Following its recent partnership with Singapore based Peak Hospitality Solutions, HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts continues to add new hotels to its Asia portfolio; the latest of which is the luxury 5 star The Light Hotel in Penang.
This week Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) CEO Frank Wolfe addressed more than 125 CEO/CIO/COO from global hotel groups at the 2015 CHTA Global Conference, November 11 – 13 in Macau. Wolfe shared his expertise on global hospitality technology trends. As a member of the advisory council for HFTP's Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), the world's largest hospitality technology event, Wolfe is in tune with the most current hot topics in the industry. Joining Wolfe, was Sunny Wang, executive director of the HFTP Asia Research Center.
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) and Alitrip (www.alitrip.com) have joined forces in a move that will make it easier than ever for travelers to book hotel rooms online and on their mobile phones. The room inventory of Marriott International hotels portfolio will be made available to Alitrip users through a directly operated on-line flagship store - a first for a major global hotel chain.
RezNext, the world's only true real-time enterprise distribution technology company has announced partnership with RAVHAR, a leading hospitality company providing central reservations and point of sale solutions to hotels and resorts under the brand name HOSTS.
TrustYou, the international online reputation management leader, has been selected by Meriton Serviced Apartments to power its online reputation management (ORM) program. Meriton Serviced Apartments operates 13 properties around Australia's east coast, offering accommodation in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom serviced apartments as well as its luxurious Penthouse Collection.
Bangalore: RezNext, the world's only true real-time enterprise distribution technology company and Hotelogix, a global leader in cloud-based web solution for hotel operations, have announced their partnership strengthening the companies' focus on the mid-market hotel segment globally.
RezNext, the world's only true real-time enterprise distribution technology company, has been recognised as a 'Cool Vendor' for Travel and Hospitality by Gartner in the report published on May 28, 2015. The 'Cool Vendor' report recognises companies that provide unique, innovative and impactful solutions. Companies are assessed by the value extended by the enterprise across disparate hotel systems and processes to provide a better user experience.
FCS Computer Systems (FCS), a leading comprehensive hospitality solutions and services provider, together with Taylor's University in Malaysia today held a partnership signing ceremony and awards presentation at the campus of Taylor's University.
SiteMinder, the leading cloud platform for hotels, today announces it has acquired Asia-based online reservation systems provider Globekey. The acquisition, completed this month, significantly increases the direct booking contribution to the SiteMinder business from within Asia, especially in Globekey's primary markets of Indonesia and Thailand where the majority of Globekey's 1200 global hotel customers are currently located.
Euro-flavoured Halcyon House at Cabarita Beach in New South Wales Australia, has successfully implemented protel's international property management system "protel single property edition" and the Xn Point-Of-Sale system by Xn Hotel Systems.
When we think about emerging economies China tends to be top of mind. But, while it represents a significant opportunity for hotels, there are other countries out there that have also been growing rapidly and should not be overlooked. As part of its recent Emerging Consumer Survey 2015, Credit Suisse highlighted the countries, as well as China, with a new segment of the population which now has the means and the desire to travel.
wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), is set to embrace the Internet of Things technology to design a next-generation serviced residence that will offer guests a seamless smart living experience. The technology will enable guests to control and manage devices within the serviced residence through a single application which connects personal and home devices — from refrigerators and washing machines to smart TVs, smartphones and even wearable devices — through an integrated platform and server.
Guestline have undertaken their first international installation of the Best Western Two Way PMS Interface into the Best Western PLUS Maple Leaf Hotel, Bangladesh. Guestline's cloud hosted property management system, Rezlynx, Online Booking Manager and EPoS were implemented as part of the overall site install to provide an integrated reservation solution that complies with the Best Western mandate.
Hotel Ciputra Jakarta has selected Xn Hotel Systems to implement Protel's international property management system “protel single property edition” and the Xn point-of-sale system, to upgrade the total management and information systems of the hotel.
We're not sure if the robotic staff at a planned hotel in Japan will be tucking guests into their beds at night, but they'll be performing plenty of other traditional hospitality tasks. Huis Ten Bosch, a theme park modeled after the Netherlands in Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture, has announced plans to open a hotel with robot staff and other advanced technologies. The hotel will be called Henn-na Hotel, which translates as Strange Hotel
FCS Computer Systems (FCS), a leading comprehensive hospitality solutions and services provider, has signed its latest Business Partnership (BP) agreement with Enterprise Data Services Ltd (EDS), a prominent networking and telecommunications integrator for several industries, including finance and hospitality, within the Indian Ocean region. As a result of EDS' newly-appointed BP status, the company will have the full range of FCS solutions at its disposal, complementing its own offerings, while providing the ability to supply clients with hospitality's most advanced operational and guest satisfaction enhancing platforms.
True or not, the popular image of Japan's capsule hotels is pretty Fifth Element, even when they aren't staffed by robots. Which is why this guesthouse, by Kyoto-based studio Alphaville, is such a breath of (still kind of claustrophobia-inducing) fresh air.
Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), an Amadeus company, the proven business solutions provider for empowering hospitality organizations to lower costs and increase revenue while improving customer satisfaction and guest loyalty, today announced that Xiamen C&D Tourism and Hotels Incorporation ("C&D Tourism and Hotels ") has selected Delphi 2015 and N2GO to expand their group business.
Digital marketing for hotels is complex. In an ideal world every hotel would like 100% of their online bookings to be made directly with the hotel via their website, mobile website or via their Facebook page. The reality however is that this is almost never possible unless you are the only operator in town. Most hotels will therefore use third party distributors like OTAs or the GDS network to complement their direct sales efforts, and then work to get a good balance between them.
The recent Hotel Management and Technology Indonesia Conference, organized by Questex Hospitality + Travel, welcomed 150 hotel management, operation and technology professionals, who explored hospitality directions in this booming country.