Hotels continue to pour money into “guest-facing” apps, often with the hope that they will streamline communication and improve the guest experience. However, most of them go unused after download, or they never get downloaded at all. Rather than removing barriers, these apps create them. Asking a guest to download an app so they can request an upgrade or ask a question adds avoidable friction. While travelers generally resist downloading hotel apps that take up […]

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