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Newmarket Announces Keynote Speakers for NICC 2015
Newmarket International, Inc. | January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015 - Portsmouth, NH - Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), an Amadeus company, today announced the dynamic lineup of keynote speakers for NICC 2015, its annual customer conference being held May 12 - 15, 2015 in Portsmouth, NH. During the full day of Wednesday General Sessions at the historic Music Hall in downtown Portsmouth, conference attendees will hear from dynamic speakers including: Jeff Hiscox, President and CEO, Newmarket, will begin the day by discussing how the Newmarket and Amadeus growth plan is strategically aligned with current and forecasted industry trends. He'll share insights into how our hos...
Demand-Driven Hotel Strategy – The Next Big Thing to Increase RevPAR
nSight | January 29, 2015
nSight's Complimentary Webinar Series focusing on Consumer Demand for New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle Markets NASHVILLE, TN - January 29, 2015 - nSight, the leader in online consumer shopping intelligence for the travel industry, is hosting a webinar series, "Demand-Driven Hotel Strategy," on how hotels can apply future demand intelligence to marketing and pricing strategies, making decisions more aligned with consumers. The new approach helps to increase RevPAR and grow market share for hotels in any type of market conditions. Each webinar will address demand strategy best practices and deep dive into the demand metrics fo...
Puzzle Partner Welcomes New Clients LeisureLink and FindMyCarrots
Puzzle Partner | January 29, 2015
Two Top Innovators in Travel Technology Partner with Puzzle Partner to Maximize Growth and Industry Awareness Toronto, CA, - January 29, 2015 - Puzzle Partner Ltd., a strategic consulting firm specializing in tactical marketing and public relations services for startups and high-growth technology companies in travel and hospitality, announced today that they signed two new clients: LeisureLink and FindMyCarrots. Salt Lake City-based LeisureLink is the leading integrated online distribution solution for vacation rental and resort property managers. LeisureLink offers vacation property suppliers and management companies a solution to ma...
Resorts World Bimini Expands Use of Agilysys Solution Suite
Agilysys | January 29, 2015
Resort Hotel Selects Stratton Warren System Inventory and Procurement Solution ALPHARETTA, GA. - Jan. 29, 2015 - Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Resorts World Bimini has selected the Stratton Warren System, a comprehensive inventory and procurement solution, to automate processes and reduce costs at the 480-unit resort. A new 305-room luxury hotel, scheduled to open in Summer 2015, will also use the system. Resorts World Bimini implemented Agilysys solutions for property management and condo accounting last year. "When shopping for a new in...
HSMAI Collecting Data for Hotel Digital Benchmark Study
HSMAI | January 28, 2015
McLEAN, VA (Jan. 28, 015) - The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has begun collecting information for its second annual Hotel Digital Marketing Benchmark Study. The study will allow a hotel to better understand the performance of its digital marketing program, gaps it needs to fill in marketing and its place within the industry. "We consistently hear from hoteliers that it's not only difficult to measure the success of digital marketing programs but it's also difficult, and near impossible, to figure out how a program has performed relative to the industry," said Bob Gilbert, president and CEO of HSMAI...
5 Group Travel Predictions for U.S. Hotels in 2015
Charles de Gaspe Beaubien | January 28, 2015
Group Demand to Drive Record Occupancy and Direct Online Booking By Charles de Gaspé Beaubien / President and CEO of Groupize Solutions By all accounts, 2015 is set to be a banner year for the U.S. hotel industry with occupancy levels reaching their highest point in 20 years-projected at 64.8%-and ADR continuing upward (PWC). Capturing group travel business will be more important than ever, and hotels that are ready to do business the way today's group planners desire will reap the rewards. To assist hotels with strategizing the crucial group segment, here are our predictions for the coming 12 months. 1. Group demand will be the drivin...
