Hello everyone and welcome to Hospitality Digital Marketing the podcast, I am your host Loren gray and this is episode #176,  we are airing Friday, October 6th, 2017 where every week we spend around 20 minutes sharing the most interesting tools, news, and techniques being used in digital marketing for the hospitality industry. We also do a quick recap of our weekly Live Video show “This Week in Hospitality Digital Marketing” which also airs every Friday at 11:30 am Eastern US Time. This week is was show 113. SO let's get started;

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2. Google’s New Earbuds With Real-Time Translation Have Huge Implications for Travel
   

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3. Marriott learns from accelerator as 2017 winners take off
   

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4. Hotelbeds Eyes a Viable Wholesaler Path in the Shadows of Priceline and Expedia
   

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5. An Analysis of Franchise Fees
   

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6. Advanced analytics in hospitality
   

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7. Delta’s New CEO: Giving Away Upgrades for Loyalty No Longer Makes Sense
   

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8. Guests Scanned at the Wynn in Glimpse of Las Vegas’s Future
   

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9. MGM creates a new sizzle video (a before & after comparison)
   

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10. Student Entrepreneur Rob Karp Is Miles Ahead
    

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11. Report: U.S. Lodging Industry Fees and Surcharges Forecast to Increase to New Record in 2017
    

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12. Man tries to escape hotel bill by crossing a telephone wire over to the next building