Leading hospitality investment banking firm RobertDouglas announced the promotion of Evan Hurd, a Managing Director with the firm, to Principal and Managing Director. Mr. Hurd, based in New York, has contributed significantly to the firm's rapid growth working as advisors to private and institutional clients throughout North America.
New Delhi, Sep 18, 2018: RateGain Technologies, a leading hospitality and travel technology solutions company, today announced the launch of an all-new, smart User Interface and Experience for its premier rate shopping tool , Optima, with the introduction of Cluster Dashboard and Smart Shopping. The new, sleek Cluster Dashboard presents all the essential rate shopping data in a visually appealing and descriptive manner. With this set of releases, the users surely will have all the ammunition to power their pricing decision in a single dashboard.
Orlando, FL - September 18, 2018 - Hapi, a transformative new data streaming, integration and enrichment platform designed to solve the hotel industry's rapidly expanding data management challenges, announces the successful deployment of PMS data connectors developed to support the needs of RLH Corporation (NYSE:RLH). The connectors have been developed in order to link a portion of RLH Corporation's hotels to a new revenue management system, as well as to the company's enterprise data warehouse (EDW).
Nor1, Inc. today announced a distribution partnership with Hospitality & Retail Systems (HRS) to expand its reach to more hotels around the world and enable them to increase RevPAR and ADR through the use of its industry-leading upgrade solutions eStandby Upgrade®, eXpress UpgradeTM, and CheckIn MerchandisingTM.
Beekeeper, the leading communication and operations platform for connecting a hotel's non-desk workers across locations and departments, announced today that it has raised an additional $13 million as a part of its Series A extension round. Built from the ground up for secure, centralized operational communication on mobile and desktop devices, Beekeeper plans to deploy its latest round of capital by continuing to invest in hospitality market growth, innovation and its information security management system to maintain their ISO 27001:2013 certification. This will ensure the platform delivers a simple and elegant experience for hotel workers while maintaining the highest security levels.
Softscribe Inc., a leading hotel tech PR firm, attended the 10th annual Hotel Data Conference (HDC) this month in Nashville, TN with top industry leaders and technology providers. Smith Travel Research (STR) hosted 675 attendees, with 71 on the waitlist, at the Omni Nashville for a 3-day deep dive into data, performance, and trends for the global hospitality industry.
Lightstone is a national real estate investor/developer with 28 hospitality properties nationwide. The company's current portfolio emphasizes select services hotels, branded by Marriott, Hilton, IHG, and Starwood. How big do you think its asset management team is?
Handeholder Products, Inc., an industry leader in tablet and mPOS (mobile point-of-sale) device mobility solutions, has named Beau Keyes as their Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.
Evention's newly developed solutions include Group Billing by Evention and Credit Card Reconciliation by Evention. In addition, Evention's solution for cash recycling now offers a small-volume hardware option.
Nor1, the leader in hospitality merchandising technology and FirstView, a VR & 360° content production studio are partnering to provide the hospitality industry with a perfect blend of room category and property-based rich content that highlights value and experience, with intelligent pricing and merchandising offers.
Aptech Computer Systems announced La Corsha Hospitality Group implemented the PVNG Enterprise Accounting System across 10 properties. La Corsha converted from Aptech's Profitvue hotel accounting software to web-based PVNG to enable remote accounting operations and greater financial reporting flexibility. La Corsha (LCHG) operates a mix of managed and owned properties across Texas that includes hotels, restaurants and a multi-city parking company. Aptech is the leading provider of hospitality business intelligence, budgeting and forecasting, and enterprise accounting hotel software systems. Click here for more on Aptech's products and services.
Benbria®, the leading provider of omni-channel guest experience measurement and engagement solutions, announced today a strategic integration partnership with Knowcross®, the global leader in providing software solutions for hospitality operations. This integration will allow a hotel's guests to send messages and requests, which hotel staff can receive and respond to via the Loop platform, from a wide range of preferred guest channels including SMS, Facebook Messenger, Twitter Direct Messages, and more. Hoteliers will also have the flexibility to embed guest communications and guest requests into their own app, through existing in-room tablets, or via a mobile browser; and directly interact with the hotel through KNOW Service.
London, UK, 25 April, 2018: RateGain Technologies, a leader in hospitality and travel technology solutions, today announced the launch of a key feature, 'Lightning Refresh' to its premier rate shopper solution, Optima, that would allow hotels to refresh and receive the real-time competitor rates at the click of a button. The availability of the most updated rates, which would get reflected in the user's rate calendar in less than 60 seconds, would serve as a key input for hoteliers while developing an effective pricing strategy.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Following the free trial period of its GroupSync™ application, Groups360 has uncovered industry-specific needs based on technology use, suggesting that the industry is looking for a better way to source and book meetings with more information up front.
Aptech Computer Systems announced Miami-based MDM Hotel Group implemented the Execuvue Hospitality Business Intelligence System to automate data gathering, performance reporting and analysis for its portfolio of hotels. MDM is a respected developer that operates full service Marriott and independent properties and commercial businesses in South Florida. Aptech is the leading provider of business intelligence, budgeting and forecasting, and enterprise accounting hotel software systems. Click here for more on Aptech's products and services.
Nor1, the leader in hospitality merchandising technology is proud to announce and welcome Stuart Derricott as Director of Business Development for UK and Ireland. Mr. Derricott will be responsible for expanding adoption of the Nor1 Pricing & Merchandising Intelligence Platform and developing and strengthening relationships with hotel groups and Hospitality Industry partners in the region.
Duetto, hospitality's only Revenue Strategy Platform, announced today the closing of an $80 million Series D financing round led by funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing. The round is the largest ever non-acquisition investment in a software company serving the hotel industry.
Technology permeates every aspect of the hospitality industry. To reflect this wide spread prevalence and demonstrating their commitment to delivering a relevant and topical event, the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) are launching the IHIF Hotel Tech Hub, new for 2018.
b4checkin, Inc., a developer and provider of cloud-based hospitality software solutions, announced today that it is set to implement b4easypost, the industry's first revolutionary online payment and posting software solution, at two prestigious Canadian hotel properties – One King West Hotel & Residences in Toronto, Ontario (http://www.onekingwest.com) and the Rimrock Resort Hotel in Banff, Alberta (http://www.rimrockresort.com).
In 2017, Evention automated the distribution of more than $1 billion in gratuity, tip, and service charge payroll and reconciled over 3 million cash drops for its hospitality and retail clients across the globe.