New York, NY – Volara, the voice-hub for the hospitality industry, and Knowcross, the global leader in providing software solutions for hospitality operations, today announced an integration that will turn the Amazon Alexa into a powerful hotel business tool - driving efficiencies in guest service that are measurable and significant. The combined solution aims to seamlessly connect guests to hotel staff and services by voice command.

The integrated solution will be available to hotels across the world in early 2018.

Volara provides an easy, fun way for guests to request items, get recommendations, and generally engage with hotel staff and services without the hassle of picking up the antiquated landline telephone still found in every hotel room. Hotel guests can ask questions typically asked of a hotel concierge, valet, housekeeper or bellman.

"Alexa, ask the hotel to clean my room."

"Alexa, ask the hotel to bring me a toothbrush."

"Alexa, ask the hotel to replace the light bulb in the bathroom."

Interactions like these will be integrated seamlessly with Knowcross and immediately dispatched to the appropriate hotel staff.

Through a seamless integration with a hotel's Property Management Software (PMS) system, the Knowcross platform helps in automatically assigning jobs, managing room cleaning and enabling quick service recovery. This allows hotels to manage operations more efficiently and thus deliver an enhanced guest experience.

While the Volara-Knowcross integration will enable more efficient guest service, the solution will also provide insights from an aggregated interaction data that the hotel staff can use to improve guest services.

Volara, which leverages the Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Alibaba Genie platforms, engages guests today in leading branded properties including Westin Buffalo, Alexis Hotel by Kimpton Seattle, TheWit by Hilton DoubleTree Chicago, as well as boutique hotels including Acme Hotel Chicago, Inn at the Pier, Marina Del Rey Hotel and Hotel Walloon, among others.

"Volara's integration with Knowcross will make a demonstrable impact on hotel service," said David Berger, CEO of Volara. "Guests will get what they want, when they want it. And staff will be able to serve those guests more efficiently. Guests can make requests just by talking in their room and their requests are routed directly through Knowcross to the appropriate member of staff for fulfillment."

"While the Volara-Knowcross integration will enable more efficient guest service - seamlessly routing requests prompted by voice command - the solution is also a lot of fun for guests to use and requires no additional training for the housekeeping staff," noted Nikhil Nath CEO and Founder of Knowcross,. "The future of hotel guest engagement is voice and Knowcross is excited to join Volara's voice hub for the hospitality industry and offer this integrated solution to many customers."

To learn more about Volara and the power of voice-based guest engagement, click here.

To learn more about Knowcross and the how it is enabling efficiencies in guest service, click here.

About Knowcross

Founded in 2002, Knowcross is a global leader in providing software products for hotel operations which help increase efficiency and enhance guest service, with a direct impact on the bottom‐line.

The Knowcross platform includes KNOW Service, KNOW Housekeeping, KNOW Glitch, KNOW Mobile, KNOW Inspection and KNOW Maintenance. The platform is cloud based (SaaS), supports multiple languages and allows extensive customization to suit the specific needs of each hotel. The platform is interfaced to a number of leading PMS systems, in-room control systems, messaging gateways and fire alarm systems.

With a global customer base across 30 countries, the Knowcross client portfolio consists of some of the world"s most well-known brands including Rosewood, Aqua-Aston, Hoxton, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Kempinski, Taj, Oberoi, The Doyle Collection and Cheval; as well as marquee independents such as The Ned London, The Curtain London, The Halkin London, The Royal Garden London, Lancaster London, Le Bristol Paris, Dolder Grand Zurich, Storchen Zurich, Grand Hotel Via Vento Rome. Gansevoort Meatpacking, Sixty Soho, The Nomad New York.

For more information, call +1 866 601 5669, email [email protected] or visit www.knowcross.com

About Uniguest

Uniguest is a global leader in providing connected technology solutions to enable those in hospitality, senior living, sports/stadiums, entertainment, retail, education, government, corporate, and enterprise to engage with their audience. Uniguest is highly focused on creating deep client relationships as shown by its most recent NPS (Net Promoter Score) score of 81. Uniguest supplies turnkey technology solutions that include digital signage, IPTV / enterprise video and engagement apps, professional services, system implementation, and 24/7/365 multi-lingual support. To learn more about Uniguest please visit www.uniguest.com and for the Uniguest partner program visit www.uniguest.com/channel-partners.

David Berger
CEO