Percipia Collaborates With Amazon’s Alexa Smart Properties Hospitality to Launch VIVA+
PERCIPIA | September 16, 2024
The Top 7 Pain Points in Hospitality Procurement and How to Overcome Them
Johannes Vocke | July 24, 2024
Technology
CEO Pay in Gaming: Founders vs Corporate Executives
Keith Kefgen, New York | November 6, 2017
By Keith Kefgen Besides technology, the gaming industry has one of the largest percentages of entrepreneurs running their respective companies. Larger than life personalities such as Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson actually cast a shadow well beyond gaming. But that is changing as entrepreneurs are slowly being replace by corporate execs such as Keith Smith at Boyd, Jim Murren at MGM, Tim Wilmott at Penn and Mark Frissora at Caesars. It is interesting to see how CEO compensation has changed as this process has unfolded. Generally speaking, the entrepreneurs took more of the compensation in equity, while corporate executive appear to have...
Duetto’s New BlockBuster Application Helps Hotels and Casinos Book More Profitable Group Business
Duetto | November 6, 2017
Cloud Solution Brings Open Pricing and More Collaboration to Contracted Business San Francisco, November 6, 2017 — Duetto, the hospitality industry's only Revenue Strategy Platform, has introduced BlockBuster, a cloud-based application that enhances collaboration between sales and revenue management, allowing both teams to break out of their silos and close more contracted business at higher average daily rates. Combined with the company's flagship Open Pricing application, GameChanger, its intelligent-reporting app, ScoreBoard, and PlayMaker, its personalization app, the new product extends Duetto's breakthrough philosophy of Op...
HEBS Digital Launches A New Website for Loews Hotels, Bringing their Signature Luxury Experience to Life with Stunning Design & Innovative Technology
Loews Hotels & Co., Established 1960 | November 6, 2017
NEW YORK, NY — November 6, 2017 — HEBS Digital announces the launch of the new website for Loews Hotels, resulting in a completely reinvented and revitalized multi-device digital presence. HEBS Digital worked with the Loews Hotel team to create a website that would be both focused on driving conversions and conveying the experience guests would have once at any of the twenty-four properties. "The HEBS Digital team created a website with functionality suited to our needs and a design in line with our redefined company architecture," said Jacob Messina, Loews Hotels & Co Senior Director eCommerce & Performance Marketin...
Rainmaker Executive Dan Skodol a Featured Speaker at Best Western Hotels & Resorts 2017 Annual Conference
Rainmaker | November 6, 2017
Presentation to Focus on the Relationship Between Benchmarking and Performance ALPHARETTA, GA. — Nov. 6, 2017 — The Rainmaker Group (Rainmaker), a leading provider of cloud-based hospitality revenue and profit optimization software, today announced that Dan Skodol, the company's vice president of revenue analytics, will be a featured speaker at the Best Western Hotels & Resorts 2017 Annual Conference, which will be held Nov. 7-10 at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. Skodol's presentation, titled 'Comp Set: Getting it Right – The Relationship Between Benchmarking and Performance', w...
More Than 10,000 Hotel Properties Worldwide Rely on IDeaS’ Advanced Analytics for Confident Revenue Management
IDeaS | November 6, 2017
More hotel properties rely on IDeaS than any other revenue management software brand: 2017 marks a year of exceptional momentum and growth Tweet this: #RevenueManagement leader @IDeaS_RevOpt hits impressive milestone with 10K client properties! #10kThanks www.ideas.com/about/news MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 06, 2017 – Hospitality managers across the globe are competing to see which technology tools can drive better business decisions, create new revenue opportunities and improve the guest experience. In 2017, many of these companies turned to IDeaS Revenue Solutions for revenue management software and advisory services, which have been sho...
