Lodging Interactive, an award winning Interactive and Social Media Marketing Agency exclusively servicing the hospitality industry, announced today that it has launched a series of Field Marketing Services for branded hotels. The Brand Field Marketing Services are designed to meet the needs of hotel franchisees and to ensure brand pages are optimized to the highest level.
Check Safety First has joined forces with Diversey -- a leading supplier of hygiene and cleaning systems -- with the aim of supporting the Portuguese hotel industry in managing the issue of health and safety. Diversey has licensed Check Safety First's risk management audit system, E-Cristal, and will target hotels with this solution.
Spring is in the air in Halifax, Nova Scotia. With a roster of Halifax outdoor events promoting healthy active living, it's easy to find new ways to enjoy the fresh ocean air in Halifax. Runners of all levels can take part in the Credit Union Atlantic Lung Run (April 09) along the Halifax waterfront, raising funds for the Lung Association of Nova Scotia.
VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, has completed installation of its state-of-the-art SENTINEL II in-room safes at the renowned Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The SENTINEL II by Elsafe UL-listed safes employ the latest locking technology, including anti-tamper labyrinths and sold-steel hinges, making it one of the most secure in-room safes in the world. With its industry-leading audit trail, spring-loaded door and Flash-RAM memory, the safe is perfect for protecting guests' valuables, and the attractive, adaptable design makes it perfect for blending into any hotel environment.
The prestigious Wyndham Grand, London Chelsea Harbour has implemented health and safety expert, Check Safety First's online E-Cristal health and safety risk management system to ensure the wellbeing of its guests.
VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, recently completed installation of its Signature RFID by VingCard contactless electronic door locks with NFC cell phone compatibility at the Kyriad Marseille Centre-Rabatou in Marseille, France. Located a few steps from the Congress Palace and the city's Stadium, the 88-room Louvre Hotels property is conveniently located close to the city's main attractions, public transportation stops and superb beaches, making it an attractive location for both leisure and business travelers.
For years, hospitality industry veteran Steven Belmonte, CEO of Hospitality Solutions LLC and former President and CEO of Ramada Franchise Systems, has advocated: "The road to success in the U.S. hospitality industry can be long and difficult. The shortest, easiest route to prosperity is with someone who's been there before and can help lead the way." This month Neal Jackson, President of Birmingham, Ala.-based Key West Inns Inc., is turning to Belmonte and Hospitality Solutions for guidance by serving as a Strategic Advisor to the brand.
While it's uncertain as to when the iPhone 5 will be released, it is announced to be OpenWays Crypto Acoustic Credential (CAC™) compliant. The same is true ALL other next generation smartphones from the leading handset manufacturers. As the only “in use” Mobile Key front-desk bypass solution capable of working TODAY with all 5 billion mobile devices around the globe, OpenWays is unlocking the future to hospitality and guest self-service.
While hotels around the world begin shifting their focus from plastic keycards to Mobile Keys as a way as a way of giving guests the option to bypass the front-desk, receive an exceptional personal stay experience and protect the environment, OpenWays continues to lead the industry with the only “in use” Mobile Key front-desk bypass solution capable of working TODAY with all 5 billion mobile devices on the market.
For travelers, the most important part of a hotel is the guestroom. At a high-volume group convention property, a key element of guest service is ensuring that guests are able to get into their rooms quickly and easily. Technology is making this easier with the implementation of RFID, or radio frequency identification, locking systems that set new standards for reliability.
Onity announced today that they are part of a trial program of the hospitality industry's first mobile-based front desk bypass solution that provides guests with the option to use their cell phone as a mobile room key. Onity, one of the world's leading providers of electronic locking solutions, is a business of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
The Knowland Group, the world's largest data firm in the global meetings and conventions industry, today released a survey on meeting planners' reactions to the recent outbreak of bed bugs across America. Meeting planners routinely schedule events at hotels, which include the use of meeting space and multiple hotel rooms. The survey found that a minority of planners are concerned about bed bugs, instead focused on cost and location of an event in this tough economy.
Beginning today, the easiest and most affordable way for travelers to arrange ground transportation from the airport might be in the air, from the comfort of their seat at 30,000 feet. Aircell, the world’s leading provider of inflight connectivity, has partnered with GroundLink, the world’s largest marketplace for all forms of ground travel services, to enable passengers to book ground transportation while in flight through Aircell’s Gogo® Inflight Internet. Aside from excellent vehicles and prices that in some cases are less than a local taxi company, GroundLink, through its LimoRes retail brand, will give a free Gogo Inflight Internet session to any passenger that books a car from the sky. The “WiFi and Drive” package is now available across the Gogo network of airlines.
NC4, Inc. (booth #312), the leader in Situational Readiness solutions for risk management, is introducing ActivTravel™ to travel managers at the International National Business Traveler’s Association (NBTA) Convention this week in Houston. ActivTravel is NC4’s travel risk management offering that combines travel intelligence, traveler tracking and real-time threat alerting to provide travel managers a 360 degree view of a corporation’s travel risk exposure.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a global leader specializing in business travel management, has signed a reseller agreement with Rearden Commerce to offer clients the CWT Traveler Assistant powered by the Rearden Commerce™ Platform, an end-to-end solution for booking and managing travel and related business services. The announcement was made at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition being held here August 8-11.
DATABASICS and Cornerstone Information Systems today announced the integration of DATABASICS’ Expense Reporting with Cornerstone’s iBank data management platform. The DATABASICS-Cornerstone integration will help businesses better manage travel spend by broadening the range of reservation activity available for automated reconciliation and processing with the final expenses submitted by travelers.
ExpenseWatch.com is integrating with TripIt to enable TripIt itinerary information to flow into ExpenseWatch.com Expense Reports, creating a completely flexible, fully integrated travel expense management system for businesses of any size.
CyberShift, a global provider of expense management and workforce management software and services, today announced the availability of CyberShift Outsourced Services for their suite of Expense Management Automation solutions. These value-added services allow clients to offload some or all of the daily administrative tasks associated with expense reporting processes directly to CyberShift, enabling companies to focus on higher value, strategic functions such as policy review, spend management and vendor program analysis.
Conducive Technology Corp. today announced Agent Advantage, a suite of itinerary monitoring, viewing and messaging services with mobile itinerary services provided by Mobiata, the leading mobile travel application developer. Agent Advantage now combines FlightStats’ flight and itinerary monitoring, Trip Assist – an agent desktop monitoring and proactive re-accommodation application, and TripDeck, a branded mobile app developed by Mobiata. Agent Advantage gives corporate travel management companies (TMC) the ability to deliver branded itinerary information and real-time service updates directly to the traveler via the TripDeck mobile application installed on the travelers mobile phone.
International Travel House Limited (ITH), founded in 1981 currently with a network of 10 IATA Travel Offices, 14 Car Rental Offices and 19 Hotel Travel Counters and HQ in Delhi joins GlobalStar from the 1st August 2010. Over the years, ITH has grown to be one of the largest Total Travel Management Companies in India with each of its products and services certified by the ISO 9001:2008 quality system. ITH currently realizes an annual turnover of approximately USD 130 Million and employs over 700 travel professionals. The company services Indian and International companies with over 100 implants and operates a transport Fleet of 900 cars.