News

February 15, 2016

hospitalityPulse to Showcase Solutions for Resolving Room Assignment Challenges at ITB Berlin

Hoteliers looking to take the guess work out of room assignment while simultaneously increasing guest satisfaction, revenues and loyalty should plan to visit hospitalityPulse March 9 to 12 at ITB Berlin in Hall 10.1 / 112a. Using a patent-pending optimization process and intuitive user interface, hospitalityPulse will show attendees how they can assign the most optimal room for every guest – every time – with consistent efficiency using the company's roomPulse and pulseLINK solutions.

Berlin, Germany

February 11, 2016

HOSPA announces joint membership agreement with international association - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)

HOSPA – the Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT Professionals Association – is delighted to announce that it has formed a 'Joint Membership Agreement' with Chicago-based Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the global trade association dedicated to defining technology solutions and their deployment in hotels.

HOSPA

February 9, 2016

ITB Hospitality Day: Robots and innovations are changing the hotel industry

The first hotel robot visits ITB Berlin – other hotel conference topics: digital natives, China's hotel industry goes "totally digital", competition among OTAs and loyalty programmesOn Thursday, 10 March 2016 the special guest at the ITB Hospitality Day will be Mario, a robot who works in a hotel. Visitors to the 11th hotel conference of the world's leading travel trade show can witness him at the start of the event and briefly at every discussion round. On the subject of digitalization, the key topic at the ITB Berlin Convention, leading hotel experts will be discussing robots, hi-tech innovations and innovation labs. This is the first time a Chinese hotel group will be taking part. At Plateno Hotels, China's second largest hotel chain, "totally digital" has become part of everyday life. There will also be a meeting of two senior executives from Google and Booking.com. A futurist will be describing digital natives and three other experts will be discussing investment in hotel guests.

ITB Berlin

Berlin, Germany

February 2, 2016

ITB Berlin Convention: Travel 4.0 - the digital revolution

Robot services, emotions at the touch of a button: digitalization in the travel industry is the main topic of the global travel industry's leading think tank on every day of the show – admission is free for trade visitors at ITB BerlinThe digital transition has taken giant strides forward in the travel industry. Nowadays, a robot welcoming guests to a hotel with glasses of champagne is no longer pure fantasy. From 9 to 12 March 2016, under the heading of 'Travel 4.0 – the digitalization of the travel industry', the convention will examine a number of topics, including virtual reality, the digital transition and the use of humanoid robots in the tourism industry. Information on all the sessions on digitalization can be viewed at a glance at http://www.itb-convention.com/digitalization. For trade visitors at the world's largest travel trade show admission to the international travel industry's leading think tank is free. Anyone unable to attend can follow the sessions of the ITB Future Day, ITB Hospitality Day and the ITB Marketing and Distribution Day via a live stream.

ITB Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Reuters Events (former EyeforTravel)

January 28, 2016

Calling all travel start-ups and innovators!

Dozens of travel start-ups and innovators will be meeting in London, April 19-20 at EyeforTravel's Start-up and Innovation Awards, to get the advice, contacts and potentially the investment they need to succeed.

The next-gen metrics that move hotel P&L

External Article

January 26, 2016

Game on in Amsterdam's new Arcade Hotel | gizmag.com

For dedicated gamers, the thought of leaving their cherished consoles behind while traveling can be enough to spark separation anxiety. The owners of a new hotel in Amsterdam have recognized this, with their aptly named Arcade Hotel located in the De Pijp area of the city offering in-room consoles and video game rental for guests.

gizmag.com

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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January 22, 2016

Leading UK hospitality association Chief Executive Carl Weldon steps down to join HFTP as Chief Operating Officer - Europe

After 11 years of exemplary service to HOSPA – the Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT Professionals Association – Chief Executive Carl Weldon is leaving in March to join HOSPA's strategic partner, US-based HFTP (Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals), and take up the newly created position of HFTP Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Europe.

HOSPA

January 22, 2016

Industry Icon Carl Weldon to join HFTP as its COO of Europe

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) announced that beginning in March 2016, Carl Weldon will join HFTP as its Chief Operations Officer (COO) – Europe. Weldon is currently the Chief Executive of the Hospitality Professionals Association (HOSPA) and is also principal of his own consultancy business CW Hospitality.

HFTP

January 19, 2016

Xn protel Systems selected for Europe’s first Park Regis Hotel

International hotel brand Park Regis will soon call Europe home with the opening of its Birmingham property in March 2016. The hotel will be located in the former Auchinleck House building on Broad Street, which received a £50 million renovation to transform it into a modern silver-clad hotel offering 253 deluxe rooms, two junior suites and the largest presidential suite in Birmingham, as well as an à la carte restaurant, all-glass Saki Bar and Pan Asian Fusion Restaurant on the 16th floor.

