Michal Christine Escobar

Senior Editor, Hotels

Author Profile

Michal Christine Escobar is Hospitality Technology’s Senior Editor, with a concentration on the hotel industry. She has a decade of experience as a B2B journalist. She is responsible for the hotel beat at the magazine and often writes about AI, VR, IoT and other emerging technologies affecting hospitality.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

4/4/2022
WiFi Widget Allows Hotels to Demonstrate Speed, Reliability to Guests Prior to Reservation
Developed by remote internet measuring service Epitiro, the new widget can be easily added to any hotel website to reveal at-a-glance, up-to-the-minute performance figures, averaged for any time period.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/4/2022
GoTab Debuts in Canada
The cloud-based solution is now available to hospitality operators beyond the U.S.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/3/2022
The Pillars of Clean Technology Innovation in the Hospitality Industry
Four principles to guide hotel leaders in creating more sustainable facilities.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/3/2022
How Can the Hotel Industry Avoid Greenwashing?
Less than 6,000 out of 800,000 hotels worldwide can be recognized as an eco-hotel.

Michal Christine Escobar
3/31/2022
PCI SSC Publishes PCI Data Security Standard v4.0
PCI DSS v4.0 replaces version 3.2.1 to address emerging threats and technologies and enable innovative methods to combat new threats.

Michal Christine Escobar
3/31/2022
HotelPlanner and Choice Hotels Sign Deal to Integrate Group Bookings
Choice can now offer an ‘Instant Group Room Block’ that enables its customers to immediately reserve a large block of rooms for their guests without having to engage the participating hotel directly, and with no need for guests to call the hotel.

Michal Christine Escobar
3/30/2022
Wendy's Opens First VR Restaurant
The QSR collaborates with Horizon Worlds creators to expand Wendy's world with a first-of-its-kind immersive virtual 3D experience.

Michal Christine Escobar
3/30/2022
SpeedLine Launches SpeedLine 8 with Cloud Reporting & Analytics
Users can see real-time reports of key metrics in their restaurant on any web-enabled device to help make more informed decisions.

Michal Christine Escobar
3/30/2022
Chipotle Tests RFID Tech for Traceability
Brand is piloting the RFID label system to optimize operations and trace ingredients at select restaurants

Michal Christine Escobar
3/30/2022
The Case for an Automated Financial Back Office
Learn how an automated financial back office protects in audits, enables data security, ensures compliance and increases transparency and accountability.

Michal Christine Escobar