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Shopify stores are now live on ChatGPT. Only Glossier, SKIMS, and Spanx for now but I expect this will ramp up very quickly. The black Buy button is new – it allows buying without leaving ChatGPT… | Juozas Kaziukėnas
Shopify stores are now live on ChatGPT. Only Glossier, SKIMS, and Spanx for now but I expect this will ramp up very quickly. The black Buy button is new – it allows buying without leaving ChatGPT. Three clicks, click confirm, and you are done. They announced this nearly two months ago together with Etsy integration.…
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Accor extends the Orient Express legacy to large-format yachting
The shift to the slipway marks the formal transition from design engineering to large-scale industrial assembly, following the initial steel cutting completed on 30 January 2025. The operation — which involved placing the first of 17 steel blocks on the tins — confirms both the technical validation and the long-term capital commitment underpinning Orient Express…
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Mag HON 360-361: Existing asset transactions maintain their pace
The hospitality asset class alone accounted for around 18% of total real estate investment activity in 2024. The number of transactions rose, exceeding one hundred deals over the year, almost exclusively single-asset transactions with only a few portfolio deals. Activity was largely concentrated in Paris and the Île-de-France region, which represented two-thirds of total volume…
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AH&LA President & CEO Testifies Before Congress; Calls on Members to Bolster Travel and Tourism Sector
Rosanna Maietta, President and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), today testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade to emphasize the central role hotels play in the U.S. economy. Maietta urged action on key policy issues that will shape the future of American travel and tourism…
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The feature story I’m proudest of at Skift (so far) is The New Science of Hotel Pricing. While reporting, I learned that hotel pricing used to be guided by gut instinct and an obession with… | Sean O’Neill | 11 comments
The feature story I’m proudest of at Skift (so far) is The New Science of Hotel Pricing. While reporting, I learned that hotel pricing used to be guided by gut instinct and an obession with occupancy. A « putting heads in beds » mentality left money on the table. Today operators are changing how they run their…
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The feature story I’m proudest of at Skift (so far) is The New Science of Hotel Pricing. While reporting, I learned that hotel pricing used to be guided by gut instinct and an obession with… | Sean O’Neill | 11 comments
The feature story I’m proudest of at Skift (so far) is The New Science of Hotel Pricing. While reporting, I learned that hotel pricing used to be guided by gut instinct and an obession with occupancy. A “putting heads in beds” mentality left money on the table. Today operators are changing how they run their…
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The 2026 travel trend reports have started flooding in (and it’s not even December). Keeping up is nearly impossible. So let me save you a few hours of scrolling. I read and assessed the first… | Lennart Dobravsky | 10 comments
The 2026 travel trend reports have started flooding in (and it’s not even December). Keeping up is nearly impossible. So let me save you a few hours of scrolling. I read and assessed the first dozen 2026 travel outlook reports and mapped the eight major ones into a simple framework to evaluate insight quality (not…
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The 2026 travel trend reports have started flooding in (and it’s not even December). Keeping up is nearly impossible. So let me save you a few hours of scrolling. I read and assessed the first… | Lennart Dobravsky | 10 comments
The 2026 travel trend reports have started flooding in (and it’s not even December). Keeping up is nearly impossible. So let me save you a few hours of scrolling. I read and assessed the first dozen 2026 travel outlook reports and mapped the eight major ones into a simple framework to evaluate insight quality (not…
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Saving Your Customer Time Shows Respect
A customer takes the time to buy a product, which could include research, visits to a store, calls to a salesperson, and many other tasks that go into a pre-purchase routine. So once they buy it, the work should be over. But sometimes it’s not. Something goes wrong, or the customer may have a question.…
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Winning the holiday rush: Last-minute moves that convert | a Revinate webinar
The holiday rush is here, and last-minute bookings don’t have to mean missed opportunities. This week, we’re featuring a webinar from our series, Hotel Moment Deep Dive, with Angela Berkey, Senior Director, Reservation Sales & CRM, CoralTree Hospitality, and Revinators Anisha Yadav, VP Customer, and Melissa McMullin, Product Marketing Manager. You’ll hear smart strategies for…
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