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Digital dress-up modernises Peninsula’s ‘Grande Dame of the Far East’
McLaren Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | June 26, 2013
Singapore, Thursday 27th June 2013 – Impeccable service and a long history of luxury tradition might be what The Peninsula in Hong Kong is most famous for, but more recently it's the hotel's trendsetting technology ways that have guests tweeting up a storm. The Peninsula Hong Kong now offers some of the most personalised and high tech guest rooms and guest service in the world, made possible in part by the combination of ICE installed in all guest rooms as part of a comprehensive room technology upgrade and HotSOS, the leading preventative maintenance, task management and service optimisation system used by the hotel industry worldwide. ...
UNH Research: Lodging Executives More Optimistic About Current Business Conditions Than Future
The UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics | June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - DURHAM, N.H. - U.S. lodging executives' sentiment about general business conditions was up slightly in May compared to the prior month, according to the University of New Hampshire Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) for the current month ending May 2013. The index moved from 69.3 in April 2013 to 71.2 in May 2013. "These results are from lodging executives' sentiment of the present general business conditions for their properties, which moved upward 16 percent over last period, offset by a 7 percent decline in their sentiment for how they view general business conditions twelve months in the future. Future busines...
The Prince De Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Paris, Re-Opens Following a Two Year Restoration
The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts | June 26, 2013
PARIS--Jun. 26, 2013-- The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today reopens the doors to the legendary Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Paris, following a meticulous two-year restoration. The restoration, which has brought the hotel back to its original Art Deco splendour, is part of a larger strategy to invest more than $200 million in some of Starwood's most celebrated Luxury Collection hotels throughout Europe: Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville and Hotel Maria Cristina in San Sebastian, which reopened in 2012, and most recently, The Gritti Palace in Venic...
Joseph Dantoni Named as General Manager of the 142-key Pier House Resort & Spa in Key West, Florida
Remington Hotels | June 26, 2013
KEY WEST, Fla. (June 26, 2013) - Remington Hotels, a full management and hospitality service company, proudly names Joseph Dantoni as general manager of Pier House Resort & Spa. With more than 20 years of experience in luxury hotels and a recognition as General Manager of the Year by Remington Hotels, Dantoni seeks to elevate the guest experience that embraces authentic Key West charm. "Joe's knowledge of the hospitality industry and desire to provide exceptional service in all aspects of operation are indispensable to the Remington team," said Sileshi Mengiste, vice president Remington Hotels Luxury Division. "We are confident he will...
HHM Names Donte Johnson as General Manager of the 152-room Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington D.C.
Capitol Hill Hotel | June 26, 2013
(Philadelphia) - June 20, 2013 - HHM, an industry leading hospitality management company from coast to coast, recently announced the hiring of Donte Johnson as general manager of Capitol Hill Hotel, a newly renovated boutique hotel, located just two blocks from the U.S. Capitol Building in the Capitol Hill historic district. Johnson joins HHM from Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC, where he worked for more than 11 years, most recently as the General Manager at Topaz Hotel. Johnson, who has a bachelor's in Communications from St. Peter's College, began his career in the hotel business at the front desk and rose through the ranks ...
Do You Make This Revenue Management Mistake?
RevPar Guru | June 26, 2013
It's a pretty common occurrence; when revenue managers see that their property's occupancy has hit a specific, pre-determined percentage, they decide to shut off the channel with the highest commission rates. This percentage could be 50% or it could be 90% depending on a property's specific revenue management goals, but in most cases...READ MORE>>> ...
Shareholders Approve Merger for 7 Days Group Holdings Limited and Keystone
7 Days Group | June 26, 2013
GUANGZHOU, China, June 26, 2013 -- 7 Days Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: SVN; "7 Days Group" or the "Company"), a leading economy hotel chain based in China, announced today that, at an extraordinary general meeting held today, the Company's shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to approve the previously announced agreement and plan of merger dated February 28, 2013 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, Keystone Lodging Company Limited ("Parent"), Keystone Lodging Acquisition Limited ("Merger Sub") and Keystone Lodging Holdings Limited ("Holdco"), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company with ...
Suppliers Help Uniguest Deliver Connectivity Technology to Hotels
Uniguest Inc. | June 26, 2013
Wednesday, 26 June 2013 - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Uniguest Inc. helps satisfy hotel guests' voracious demand for connectivity technology by designing, assembling and delivering hardware, software and support in a comprehensive, end-to-end approach that marries the company's internal expertise with a world-class supplier network. Uniguest calls its approach "total content and device management," meaning it provides an integrated package of hardware, software, content and support to help hoteliers deliver a consistent connectivity experience while protecting guests and their private information from cyber threats, viruses and malware. Unigues...
