Glenn Gruber

About Glenn Gruber

Glenn Gruber is AVP travel technologies at Ness Software Product Labs, a unit of Ness Technologies, responsible for developing the company’s strategy and solutions for the travel industry.The company has more than 60 product labs operating with many leading software companies and platform operators including OpenText, PayPal, Navteq, Chordiant, and Quintiles. Prior to Ness, Glenn was AVP strategic marketing at Symphony Services. He also held leadership roles at Kyocera and Israeli startups Power Paper Ltd. and Golden Screens Interactive Technologies. He also writes a personal blog, Software Industry Insights. 

Does a good digital strategy ensure profits for hoteliers?

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That’s what the latest Digital IQ Index report from L2 Think Tank says when it reviewed the “digital competence” of 52 of the world’s leading hotel brands.

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Beyond the Year of the Mobile – takeaways so far in 2012

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Last week EyeforTravel held its inaugural Mobile conference alongside its fifth annual Social Media conference, with over 300 people in attendance, including myself.

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Getting mobile web basics right in travel is still a target rather than an achievement

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As we got towards the end of 2011, many people were asking me what I thought was next in the world of mobile and whether I had any predictions.

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RIP Adobe Flex and what it means for travel websites

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Adobe Flex, an application development framework to create Flash applications, has enabled many companies to create a wide range of highly interactive, expressive applications for mobile, web, and desktop environments.

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How organizational baggage weighs down travel innovation

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Is there any real innovation in the travel sector these days?

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Understanding developments at the sharp end of mobile travel technology

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Just as execs at travel brands are understanding what a mobile strategy should be, developers of the actual products are digesting what could be a landmark moment in mobile technology.

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What is beyond the booking for hotels and mobile?

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I have always said that mobile is a perfectly matched technology for travel as both are in use when you’re not at home.

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Learning from the other cloud computers in the sky

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So, away from the proclamations and wider tech industry discussions, what hard facts can the travel industry discover when it comes to understanding and adopting cloud computing?

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Zuckerberg: Ten tips by big sister for using Facebook in travel

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The opening keynote at HITEC in Austin, Texas, last week was given by Facebook’s Zuckerberg.

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Six questions hoteliers should ask providers of cloud-based systems

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Cloud computing is hot and if you don’t believe it, just ask a CIO.

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