Social Guest Intelligence provider Local Measure announced partnerships with two of world's premier luxury hotel brands, wrapping up a year of expansion which brought the company's proprietary social intelligence platform to hotels in more than 600 cities around the world.
Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, today unveiled findings from its 2017 Asia Pacific Corporate Traveller study. One key finding shows that 80 percent of travel managers now believe mobility to be the biggest priority in managing corporate travel; another underscore the rise of premium economy as a new corporate favourite class; a third finds companies trying to stay on top of corporate travellers who are increasingly deviating from their travel policy.
Hotels tempted to conform to the styles of large chains are being urged to hold on to their individuality by the world's largest network of independent hotels, Magnuson Worldwide. The leading brand argues that conformity isn't linked to customer experience and that uniqueness can actually improve satisfaction levels while attracting customers, delivering numerous benefits for hotels that are original.
Given that more women and millennials are undertaking business travel, a one-size fits all approach to marketing and distribution will no longer work.
Christopherson Business Travel and Domo, announced three new travel management solutions built to deliver groundbreaking analytics and insights on an organization's travel budgets and spend. With the dynamic pace of change in the travel management industry, travel managers are inundated with data and information that tell different stories about the state of their travel budgets and spend. Domo and Christopherson teamed up to develop industry-first mobile solutions that leverage Christopherson's industry expertise and Domo's ground-breaking technology platform to help travel managers quickly gain powerful insights to improve compliance, negotiate better rates, and improve the traveler experience.
As part of BCD Travel's ongoing expansion program, Adelman Travel has joined the BCD Travel Affiliates, a network of 30 corporate travel agencies with more than 450 locations. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., the $650 million travel management company specializes in corporate travel and travel technologies. Adelman serves clients across the U.S. with eight regional offices, corporate on-sites and an extensive virtual network, in addition to serving clients outside the U.S. and around the world.
Dav El | BostonCoach, the largest privately owned chauffeured transportation company in the world, is pleased to announce its collaboration with travel network, Employee Travel Specials. As one of the nation's largest providers of hotel discounts for employee leisure travel, Employee Travel Specials has chosen Dav El |BostonCoach as its preferred chauffeured car service.
Dav El│ BostonCoach Chauffeured Transportation Network, the largest privately-owned chauffeured transportation company world-wide, is pleased to announce that it will add be adding The Lincoln Motor Company's 2018 Lincoln Navigator to its fleet in early 2018.The new SUV will be displayed at the Dav El│ BostonCoach's booth, number 1213, at Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Conference in Boston on Monday, July 17th on the expo floor.
22,275 people from the U.S. and 31 other countries unwittingly agreed to carry out 1,000 hours of community service in return for free WiFi – including cleaning dirty festival porta-potties, hugging stray cats and painting snails' shells.
NEW YORK, NY — June 26, 2017 — Hotel360 Technologies, an integrated hospitality technology and digital marketing company comprised of HEBS Digital and Serenata CRM, will debut its end-to-end guest acquisition, engagement and retention approach at HITEC Toronto, booth 2601.
HeBS Digital announces the launch of a completely customized and enhanced brand website for RLHC (Red Lion Hotels Corporation). Featuring over 1,100 properties and 14 brands, this is one of the largest additions to HeBS Digital's diverse portfolio of hotel websites, and the companyis proud to share the results of months of dedicated work by dozens of team members across many departments.
Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, an iconic four diamond luxury hotel located in the heart of downtown Edmonton, Alberta, announces the successful installation of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality's VingCard Classic RFID door locks and Visionline locking solution. Known for its state-of-the-art guestroom amenities, Fairmont Hotel Macdonald selected ASSA ABLOY Hospitality's innovative locking solutions to enhance overall security for its guests, while blending with the property's traditional décor.
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Ravi Angadi, the company's vice president of product management, will moderate a panel discussion at the 2017 Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention, which will be held April 10-13 at the San Diego Convention Center. The annual event is produced by the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA).
Frank Pitsikalis, Founder and CEO of ResortSuite, and Gerard J. Inzerillo, Forbes Travel Guide CEO, are pleased to congratulate this year's winners of the Forbes Travel Guide Awards. Forbes Global Star ratings recognize hotels, restaurants and spas that meet strict hospitality standards.
When guests begin staying at the Baha Mar and Grand Hyatt luxury hotels in Nassau, Bahamas, in April, they might not realize there is a secret behind the beautiful, high-quality bathrooms in the properties' guestrooms. Unlike traditional construction, the 1,800 Oldcastle SurePods™ bathrooms were prefabricated in Florida and transported to the island nation in shipping containers.
Clean Sleep, a mobile, high-tech mattress cleaning company based in Dallas, announced strategic licensing partnerships with groups in Canada and the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council). "We are extremely excited to announce our Clean Sleep partnership with representation in Canada. We now offer our services in British Columbia and Alberta provinces and very soon we will expand throughout Canada with potential investors and future franchise opportunities. It is our mission to be the leader in Canadian market verticals such as healthcare, hospitality, student housing as well as residential mattress cleaning supported by patent-pending technology that no other company can provide", said Jack Drummond, President of Clean Sleep Canada Corp.
LodgIQ™, which is firmly committed to reimagining the discipline of revenue optimization, today announced the rollout of 250 global markets that are now available on their newest ground-breaking platform, LodgIQ ONE™. LodgIQ ONE™, launched in October 2016, is the only revenue optimization platform that allows hoteliers to self- onboard any property in less than 5 minutes.
As an industry, we're entering a transformative stage where technology for hotels is becoming the differentiator and heart of what will make amazing hotel experiences of the future.
Though remodeling can cost a pretty penny, it can provide significant returns when it comes time to sell your hotel, especially if you do it right. Certain renovations are a win-win situation, providing more comfort to your guests, positive feedback for your hotel and more revenue in the long run.
When The Dewberry opened its doors this summer in Charleston, S.C., Liddell was there to wrap the hotel's sophisticated guests in the most lavish bed linens and terry products on the market. All sheeting, pillows and comforters in the hotel's 155 guestrooms and suites, and all terry products in guest bathrooms and at The Dewberry Spa – including robes and slippers – were imported from Belfast, Ireland-based Liddell International.