Catégorie : Tech News
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Hotels losing direct bookings to OTAs due to outdated payment systems | Shifans Rauf posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Traffic brings customers, but systems determine whether those customers return. Many travel businesses focus heavily on traffic, ads, and visibility, yet repeat customers are not formed at the top of the funnel. They are created after the booking: 1. Flights are booked, but hotel confirmations often move outside the system. 2. Bus requirements are handled…
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Instagram just launched its 1st official campaign for Instagram TV. Rumors of an Instagram CTV app started circulating back in June, then picked up pace when Adam Mosseri said Meta was actively… | Nick Tran | 32 comments
Instagram just launched its 1st official campaign for Instagram TV. Rumors of an Instagram CTV app started circulating back in June, then picked up pace when Adam Mosseri said Meta was actively exploring TV integrations. The film introduces Instagram for TV by turning the scroll itself into the idea. As Reels move upward, entire living…
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Accor leads hospitality innovation with the launch of its ALL Accor app in ChatGPT – Accor
Paris, the 29th of January 2026 – ALL Accor, the powerful booking platform and world-class loyalty program of Accor, has today announced the launch of its ALL Accor app in ChatGPT designed to enrich the experience of its growing customer base. Accor thus becomes one of the first hotel groups and French industry leader to…
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Confirmed -> ChatGPT Checkouts to Take 4% Cut of Shopify Merchant Sales Remember, Google and Bing will not take a cut. Advantage Google (again): « Merchants’ products will be available for purchase… | Glenn Gabe
Shopify has told merchants that use its commerce software that it will open up sales through AI chatbots like ChatGPT later this month, according to its site and communications with sellers. Merchants will pay OpenAI a 4% fee on sales made through ChatGPT’s checkout feature, a Shopify spokesperson confirmed, on top of typical transaction fees…
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How Gen AI is Disrupting Travel Discovery, Planning, and Booking
Jul 20, 2025
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Travel 2045: A 20-Year Outlook for the AI Era | Future of Travel | OAG
Looking up flights, hotels, and things to do on your phone is one thing. Booking them is another. And the truth is: the mobile revolution in travel would not have worked without one additional breakthrough: frictionless digital payments. Over the past two decades, online payments have quietly become one of the most transformative forces in…
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Tambourine Launches Tambourine One: Website & Booking Engine
Tambourine, the global leader in hotel marketing technology, today announced the launch of Tambourine One, a powerful new all-in-one solution that unifies Tambourine’s hotel website technology and booking engine. Designed to help hotels and resorts drive more direct bookings, Tambourine One creates a faster, more intuitive booking experience while eliminating fees that have long burdened…
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Non-room revenue is becoming a core performance driver for hotels
Why guest-centric technology and new KPIs are redefining how hotel value is created Jan 15, 2026 Traditional room-focused metrics no longer reflect how many modern hotels create value. Lifestyle hotels and resorts increasingly generate a significant share of revenue from experiences, dining, wellness, and activities rather than rooms alone. By redesigning their technology stack around…
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Google’s New Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
A Practical Guide To Get You Up and RunningYesterday was a big day for Agentic Commerce.Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, came in person to the NRF conference in New York City to present the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), launched by Google together with a broad set of partners.This is effectively Google’s answer to OpenAI Instant Checkout…
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13 of the best Nano Banana trends from 2025
It’s been a huge year for our image generation and editing model Nano Banana, starting with its debut in August as the top-rated image editing model in the world. People immediately loved the first version of the model, Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, thanks to its ability to maintain a consistent look across edits, blend photos…
