Catรฉgorieย : Strategy
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#hospitality #technology #innovation #datadriven #blent #hospitality #technologie #innovation #datadriven #blent | Nicolas Horvath | 20 comments
๐ Exciting news to share! Iโm delighted to announce that Iโve joined Blent.io as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Blent.io โ Hospitalityโs Superbrain โ is redefining how our industry leverages data with powerful, accessible, and intuitive business intelligence solutions. I believe we are standing at the edge of a major shift in the way hotels manageโฆ
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If Netflix buys Warner Bros. Entertainment, forget โstreaming wars.โ Wars imply two sides. This is Netflix walking into the battlefield, nuking everyone elseโs supply lines, and then selling brandedโฆ | Pesach Lattin
If Netflix buys Warner Bros. Entertainment, forget โstreaming wars.โ Wars imply two sides. This is Netflix walking into the battlefield, nuking everyone elseโs supply lines, and then selling branded six-packs of Budweiser to the survivors. They already have 301.6 million subscribersโmore than Disney+ and Max combinedโand Warner brings Harry Potter, DC, HBO, and a centuryโฆ
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I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
For decades, Mark Lemleyโs life as an intellectual property lawyer was orderly enough. Heโs a professor at Stanford University and has consulted for Amazon, Google, and Meta. โI always enjoyed that the area I practice in has largely been apolitical,โ Lemley tells me. Whatโs more, his democratic values neatly aligned with those of the companiesโฆ
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AEO (Answer Engine Optimization): Winning in a conversational world | Chandrasekhar Venugopal (CV) | 12 comments
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข (๐๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป). ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต? Iโve been digging into Ethan Smith’s work (CEO at Graphite) – one of the sharper minds translating SEO into the AI era. A few insights stand out: ย ๐ญ. ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ > ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐: Not more traffic, but better traffic. ย ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐น: Winningโฆ
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Bridging the gap – solving retail mediaโs fragmentation challenge
Tom Priestman, director of client services at Nectar360, explores how retail media has grown into one of the most powerful strategies in advertising, and why solving fragmentation is the next frontier in unlocking greater brand value.Retail media has rapidly evolved into a key marketing channel. It is reshaping how brands connect with customers using dataโฆ
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Synthetic Social: The Next Chapter of the Internet
Meta and OpenAI race to own the first AI-native social feed For years, the question was: What happens when AI joins our workflows? Turns out, that was just the warm-up. The real trip is: What happens when it joins our group chats? With Metaโs Vibes and OpenAIโs rumored Sora video app, weโre witnessing the birthโฆ
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๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป. They lose reasons to travel. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐๐, the pace report thins, and the reflex isโฆ | Nicolas Vorsteher | 129 comments
๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป. They lose reasons to travel. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐๐, the pace report thins, and the reflex is discounting. But rate cuts train your best guests to wait. The goal isnโt fill anything at any price. The goal is smoother demand, all year, at brand-safe ADR. How top luxuryโฆ
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I may die of boredom if I see another macaron or fruit ยซย VIP amenityย ยป in a five-star hotel. Itโs always the same: a long plate, a black slate, a dome, some unnaturally glossy discs, and a note soโฆ | Paul Russell | 41 comments
I may die of boredom if I see another macaron or fruit ยซย VIP amenityย ยป in a five-star hotel. Itโs always the same: a long plate, a black slate, a dome, some unnaturally glossy discs, and a note so cloyingly sycophantic it might as well have been written by Mr Collins. โWelcome, dear guest.โ As thoughโฆ
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Luxury is not a vibe. Itโs a discipline. We talk a lot about luxury experiences like they just happen. But do you know what theyโre actually born out of? Repetition. Training. Sweat. Disciplineโฆ | Natalia Jaramillo
Luxury is not a vibe. Itโs a discipline. We talk a lot about luxury experiences like they just happen. But do you know what theyโre actually born out of? Repetition. Training. Sweat. Discipline. Passion You know what luxury has in common with world-class athletes? Expectation and hard work. Every time Michael Phelps jumped into aโฆ
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For decades, points defined loyalty in travel. But today, acquisition costs are rising, travellers are harder to win back, and loyalty has to mean more than transactions. Points are transactionalโฆ | Jeremy Jauncey
For decades, points defined loyalty in travel. But today, acquisition costs are rising, travellers are harder to win back, and loyalty has to mean more than transactions. Points are transactional. Experiences are emotional. The most forward-thinking leaders are proving that the future of loyalty is about experiences, emotions and community. But who is driving thisโฆ