The Netherlands' first fully-electric hotel has begun accepting reservations ahead of its opening in April 2018. Powered entirely by wind energy, Conscious Hotel Westerpark will become the fourth property of sustainable hotel chain Conscious Hotels, which for the past year has employed the global hotel industry's leading cloud platform, SiteMinder, to market and sell its rooms online.
Maestro PMS continues to add valuable property software and services to support its independent UK hotel company clients, offering its leading PMS suite to UK clients on-premise or in the cloud. Maestro's decade of experience providing solutions that adapt to the UK's unique VAT and other business and accounting processes perfectly support more profitable and efficient hotel company operations.
The new head of DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) at SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading cloud platform, is urging Germany's hotels to begin embracing the digitisation of travel.
Guestware announced that InterContinental Malta in St. George's Bay implemented Guestware to personalize the guest experience and simplify staff response to requests. Guestware is an integrated Guest Experience (GX) software solution used by hospitality companies around the world to deliver exceptional guest satisfaction. InterContinental Malta is an exclusive 481 room and suite beachside resort. Click here for more information on how to streamline operations and personalize guest service with Guestware.
RateGain announces the launch of AirGain, a real-time airline pricing intelligence solution that collects and analyzes airline fares for diverse categories and attributes across multiple distribution channels. With AirGain, an airline aims to solve such critical business challenges as inaccurate/delayed pricing, understanding ancillaries pricing, and tackling the airline rate parity issues.
The winners of the 2017 prestigious annual 'Inspirational Leader Professionals of the Year Awards' – for Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT – were announced and honoured last night (2 November) at the HOSPACE2017 Gala Awards Dinner by HOSPA, the UK's leading educational organization for those involved in hospitality finance, revenue management and IT.
The winners of the 2017 'Hospitality Career Investment Development Scholarships', sponsored by IDeaS, were announced and publicly recognized on Thursday (2 November) by HOSPA – the UK's leading educational organisation for hospitality professionals involved in Financial Management, Revenue Management and IT – at its Annual HOSPACE2017 Conference and Exhibition, held at the Royal Lancaster London.
The Student Hotel has added five new properties to the HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts portfolio. The Dutch chain already has two hotels, one in Eindhoven and another in Amsterdam, represented under the HO chain code. This represents a significant growth of HotelREZ's Dutch portfolio, accumulating an additional 2,235 rooms in key locations such as Amsterdam West, Groningen, Maastricht, The Hague and Rotterdam. The Student Hotel seeks out dormant buildings and rejuvenates them to bring positive economic and social benefits to their neighbourhoods. Every property encourages not just guests, but the community at large, including people who live and work in the hotel and the local area to use their social spaces and facilities.
Owners and managers of hospitality businesses are being given an incredible opportunity to try industry leading technology that could boost reservations without having to invest. NewBook, innovators in developing customer relationship management software with hotels, serviced apartments, and other businesses in mind, have launched Free Access, allowing potential customers to test the powerful capabilities of its offering.
HTNG announces session information and speakers for next month's 2017 European Conference on 7-9 November in Prague. This conference will provide knowledge, collaboration, networking and business development opportunities to a wide range of industry professionals.
One year after completing its merger with UNA Hotels & Resorts, Atahotels today announces it has partnered with the global hotel industry's leading cloud platform, SiteMinder, to further capitalise on Italy's rising tourism numbers. SiteMinder will power the distribution of Atahotels' more than 4,700 rooms online and increase guest acquisition for the hotel group through the company's 350-strong network of the world's top booking channels.
The focus of this event is mobile, social media, data analytics, personalisation and tech innovation. With more travelers turning to the internet and mobile to get ideas, inspiration, and options for their trips. Mobile has made the journey more spontaneous with 'on the go' research tools.
Marriott Hotels has announced the three winning tech start-ups of its 2017 European accelerator programme, TestBED. These selected companies will now pilot their innovative solutions and technologies in three Marriott Hotels in Europe, with a chance to grow through expert guidance from industry leaders.
The perfect way to achieve success: with the 'Travelups! Startup Challenge' on 31 October 2017 at the Feria Internacional de Turismo de América Latina (FIT) in Buenos Aires, Argentina's start-up community will be recognising South American travel industry start-ups. The winner will receive a comprehensive exhibitor package for the eTravel World at ITB Berlin 2018. The Travel Technology segment at the World's Leading Travel Trade Show® gives start-ups access to the global market and a chance to showcase their innovations to professionals from around the world.
Over the last few months, Guestline has substantially boosted the number of Scottish hotels selecting its global hospitality software with over 1,000 additional bedrooms now utilising the innovative cloud based technology. Guestline's portfolio of Scotland-based clients has expanded enormously in the last two years to include a wide range of city-centre, coastal, country house, boutique and hotel group customers.
Global hospitality software business Guestline has opened its first operations in Ireland with a new office and the appointment of a country manager. It is the beginning of European expansion for the UK business, whose operations are spread across the UK and Asia.
Global hospitality management software company Xn protel Systems today announced the implementation and go-live of protel SPE/MPE at Edinburgh Collection's latest acquisition, the Hub Hotel in Edinburgh.
Smartvel, a technology Startup and content solutions supplier for Smart Cities, Tourism enterprises and Connected cars, has won the AgoraNext's 2017 Touristech Award to the Best StartUp.
Deploying chatbots on these channels can yield real rewards according to EyeforTravel and Travelaer's new Are Bots Worth the Bother? report, which is free to download now.
Coast & Country Hotels, part of the Shearings Leisure Group, has extended its hotel distribution to the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) for the first time ever, joining HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts' HO chain code.