Pegasus Solutions Unveils New Intelligent Booking Engine at World Travel Market 2017
Pegasus Solutions | November 2, 2017
Global reservations solutions and service provider will demonstrate its industry leading booking engine that harnesses the power of big data at World Travel Market (WTM) Scottsdale, Arizona – Thursday, November 2, 2017: Pegasus Solutions announces the public unveiling of its groundbreaking booking engine at WTM taking place November 6-8, 2017 in London, England. Now in use by customers around the globe, this latest Pegasus innovation is designed to provide hoteliers with increased control over their direct booking channel by delivering actionable intelligence and a holistic, 360-degree view of the customer decision journey. The ne...
Industry Experts Join NAVIS Team to Expand Beyond Independent Resort Locations
NAVIS | November 2, 2017
Proven revenue performance success with clients in city locations, flagged properties, and casino hotels creates opportunity to expand. BEND, Ore. (November 2, 2017) - To further fuel their continued success, NAVIS today announced the expansion of their executive sales team to serve more segments of the hotel industry. Amber Fox, Julie Chapman, Lou Wolfson and Ryan Gervais have joined NAVIS as Systems Consultants dedicated to helping hospitality operators generate more profitable direct channel bookings, optimize team performance and strengthen relationships with their guests. The latest additions to the NAVIS sales team come at a time...
FCS Messenger V1.3 Release Maximises Hotel Staff Communication Efficiency and Security
FCS | November 2, 2017
Hospitality's leading push-to-talk mobile app further enhanced to streamline, track and safeguard task information among staff and operations departments. Singapore – 2 November, 2017- FCS Computer Systems, a leading global provider of comprehensive hospitality guest services applications and solution design services, has unveiled FCS Messenger V1.3, the latest version of its advanced hotel staff mobile communication app. This innovative mobile solution ensures the instant and secure transmission of task details and updates across a hotel property and its various operational departments. Compatible with both iOS and Android devic...
citizenM Chooses Duetto as its Revenue Strategy Partner
Duetto | November 2, 2017
With an Eye Toward Global Growth, Innovator citizenM Becomes First to Implement Duetto with Amadeus Cloud Property Management Amsterdam, 2 November, 2017 – Duetto, hospitality's only Revenue Strategy Platform, announced today that it is implementing its GameChanger and ScoreBoard cloud applications for citizenM, bringing new insights on pricing and demand to a dozen citizenM properties in Europe and North America. citizenM becomes the first company to take advantage of the new integration between Duetto's Revenue Strategy Platform and Amadeus' Cloud Property Management. "citizenM Hotels is one of the world's most innovative hospit...
Rainmaker Executive Angie Dobney to Participate in Panel Discussion at TribalNet Conference & Tradeshow
Rainmaker | November 2, 2017
Rainmaker also will sponsor conference 'Meet & Greet' event on opening night ALPHARETTA, GA. — Nov. 2, 2017 — The Rainmaker Group (Rainmaker), a leading provider of cloud-based hospitality revenue management software, today announced that Angie Dobney, the company's vice president of pricing and revenue management services, will participate in a panel discussion at the 18th Annual TribalNet Conference & Tradeshow, which will be held Nov. 6-9 at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa. The company also will sponsor the conference's opening night 'Meet & Greet' event. Dobney will take part in the panel dis...
Sundar Kamak Joins BirchStreet Systems to Head Marketing and Product Strategy
BirchStreet Systems Inc. | November 1, 2017
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – BirchStreet Systems Inc., the leading cloud-based Procure-to-Pay platform serving the hospitality industry, announced the hiring of Sundar Kamak as its senior vice president of marketing and product strategy. Kamak will have direct responsibility for leading and managing BirchStreet Systems marketing, product marketing, pre-sales and solution engineering/consulting activities. He will also act as a senior member of the BirchStreet executive team. "It's a groundbreaking opportunity," Kamak said. "Never before has there been a SaaS company that has delivered such a comprehensive P2P solution for F&B, and ...
