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

11/2/2022
Hospitality Tech Company Journey Secures $5.63M Investment to Transform Hotels with eCommerce
Product development and team growth priorities for the UK company.

Michal Christine Escobar
11/2/2022
Demand or Decline: Business Travel Contracting in Uncertain Times
With so much uncertainty surrounding the future of business travel, sophisticated sourcing platforms that can analyze real-time market data and determine fair market rates will be of the utmost importance.

Michal Christine Escobar
11/2/2022
Farmer Boys Announces Appointment of Joseph Ortiz as President and Chief Operating Officer
Ortiz replaces Dave Wetzel who retires after 37 years in the restaurant industry.

Michal Christine Escobar
11/1/2022
Wow Bao Enters Next Frontier with Phased Web3 Strategy; Announces NFT-Based Membership Pass and Club
Wow Bao extends its digital real estate strategy to now include the metaverse.

Michal Christine Escobar
11/1/2022
New CyberLink Report Finds More Than Half of 18- to 34-Year-Olds Use Facial Recognition Daily and Are Open to Using More Often
Facial recognition use is highest for protection of sensitive data and personal information; consumers most likely to opt-in to improve safety and boost convenience.

Michal Christine Escobar
11/1/2022
United Robotics Group Enters the North American Market with the Launch of Plato, the first CobiotX cobiot
Plato is an autonomous mobile platform designed to support service workers in a variety of daily tasks, including the delivery of food and drinks and bussing tables.

Michal Christine Escobar
10/31/2022
Training the Post-Pandemic Workforce – The Trend of Micro-Learning
Employers are now competing for employees’ attention from dozens of different sources. Here’s one way to win that battle.

Michal Christine Escobar
10/31/2022
Applova Launches Subscription-Free Self-Design Online Ordering Platform
Restaurant businesses can sign up, create their drag-and-drop menu and start taking orders in under five minutes.

Michal Christine Escobar
10/31/2022
PAR Technology’s Punchh Launches Innovative Subscription Solution for Restaurants and Convenience Stores
Loyalty software adds recurring payment feature to suite of restaurant technology solutions.

Michal Christine Escobar
10/31/2022
How Hotels Can Leverage Their Loyalty Programs to Upsell, Entice and Create Long-Term Relationships with Guests During this Holiday Travel Season
Travel experts predict that Thanksgiving and Christmas travel will return to 2019 levels this season. Hotel operators have an opportunity to significantly boost revenue and guest engagement by leveraging an enticing rewards program.

Michal Christine Escobar