Recent studies are indicating that many travelers are simply confused by loyalty and frequent flyer programs. YouGov, a global opinion and data company has released the following results: 54% of Americans surveyed find frequent flyer programs confusing 47% say hotel loyalty programs are difficult to understand 35% of frequent flyer program members surveyed don’t know how many miles they have in their accounts 36% don't know how to redeem their mileage rewards 47% of hotel loy

We have very exciting news to share! Marker InfoComm is celebrating its 30-year anniversary! Since 1987, Marker has been providing the very best in loyalty software that connect hotels to airlines all over the globe. We are quite proud of this incredible milestone and we are grateful to our clients who trusted in us to help build their loyalty base, increase their revenue and foster repeat customers. Our success story would not exist without the continued support of our clie

By definition, an institution is an established law, practice, organization, foundation, society or custom. On this day in 1846, President James K. Polk signed the Smithsonian Institution Act into law. But did you know that the Smithsonian Institution was created by a curious British benefactor who had NEVER VISITED THE UNITED STATES? That’s right. James Smithson, an English scientist, (a type of zinc carbonite was named Smithsonite in his honor) left a peculiar footnote in

On this day in 1799, Napoleon’s army made an incredible find when invading the city of Rosetta in Egypt, roughly 35 miles north of Alexandria. An irregularly shaped black basalt slab was discovered which contained fragments of passages written in three different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and Egyptian demotic. At the time of the discovery, all ancient Egyptian writings were indecipherable as the language had been “dead” for nearly 2,000 years. But the Greek passa