Xn protel

Birmingham, United Kingdom

January 13, 2016

Travel Tripper Expands Global Presence with New Office in London

Travel Tripper, the industry's most innovative provider of hotel reservation solutions, today announced the opening of a new office in London. The company's booking technology, e-commerce platform and presence will now be available to the European market.

Pegasus

December 21, 2015

Hospitality ‘Finance, Revenue Management and IT Professionals of the Year’ named and honoured at Annual HOSPA Christmas Awards 2015

The winners of the prestigious Annual 'Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT Awards of the Year 2015' were announced yesterday (17 December) in London by HOSPA – the UK's leading educational organisation for professionals involved in Financial Management, Revenue Management and IT within the hospitality industry.

HOSPA

December 4, 2015

Hospitality IT Solutions Specialists Avenue9 engaged to advise the UK’s leading independent hotel management company Redefine|BDL Hotels

Hospitality IT solutions specialists, Avenue9, is delighted to announce that it has been engaged by the UK's leading independent hotel management company, Redefine|BDL Hotels, to provide IT solutions across the group's 69 hotels to help sustain the business's exceptional track record in developing and managing a diverse collection of branded and private label hotel properties throughout the UK.

The next-gen metrics that move hotel P&L

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Opinion Article

November 30, 2015

Attention Airport Retailers & Travel Industry: If Your Location Based Mobile Marketing Isn’t Hyper-Relevant, Timely and Using Contextual Data – Don’t Do It! | Bojan Jokic

Like any other industry, airports are seeing mobile devices becoming the most important digital gateway. Passengers can now navigate through airports and order food on the go, to make those tight connections. GPS technology, iBeacons, and services like Yelp, finding what you're looking for is no longer the guessing game it once was, so it's important to design an engaging shopping experience at the airport.

By Bojan Jokic, Epteca Co-founder & CEO, Epteca GmbH

Switzerland

November 20, 2015

Hotel Buddy – A Staffless Hotel for Millennial City Travelers

Looking for hassle-free accommodation in Munich? A great choice is the new Hotel Buddy, where you can manage everything, including booking a room, checking in and out, and paying, from a mobile device.

Munich, Germany

November 12, 2015

Entrepreneurship under debate at the Grupo Hotusa's first Venturing Day

Hotusa held its first Venturing Day at the deluxe five-star Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel, a professional meeting which brought together over 200 people linked to the tourism and business sectors, and those from the world of start-ups. This initiative, which is part of the Grupo Hotusa's corporate capital fund, Hotusa Ventures, introduced last March, "guarantees the quest for new ways to get ahead and adapt to changes", according to the Chairman of the Grupo Hotusa, Amancio López Seijas.

Barcelona, Spain

November 5, 2015

Kaba and hetras Implement Mobile Key Guestroom Access at Village Hotels

Kaba announced that it partnered with hetras to implement a fully-integrated Mobile Key Access solution for Village Hotels. The Village Hotel Glasgow, Scotland went live with Kaba-hetras mobile access on October 25. Village Hotels expects to complete its full mobile guest experience rollout to all 28 properties in 2016. Kaba provides the Saflok™ and ILCO™ brands of electronic locks. hetras is the leading German-based developer of fully Internet-based management applications for hotels and chains. Click here for information on Kaba electronic locks.

dormakaba

October 19, 2015

Epteca to Enter “The Lions Den” at the Innovation Summit Mega Event Worldwide

Attendees at the 2015 Innovation Summit Mega Event will be introduced to Epteca's unique 'smart-selling' marketplace platform, which enables brands worldwide to increase revenue while serving customers needs with the industry's most unique contextual marketing platform. The company CEO and co-founder Bojan Jokic will be presenting their technology during the event's showcase of new products and services to industry executives.

Epteca GmbH

Zug, Switzerland

October 9, 2015

hetras wins hotelforum Product Innovation Award

The Product Innovation Award from hotelforum was presented to the hotel software company hetras, Munich, this year. hetras had developed the hotel management system for Vienna's Hotel Schani as part of the Fraunhofer IAO FutureHotel project.

Germany

External Article

October 8, 2015

Case Study: Hotel Attracts Luxury Travelers with Guest-Facing Mobile Tech | StreetFightMag.com

As the Lanesborough began what would become a 19-month, multi-million dollar refurbishment in 2014, the boutique hotel’s executives started looking for strategic ways to appeal to guests with luxury tastes. To go along with the newly renovated rooms, which reopened in July, the team decided to add a technology component that would be unlike anything travelers had ever experienced.

streetfightmag.com