Maestro PMS Puts Housekeeping App to Work for Independents
Maestro Property Management Solution | January 28, 2015
Easy-To-Use Mobile Housekeeping App Increases Productivity; Tablet and smartphone Ready; No Internet Connectivity Needed January 28, 2015 - Maestro PMS™ announced it will put a new Mobile Housekeeping App to work for independent operators. The app is fully integrated with the Maestro PMS and will be available March 1. It enables housekeeping staff to be more productive by instantly seeing real-time room status and occupancy with housekeeper assignments. The new app frees housekeepers from relying on legacy technology, such as in-room telephone and movie system- based options for room status updating, so they can work smarter and fast...
Hotels Kick off the New Year with Strong Revenue Performance Driven by Average Daily Rate Growth
TravelClick | January 28, 2015
Hoteliers Need to be on Their Toes to Keep RevPAR Momentum NEW YORK - January 28, 2015 - Hotels in major North American markets experienced strong growth in rate across all travel segments according to data from the January 2015 TravelClick North American Hospitality Review (NAHR). With average daily rate (ADR) growth of 4.5 percent for the next 12 months, ADR will drive revenue per available room (RevPAR) performance in 2015, continuing on the momentum from last year. "As we enter the cold winter months of the New Year, hoteliers need to carefully monitor meeting, convention and large group events within their market in order to susta...
Award Winning BlackLine Systems Now Tailored Specifically for Hospitality by PAS
PAS | January 27, 2015
PAS and BlackLine Systems announce global partnership Gaithersburg, MD – PAS is bringing the world's most trusted solution for Finance Controls and Automation, BlackLine Systems, to hospitality. Leveraging their in-depth experience in hospitality operations and their hands free integration platform, pasUNITY, PAS is creating an unparalleled solution surrounding the Financial Close - Balance Sheet, Bank and Credit Card Reconciliation Automation. The security and integrity that comes with pasUNITY integrations, eliminates many of the human errors that are commonly associated with such sensitive financial information. "We know what makes...
Newmarket Delivers Over $52.4 Million in Cost Savings Through Prevention of Guest Incidents
Newmarket International, Inc. | January 27, 2015
January 27, 2015 - Portsmouth, NH - Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), an Amadeus company, the proven business solutions provider for empowering hospitality organizations to lower costs and increase revenue while improving customer satisfaction and guest loyalty, shared the continued success and proven value of its HotSOS and REX solutions. In 2014, HotSOS and REX solutions from Newmarket helped global hospitality organizations in 66 countries to streamline operations. Highlights from 2014 include: - Daily access by over 350,000 users to enhance hotel operations and improve guest experience - Optimization of cleaning ov...
Storm Hits NYC Hotels; Radisson JFK Guests Watch FlyteBoard with Doppler Radar for Updates
Flyte Systems | January 27, 2015
Airport Hotels Become Havens for Stranded Travelers; FlyteBoard with Doppler Radar Keeps Guests Informed on Flight Availability and Changing Weather Patterns CHICAGO, IL - January 27, 2015 - Airlines across the Northeast pre-emptively canceled 5,200 flights on Monday morning. Statewide travel bans were put in place in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island as hotels became shelters for travelers. The Radisson Hotel JFK Airport was ready as cities across the Northeast announced the suspension or reduction of public transit. The hotel provided guests with FlyteBoard real-time airline flight information and a recently upgraded display...
Is There Any Correlation Between Facebook Fan Counts and Hotel Star Ratings?
Ryan Solutions | January 27, 2015
Though many formats exist, the 1.0-5.0 star ratings for hotel quality, service, and amenities have become ubiquitous for OTAs. They've even used them in their marketing with taglines like "4-star hotels at 2-star prices." But within the social sphere where a like means so many things, is there any correlation between fan counts and star ratings? The Goods To find our answer we looked at over 10,000 hotel Facebook fan pages. We then grouped the hotels by the star ratings typically used on most U.S. OTAs and found the average Facebook fan count of each group. Based on our sample, 5-star hotels averaged 19,500 fans, 4-star hotels averaged...