Pan Pacific Singapore Takes on Technology Transformation with McLaren
McLaren Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. | June 26, 2013
Singapore, Wednesday 26th June 2013 - McLaren Technologies and recently renovated five-star hotel, Pan Pacific Singapore, have unveiled the conclusion of a cutting-edge technology upgrade since the hotel's reopening. Pan Pacific Singapore's "transformation" took five months to complete and has redefined standards of comfort and convenience with consideration to room design, dining choices and its new lobby concept, all supported by the latest technology and service innovations to make guest stays effortless and refreshing. To guide them through the process, the hotel appointed McLaren Technologies, widely regarded as the preferred partn...
Pegasus Solutions Takes Hotels into The World of Distribution
Pegasus Solutions | June 26, 2013
Expanded Focus on Essential Hospitality Technology and Demand-generating Tools Brings Global Clients Exactly What They Need: Bookings DALLAS (June 26, 2013) – A year after hotelier David Millili was named chief executive officer, Pegasus Solutions is taking hotels into The World of Distribution. This week, the world's largest processor of electronic hotel transactions premiered an explanatory video called "The World of Distribution" on www.pegs.com. The video sheds light on the essential basics of global distribution for hotels. "As an industry, it is common to deliver overly technical messages that become white noise for the hotelie...
PolyU Launches Doctor of Hotel and Tourism Management Distinguished Lecture Series
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently launched the innovative Doctor of Hotel and Tourism Management (D.HTM) Distinguished Lecture Series in which leading academics and industry executives from across the globe have been invited to share their perspectives and insights on a wide range of interesting topics for the benefit of education, research and industry advancement. The inaugural D.HTM Distinguished Lecture was conducted on 10 May 2013 by Professor Susanne Becken, Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, on the topic of "Water and ...
IHG’s Holiday Inn Signs Three New-Build UK Properties Opening in Q3 2013 and in 2014
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) | June 25, 2013
26 June, 2013 - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) continues to grow its presence in the UK with the signing of three new hotels – Holiday Inn Huntingdon - Racecourse in Cambridgeshire, Holiday Inn Glasgow Green in Scotland and Holiday Inn - Watford Junction in Hertfordshire. The first of the three to open will be Holiday Inn Huntingdon - Racecourse , a 98 room new build due to open its doors in quarter three of 2013. The hotel will operate under a franchise agreement with HP Hotels Limited who also own Holiday Inn Express Nuneaton. In 2014, a franchise agreement with Nine Hospitality LTD will see Holiday Inn - Watford Junction open,...
Felcor Sells 160-room Holiday Inn-Santa Barbara/Goleta in California for $24 Million
FelCor | June 25, 2013
IRVING, Texas, June 26, 2013 - FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE: FCH) today announced that it has sold the 160-room Holiday Inn-Santa Barbara/Goleta for $24 million. FelCor will use the proceeds to repay outstanding debt. ...
Apache Casino Hotel in Oklahoma Selects Agilysys Solution Suite
Agilysys | June 25, 2013
Newly Expanded Casino Hotel Implements Property Management, Point-of-Sale Systems ALPHARETTA, GA. - June 26, 2013 - Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Apache Casino Hotel in Lawton, Okla., has selected the Lodging Management System® (LMS) property management solution and the InfoGenesis™ POS system to streamline operations at its casino and new 132-room hotel. Apache Casino Hotel is owned and managed by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. "When selecting technology for our newly expanded property, we knew we n...
Travel Tripper’s RezTrip Now Interfaces with Bay Lakes Information Systems’ Lodgical Solution PMS
Travel Tripper | June 25, 2013
New York (June 26, 2013) - Travel Tripper, the leader in hotel direct distribution, announced today that its RezTrip reservation system has certified Bay Lakes Information Systems to interface with the Lodgical Solution Property Management System. Hotels can now seamlessly manage availability, rates and inventory for the RezTrip CRS through the Lodgical Solution PMS interface. Reservation delivery from multiple electronic channels, GDS, web, mobile and OTAs are also available for those interfaced properties. According to Gautam Lulla, Chief Operating Officer of Travel Tripper, "RezTrip has performed incredibly well for our Lodgical-base...
Boutique Hotel is First to Benefit from ZENO’s InnPoint Wireless BACnet Integration with Mitsubishi
June 25, 2013
The Mayton Inn in Cary, North Carolina selected Zeno's InnPoint Hospitality Solution to monitor the VERVE LIVING SYSTEMS wireless devices that control HVAC, lighting and environmental conditions in guestrooms and share the data across the Mitsubishi City Multi Controls Network - Providing Energy Savings and Room Controls [BUFFALO, NY - JUNE 26, 2013] -The Mayton Inn, a new construction 45-room boutique hotel in Cary, N.C., is the first hotel to use the power of BACnet integration to combine the InnPoint system from Zeno Controls LLC with Mitsubishi's City Multi Central Network (CMCN). The technology enables property owners Colin and Dea...
