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Daily Bulletin: Alexa for hotels | Softness in leisure travel?

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DAILY BULLETIN
June 20, 2018
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Amazon launches
Alexa for Hospitality

The ecommerce giant's Echo will enable guests to ask questions about hotel information, contact guest services, play music in their room and tap into other hotel-related services.

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MMGY detects possible
softness in leisure travel

For the first time in 12 years, travel marketing firm MMGY forecasts a decline in the number of vacations Americans will take.

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AmaWaterways sets course
to attract new cruisers

The river cruise company plans to add three ships to its fleet next year, the most it will have launched in a single year since its founding in 2002.

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Collette CEO's daughter named president, eventual successor

Jaclyn Leibl-Cote has occupied many roles within the company, including in sales, working as a tour manager and tour designer, and most recently as executive vice president of product strategy and delivery.

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Riviera River Cruises
continues rapid growth

The company's entry into the U.S. and Australian markets, as well as overall growth in river cruising, is fueling its building boom.

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Genting HK to divest Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings stake

Genting currently owns close to 3.15 million shares of NCLH, or about 1.4%.

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Carnival launches new
agent rewards program

Under the "Loyalty Rocks" program, bookings from June 19 through July 18 will be eligible for extra loyalty points in Carnival's cumulative system.

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