Jour : 8 août 2025
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Dubai to Riyadh, how the Middle East became the world’s leading hospitality region
The Middle East’s transformation into a global hospitality powerhouse is a story of vision, investment and relentless ambition. Two decades ago, Dubai presented an emerging urban landscape—marked by sand dunes and limited infrastructure. Today, it stands as a global icon of architectural innovation and hospitality leadership, boasting the world’s tallest building, expansive man-made islands and…
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Air Traffic Control Ruined Your Flight
2024 was a record year for Air Traffic Control (ATC) delays due to National ATCs across Europe being mismanaged and short staffed. Despite these soaring ATC delays, the EU Commission and Transport Ministers – who are responsible for National ATC services – still did not take action to recruit and train sufficient Air Traffic Controllers…
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Genie 3: A new frontier for world models
Acknowledgments Genie 3 was made possible due to key research and engineering contributions from Phil Ball, Jakob Bauer, Frank Belletti, Bethanie Brownfield, Ariel Ephrat, Shlomi Fruchter, Agrim Gupta, Kristian Holsheimer, Aleks Holynski, Jiri Hron, Christos Kaplanis, Marjorie Limont, Matt McGill, Yanko Oliveira, Jack Parker-Holder, Frank Perbet, Guy Scully, Jeremy Shar, Stephen Spencer, Omer Tov, Ruben…
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Uncovering Meta’s Full Advertising Impact | Fospha
A study of 6 brands who graduated from Last Click to Fospha’s incremental full-funnel measurement. This study explores:Why this research mattersLast Click is still common because it’s simple and familiar—the data is easy to organize and easy to explain to a colleague. However, as customer journeys grow more complex and data signals decline, there is…
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OpenAI ChatGPT 5.0 drops – see the travel business example they used to demo its capabilities
TourRadar goes all in on creators This week TourRadar dropped the big announcement of their $1M partner fund. In s post on his LinkedIn account, Founder Travis Pittman said “we believe the future of travel is shared, not sold ».” Pittman explained further that this is “Our biggest bet yet on people-powered discovery and social commerce.…
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Independent Hotel Show opens registration for 2025
Registration is now open for Independent Hotel Show 2025, in partnership with James Hallam, returning to Olympia London on 6–7 October. The Independent Hotel Show is the UK’s only trade show dedicated entirely to the boutique, independent and luxury hotel sector. Each year, Independent Hotel Show welcomes thousands of hoteliers, interior designers, and hospitality decision-makers…
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Update: The case for European Travel and Mobility Tech – TNMT
“The United States innovates while Europe regulates (and China replicates).” That’s the kind of narrative we’ve been hearing a lot lately, especially from across the Atlantic. A narrative that paints Europe as a continent of red tape, not rocket ships. One that suggests we’re better at reinventing bottle caps than building breakout tech companies. Case…
