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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud

CIO Business Intelligence

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. Moreover, IHG’s cloud backbone enables it to take advantage of emerging SaaS offerings, such as Speakeasy AI conversational chatbots, and deliver its own IHG Voice Cloud AI service to help guests and reception desk clerks at hundreds of hotels.

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Concur founder Steve Singh leads acquisition of Direct Travel in ongoing quest for ‘perfect trip’

GeekWire

“The technology architectures that were needed to make a seamless travel experience possible just were not there.” Beyond the partnerships among those four companies, Singh said, the vision is to use open architectures and APIs to allow anyone to add value and improve upon the solutions they develop.

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Commercial furniture and equipment procurement platform Source snags $8.5M

GeekWire

based startup that helps architectural and design firms procure interior design products for commercial real estate projects, raised $8.5 Source sells to more than 2,500 architecture and design firms involved in various commercial projects, including student and multi-family housing, healthcare, and transient accommodations.

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Huawei Unleashes the Power of Technology for a Sustainable, Digital Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Aligning with Europe’s Digital Decade policy, Huawei works closely with partners in Europe to support the region’s digital and green transition strategy, committed to supporting Europe’s economic recovery, the success of its industry, and enabling sustainable development.

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A week of accelerating industry standards

TM Forum

When a group of TM Forum members sat down together in Sala 1 of the Miragem Hotel in Cascais, Portugal in late May, the mood was upbeat. The key outcomes included: Agreed consistent terms and definitions across the architectures – focusing on closed loop and control loop. Open APIs – driving development. Accelerate.

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What you need to know to accelerate your cloud and data strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

At Choice Hotels , cloud is a tool to help the hospitality giant achieve corporate goals. Before organizations map an architectural approach to data, the first thing that they should understand is data intelligence. Afterward, he will answer questions in a lively discussion with attendees. Another top trend is AI.

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Apple shares a look inside its first ever ‘floating’ store

The Verge

The store is called the Apple Marina Bay Sands, and is located in a luxury district of Singapore full of shops, restaurants, and the Marina Bay Sands hotel and casino. Underneath the dome and the surface of the bay is a lower level. Image: Apple. The store includes a video screen for presentations, tutorials, and talks. Image: Apple.

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