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Yahoo
23-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Even hotel booking websites are now pleading for tips just for reserving a room: ‘This is organized crime'
Tipping culture has seemingly seeped into nearly every aspect of modern life, with everywhere from automated self-checkout kiosks at retail stores to supermarket lines suddenly stuffing a jar — or the dreaded tablet — in customers' faces. The most recent to hop on the tipping train? Budget travel sites. Screenshots of third-party hotel booking websites pestering users with tipping requests prior to checking out have surfaced across the Internet, and travellers across the world are incensed, to say the least. Adding on gratuity in hotels is nothing new — porters, housekeepers and other particularly helpful staff members — but this latest tipping transgression, discussed at length in an r/EndTipping thread, has sent travellers over the edge. Sites like this one, which the majority of users under the post have identified as suppose that their top-notch deals warrant a sliver of direct support from the customer — never mind that these sites likely make commission off of their bookings, as many seasoned travellers in the thread suggested. 'Ran into the same thing today! I noped right out before the site could do the full charge. Paid more out of principle,' said a very virtuous traveller. 'Do you want to donate money to our company because it performed the service it purports to provide?' read one sarcastic comment. Another user ranted: 'Nope — [tipping] needs to be regulated [with] legislation… this is organized crime.' Some of the replies were raging due to a general dislike for tipping culture. Meanwhile, others were put off by the fact that typically, a tip goes to a real, flesh-and-blood human being who actually assisted in one way or another, rather than a digital entity. Others were simply unbothered, and suggested users take advantage of the 'Complete booking without tip' button. 'Why not just hit 'no', and move on with your life?' reasoned one Redditor. In recent years, some hotel chains have caught flak for increasing tipping opportunities by placing convenient QR codes in rooms, at the front desk and even on the back of key cards. While guests and travellers largely recognize that tipping IRL employees actually benefits them — unlike the 'ridiculous' hotel booking site 'scams,' as one angry Redditor dubbed them — some also say that the burden of supporting service staff should fall on the employer, rather than the customer. 'Do not enable another industry to get away with paying horrible wages and expect their hard-working employees to earn a dignified wage through optional tips… do not support employment abuse,' wrote one irate hotelgoer under the post sharing news of the update. In recent years, Americans have simply grown weary of leaving tips for every single transaction, and surveys show that in restaurants, they're slowly tipping less and less.
New York Post
23-07-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Even hotel booking websites are now pleading for tips just for reserving a room: ‘This is organized crime'
Tipping culture has seemingly seeped into nearly every aspect of modern life, with everywhere from automated self-checkout kiosks at retail stores to supermarket lines suddenly stuffing a jar — or the dreaded tablet — in customers' faces. The most recent to hop on the tipping train? Budget travel sites. Screenshots of third-party hotel booking websites pestering users with tipping requests prior to checking out have surfaced across the Internet, and travellers across the world are incensed, to say the least. The site says that direct customer support aids in continuing to find good travel deals. Reddit/California12399 Adding on gratuity in hotels is nothing new — porters, housekeepers and other particularly helpful staff members — but this latest tipping transgression, discussed at length in an r/EndTipping thread, has sent travellers over the edge. Sites like this one, which the majority of users under the post have identified as suppose that their top-notch deals warrant a sliver of direct support from the customer — never mind that these sites likely make commission off of their bookings, as many seasoned travellers in the thread suggested. 'Ran into the same thing today! I noped right out before the site could do the full charge. Paid more out of principle,' said a very virtuous traveller. 'Do you want to donate money to our company because it performed the service it purports to provide?' read one sarcastic comment. Another user ranted: 'Nope — [tipping] needs to be regulated [with] legislation… this is organized crime.' Some of the replies were raging due to a general dislike for tipping culture. Meanwhile, others were put off by the fact that typically, a tip goes to a real, flesh-and-blood human being who actually assisted in one way or another, rather than a digital entity. 'Wow, that might be a new low for tipping,' wrote one user under the post. Adobe Stock Others were simply unbothered, and suggested users take advantage of the 'Complete booking without tip' button. 'Why not just hit 'no', and move on with your life?' reasoned one Redditor. In recent years, some hotel chains have caught flak for increasing tipping opportunities by placing convenient QR codes in rooms, at the front desk and even on the back of key cards. While guests and travellers largely recognize that tipping IRL employees actually benefits them — unlike the 'ridiculous' hotel booking site 'scams,' as one angry Redditor dubbed them — some also say that the burden of supporting service staff should fall on the employer, rather than the customer. 'Do not enable another industry to get away with paying horrible wages and expect their hard-working employees to earn a dignified wage through optional tips… do not support employment abuse,' wrote one irate hotelgoer under the post sharing news of the update. In recent years, Americans have simply grown weary of leaving tips for every single transaction, and surveys show that in restaurants, they're slowly tipping less and less.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mistplay Launches LoyaltyPlay: A Gaming Reward Hub to Generate New Revenue for App Publishers