[Infographic] It Pays to Know Your Hotel Guest
SHR | November 1, 2017
In an increasingly competitive hotel market, truly knowing and engaging your guests has never been more important, and that includes understanding their generation. But only one in five guests report being fully engaged. Learn how these low engagement numbers translate into a huge opportunity for hoteliers as SHR walks you through understanding, reaching, and converting more hotel guests from every generation. ...
Hospitality Management Corporation Names Adrienne Kaufmann Regional Director of Sales and Marketing
Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC) | November 1, 2017
Dallas, TX – Leo Spriggs, President and CEO of Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC), is pleased to announce the addition of Adrienne Kaufmann to HMC's corporate team. Kaufmann will report to HMC's VP of Sales and Marketing and be responsible for all top line revenue for a select group of HMC managed hotels, as well as oversee all sales and marketing efforts. She will also focus on increasing guest satisfaction, provide sales training, develop revenue opportunities and manage local initiatives to increase customer and brand awareness. The company continues its ongoing business expansion efforts and is made up of full service, c...
What to Consider for Your New Hotel Website
Larry Mogelonsky | November 1, 2017
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) Everyone knows you need a functional website, no matter the business or the locale. For hotels, most of us recognize that often a website may be a customer's first introduction to your property. As such, it should entice, educate and make them want to stay with you. Hence, for many GMs, one of the largest items on the 2017 marketing budget is likely the development of a new website, or at the very least a refurbishment of the current one to show newcomers that there's something new to get excited about. This can come in the form of new interfaces or layout schemes, pages, offers, ev...
Two of Mexico’s Premier Luxury Hotel Groups Trade Their Radios and Spreadsheets for a Technology Platform
ALICE | October 31, 2017
Puerto Vallarta Area, Mexico— Partner companies Tafer Hotels & Resorts and the Villa Group, representing two pioneering collections of luxury hotels and resorts in Mexico, have just introduced hospitality mobile wunderplatform ALICE to all fourteen of their distinct vacation properties. Overseeing these high-end collections to ensure that the millions of unique moving parts flow together seamlessly is Carlos Aquino, VP of Sales & Business Development, who was searching for better ways to connect his hotel departments and staff, and integrate the unique resorts with one another. "We're always on the lookout for opportunitie...
LUX* Resorts & Hotels Books In For Growth With Infor
Infor | October 31, 2017
Infor EzRMS Rolled Out As Part of Strategy to Optimize Performance NEW YORK – Oct. 31, 2017 – Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced that LUX* Resorts & Hotels has gone live on Infor EzRMS revenue management software, across eight properties. The application is set to help support more than 1,400 rooms as part of an ambitious strategy to drive growth and maximize revenue at the luxury resort operator. Infor EzRMS will provide revenue strategy recommendations per room category and channel that are intended to optimize yield throughout t...
Beekeeper Establishes Hospitality Division; Andrada Paraschiv Named ‘Head of Hospitality’
Beekeeper | October 31, 2017
Former AccorHotels and FRHI executive will ensure that the Beekeeper workforce communication platform is customized and optimized for hotels with non-desk workers SAN FRANCISCO, CA – OCTOBER 31, 2017 - To meet the increasing demand for connecting non-desk hotel employees with corporate offices and each other, Beekeeper has established a Hospitality Division. Andrada Paraschiv has been selected to lead the group as Head of Hospitality. The former AccorHotels and FRHI Hotels & Resorts executive will use her internal communications expertise to ensure that the Beekeeper platform has the optimal feature set to serve and benefit th...
IBC Hospitality Technologies Unveils RES360 for Medium and Large Management Companies and Ownership Groups
IBC Hospitality | October 31, 2017
The Complete Hospitality Management System features a customizable dashboard connecting all information critical to making business decisions Phoenix (October 31, 2017) – IBC Hospitality Technologies is unveiling a Complete Hospitality System in an effort to help struggling independent hotel owners, multi-property owners, management companies, operations and hospitality sales teams pull important information into one simple-to-read dashboard. Called RES360, the solution features a customizable dashboard connecting all information critical to making smart business decisions. Included in the RES360 Complete Hospitality System is a h...
