Research
October 3, 2013
By Joe McCarthy
Eighty-eight percent of hotel brands feature a mobile-optimized site and 75 percent of hotels have invested in brand-specific apps or capitalize on parent company iPhone and Android apps, according to a new study by L2 Think Tank.
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