Pan Pacific Singapore takes on technology transformation with McLaren
McLaren Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | June 25, 2013
Singapore, Wednesday 26th June 2013 – McLaren Technologies and recently renovated five-star hotel, Pan Pacific Singapore, have unveiled the conclusion of a cutting-edge technology upgrade since the hotel's reopening. Pan Pacific Singapore's "transformation" took five months to complete and has redefined standards of comfort and convenience with consideration to room design, dining choices and its new lobby concept, all supported by the latest technology and service innovations to make guest stays effortless and refreshing. To guide them through the process, the hotel appointed McLaren Technologies, widely regarded as the preferred par...
Pan Pacific Singapore takes on technology transformation with McLaren
McLaren Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | June 25, 2013
Singapore, Wednesday 26th June 2013 – McLaren Technologies and recently renovated five-star hotel, Pan Pacific Singapore, have unveiled the conclusion of a cutting-edge technology upgrade since the hotel's reopening. Pan Pacific Singapore's "transformation" took five months to complete and has redefined standards of comfort and convenience with consideration to room design, dining choices and its new lobby concept, all supported by the latest technology and service innovations to make guest stays effortless and refreshing. To guide them through the process, the hotel appointed McLaren Technologies, widely regarded as the preferred par...
Pan Pacific Singapore takes on technology transformation with McLaren
McLaren Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | June 25, 2013
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PAR Springer-Miller Systems Extends the Atrio® Platform with the Addition of Atrio POS
PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. | June 25, 2013
The Industry's First Multi-Tenant Cloud-Based POS System June 26, 2013 - New Hartford, NY - PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (PSMS), a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PAR) and the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems announced today the newest module of the ATRIO Hospitality Technology Platform, ATRIO POS. With ATRIO, PSMS pioneered and delivered a new generation of technology for the industry by moving the hospitality industry to The Cloud, creating a new user experience, and thereby a new way of doing business. ATRIO POS, the next generation point of sale system, reduces the Tot...
Guest-tek™ in the Heart of Guatemala
June 25, 2013
CALGARY & GUATEMALA, June 26, 2013 - Late this spring Guest-tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. opened its newest regional office in Zona Viva, Guatemala. The additional office locale will enable the hospitality technology provider to have a stronger relationship with their client hotels in the CALA region. "Guest-tek's growth in these locations over the past few years has been substantial", says Arnon Levy, CEO of Guest-tek. "A new office in Guatemala puts staff and resources in a position to better serve our CALA hotels." The new office serves as the headquarters for 23 on-site and 127 remote staff members providing assistance in s...
Multi-tenanted brand app launched at HITEC 2013 as iRiS takes customer engagement to new level
iRiS Software Systems | June 25, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Minneapolis: HITEC 2013: iRiS Software Systems, the award-winning, multi-lingual, interactive hospitality applications provider, has unveiled its new Brand Application aimed at multi-tenanted hotel, apartment and cruise line organisations. Taking customer engagement to a new level, the iRiS Brand App enables a customer to access all hotels, cruise ships or apartments within a group/brand, search for and book a room, make advance requests, log in to their loyalty scheme, redeem points and more. Once checked in, the customer becomes a guest with the ability to view relevant content, make service orders such as in-room dini...
Prestigious Graves 601 Hotel, Minneapolis, Selects Quadriga’s Sensiq Platform
Quadriga | June 25, 2013
See us at HITEC 2013, booth 1243 TORRANCE, CA – June 26th, 2013: Graves 601 Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, MN, is installing Quadriga's TV-based guest communications platform Sensiq in all 255 guestrooms to reinforce its distinctive, luxury brand directly to guests via the in-room TV. Quadriga is the global hospitality industry's leading integrator of network applications and in-room entertainment systems, with offices in the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Graves 601 Hotel Minneapolis, part of the Wyndham Grand Collection, has a history of excellence, being voted one of the Top 100 hotels in the World, 2012, by the rea...
Chicago’s Whitehall Hotel Selects Quadriga in Move to Upgrade In-Room Communications
Quadriga | June 25, 2013
Enhancing the Guest Experience See us at HITEC 2013, booth 1243 TORRANCE, CA . June 26th, 2013: The Whitehall Hotel, Downtown Chicago.s landmark, independent boutique hotel, has selected to install Quadriga's TV-based guest communications platform Sensiq in all 222 guest rooms including 8 suites, to help deliver a superior guest experience. Quadriga is the global hospitality industry.s leading integrator of network applications and in-room entertainment systems, with offices in the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Quadriga's Sensiq will enable The Whitehall Hotel to better communicate and reinforce its distinctive, luxury ...
