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Case Studies
Focus on Efficiencies Through Back Office Software Keeps MCR Hotels Ahead
MCR is one of the largest hotel owner-operators in the United States, with around 150 hotels across 37 states. Led by Chairman and CEO Tyler Morse, who founded the company in 2006, MCR differentiates itself by both owning and managing its hotels, which Morse says helps the management teams stay acutely focused on success.
Customer Spotlight: Village Accommodation Group
Village Accommodation Group, New Zealand owned and operated, manages a range of accommodation properties across many sectors of hospitality in 3, 4 and 5-star markets; including boutique luxury hotels, studios, apartments, and executive townhouses. Amongst the properties they manage are the uniquely designed mid-century Ohtel 5-star boutique hotels on Oriental Parade in Wellington, and the vibrant Viaduct Harbour in Auckland.
Customer Spotlight: Mid-Continent Hospitality
The fast-growing hotel management company saves time and creates extra value for partners and owners with the help of powerful hotel business intelligence technology.
How Parkhotel Adler drove direct revenue by upgrading its technology stack
Family-run for 16 generations, Parkhotel Adler is one of the world’s oldest historic hotels in the world. The hotel, which consists of five buildings from different eras, a lake, and a park, is located on the outskirts of Hinterzarten, where it blends harmoniously into the landscape of the High Black Forest. Guests, many of whom return every year, come to enjoy hiking, Nordic walking, and mountain biking in wonderful nature.
Emotion Meets Automation: The Technology-Powered Story of Ruby Hotels With Shiji Enterprise Platform
Lucas Höfer is the Group Director of Systems and Innovation Management at Ruby Hotels, a brand that provides what it calls “lean luxury.”
Shiji and Ruby Hotels
Brittain Leans in on AI and Data-Driven Resort Operations
When the first ChatGPT demo was released in November 2022, like many people, it immediately caught the eyes of leadership at Brittain Resorts & Hotels. They saw an instant ability to rely on generative AI to make team members across the company more efficient.
Elevating Luxury in Hospitality: Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona's Journey with Infrasys Cloud POS
Located in the heart of Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia, Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona is a blend of Spanish charm and Asian influence. It's a luxury hotel set in a renovated modernist building, with interior designs by Patricia Urquiola. Key features include an award-winning spa, a rooftop terrace, and multiple dining options including the two Michelin-starred Moments restaurant. The hotel combines elegance with contemporary aesthetics, creating a unique, stylish ambiance that stands out among others.
How Capsule Hotel increased online check-in rates & automated their guest journey
Capsule Hotel is an innovative hotel that operates in Lucerne, Basel and the Zurich airport, in Switzerland. The brand is mixing the best of both worlds by taking the revolutionary concept of a capsule hotel with the quality of Swiss products.
A Royal WiFi Experience with RUCKUS
Royal Garden is a luxury hotel located in London in the iconic Kensington High Street. The hotel has 400 bedrooms with unparalleled views of the London skyline. The Royal Garden is proud of its awesome location in a borough with an array of shops and restaurants to suit every need and walking distance to three world class museums, Kensington Palace and adjoining Gardens. But hotel fame and success are not just about location, it is about being internationally recognised as London’s most flexible 5 Star Hotel offering excellent value where distinction in service comes naturally. The hotel staff of 300 employees works hard every day to make them feel at home taking care of each detail. Its green policy is constantly exploring new sustainable opportunities to reduce carbon print. All of this makes The Royal Garden Hotel the perfect choice for enjoying your business or pleasure stay.
Great Wolf Turns to Hapi to Deliver a Streamlined Salesforce Experience
Hotel marketers looking to implement the holy grail, a 360-degree personalized marketing strategy tailored to each guest, are faced with a substantial set of challenges. At a hotel attached to an indoor water park – with restaurants, arcades and outlets to boot – the number of potential roadblocks increases exponentially.
Mandarin Oriental - Keeping guests connected with high-performance, reliable Wi-Fi
The Mandarin Oriental is a chain of premier business hotels, designed for corporate and high-end guests. The Mandarin Oriental currently has 29 properties, stretching across North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. In order to fully service the needs of its guests, the company needed to ensure that the quality of its Wi-Fi was as high as its other guest services.
How Adopting Oracle’s OPERA Cloud and OHIP Technologies Helped Meliá Hotels Get Ahead
After spending a few years in a global pandemic, travelers have never been hungrier to see the world and have a great hotel experience wherever they go. One of the best ways for hoteliers to ensure guests are having incredible, personalized experiences is to keep teams engaged by utilizing technology to deliver the latest and greatest in industry innovation.
Remington Turns to Tech to Fill Labor Gaps
You’ve heard it before: Compared to other industries like retail and banking, the hotel industry has traditionally been slow to adopt modern technology. But owners and operators received the ultimate wake-up call in March 2020 and, out of necessity, swiftly turned to digital tools to more effectively communicate with guests and keep the doors open with fewer staff members.
Detailing a Decade of Digital Adoption at Crescent Hotels & Resorts
It’s a common thread throughout the hotel industry: Operators are looking to remove much of the back-office work from staff at the property level and take on more of that responsibility at the regional or headquarters level.
M3 and APS® Partner to Foster The Shepherd Hotel’s Mission – Positively Impact The Lives of Others
In 2011, Rick Hayduk, a long-time and experienced hotelier, was inspired to open a hotel that employed individuals with intellectual disabilities with the goal in mind of positively impacting the lives of others and giving everyone a chance for forward advancement in the hospitality industry. After learning the ins and outs of the hospitality industry for over three decades and becoming a true hospitality veteran, Hayduk opened The Shepherd Hotel in April of 2022 with the help of Rich Davies, a third-generation real estate developer, and incredibly involved Clemson Alumni.
Hawaii’s Turtle Bay Unlocks Customer Data for New, Holistic Marketing Strategy
In 2018, Blackstone Group purchased the Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu with big plans for a new, five-star Hawaii destination. The midmarket hotel wasn’t the main draw, instead it was all about location, location, location – Turtle Bay sits on prime seaside real estate in a surfing mecca, with five miles of beachfront and 20 miles of trails.
Five reasons why Ibis Budget Tbilisi has chosen OPERA Cloud
The Ibis Budget Tbilisi Center, part of the Accor chain, is perfectly positioned for leisure and business guests and close to everything the Georgian capital offers. Only a twenty-minute drive from the airport and just a one-minute walk from Rustaveli Avenue, this brand-new 158-room hotel has a lobby bar and a restaurant.
Operational Shift: Less Paperwork, More Guest Attention
At Tennessee-based McNeill Hotel Company, an owner-operator of 24 branded hotels across the U.S., change management was already underway prior to COVID. Leadership had outlined a plan for centralization - moving many of the back-office operations away from the property level and under the purview of the centrally located leadership team based outside Memphis.
How Tharaldson Hospitality uses guest messaging to make their properties No. 1
At Tharaldson Hospitality Management, it’s all about staying current with hospitality technologies, finding the best people to work at their properties, and overall providing the best hotel experience possible.
By Eva Dixon, VP of Marketing, Kipsu, Inc