Category: Travel and Hospitality

There were 85+ new service and feature releases over the course of AWS re:Invent 2021, alongside opportunities to hear directly from leading Travel and Hospitality organizations. AWS has the longest experience, and offers the deepest and broadest set of services among cloud providers with over 200 services and features – and re:Invent 2021 did not […]

David “Rev” Ciancio, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Handcraft Burgers and Brew, located at 110 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018 joins Steven M. Elinson, AWS’ Head of Worldwide Restaurants and Food Services, for a broad-ranging discussion about his industry experience, continuous reinvention, and the upcoming launch of his latest restaurant concept. True […]

Dr. Patrick Andrae, Co-founder and CEO of HomeToGo, joins David Peller, Managing Director, Travel and Hospitality for AWS, to discuss the company’s recent initial public offering (IPO), reflections on the past year, and what innovations born out of disruptions will last well into the future. HomeToGo successfully listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on September […]

We have an exciting re:Invent 2021 planned for customers in the travel and hospitality industry. This year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) heads back to Las Vegas to celebrate 10 years of AWS re:Invent with five keynotes, 20+ leadership sessions, and over 1,200 breakout and interactive sessions from November 29 through December 3—including several industry-specific sessions […]

Consumer brands operate in an ever-changing world. Over 600k businesses open each year in the US alone, and nearly as many close. Surviving as a consumer brand in this highly competitive and evolving industry requires ever-more innovative strategies when creating a market development strategy. And success requires thorough analyses of the prospective market. Location data […]

Today we are excited to announce the launch of Alexa Smart Properties for Hospitality in the UK. From today, solution providers and UK properties can start integrating Alexa’s world-class AI into valuable end-to-end experiences at scale. Alexa Smart Properties simplifies tasks for guests like playing music, ordering room service, calling the front desk and even […]

Time to start the streamlining data exchange process – we can help make it a reality Up until 2019, the travel and hospitality industry experienced unprecedented growth. Airlines carried over 4.5B passengers (IATA), as well as the U.S. hotel industry registered record breaking performance and record profit margin. Digital transformation was in full swing. Moreover, […]

This has been a disruptive 18 months for travel and hospitality companies, and how this pandemic will end remains ill-defined and elusive. The industry disruption is now all too familiar: airplanes idled, airport terminals shuttered, and hotels and dining rooms closed. This was a wakeup call for the travel and hospitality industry. New demands were […]

Amazon’s culture of customer obsession and AWS Cloud technology can help airports build what’s next in travel. I recently joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) to lead the worldwide airport industry segment. I’ve worked in airport technology for more than 20 years and I’ve seen airports use new technologies to continuously improve and increase capacity. As a […]

Travel booking websites were hit hard during the worldwide lockdowns during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Steep drops in airline travel meant every booking was critical, and delighting customers was essential to ensuring loyalty and repeat business. Furthermore, data privacy and security is more important than ever, as any breech becomes front page news, potentially damaging […]