Last week, Team Revinate was out in full force at HFTP's annual HITEC event in New Orleans. The team was there to share some of Revinate's new features, introduce new partnerships, and celebrate the success of our customers. One of my favorite things about HITEC is how it offers me the opportunity to meet with many of our customers and identify trends that they're raising in hotel technology.
Travelers across the globe are demanding rapid charging solutions that support a myriad of mobile devices. A recent distribution partnership between Kube Systems and Precision Technologies is enabling guests staying at hotels across the Middle East to power-up to six mobile devices simultaneously via the Kube Clock™ and the Kube 5™. The Kube Clock, which features Bluetooth streaming and the ability to charge up to six mobile devices with an Apple® Lightning, Apple® 30-pin, and Micro-USB flip-out cable, two additional auto-sensing USB ports, optional Qi wireless charging and intuitive alarm clock, is in high demand from the premier supplier. TheKube 5 is identical to the Kube Clock with just the time element and audio streaming removed; the unit comes with a docking station to house and power five portable chargers and Qi charging is a standard feature.
UAE hotels are among the global leaders in smart hospitality solutions, as Dubai and Abu Dhabi are set to top 110,000 smart hotel rooms in 2017, experts announced today in advance of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), taking place this month in Dubai, UAE.
2016 is set to be a banner year for the hospitality industry in Saudi Arabia. After experiencing relatively slow but steady growth since 2006, the number of hotel rooms across the Kingdom suddenly soared in 2015, increasing by over 100 percent in a single year.
This revolution will be neither political nor ideological. Instead, it will come in the form of keys –hundreds of them, representing millions of dollars' worth of investment. In the wake of plummeting oil prices resulting from the uneasy mixture of oversupply and tightening Chinese demand, one could be forgiven for believing that the Kingdom's economy is approaching a state of crisis. However, the OPEC giant has long been prepared to ride out this period of financial turbulence. Long before the oil prices began to dip, the government was prepared to deal with the budget gap created by diminished oil revenue.
Ariane Systems, the world leader in self-service check-in/out technology for the hospitality industry, has partnered with CADD Emirates, a leading enterprise solutions provider and ICT integrator in the Middle Eastern market, in order to make its industry-leading solutions easily available to hoteliers throughout Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. An organization that enjoys a strong regional market presence and reputation throughout the region, CADD Emirates is equipped with the necessary expertise and professional relationships to ensure that hotel customers have the appropriate tools to implement an effective, guest experience-enhancing self-service solution.
The Worlds' Leading global hospitality association Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) – producers of HITEC - has partnered with French business information company, Naseba, for the upcoming Hotel Technology Summit taking place 20-21 March 2016 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Hotel Technology Expansion Summit, organised by deal facilitation company Naseba in partnership with Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals (HFTP), concluded yesterday after a successful two-day run at the Sofitel the Palm Resort and Spa in Dubai.
The hospitality industry is undergoing a phase of dynamic transformation. This is an exciting time for hoteliers and hotel-goers around the world: a time when technologies and innovations that seemed like science fiction a few decades ago are becoming a very solid reality.
Cloudbeds has teamed up with Bedandbreakfast.eu to give innkeepers greater access to Bedandbreakfast.eu's international guests. Now, innkeepers can easily list their inventory on the world's largest directory of B&Bs and guest houses.
Today's hotel industry is one in which hoteliers strive to combine quality with cutting-edge technology in order to ensure the ultimate guest experience. This is often a difficult task to accomplish while maintaining the pursuit of a healthy profit margin. The marriage of hospitality and technology can be a rocky and expensive one, if navigated without guidance.
RoomNetTV, the leading provider of Apple TV based in-room solutions, has expanded into the Middle East with the opening of its Dubai office. Managing over 10,000 rooms globally, with clients ranging from large multi-national hotel chains to smaller luxury boutique hotels, RoomNetTV's solutions are designed to enhance guest satisfaction and loyalty. Its solutions enable hotels to differentiate themselves by offering their guests a truly unique, home- away-from-home in-room entertainment experience.
Leading global association Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) – producer of HITEC - has partnered with French business information company, Naseba, for the upcoming Hotel Technology Summit taking place on 22 – 23 November 2015 at the Sofitel The Palm in Dubai, UAE. The Summit is an extension of 17 events previously held across the Middle East as part of Naseba's Hospitality Series.
Rotana has extended its partnership with eRevMax for optimizing online exposure and distribution. 49 out of 51 properties of the group have been using Connect, the cloud based distribution solution by eRevMax, for real-time data transfer between its online sales channels and hotel system.
Xn Hotel Systems Group Limited ("Xn" or "the Group") is delighted to announce the forthcoming appointment of Emmanuel Clavé, former Group Information Technology Director of Rocco Forte Hotels.
TrustYou, the inventor of the Meta-ReviewTM and global online reputation management leader, has partnered with SUNRISE Hotels & Cruises to offer reputation management tools to their collection of Egyptian hotels. SUNRISE plans to roll out the TrustYou reputation management tool across their 11 resorts located in Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh.
Frankfurt and Doha – Qatar Airways has chosen Trust International to provide distribution services for its first hotel, The Airport Hotel (www.hiahotel.com), located inside the passenger terminal at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar.
Rotana, says the innovation of customer driven smart technology is translating into a significant boost in business. Since launching the Rotana Mobile App two years ago, Rotana has posted a 20% increase in monthly mobile bookings, delivering a significant return on investment in developing the mobility platform.
Al-Hokair, a group with a long involvement in property ownership and a key player in the development of the hospitality sector in Saudi Arabia, has commissioned Swisscom Hospitality to serve all its properties with advanced Broadband Internet services. Al-Hokair's portfolio currently counts 31 hotels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Dubai (UAE), which operate under a variety of brands including Hilton, Radisson Blu, Park Inn, MENA, Holiday Inn and Golden Tulip, in addition to several independent hotels.
Hold on to your departmental hats! A new mobile minibar solution is blowing onto the hotel scene that is radically changing the way hoteliers will be managing their in-room amenities forever. ABreez by Mobile Simple is a breath of fresh air for food-and-beverage managers looking to increase their bottom lines through more effective merchandising and control costs through more efficient posting processes . . . room attendants desiring a way to simplify daily tasks by making the mundane process of checking minibars and snack trays more fun . . . and owners begging for a new way to stop revenue losses, heighten inventory control, improve employee efficiency and stop guest complaints altogether.