The Institute of Hospitality (IoH), a global community of hospitality professionals, and Amadeus, an industry leading provider of hospitality technology solutions, are proud to announce a new partnership in which Amadeus will provide data-driven insight to IoH members to help strengthen their revenue strategies and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Whittlebury Park Hotel & Spa, in Northamptonshire, UK., has selected rGuest® Seat to improve the dining reservations experience and provide servers visibility into guest food and beverage preferences, along with rGuest Pay to ensure the security of guest payment information. Whittlebury Park is a longtime user of Agilysys Visual One® property management system (PMS) and InfoGenesis® point of sale (POS) systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.,
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.
Shiji Group announces its first official ITB 2019 presence to announce its global technology strategy, products, and services to the hospitality industry.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
- Comprehensive competitive evaluation convinces Portuguese chain to extend its use of IDeaS RMS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.