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This month’smust reads in

Hotel Data& Analytics

News

www.snapshot.travel [email protected] @snapshot_demand Kurfürstendamm 212, 10719 Berlin

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With fall right around the corner, we’ve starting to see some cool news in the hotel tech space. In time with that, we put out our latest chart and it’s a cool one! Check out the How To Use Hotel Data Chart that shows how you can compare different sets of hotel data and use it today to benefit your business.

In other news, we read some great articles on the history of direct booking, how to build a data-driven strategy, re-thinking the hotel package, Microsoft making some big tech moves, and our own CEO sharing a valuable powerpoint from his presentation at CHAT in Shanghai earlier this month. And of course, there’s much more. Enjoy!

Regards,

Clay, Martin, and the SnapShot team

Editorial A monthly recap of hotel data and analytics news

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Find out more about what we do:visit us at www.snapshot.travel

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We sat down with the experts and put together a detailed chart exploring the connections

between data sets you can find at your hotel. What happens when you compare your various

types of metrics? Our Infographic can help you find out!

Read on our blog

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Lots of "likes" and "shares" look good in a

marketing campaign report. But do they lead to

meaningful actions by the audience? Use social

media metrics to get more detailed and

quantifiable insight.

Read on Skift

Why Do Travelers Share on Social

Media?

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Big data has become a buzzword so prevalent that it’s practically meaningless. At this point

the argument could be made that every company is a “big data” company. Read on to get

an idea of what I mean.

Read on Entrepeneur

6 Illusions Execs Have About Big Data

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We take a look at the pros and cons of cloud

computing for hotels. There's no doubt it's a

revolutionary technology but is it right for all

hoteliers? Read our latest blog post to find out.

Read on our blog

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Sometimes, the implementation of big data

analytics fails. But that's because it usually

doesn’t coincide with the business' daily

processes, nor with the decisions taken to

align actions with the company's goals.

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Three Keys To Building A Data-Driven Strategy

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Did we forget to include your company on our Hotel Tech Index? We're currently working on a

version 2.0 and adding more providers and softwares! Click below to take a look and submit

your company's info at the bottom to be included before it's too late!

See the index

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Some 40% of visits to US travel sites now come from mobile devices. Additionally, mobile accounts for 60% of destination

information searches. And, two-thirds of all watch-time for top travel videos on YouTube happens on smartphones. As

travel planners get closer to booking, smartphones continue to play a role.

More on Tnooz

Travel Needs to Design Mobile-First Journeys

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Europe's tech scene is booming. In cities like London,

Paris, Berlin, even smaller cities like Brno, Talinn, and

others, the tech and startup communities are booming.

Check out this interesting Venture Beat article with the

facts!

Read on Venturebeat

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Europe’s

Tech Scene

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Our CEO, Stefan Tweraser, recently made a trip to Shanghai to attend one of China's largest tourism

conferences, The China Hotels & Tourism Conference, also known as CHAT. Check out Stefan's

presentation from CHAT on how to make the most out of enterprise data.

View on our blog

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At this point, AI and cloud computing is growing so quickly, Microsoft is building new chips

that can keep up with the rapid pace– and building their whole system on top of them.

Read on Wired

Microsoft Has a Whole New Kind of Computer Chip---and It'll Change Everything

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When we think of digital marketing for hotels, often the first thoughts go to Facebook,

and probably Instagram and/or Twitter. But YouTube is more than just a viable option, it

can be a powerful marketing tool... If used smartly.

Read on HNN

Content-Rich YouTube Lets Hotels Tell Their Stories

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In case you missed it, here’s our recap of the top stories in hotel data and analytics from last month.

Some great reads in here including articles on hotel tech integrations, how hotels are evolving, an oral history of

travel, and our hotel tech insiders, (plus much more). Until next time.

Read on our blog

Hotel Data & Analytics News - August 2016Our Recap from Last Month

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