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Chatbots and the Guest Experience: How are Hotels Using Messenger Apps?
June 23, 2016
By Kevin O'Rourke, executive vice president of global sales, SiteMinder Let's face facts. We love to chat. And, believe it or not, there is little difference between men and women when it comes to the number of words we speak a day – 16,000 on average, according to a University of Arizona study a few years back. Sadly, technology is often blamed for stifling human interaction and, in particular, the art of meaningful conversation. So it's no surprise, then, that some of the technology industry's best-loved platforms have historically centered around chatting. At its peak, MSN Messenger had 330 million users – three times gre...
SiteMinder Appoints Global Head of Sales to Drive Expansion into New Hotel Markets
SiteMinder | September 22, 2015
Dallas, US – The global hotel industry's leading cloud platform, SiteMinder, is pleased today to announce it has appointed Kevin O'Rourke as its new executive vice president of global sales. The appointment, which reinforces SiteMinder's commitment to growing its already-19,000-strong global customer base, will see Mr O'Rourke responsible for driving the sales behind the company's go-to-market strategy as well as its expansion into new markets. "We are thrilled to welcome Kevin O'Rourke to the SiteMinder family. Kevin brings a strong track record of enhancing the sales functions of large, dynamic organisations, as well as a passio...
