{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Starwood CIO: AI Is the First Tech I Never Had to Explain","description":" Denise Walker, CIO at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, started her career on a TRS-80. Thirty years later, she told me AI is the first technology she's never had to explain to anyone \u2014 people already see why it matters.  \ud83c\udfe8 Smaller hotel companies can move faster than legacy chains that placed big AI bets last year, before pricing models and guest expectations shifted again. \ud83d\udd10 Fear keeps guest data handled right and security practices tight \u2014 Walker calls it a good fear. \ud83d\udece\ufe0f Starwood wants AI to feel invisible, the way good technology always has. You don't think about water coming out of a pipe. \u2699\ufe0f Code written by AI still needs the same quality checks a floor full of developers used to run by hand.  Catch the full conversation from the show floor at HITEC. #NoVacancyNews  Unifocus, Workforce Management Redefined. Visit unifocus.com.  Want the weekly roundup of news, videos, and what you might've missed from  #NoVacancyNews? Text HOTEL to 66866. ","author_name":"No Vacancy Live and No Vacancy News","author_url":"http:\/\/novacancy.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41734605\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/41734605"}