GuestTek Integrates Samsung’s Tizen Powered Hospitality Televisions Including MyMedia Chromecast-Based Solution
October 31, 2017
Calgary, Alberta – October 31, 2017 – GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. and their strategic partner, Samsung Electronics America, Inc., are pleased to announce GuestTek's investment in Samsung's new Tizen platform. The companies have been partners for years, and they continue to provide hotels ever evolving state-of-the-art in-room entertainment solutions. The leader of GuestTek's Tizen integration team, Michael McCarthy, Global Director of Media and Mobile, is pleased with Samsung's commitment to the hospitality industry. "The integration project is running well and I look forward to proceeding with our first trial si...
Interview: StayNTouch CEO on How Our Digital Life Has Profoundly Impacted Our Expectations of Everything
October 31, 2017
Jos Schaap shares his insights about what today's tech-savvy guests want and the importance of innovation in hotel technology With over two decades of success as a hotel software executive, visionary, and entrepreneur, Jos Schaap brings a unique perspective on how hotels can evolve to meet the emerging needs of guests and succeed in today's competitive environment. In an interview, Jos explains how technology has changed almost every aspect of our lives, and, as a result, it has transformed what guests expect from hotels. What was the impetus for starting StayNTouch? JS: I was on a bike ride with my dad (who went cross country), and we...
Desbravador Integrates TravelClick’s iHotelier Central Reservations System into its Property Management System
Desbravador | October 30, 2017
Integration Provides Real-Time Transmission of Rates and Inventory While Facilitating Seamless Communication for Hoteliers to Maximize Revenue NEW YORK, N.Y. October 30, 2017 – TravelClick, a global provider of innovative, cloud-based and data-driven solutions for hotels to maximize revenue, and Desbravador, a leader in lodging industry Property Management Systems (PMS) with a commercial presence in Brazil, Argentina and Europe and more than 3,500 clients across six other countries, have come together to integrate TravelClick's iHotelier Central Reservations System (CRS) into Desbravador Intelligent Management Software's PMS. This...
HMC to Manage Newly-Opened Four Points by Sheraton Houston Intercontinental Airport
Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC) | October 30, 2017
Dallas, TX – Leo Spriggs, President and CEO of Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC), is pleased to announce the addition of this 123-room Four Points® by Sheraton in Houston, TX, to their portfolio of managed hotels. The company continues its ongoing business expansion which is made up of full service, conference center, select service and limited service hotels. HMC is one of the country's largest third-party privately held hotel management companies, ranked in the top 40 of all third party and owner operated hotel management corporations. Ideally located just six miles from George Bush Intercontinental Airport and a shor...
Duetto Brings True Personalization to Booking Process with Launch of PlayMaker
Duetto | October 30, 2017
With Hospitality's Only Revenue Strategy Platform and PlayMaker, Hotels and Casinos Can Increase Conversion Through Customized Merchandising San Francisco, October 30, 2017 — Duetto, hospitality's only Revenue Strategy Platform in the cloud, has introduced PlayMaker, the industry's first application tackling true personalization of the booking path. The new cloud application addresses the industry's greatest challenge by providing consumers a better and more personal shopping experience, increasing their likelihood to convert. By serving both known and unknown shoppers customized merchandising content on direct channels, PlayMaker...
EMV Smart Card Payment Security is Available for Independent Hotels
Lodge Tools | October 30, 2017
Lodge Tool's Property Management System (PMS), InnTender, has been EMV certified by Heartland Payment Systems, a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services. Princeton, NJ and Kansas City, MO – October 30, 2017 – Lodge Tools Inc., an inventive hospitality SaaS company that provides leading-edge property management solutions, has integrated its property management system InnTender with Heartland's Pax S300 terminal processing reader providing full EMV secure payment processing for the independent hotel market. Independent hotels can benefit from the reduction of in card-present card fraud resulting from cou...
