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Auberge de la Cassagne & Spa
To address these challenges, the Auberge de Cassagne & Spa selected D-EDGE’s Premium Website solution combined with dedicated SEO and SEA services. This integrated approach enables the hotel to elevate its online presence, strengthen direct sales, and simplify the daily management of its digital strategy. With D-EDGE’s Website, SEO and SEA solutions, the hotel can…
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Why every platform is becoming an entertainment company — and why ads, as we knew them, didn’t survive the transition. A lot of people look at what’s happening right now and think this is just… | Colin McRae | 16 comments
Why every platform is becoming an entertainment company — and why ads, as we knew them, didn’t survive the transition. A lot of people look at what’s happening right now and think this is just experimentation. Platforms testing new formats. Brands dabbling in content. Creators getting bigger deals. That’s not what this is. What’s actually…
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Hospitality’s Quiet Reboot: Why the Next 12 Months Will Redefine How Hotels Actually Work
Most conversations about AI in hospitality still revolve around tools: chatbots, copilots, dashboards, and automation pilots. That framing is already outdated. The real shift underway – now accelerating into 2026 – is not about what AI can do, but how hotels are organized, governed, and run. And it is happening quietly, property by property, decision…
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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
The decision made this winter by ReaderLink to stop distributing mass market paperback books at the end of 2025 was the latest blow to a format that has seen its popularity decline for years. According to Circana BookScan, mass market unit sales plunged from 131 million in 2004 to 21 million in 2024, a drop…
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How Travelers Decide a Destination Is Worth It
You’re already doing the work on reviews. You’re watching TripAdvisor, responding on Google, tracking your destination’s star rating. This isn’t just a reputation problem. It’s a revenue problem.Meanwhile, someone just closed six tabs and decided to go somewhere else. You’ll never know why. If your conversion rate from “interested” to “booked” is flat while awareness…
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NEW Research: AIs are highly inconsistent when recommending brands or products; marketers should take care when tracking AI visibility
The Problem: For the last few years, companies have been investing inordinate sums into AI tracking and AI visibility for their brands and products. $100M+/yr is already estimated to be spent on this new version of search analytics and yet, I could find absolutely no research showing whether AI tools are consistent enough, when prompted…
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Workflow Automation, Decoded: RobosizeME to Host Educational Webinar for Hotel Groups
PRAGUE – RobosizeME, a leader in hotel workflow automation, is announcing a no-sales-pitch webinar aimed at hotel executives who want to get ahead with a silent but critical problem: operational inefficiency caused by manual, repetitive processes. Tailored for hotel groups, the session will be hosted on Monday, February 23, 2026, at 1:00 PM GMT. It…
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Amazon to close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores
SEATTLE — Amazon is shutting down all of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go physical grocery and convenience stores as it shifts focus toward Whole Foods Market and faster online grocery delivery, marking the end of the company’s decade-long experiment with Amazon-branded brick-and-mortar grocery stores.The move affects 72 locations nationwide, including 57 Amazon Fresh stores…
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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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The week in charts
The Week in Charts Enterprise software, fashion retail growth, and more Share this email The Week in Charts series offers data visualizations that help explain a changing world. In case you missed them, this week’s graphics explored enterprise software pricing, fashion retail growth, and economic optimism. Share…
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