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December 17, 2019

Predictive Room Service And Interactive Mirrors! Could This Be The Hotel Room Of 2050?

A national survey of travellers released today by YOTEL, the innovative global hotel brand, unveils the key features guests expect in the hotel of the future. Within thirty years, the majority (88%) would ditch traditional room keys in favour of facial recognition for room access, 81% would expect augmented reality in the room to talk face-to-face with friends and family and 79% would want predictive room service.

YOTEL

December 17, 2019

Travel Tech Innovators Bidroom and Tiqets Named Best Startup And Scaleup

Two Dutch travel technology companies,Tiqets and Bidroom, have been awarded for tourism industry innovationat the Uzakrota Travel Summit, Istanbul, 13 December. Bidroom, an online hotel booking community for frequent travellers, picked up the award for Top Foreign Travel Startup of the Year 2019.

bidroom.com

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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September 24, 2019

HRS Acquires conichi to Enhance Corporate Hotel Payment Solutions

The HRS Group, the leading Global Hotel Solutions end to end technology provider in business travel, today announced the acquisition of startup conichi (legally "Hotel Beacons GmbH") and will integrate their technology into the HRS payment product platform. The Berlin startup, launched in 2014, had previously operated independently. HRS has now acquired all remaining conichi shares, and this transaction will make the brand and all conichi employees an integral part of the HRS Group.

Germany

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June 4, 2019

What Lies Behind Stockholm’s Tech Success Stories?

With strengths in fintech, e-commerce and entertainment, its first wave of innovators included music streaming giants Soundcloud and Spotify and Candy Crush video game makers, King.

JLL Trends & Insights

Sweden

May 17, 2019

Guestline Announces New Deal with TheKeyCollections

Guestline, the global leader in hotel cloud property management systems, distribution and digital marketing technologies, today announces a new deal which sees the rollout of the brand's award-winning Rezlynx PMS to TheKeyCollection.,

Guestline

Ireland

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March 11, 2019

STAYERY powers its digital guest journey with apaleo at the core

Berlin-based boutique apartment brand, STAYERY, announced today that it has selected apaleo, the world's most open property management systems (PMS), as the core heart of its technology stack for its ambitious expansion plans.

Apaleo GmbH

Berlin, Germany

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February 25, 2019

Shiji Group Announces First Official ITB Berlin Attendance

Shiji Group announces its first official ITB 2019 presence to announce its global technology strategy, products, and services to the hospitality industry.

Shiji

Berlin, Germany

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February 25, 2019

Self-Cleaning Hotel Rooms Have Arrived

Stay in a high-tech hotel today and you might see the day's headlines in your full-length mirror or have a personal trainer on-demand when you turn on the television.

skift

Copenhagen, Denmark

January 22, 2019

The home of the Original Sacher-Torte partners with SiteMinder to offer the world a taste of Austria

Austrian Sacher Hotels, the home of the world-famous Original Sacher-Torte, has partnered with SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, to invite guests from all over the world to experience a taste of Vienna.

SiteMinder

Sydney, Austria

December 3, 2018

PPHE Books In for Better Business with Infor

Infor, a global leader in business cloud software for Enterprise and SMB companies, today announced that international hospitality group, PPHE Hotel Group, operator of the Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, art'otel, Arena Hotels & Apartments and Arena Campsites brands, has selected Infor SunSystems. As part of an international expansion programme, the application is designed to help standardise reporting across each of the group's properties and management companies.

Infor

November 13, 2018

AccorHotels partners with Nextdoor to test coworking spaces in hotels

AccorHotels and Nextdoor join forces to offer you the perfect blend of coworking and hospitality. A bright and spacious environment perfect for working differently: that's what awaits you in the first Nextdoor in-hotel coworking space. To be discovered at the Mercure Paris Montmartre Sacré Cœur!

Accor

Paris, France

November 12, 2018

Chief French hotel management system VEGA joins SiteMinder’s network

As the international EquipHotel Paris trade show gets underway, SiteMinder today announces it has partnered with one of France's leading property management system (PMS) providers, Groupe QuatuHoRe, to further cement its position as the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition and connectivity platform. The partnership will provide the more than 2,000 properties and approximately 10,000 hotelier daily users of Groupe QuatuHoRe's VEGA PMS with access to SiteMinder's vast network of distribution channels, to maximise their visibility online and ability to win guests from around the world.

SiteMinder

Sydney, France

November 8, 2018

NAU Hotels & Resorts Renews Partnership with IDeaS After Full Market Review

- Comprehensive competitive evaluation convinces Portuguese chain to extend its use of IDeaS RMS

IDeaS

Portugal

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November 5, 2018

Tourism shortcomings: SiteMinder’s new head of France invites hotels to “sell their destination”

The new head of France at SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, is inviting hotels to help distribute tourism more evenly across the country by using technology to "sell their destination". Antoine Auburn, a Bordeaux-native and travel passionate, says a wider adoption of hotel marketing technology could be pivotal in avoiding overtourism from arising in popular hot spots and driving tourists to rural areas where they are needed most.

SiteMinder

Sydney, France

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November 1, 2018

The City Of Lausanne And EHL Group To Create The First Innovation Hub Dedicated To Hospitality In Europe

The City of Lausanne and EHL Group sign a convention for the development and rehabilitation of the Lausanne neighborhood of Chalet-à-Gobet, to create the first Innovation Hub dedicated to hospitality in Europe.Signed for an initial period of 50 years by Natacha Litzistorf, Municipal Councilor and Director of Lodging, Environment and Architecture of the City of Lausanne, André Witschi, Chairman of the Board of Governors of EHL Foundation, Michel Rochat, CEO, and Maxime Medina, Chief Asset Management Officer of EHL Group, the agreement will allow EHL to extend its academic ecosystem to construct a hub dedicated to research and innovation, and in support of entrepreneurship.

EHL

Lausanne, Switzerland

October 15, 2018

Xn protel Systems announces the appointment of David Hunter as new Vice President of Sales for the UK

Global hospitality management software company Xn protel Systems today announced the appointment of David Hunter, formerly of Guestline, as Vice President of Sales for the UK.

Xn protel

October 15, 2018

Serenata CRM is partnering with MEININGER Hotels

Serenata CRM, the specialist for customer relationship management (CRM) and E-marketing, and Berlin-based MEININGER Hotels will be working together in future. Within the framework of this partnership, the MEININGER Group will be using the multiple award-winning Serenata CRM Suite for its B2C activities. For its B2B activities the rapidly expanding hotel group - which is also active in the hostel segment - will also be using Serenata's Business CRM, which can be integrated into the CRM Suite through an add-on application.

Serenata IntraWare GmbH

Germany

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

October 3, 2018

Hotelkompetenzzentrum in Munich Showcases the Hotel Rooms of the Future

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and ETK networks solution GmbH showcase sma rt hospitality solutions at the Hotelkompetenzzentrum in Munich, Germany. Interactive hotel rooms allow visiting hoteliers to directly engage with Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and discover how they integrate to create a personalized hotel experience.

Munich, Germany