InvoTech Systems, Inc. announced Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) – Singapore's first integrated resort – Implemented the InvoTech UHF-RFID Uniform System to streamline processing for more than 200,000 uniforms. The InvoTech system interfaces with the White Conveyors U-Pick-It System to automatically deliver uniforms to the staff of thousands with optimum efficiency.
Sunway Hotels & Resorts has implemented Pegasus Solutions’ OpenView Internet booking engine for desktop and mobile at www.sunwayhotels.com. The Pegasus Connect+ Premium hotel client is now driving more direct online and mobile bookings for 10 of its hotels in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Windsor Property Management Group Corporation ("WMC Group"), a leading Vietnamese hospitality and property management group, has selected the sophisticated technology solution Delphi from Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket") to improve overall operations, increase revenue, and better manage sales teams.
Sunlake Group of Hotels in Jakarta has moved its full portfolio of privately owned hotels to Pegasus Connect+. The four five-star Indonesian hotels, including the Hotel Merlynn Park, Sunlake Hotel Jakarta, Metro Hotel Semarang and Hotel Manhattan Jakarta, will now be available through the global distributions systems (GDSs) and TravelSky in China under Pegasus Solutions' "UI" chain code. All four hotels can now also drive bookings through hundreds of Pegasus-connected online channels.
Beijing International Hotel, a world-class Chinese luxury hotel, has selected Newmarket International, Inc. ("Newmarket") to provide multiple technology solutions to improve operations and support its business growth. Opened in 1987, Beijing International Hotel is the first luxury 5-star hotel in China. Recognized as a premier destination for banquets, meetings, and conferences, it has almost one thousand guest rooms and 30 function rooms.
Computer-based training (CBT) could soon become prevalent in the hotel industry write Dr Eric Chan of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a co-author in a recently published research paper. Drawing on the results of an undergraduate survey conducted in Hong Kong, the researchers show that hospitality and tourism students – the potential hoteliers of tomorrow – perceive CBT not only as an effective method but also one that is compatible with the training needs of hotel employees. Most of the students they surveyed regarded CBT as user-friendly, and noted that they would be confident in being subjected to it. They also indicated their intention to use it in the future. This, argue the researchers, indicates the viability of the method as an industry-wide practice that could be used in conjunction with traditional face-to-face training methods.
From rooms kitted out like medical clinics where couples can play "doctors and nurses" to grottos where it is permanently Christmas, Japan's "Love Hotels" cater to almost every taste, offering a few hours of reasonably-priced privacy in a crowded country. And with the kind of occupancy rates that most hotels can only dream of, even during economic hard times, they are an almost recession-proof business.
Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), the proven business solutions provider for empowering hospitality organizations to lower costs and increase revenue while improving customer satisfaction and guest loyalty, has been selected to provide hospitality solutions at the Adelaide Oval.
RezNext, the world's only true real time distribution company has announced today that it had acquired 400 plus customers in 2013.These customers signed up between September and December 2013 and are spread across 113 cities, increasing RezNext's footprint in India.
iRiS Software Systems, the interactive award-winning interactive guest services application provider and their technology partner in the region Paoma Ltd (http://paoma.mu) have teamed up with LUX* Resorts to provide iRiS' Guest Valet application across all 5 LUX* resorts: LUX* Grand Gaube, LUX* Belle Mare, LUX* Le Morne, LUX* Ile de la reunion, LUX* Maldives. LUX* Resorts is a collection of premium resorts, promising a differentiated approach to luxury, that is spontaneous and authentic.
Singgasana Hotels and Resorts today announced a partnership with Trust International to use a wide array of Trust's hotel distribution services, including CRS, GDS, IDS (direct connect), IBE, Mobilebooker, and PMS Interface. Singgasana Hotels and Resorts, a premier hospitality management company, will use Trust's distribution services for its deluxe and first class hotels, residences, a golf course and an international convention centre in key destinations in Indonesia, such as its flagship properties The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta, Ayodya Resort Bali, the Jakarta Convention Center and properties in Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar and Lombok.
Soon guests staying at the iclub by Regal Sheung Wan Hotel in Hong Kong will be unlocking their room doors via their personal smartphones and standard mobile devices. When the new select-service hotel from Regal Hotels International opens its doors in early 2014, all guestrooms will be equipped with Kaba Saflok RT™ RFID locks with Mobile Key by OpenWays built in. Regal's "iclub Mobile Key Check-in" powered by the Mobile Key by OpenWays is the first direct-to-room front desk bypass service to be offered in Hong Kong and distributed by DOCOMO InterTouch, OpenWays strategic reseller partner in the Asia-Pacific region.
India-based OTA, Cleartrip, has completed integration with eRevMax to offer XML connectivity to eRevMax's growing base of hotel customers. Hotel companies partnering with Cleartrip will now be able to make real-time ARI (Availability, Rate & Inventory) updates and receive bookings generated on these channels through eRevMax solutions directly into their property management system.
As inter-Asian business and travel booms, Trust International's local approach is helping its hotelier customers meet the growing demand for rooms, enabling rapid expansion for many hoteliers. At the same time, the boom is enabling Trust to expand its presence in the region and establish a foothold in Malaysia. Hospitality Integrated Technology Sdn Bhd (H.I.T.), an ecommerce management company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has become the first eHospitality group in Malaysia to contract Trust International to provide a full range of services including global distribution services (GDS), Internet distribution services (IDS) and Internet booking engine (IBE).
Mirroring the growth seen in the Asia-Pacific market, Trust International has been steadily growing its client roster and bookings in the Asia-Pacific region. Trust’s Asia Pacific revenue has increased 38% since 2010, with increases in each of the years. This continues in the third quarter of 2013 with the addition of TAUZIA Hotel Management contracting its 13 midscale HARRIS Hotels to use Trust’s centralized reservation and distribution system and services.
India's Fortune Hotels, a member of ITC's hotel group, has renewed 11 hotels, added 19 and switched seven properties to Pegasus Solutions. The hotel management company's full portfolio of properties will now be bookable under the "UI" chain code through Pegasus Connect+.
On a recent visit to Sheraton Towers Singapore, one of Singapore's most influential politicians and labor leaders was impressed with the extent to which FCS' e-Housekeeping solution has helped to improve hotel worker efficiency without compromising safety. Out of all the prestigious hotels in Singapore, Sheraton Towers Singapore was selected by MP, Cabinet Minister and NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say on August 21, 2013 to visit the hotel for its commitment to making the difficult but important task of housekeeping easier and more effective through the use of new technologies offered by FCS and other entities.
In its continual efforts to support the arts, The Chedi Club Tanah Gajahin Ubud has launched a programme designed to bring hotel guests a new art experience. Together with the Hadiprana owning family, Art Expressions lets guests put paint to paper as a form of self-expression and meditative release. As part of this art
Guestline, a provider of software solutions that deliver revenue to the global hospitality industry, today announced the implementation of its technology in two Australian hotels, continuing with the company's international expansion. This builds on the move made in October 2012, when the UK-owned and operated technology company opened its second office in Sydney, Australia to spearhead sales in Australasia.
With a view to setting new standards for hotel rooms, the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has joined hands with its teaching and research hotel, Hotel ICON, and organized a global competition to shape guestrooms of the future.