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

9/26/2021
MGM Resorts International to Acquire the The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
The purchase price of $1.625 billion represents a multiple of approximately eight times adjusted EBITDA, inclusive of expected operational synergies and identified revenue growth opportunities.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/26/2021
Product packaging and Labelling: A New Frontier for Hospitality?
Marketers have long known the benefits of innovative, interesting product packaging and labelling, but this discipline has largely been ignored by the hospitality industry. Find out how hotels can use this technique to make more money.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/23/2021
Royal Caribbean "Seastainability" Report Shows It Met or Exceeded Almost All 2020 Goals
The company is working to achieve zero waste across the Royal Caribbean Group fleet. Currently only 0.50 pounds of waste are sent to landfill per passenger each day — 80% less than the U.S. average on shore.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/23/2021
RateGain to Acquire myhotelshop
Acquisition aimed to help the pandemic-stricken hospitality industry lower acquisition costs.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/23/2021
Alma Resort Inks Deal to Upskill Staff With ‘Hospitality EduTech Platform’ Amid the New Normal
Vietnamese hotel has figured out a way to put staff to work at home before they return to in-person service.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/23/2021
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Cuts Plate Waste by 35%
Using AI technology paired with anthropomorphized food had significant impacts on behavior leading to reduced levels of food waste.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/23/2021
Condor Hospitality Trust to Sell All Hotels to Blackstone Real Estate
The Company’s Board of Directors has also unanimously adopted a Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/22/2021
Uniguest acquires UCView
UCView will merge into Tripleplay, Uniguest’s digital signage and IPTV division, but will continue to serve its customers.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/22/2021
HITEC 2021 NEWS: Zaplox Presents Contactless Guest Solutions with Mobile Guest App
Suite of contactless solutions include mobile key, guest app and kiosk -- all designed to provide a safer and more convenient guest experience.

Michal Christine Escobar
9/22/2021
Carnival Corporation on Pace to Restart More Than 50% of Fleet Capacity by October
Company’s current operations and announced sailings to date continue building momentum for ongoing restart of cruise vacations, as part of overall goal to return nearly 65% of capacity to begin the New Year.

Michal Christine Escobar