazon Web Services in Las Vegas for 60,000 attendees for some time. While the Vegas-based conference will be virtual this year, I find myself even more excited, as it now means that all who wish to […]