MONTREAL, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Since its conception in 2016, Mistplay has grown to be the leading rewards program for mobile gamers, pioneering the rewarded play industry for publishers worldwide. Today, it's expanding its product suite to include LoyaltyPlay, a gaming reward hub that empowers mobile app publishers to monetize and retain users through deeply engaging features and mechanics. "Our vision with LoyaltyPlay is to go beyond the conventional offerwall model and introduce a reward experience that fosters deeper loyalty with a user's favorite apps through the power of gaming" said Tricia Han, CEO of Mistplay. "As original drivers of rewarded play, we've spent nearly a decade refining engagement and monetization in our own app – and now, we're bringing that expertise to publishers across industries, with even smarter AI enhancements coming soon. We firmly believe in a future where mobile apps break down traditional industry barriers to create innovative solutions that redefine user engagement and delight." At the heart of LoyaltyPlay is a customizable gaming reward hub that rewards users with a publisher's in-app currency. As users select and play games from a game catalog of top games and genres, they are rewarded with host app currency for reaching game checkpoints, completing in-game activities, and making in-app purchases. More playtime in games through LoyaltyPlay means more currency in a user's in-app wallet, which drives them back into the host app to further engage. Through developing this engagement loop, LoyaltyPlay heightens the overall app experience for users while generating a consistent supplemental revenue stream for the publisher. This is just the beginning. In the months ahead, Mistplay will deploy its proprietary AI engine to elevate the platform further, introducing AI-driven game recommendations and Smart LiveOps to drive further scale and performance. LoyaltyPlay has officially launched in the U.S. and is currently available through Mistplay for iPhone. Our flagship partnership with will soon be available to users, bringing a premium selection of games from top publishers to the app's dedicated user base. " is excited to partner with Mistplay to bring their unique rewarded offer content to our users. We're looking forward to leveraging Mistplay's expertise in loyalty-driven engagement to enhance the user experience and unlock even more ways for our members to earn. We can't wait to showcase Mistplay's innovative approach on our platform." – Hussein Fazal, CEO & Co-Founder, For more information about the platform, please visit our website at About Mistplay Mistplay is the #1 loyalty app for mobile gamers. Its community of millions of engaged mobile gamers uses Mistplay to discover new games to play and earn rewards. Headquartered in Montreal and launched in 2016, Mistplay has climbed the ranks as a media source for game publishers, most recently ranking #9 overall on the 2024 AppsFlyer Performance Index for Android Gaming. For more information, visit View original content: SOURCE Mistplay Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Cision Canada
21-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Mistplay Launches LoyaltyPlay: A Gaming Reward Hub to Generate New Revenue for App Publishers
MONTREAL, May 21, 2025 /CNW/ - Since its conception in 2016, Mistplay has grown to be the leading rewards program for mobile gamers, pioneering the rewarded play industry for publishers worldwide. Today, it's expanding its product suite to include LoyaltyPlay, a gaming reward hub that empowers mobile app publishers to monetize and retain users through deeply engaging features and mechanics. "Our vision with LoyaltyPlay is to go beyond the conventional offerwall model and introduce a reward experience that fosters deeper loyalty with a user's favorite apps through the power of gaming" said Tricia Han, CEO of Mistplay. "As original drivers of rewarded play, we've spent nearly a decade refining engagement and monetization in our own app – and now, we're bringing that expertise to publishers across industries, with even smarter AI enhancements coming soon. We firmly believe in a future where mobile apps break down traditional industry barriers to create innovative solutions that redefine user engagement and delight." At the heart of LoyaltyPlay is a customizable gaming reward hub that rewards users with a publisher's in-app currency. As users select and play games from a game catalog of top games and genres, they are rewarded with host app currency for reaching game checkpoints, completing in-game activities, and making in-app purchases. More playtime in games through LoyaltyPlay means more currency in a user's in-app wallet, which drives them back into the host app to further engage. Through developing this engagement loop, LoyaltyPlay heightens the overall app experience for users while generating a consistent supplemental revenue stream for the publisher. This is just the beginning. In the months ahead, Mistplay will deploy its proprietary AI engine to elevate the platform further, introducing AI-driven game recommendations and Smart LiveOps to drive further scale and performance. LoyaltyPlay has officially launched in the U.S. and is currently available through Mistplay for iPhone. Our flagship partnership with will soon be available to users, bringing a premium selection of games from top publishers to the app's dedicated user base. " is excited to partner with Mistplay to bring their unique rewarded offer content to our users. We're looking forward to leveraging Mistplay's expertise in loyalty-driven engagement to enhance the user experience and unlock even more ways for our members to earn. We can't wait to showcase Mistplay's innovative approach on our platform." – Hussein Fazal, CEO & Co-Founder, Mistplay is the #1 loyalty app for mobile gamers. Its community of millions of engaged mobile gamers uses Mistplay to discover new games to play and earn rewards. Headquartered in Montreal and launched in 2016, Mistplay has climbed the ranks as a media source for game publishers, most recently ranking #9 overall on the 2024 AppsFlyer Performance Index for Android Gaming. For more information, visit
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
A travel-fintech app uses AI search to cut through digital clutter. It saves employees more than 1,500 hours every month.
