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is the correct model being used? is this representing the business? are all this questions and others being answered correctly?

"E-commerce has become a front-line issue for the hotel and travel industry, which ranked as the third highest Google advertising purchaser in recent years. "

A good insight on how Google is trying to control a lot of E-Commerce networks!

""Mobile," "social" and "cloud" are terms everyone is familiar with, not just IT folks. Event attendees are becoming savvier every day. So when they attend meetings and events, the technology transition must be seamless."

This article talks about how technology has become expected when it comes to event planning and attending events. I did my research paper on this topic and used this article as a source. It has some great information!

This article goes in depth on what emarketing is and how it's used. Emarketing is used for business to market and their business online. E-commerce goes hand in hand with Emarketing as it is also an internet venue where people can process their transactions from a business. But Emarketing does go beyond just the internet.

This article examines how 150 gigabytes of personal information including names, email address, birthdays, social media accounts and even mortgage amounts were found o be publicly available online by a contractor hired by an email marketing company to verify email addresses.

This webpage explains how attendees can update their electronic wristbands with payment information to attend the festival cash and/or card free. No liabilities mean a better time and less distractions!!

This article was a great read, especially in conjunction with the others that were provided this week. It offers additional history on the GDS, where and why it was put together and how it evolved over time. I definitely enjoyed reading it for added knowledge on a topic that I was unaware of prior to this Module.

This article talks about the benefits of adding technology to a preventative maintenance program, how it can save money and time for a building

This article is about how fish market were mislabeling fish to restaurants and grocery chains.

This article outlines how the study of tourism as an academic field has grown tremendously and experienced rapid changes. The author selected twelve major tourism journals for the research. The twelve journals received a mean quality rating above 3.0 and represented a range of importance ratings. The most frequently published topic area Tourist/Visitor Studies showed the greatest growth during an eleven-year period. The majority of articles used quantitative research designs. A much lower proportion of articles took a qualitative or mixed method approach and the remainder were review of theoretical articles. This study has tracked the rise and fall of various research topics and approaches within the broad area of tourism. It suggests that as the field has grown, research approaches and locations have become more diverse, although there is still a need to challenge some of the established and traditional methods.

Getting ahead of the curve can give a large corporation an advantage in exploring the tech first and setting a new trend.

COVID-19 has impacted the hospitality industry tremendously adding specific restrictions and social distancing guidelines that can change the way of service completely. This article covers how two employees violated social distancing guidlines and were sent to prison.

Virgin Voyages which is the new adults only cruise line from Richard Branson is one of the most sustainable cruises in the industry. Sustainability is the core of Virgin Voyages values. Virgin Voyages actively seeks out partners that are green and sustainability friendly as well like Intelligentsia Coffee and Emerald Brand. Intelligentsia Coffee will be served complimentary on Scarlet Lady which is Virgin Voyages first ship. Intelligentsia uses a direct trade model which means that they purchase directly from the growers from coffee producing regions. Emerald Brand produces tree free and plastic free products such as bath and facial tissue, straws, bottles etc. Virgin Voyages will no have any single use items on their ships. In addition guest will be have filtered and sparkling water complimentary on board from Natura filtered water filing stations.

AI is changing the hospitality industry in several ways with more to come in the future. Popular now is cloud-computing, data analytics, and blockchain. Chatbots and more personalized guests experiences are being used by more and more companies also.