Spain’s Largest Boutique Hotel Club, Rusticae, Selects SiteMinder for Online Distribution
SiteMinder | January 27, 2015
January 27, 2015 - One day ahead of FITUR, the world's tourism trade fair for the Ibero American markets being held in Madrid, the global hotel industry's leading provider of online distribution and direct booking technology, SiteMinder, today announces it has signed on Rusticae - the largest quality club for boutique hotels in Spain. The club's portfolio comprises more than 250 hotel properties across Europe and Latin America, including an increasing number that are now live with SiteMinder's Channel Manager as well as SiteMinder's integrated booking engine, TheBookingButton, to capture direct online bookings. "SiteMinder was founded w...
Making the Right Call – Hamilton Island Rings in New Communications Era with McLaren Technologies
McLaren Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | January 26, 2015
Hamilton Island 27 January 2015 – McLaren Technologies, Asia Pacific's leading provider of SaaS based technology solutions for the hospitality industry, has completed an installation project on Australia's iconic Whitsunday Islands destination, Hamilton Island. McLaren consulted with Hamilton Island to update telecommunications at the resort, installing two market leading systems – BroadSoft Hospitality's JAZZ Fusion Call Accounting and DuVoice Guest and Administration Voicemail. McLaren Technologies Managing Director, Mathew White, said, "Hamilton Island is a perfect example of a diverse and dynamic destination working smarter to m...
How Can Hoteliers Take Advantage of the Disruptive Shift from Desktop to Mobile?
the Author and HeBS Digital | January 26, 2015
by Max Starkov The 2014 device usage results are in! The massive shift from desktop to mobile and tablet devices continued its rigorous pace: Last year over 38% of web visitors and nearly 40% of page views were generated from non-desktop devices (mobile and tablet), while nearly 21% of bookings and 17% of room nights came from tablets and mobile devices. In this multi-device world "inhabited" by always-connected travel consumers, hotel marketers face a major challenge: Creating and managing a digital presence across three distinct distribution and marketing channels (desktop, mobile, and tablet). This means investing in technology that ...
Rainmaker’s Erik Browning To Address North America’s No. 1 Travel Analytics Conference In NYC
Rainmaker | January 26, 2015
ATLANTA, GA - January 26, 2015 - The Rainmaker Group, a proven, market-leading provider of automated revenue management and profit optimization software solutions for the hospitality, gaming/hospitality and multifamily housing industries, announced today that Erik Browning, its Vice President of Business Consulting, will present to senior level travel executives on day one of the Smart Travel Analytics North America 2015 conference in New York City. Browning is an industry expert in revenue management and will join top executives from United Airlines and Wyndham Worldwide on Wednesday, January 28, in a 90-minute session titled, Transfor...
Real-Life Experiences for the Next Generation of Hoteliers
M3 Accounting + Analytics | January 22, 2015
Program implemented through the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership provides industry standard software to over 20 universities. (GAINESVILLE, GA – 01/22/15) When Casi Johnson was a college student majoring in hospitality management, she thought she knew a lot about hotel accounting from working in a hotel during her schooling. In a recent blog post describing her experience 17 years ago, Johnson explained, "I loved being able to work in the hotel at night and craved the hands-on learning experience it offered to complement what I was learning in school, taking what was learned...
Intelity Launches Business Development Program
Intelity | January 22, 2015
ORLANDO - January 22, 2015 - Leading hospitality technology firm Intelity has implemented a new business development program as part of the expansion of its sales efforts in 2015. The program targets college students and recent graduates interested in sales, marketing and business strategy. It will place them under the mentorship of the company's newly appointed head of global Sales and Marketing, Dennis Martin. "Creating this program is aligned with our focus on promoting education and contributing to the future of the travel and hospitality industries," Martin said. "The goal is to equip young people with the skills necessary to build...
