Hamburg, Germany – 3 May 2017 –
Marriot is taking the lead: Due to the mobile app, last year’s direct bookings increased by 70 percent to 1.7 billion US-Dollars. The advantages are considerably: On the arrival day information about the hotel, the local area and important routes are shown next to the online booking. Check-in and service requests are being conducted at the push of a button. With the increasing fast pathed digitalization more innovative applications are entering the market and are worth the title “Hospitality Disruption”; a summary:
- CityStasher – digital platform for booking luggage rack – https://www.citystasher.com/
- TimeLooper – App with touristic 3D-content for VR-glasses – https://www.timelooper.com/
- Orbi Rental – newest SaaS booking technology with very simplified, four-level booking route – https://www.orbirental.com/
- Servantrip – Booking platform for tour guides, chauffeurs and other services – https://servantrip.com/
- Bidroom – Hotel portal as Meta searcher with a minimum of 5% discount – https://www.bidroom.com/
- Hospitality Leaders – E-Recruiting with a worldwide talent pool – http://www.hospitality.pro
- Frag Paul (Ask Paul) – HR-Management-Tool including staff-/shift planning, time registration and salary invoicing for gastronomy – https://frag-paul.de/
- Hyre – Event-/Catering-team recruitment – https://hyrestaff.com/
- To be continued…
In order to prepare the own company for the digitalization all processes are on the evaluation stand: What are the decisive procedures that have to be digitalized and how? Which processes can be cut? The guiding principle is: “If you digitalize a shitty process you end up with a shitty digital process.”