had its internal information scattered across several workspace platforms. The company built an artificial intelligence search tool to make a tool hub. This article is part of "Build IT: Connectivity," a series about tech powering better business. The tools meant to streamline work can leave businesses stuck in a maze of messages, documents, and dashboards. a travel and finance platform on which customers can book hotels and earn cash and rewards, depends on various workspace platforms, including Slack, Confluence, and GitLab, to keep the business humming. Hussein Fazal, CEO, told Business Insider that juggling systems often slowed down day-to-day tasks. Documents, datasets, and message exchanges were scattered across platforms, which made it difficult for teams to access what they needed when they needed it. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company decided to permanently switch to remote work, which Fazal said added an extra challenge to information retrieval. As a result, needed a central system to access information from all of its platforms. "It's hard to just pick up information, and it can sometimes even be hard to get information," he said. decided to build a hub that its employees could access from home. In 2022, the company teamed up with Glean, an AI startup in Palo Alto, California, to create a search platform that pulls information from across software programs. Enterprise search is software that allows users to look for information across various platforms and databases. Glean's platform uses ranking algorithms and generative artificial intelligence to make it easier for users to find what they're looking for. "Glean will find the right information and produce an answer in natural language, à la ChatGPT, but with the information in the context of your enterprise," Tamar Yehoshua, the president of product and technology at Glean, told BI. She said that it's not as straightforward as putting all the information together into one big pot. Different employees have different access permissions, so each search needs to be customized for whoever is using it. integrated the company's most-used apps and tools, such as Slack, Confluence, GitLab, and Google Drive, into one hub. "It's personalized," she said. "It will find the information that is more relevant to you, as opposed to me, if we're in different roles and in different teams." Yehoshua said the setup process could be challenging since some companies struggle with managing who has access to which tools. This means that the software could give out confidential information to employees. To fix this, Glean built a data-governance layer into the search platform, which ensures rigorous access permissions. Fazal said had never had an issue with Glean's search tool giving people information they shouldn't be allowed to see. Yehoshua added that while everybody knows how to search Google, not everyone knows how to write a good AI prompt. Glean also launched a prompt library for which she said helped educate people on how to use the tool. Fazal said he uses the platform multiple times a day. He added that an internal company survey found the search platform has saved employees an average of 20 minutes a day, which adds up to more than 1,500 hours saved each month across the team. The employee survey also found a 20% reduction in onboarding time for new hires. Since their first partnership, in 2022, and Glean have added features to the platform. A generative-AI tool embedded into the platform, for example, helps employees draft emails and prioritize tasks using real-time company data. For instance, if an employee asks, "What are the 10 most important things I should be working on right now?" the AI assistant will use information from Slack and Google Docs to give a customized answer to that employee. Looking ahead, Fazal hopes to incorporate AI agents into the platform. He said the next step after prompting AI to generate a task list would be getting an AI agent to go do those things. For instance, the AI assistant might suggest arranging a meeting as an important task. The agent would then draft emails and book a meeting room to help complete that task. "We're excited to test it out and implement that once it's ready," he said. Read the original article on Business Insider Sign in to access your portfolio
