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Stuart Butler
Robert Cole
Edward StOnge

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TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #162:

Top Story

1. hotelAVE Hospitality Dashboard (3Q 2018)
http://hotelave.blazonco.com/files/dashboards/hotelAVE%203Q18%20Dashboard%20Final.jpg

Brands

2. Analyzing the Marriott/SPG Integration: Success, Failure or Something In-Between?

Analyzing the Marriott/SPG Integration: Success, Failure or Something In-Between?

3. How Hostels Became Poshtels: The Remaking of a Backpacker’s Hangout
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-hostels-became-poshtels

Intermediaries

4. HotelTonight ends mobile-only strategy with desktop addition
https://www.phocuswire.com/hoteltonight-desktop

5. An Italian Court Sent a Man to Jail for Writing Fake TripAdvisor Reviews
https://qz.com/quartzy/1388969/writing-fake-tripadvisor-reviews-got-a-man-sent-to-jail-in-italy/

6. Google launches Touring Bird with 25,000 experiences in 20 cities
https://www.phocuswire.com/Google-launches-touring-bird

Marketing

7. Hotel Demand: The Overlooked Metric
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hotel-demand-overlooked-metric-stephen-hennis-mai-ishc-cha/

8. The influence of incidental affect and mood-changing price on online booking intention
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JHTT-07-2016-0036

9. Google’s latest change has search marketers rethinking keyword match types
https://searchengineland.com/googles-latest-change-has-search-marketers-rethinking-keyword-match-types-305278

Tech

10. Caesars Entertainment Partners with IBM and Salesforce, Leveraging Technology to Deliver Transformative VIP Experiences
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/caesars-entertainment-partners-with-ibm-and-salesforce-leveraging-technology-to-deliver-transformative-vip-experiences-300711945.html

11. Microservices: The Future of Cloud-Based Technology for Hotels

Microservices: The Future of Cloud-Based Technology for Hotels

Ruh-Roh

12. ‘Food Influencers’ Are Livid After Getting Tricked By A PR Firm

‘Food Influencers’ Are Livid After Getting Tricked By A PR Firm