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Mews Acquires Sales and Catering Innovator, Quotelo
Mews | November 4, 2024
Mews makes its first French product acquisition [Lyon, 4 November 2024]: Mews, the industry-leading hospitality cloud, has announced the acquisition of Quotelo, marking its first product acquisition in France. This milestone comes on the heels of Mews surpassing 1,000 French customers, further solidifying its presence and commitment to innovation in the region. Founded in 2021, Quotelo revolutionizes event hospitality by accelerating and simplifying event quotation, booking and management. Quotelo’s seamless solution supports independent hotels and resorts, as well as major hotel brands, to increase their revenue for groups and...
10 Ways Hotel Groups Can Maximize Efficiency and Revenue
Tom Brown | October 25, 2024
Once a hotel brand or portfolio scales across multiple properties, its operations become more complex. It’s natural and it’s necessary. What’s unnecessary, however, is that the work for hoteliers exponentially increases. Although the management of hotel groups provides bonus challenges like centralized operations, brand consistency and heightened security, it also brings opportunities for bigger customer reach, economies of scale and more revenue. So how can you tap into the benefits of being a group without putting extra strain on your staff? Here are ten places to start. 1. Go cloud-native Challenge: On-premises solutions a...
Mews Announces SaaS IPO Icon, Steve Cakebread, to Join Its Board
Mews | October 10, 2024
[New York, 10th October]: Mews, a cloud SaaS and fintech platform that serves the hospitality industry, has announced today the appointment of Steve Cakebread to the company’s board. Cakebread is famed for leading the financial teams that took Salesforce, Pandora and Yext to IPO and is the author of “The IPO Playbook: An Insider’s Perspective on Taking Your Company Public and How to Do It Right”. Cakebread serves on the board of Bill.com, which went public in December 2019, and sat on the boards of SolarWinds and eHealth. Earlier in his career, he served as CFO for Autodesk, VP of Finance for Silicon Graphics (now SGI)...
Lessons From Gaming: What Can Hospitality Learn From Video Games?
Mews | July 11, 2024
Are you a PlayStation pro or a Nintendo novice? From consoles to PCs to phones, gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry, with estimates valuing the worldwide market at around $350 billion. Even if your gaming experience doesn’t go beyond Pac Man or Candy Crush, there are still plenty of valuable takeaways from this innovative industry. Let’s look at how gaming can inspire us to greater hospitality – no cheat codes required. Ready, player one? The power of customization In the early 80s, games began to incorporate a radical new feature: customization. At first it was very simple: players could change their character’s name....
How To Extinguish Hospitality Burnout
Matthijs Welle | June 5, 2024
By Matthijs Welle We work in an exhausting industry. So much of our time is dedicated to ensuring that our guests have remarkable experiences that we forget to pursue our own happiness. I’ve worked in both sides of industry – on the front lines at reception and behind the scenes in hospitality tech – and in both areas I’ve often felt exhausted and overworked. So what’s the solution? Obviously, I don’t have all the answers. It took me years to find the best ways to recharge and find my personal balance. But I do believe that hoteliers and anyone in hospitality have a particular responsibility to look after themselves...
Lessons From the Euros: What Can Hospitality Learn From Football?
Tom Brown | June 3, 2024
By Tom Brown Football and hospitality have a lot in common. For a start, there’s their ubiquity. Wherever you are in the world, you’re never too far from someone kicking a football (yes, I’m talking about soccer); just like you’re never far from a hotel, hostel or long-stay lodging. Europe’s attention will be focused on Germany this month as Euro 2024 gets underway, which makes it a pertinent time to ask: what can hospitality learn from football? Value teamwork Football is a team sport. The same is true for hospitality. Let’s explore the metaphor. The most obvious part of a football team is the players on the pitch...
What Technology Is Used in Smart Hotels?
Eva Lacalle | March 26, 2024
By Eva Lacalle Smart hotel technology has evolved to the point where integrating it into every stage of the guest journey is as standard as offering an online check-in. As guest expectations continue to evolve, your hotel must rise to the challenge of surpassing these expectations by seamlessly integrating technology into a comprehensive guest experience. We'll delve deeper into smart hotels, exploring their advantages and the currently available technologies. Staying competitive requires staying abreast of trends, consistently delighting guests, and fostering brand loyalty. What are smart hotels? The term "smart" is now used in ma...
Mews and Amadeus Extend Partnership to Expand the Hospitality Technology Ecosystem
Mews | March 5, 2024
The four integrations will enable hoteliers to gain market insights, expand distribution options, grow guest loyalty, and strengthen meeting & event management March 5th, 2024 – Mews, the industry-leading hospitality cloud, and Amadeus, the global leader in travel technology, today announce their extended strategic partnership to better connect the hospitality technology ecosystem. Mews, which has over 1,000 partners in its marketplace, empowers hoteliers to build the tech ecosystem that perfectly suits their goals and provide an exceptional experience for their guests. Since 2018, Mews has integrated with Amadeus’ iHotelier...