Mercedes Blanco

If you have been reading my columns, you know I am a huge proponent of everything AI. However, as we advance, I find myself increasingly concerned by some of its unintended social implications. ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, work and connect. AI is reshaping how efficiencies play out, how we search, how we make decisions and even how we think less by relying more ...

Twenty-five years ago, could you have imagined how the internet would transform our lives? Everything changed with one click. If I tell my friends’ kids how I used to do research, they look at me ...

Much has been said about the future of AI — the good, the bad and, of course, the dramatic.

As I reflected on what my first Hotel News Now article of 2025 should be, I couldn’t help but take a moment to pause and let it sink in, it is actually 2025, which marks the five-year anniversary of ...

As the hospitality industry embraces a broader range of technologies, the integration of these systems presents lots of challenges.

In today’s data world, we have transitioned from using traditional databases and warehouses to embracing technological advancements and innovations in computing.

Me want cookie! Or at least Cookie Monster does, but do we or do we not want cookies? Like Cookie Monster, we have shown an insatiable appetite for cookies but perhaps, our messed eager consumption ...

Last year we spent significant time talking about AI. There is another topic, I believe, that could become recurrent in 2024: cyber security and data protection.

“I need to know how Skynet gets built, who is responsible.”

Regardless if you are physically able or unable to have kids, whether if you have decided to conceive or not to, to adopt or not to, or life just got in the way, there is a motherhood penalty in the ...

Women face plenty of challenges in building a career.

The number of women in technology has been relatively steady over the past decade. However, it will take until 2060 for gender participation in tech to reach 50-50. My question is: What does ...

When I was younger, I never thought I would become an advocate for women in our industry.