Tag: hospitality

Since 2006, Entertainment Solutions has developed and implemented interactive connectivity solutions that enhance the guest experience. The company specializes in providing services to hotels and has a presence in more than 100,000 rooms in over 60 countries. It also provides connectivity solutions for hospitals, stadiums, and airports. Entertainment Solutions’ mission is to be recognized as […]

“Can you imagine if we all moved to the cloud?” It sounds like a perfect tagline for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) commercial, doesn’t it? Shawn Seaton, Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture and Distinguished Cloud Architect for Choice Hotels, posed this question to the audience at AWS re:Invent 2022 during the session, Transforming hospitality for the […]

Welcome to 2023! It’s no secret that 2022 was a great year for travel and hospitality companies, with many reporting record quarterly and fiscal year earnings. This financial strength can be attributed to their ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences while optimizing their operational efficiency. However, in 2022, travel and hospitality companies also faced challenges […]

AWS re:Invent 2022 was back in full swing this year with a robust audience and equally robust roster of new service and feature releases. Throughout the sessions, we heard travel and hospitality customers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) leaders discuss the importance of data, security, and sustainability. Here is a list of the top announcements […]

“You can’t innovate around the core.” This has become a common topic of conversation with travel and hospitality companies that are saddled with legacy systems and platforms that are 30 years old or older. I spoke to this issue recently at the Skift Global Forum, where we shared survey data that found that 36 percent […]

Founded in 2013, Deliveroo works with more than 140,000 restaurants, 10,000 grocery partners and 150,000 riders, delivering meals in over 800 cities across Europe and Asia. When Deliveroo turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2017, meeting demand was a key challenge. Using AWS has allowed Deliveroo to improve service quality, reducing food delivery times by […]

The concept of digital transformation has been around for quite some time, having achieved buzzword status in most corporate circles. In the hospitality and travel industry, executives have been talking about it for nearly 10 years, but many are still trying to understand what it really means. One thing I have learned by working with […]

AWS and Tealium, an AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency Partner, recently co-hosted an event in the heart of Miami, Florida to bring together hospitality and technology industry leaders from across the region. Leaders from major cruise lines, hotel and resort groups, and automotive and high-tech organizations came together at one of the Brickell area’s most […]

A new e-book is now available: Building “What’s Next” in Travel and Hospitality featuring insights from AWS executives, AWS customer stories, solutions from 20 AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency Partners and an exclusive offer from Amazon Advertising. All these are designed to help the industry get on the road to recovery and build what’s next […]

  PathSpot provides the travel and hospitality industry a hygiene management system designed to protect businesses and their customers from contaminants and ensure effective and frequent handwashing. PathSpot has raised over $10M in venture funding to date, most recently a $6.5M Series A led by Valor Siren Ventures. PathSpot has been featured as one of […]