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

4/20/2021
SURVEY: Half of Americans are Likely to Take at Least One Summer Vacation in 2021
Vacationers plan to spend big with 43% saying they'll spend more than $1,000 and 20% saying they’ll spend more than $2,000.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/20/2021
IHG Hotels & Resorts Announces Digital Check-in is Available Across U.S. & Canada
Built on the cloud-based IHG Concerto platform, digital check-in provides a safe, streamlined experience as guests return to travel; and supports IHG’s Stay with Confidence program.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/20/2021
ProfitSword Implements Full Suite of Business Intelligence Solutions at Regal Hospitality
Rapidly growing hotel management company leverages ProfitSword’s seamless integration abilities to achieve real-time budgeting and forecasting efficiency while ensuring that sales goals, inventory levels and labor resources are always effectively monitored.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/20/2021
5 Hospitality Tech Trends Powering Hotels, Short-term Rentals
Trend: 76% of hoteliers plan to reduce front desk staff significantly in the next 12 months

Michal Christine Escobar
4/20/2021
Fastpayhotels Connects 500 Hotels per Day Through DerbySoft
DerbySoft and Fastpayhotels have also shortened the connectivity time for properties to go into pilot status by to under a month.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/19/2021
Exterity Releases Powerful AvediaStream m9605 4K Media Player
The media player offers a combination of 4K video and 4K 60fps graphics and animations.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/19/2021
Addressing MAC Randomization: The Case for Passpoint in Hospitality
MAC authentication via captive portal has serious security shortcomings and makes onboarding IoT guest devices cumbersome at best; MAC randomization can disrupt the user experience and hamper revenue opportunities for the hotel.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/19/2021
Radisson Hotel West Memphis Adopts BeyondTV for Enhanced Guestroom Entertainment Personalization and Contactless Convenience
Soon to open full-service hotel leverages HIS technology to address guest preferences for access to streamed subscriptions while boosting in-room contactless service abilities.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/19/2021
BriefCam Extends Advanced Video Analytics Platform for Multi-Site Deployments
Latest product release enables aggregated video analytics across remote locations and enhances accuracy for face matching.

Michal Christine Escobar
4/19/2021
Adyen and NDM Hospitality Partner to Bring Unified Payments Aacross Brands
The two companies have common partnerships with Oracle Hospitality and Agilysys, making the integration seamless.

Michal Christine Escobar