The Scientist checks in on scientists who switched gears to combat the pandemic.
Jul 1, 2021
ABOVE: Three versions of one of the ventilator models developed by Alher Mauricio Hernandez’s team at the University of Antioquia
ALHER MAURICIO HERNANDEZ
While no single idea or approach has successfully spelled the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists including some with no previous experience in virology, medicine, or public health have changed focus to try to fill needs they saw in the response to the virus.
Last July,
The Scientistreported on some of these efforts: a project to design low-cost ventilators for manufacture in Colombia, a device to detect SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, a volunteer network to assist fellow researchers, and a homegrown COVID-19 test in India. A year later, we catch up with some of the organizers of these projects for an update on how their work is going.
SiteMinder Introduces trivago, Payments Processing Into Platform To Secure Revenue For Hotels
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SiteMinder, the world s largest open hotel commerce platform, is growing its metasearch and hotel payments programs to give hotels more choice to manage and protect their revenue in unpredictable travel markets.
SiteMinder is adding trivago, the world s largest hotel price comparison website, to its metasearch program, Demand Plus . Through Demand Plus, hotels have their metasearch setup, billing, bidding and campaigns managed entirely by SiteMinder, and pay for completed stays booked directly through their own website from Google and, now, trivago.
Over the October to December 2020 period, when hotel bookings globally dropped to 41.2 percent of the prior year s levels in the SiteMinder World Hotel Index, total bookings made via Demand Plus grew. One hotel seeing the benefits is Grupo MX in Mexico. Mauricio Hernandez, Manager of Commercial Connections, says,