Not surprisingly, when checking into a hotel, many younger travellers would rather interact with a computer than a human being.

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Imagine going to a supermarket where none of the prices was posted or checking into a hotel without knowing the room rate.

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The position typically requires flying out every Sunday night or Monday morning, checking into a hotel near the client site for the week and then flying home on Thursday or Friday.

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Last May, in a fit of bleary-eyed jet-lag, I made the mistake of checking into a hotel without running through the standard list of questions I normally ask at the front desk to ensure I get a good room.

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Sophisticated mobile applications, with the power to do anything from checking the weather to checking you into a hotel, were downloaded more than 10 billion times in 2010 alone.

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Brad Fagan said officials believe Dorner had checked into a base hotel on Tuesday and left the next day without checking out.

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