Off the heels of celebrating its 15-year anniversary, HeBS Digital, the firm that helps hoteliers drastically increase direct bookings and lower overall distribution costs by deploying industry best-of-breed digital technology, consulting and marketing, has expanded its Asia Pacific footprint with an office in Singapore.
As the distributor of Kube Systems' solutions across APAC, Ming Fai will display the popular LinkTech™ and Kube 5 (KS) portable mobile device charging systems for guestrooms and public spaces; Visit Ming Fai in Stand E3J01 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center March 28 to 31
Dusit International has rolled out Total Quality Management (TQM) systems across its entire portfolio of properties, making it one of the first Thai-owned hospitality companies to meet the criteria of the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 9000 series and to commit to continuous improvement in all aspects of its operations.
ZUMATA, a Singapore-based travel technology company, today announced they are working with IBM Watson to deliver more personalized customer experiences. The company will use the Watson Developer Cloud to develop and deliver conversational interfaces for a cross-section of industries, including travel, finance, insurance, and others.
In the summer of 2015 the owners of a Japanese theme park called Huis Ten Bosch opened the first ever robot hotel. The reason to build a high-tech hotel is simple, according to Kataro Takada, head of corporate planning at Huis Ten Bosch: "Japanese society is aging rapidly. All over the world, this is an issue, but the issue is more pressing in Japan. It has led to a worrying lack of workers in the hotel industry. If we don't come up with solutions, the future of the hotel industry is at risk." This is particularly true for Japan, considering the number of tourists has doubled from 2015 to 2016.
JW Marriott Hotel & Resorts and DJI, the world's leading drone-maker, today announced a special partnership that will launch the luxury hotel brand's first Drone Experience Program. The program will provide guests with the opportunity to experiment with DJI's innovative drone technology. Hotel guests will view the beauty of JW Marriott's properties through a new perspective, and will be able to capture and share these experiences with friends and family.
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading hotel companies, announced the launching of "virtual reality experience" through a strategic partnership with HTC Corporation ("HTC"), a pioneer in innovative, smart mobile and virtual reality (VR) technologies. IHG is the first international hotel group in China to provide guests with this innovative, in-room digital experience.
Though it may seem like technology has already transformed everything, supply chain and vendor management processes of restaurants have remained relatively untouched and not seen any innovations for a long time
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the membership association that unites the world's hospitality companies and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, announced the agenda for next month's conference in Bangkok. HTNG has lined up an impressive list of experts to speak on current important topics in technology for the hospitality industry. Space in the exhibit hall is already sold out and the number of regional attendees is on the rise, forecasting the largest Asia-Pacific Conference HTNG has ever seen.
Asia's leading provider of entertainment solutions to the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that NxGen Communications Pte Ltd ("NxGen"), has become a 25.19% shareholder in the company following the subscription to new shares. NxGen, a leading managed services provider and systems integrator for infocomm solutions in Asia, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-listed group TeleChoice International Limited.
As Chinese travellers leave the comfort zone of the group tour for do-it-yourself exploration, a new partnership between a fledgling hotel group and a marketing services company is pointing the way. Louis T Collection (Louis T) and WIHP's (World Independent Hotels Promotion) has launched ChinaConnect, a tailored Chinese language service for hotels, with their first property, Hotel Ares Eiffel in Paris.
SiteMinder and leading Australian property management software provider HiRUM have today announced a partnership to offer a new, wholly-integrated online distribution solution for hotels in the country. The partnership involves the integration of HiRUM's Front DeskTM PMS with SiteMinder's Channel Manager, which will automate online bookings for the companies' mutual hotel customers to reduce the time and costs involved in overbookings and manual management of reservations.
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that its President and CEO, Jim Dennedy, and its Senior Vice President of Global Revenue, Jim Walker, will both be featured on industry panels at the upcoming Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia), which will be held May 15-17 at The Venetian Macao. Every year, more than 95% of Asian casino operators attend G2E Asia to look for cutting-edge products and solutions and gather upcoming industry trends.
Travel Tripper, the industry's most innovative provider of hotel reservation and e-commerce solutions, today announced the opening of a new global delivery center in Hyderabad, India. This new office will capitalize on Hyderabad's rich pool of technology talent and serve as a development and client service center for Travel Tripper's expanding worldwide operations.
Leading global hospitality association, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), will host its first annual India CIO Forum from September 28-30, 2016 at The Oberoi Udaivilas property in Udaipur, Rajasthan India.
In response to very strong demand for protel Air, the leading cloud based property management system, Xn protel Systems has opened a Sydney-based data centre. The city joins Berlin as the second major data centre for protel Air and will deliver optimal performance to users in Australia, New Zealand and the wider region. This investment marks a major milestone in Xn protel Systems' focus on delivering best-in-class cloud computing to hotels, motels, serviced apartments and other accommodation providers in the region.
The inaugural Hospitality Technology Exhibition® (HTx®) has wrapped up its 3-day run, held from 13 to 15 April 2016. A joint collaboration between China Hospitality Technology Alliance (CHTA) and InfoCommAsia, the exhibition is a concerted effort to take the hospitality industry to the next generation through cutting-edge technology. Held concurrently with InfoComm China at the China National Convention Center, HTx attracted 9,968 local and overseas visitors from the hospitality industry.
A sea front luxury hotel in Viet Nam, the Alana Nha Trang Beach Hotel strengthens HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts portfolio of independent hotels in the APAC region.
This report from RezNext and FICCI on the technology landscape for travel and hospitality provides a quick look at the current pace of technology automation, consumer trends, impact of mobile technology and trends with online hotel distribution.
Hotel representation company HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts announces the launch of a new product, REZChina, aimed at helping the independent hotels access the very lucrative market of Chinese outbound travel. China's current status as the world's largest outbound tourism generator and outbound tourism spender, makes it a key market and one that most hotel businesses simply cannot afford to overlook. According to China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, in the first half of 2015 alone, China was accountable for as many as 61.90 million outbound visitors, representing an increase of 12% compared with the same period of 2014. And as far as forecasts go, Asian brokerage group CLSA estimates that by 2020 the number of outbound travellers originating from China is likely to hit the 200 million mark.