Hotel AG involved in 194 Hotel Transactions Since 2013
Hotel AG | January 22, 2015
ATLANTA - January 22, 2015 - Hotel Assets Group, LLC (Hotel AG), announced today the firm has sold or advised on 194 separate hotel transactions during the 2013 and 2014 years. Of the 194 transactions, there were 169 select service hotels, 25 full-service hotels and 12 portfolios that closed. The firm has 204 active hotel engagements on the market today totaling $2.6 billion with a number under sale agreement slated for a 1st quarter closing. In addition, the firm has just been engaged on 2 Florida portfolios that will hit the market in the next several weeks. H. Keith Thompson, principal of Hotel AG, commented, "The pace of the transac...
From Boutique Hotels to B&Bs, Independent Lodging Destinations are Praising Hotelogix
Hotelogix | January 21, 2015
Whether it's a lifestyle hotel in New York, a campground in Texas or a 'Rockotel' in Woodstock, Hotelogix is delivering the right tools -- Ask about our FREE PMS! [SAN JOSE, CALIF. - JANUARY 21, 2015] - When it comes to hotel and lodging technology, simplicity is key, especially for small- to mid-size independent properties that typically have challenges different from the larger brands and five-star hotels. Owners and operators are discovering that the Hotelogix cloud-based PMS easily gives them everything they need to run their hospitality business. From the system's simple set up and quick implementation/training time...
L.E. Hotels Implements Revcaster Rate Parity Verification for 150 Hotels Worldwide
Revcaster | January 21, 2015
Guests Book Faster When Rate Shopping Tools Drive Standard Online Rates; Revcaster Automatically Tracks Multiple OTAs to Enable Cross-Channel Hotel Rate Parity PORTLAND, OR - January 21, 2015 - Revcaster, the trusted leader in flexible, cost effective hotel rate shopping tools, announced L.E. Hotels implemented Revcaster online rate verification. L.E. Hotels is a global hotel representation company comprised of some 150 independently owned and operated properties in 23 countries. Each property conveys L.E. Hotels' signature distinction and one-of-a-kind individuality. Click here for more information on Revcaster's rate shopping tools fo...
SiteMinder Secures Sercotel Chain to Cement Growing Footprint in Spanish Hotel Market
SiteMinder | January 21, 2015
January 21, 2015 - The global hotel industry's leading provider of online distribution technology, SiteMinder, today announces it has secured one of Spain's largest hotel chains, Sercotel, to cement its growing hold of the local Spanish market. The announcement comes one week ahead of the world's tourism trade fair for the Ibero American markets, FITUR, being held in Madrid. Sercotel says, to date, nearly half of the hotel chain's portfolio in Spain - which comprises 124 predominantly four-star properties with a total of 16,000 rooms that attract 4.6 million overnight stays per year - have signed up to use SiteMinder's Channel Manager, ...
Should Hoteliers Be Concerned with Amazon Becoming the Next Mega OTA?
the Author and HeBS Digital | January 21, 2015
by Max Starkov The industry press is full of articles about Amazon entering the travel retail space, opening travel industry-focused offices, and contacting hoteliers to strike merchant-model wholesale deals. Industry "oracles" are predicting that Amazon will become the next Expedia or Booking.com. In my view, by adding a "merchant model" extension to their flash sale-oriented site, Amazon Local, Amazon is achieving two objectives. On one hand, Amazon is simply "testing the waters" with all of their recent moves into the travel space. On the other hand, they are trying to expand the hotel offering of the fledgling Amazon Local. Like eve...
FCS Interview by Donald Trump Jr. Aired on Bloomberg Corporate Review Segment
FCS | January 20, 2015
Guest host Donald Trump Jr. interview with FCS' Akina Ho provides insight into latest innovations in hospitality operations software and mobile technologies available to hotels and resorts around the world. Boca Raton - January 20, 2015 - FCS Computer Systems (FCS), a leading global provider of comprehensive hospitality solutions and services, recently shared details of its unique expertise in hospitality operations and mobile applications management during an interview with MMP (USA), Inc.'s the Corporate Review. Originally aired by Bloomberg Television on January 11, 2015, the segment demonstrates how many of today's leading hospitali...
