Marriot introduces broad mobile strategy with Apple Pay

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This has made the company the first among the large hospitality chains to move into mobile payments. In 2014, Marriot International managed to sell over $1.8 billion in hotel rooms over mobile, alone, which represented 19 percent of the revenue that it brought in online and helps to explain why Apple Pay would provide such appeal. The hospitality chain has seen outstanding growth over mobile, as it represented only 1 percent in 2009. Marriott has now announced the next level of this online strategy, which will take in Apple Pay…

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Mobile app from Marriott broadens check-in tech

Marriott mobile app apple pay

Smartphone using guests at the hotel’s locations can skip the front desk for many features they want to use. Though the mobile app from the Marriott is currently considered to be quite cutting edge in the hotel industry at the moment, many in the travel environment now believe that this type of technology will become the standard within the next few years. The smartphone application makes it possible to skip the front desk in order to check-in at the hotel. Though the Marriott already had a mobile app for both…

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