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Where there is Will, there’s a HIGHWAY !!
Post Date : 23 Jan 2020 // Takeaway : Giving is not always about doing it in Literal sense. The narrative that you are going to read, has “The Art of Giving” from a Father to a Son, A Friend to another Friend & one Good Human being to another Human being…I promise, you will […]
This MUST Change : Google Assistant Only Holds 9% of the Virtual Assistant Market
Post Date : 29 Dec 2019 // Google finds itself in a peculiar & unfamiliar position in the Virtual assistant market, with the Top Honors taken away by Apple‘s Siri & Microsoft Cortana The Statistics >> Apple’s Siri holds 35% of global marketshare. Microsoft’s Cortana holds 22% marketshare. Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa hold 9% […]
OTAs blame Google’s aggressive AD display for sharp drop in business
Post Date: 017 Nov 2019 || Takeaways : this was waiting to happen…soon or later >> Now that Google also started selling Hotel rooms, OTAs have an uphill task to 1) Advertise on Google to attract business 2) Compete with Google on pricing. Expedia Group Inc. fell the most in 14 years on Thursday and […]
Lulu chairman Yusuffali repays Dh400,000 debts of a paralysed man
Mr Moosakutty Puzhakkara, a native of Pattambi, Kerala, was once a thriving businessman in UAE. Now is a paralysed man & jailed on account of 28 legal cases. They lived in a dingy house for more than a decade and needless to say, in a frugal manner. This changed, once Mr Yusuffali came to hear […]
Hotel Data Giant STR Acquired for $450 Million
Post Date: 02 Oct 2019 || Key Takeaways : STR is the premier global provider of data on hotel performance and market dynamics Commercial real estate information provider CoStar Group will acquire STR for $450 million in an all-cash deal. STR expects to post strong revenue of $64 million in 2019, with about $16 million […]
Horwath India Hotel Market Review: H1 2019
Post Date: 19 Sep 2019 || Takeaways : 1 > Chandigarh👍winner on all fronts 2 > Q2 BAD on Occupancy and ruined the momentum of Q1 3 > Ahmedabad & Goa in same order…a painful story 4 > Is Goa performance a reflection of the economy?? just a thought… What’s ur opinion?? !! || Also, 4 […]