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Angie Hospitality and INTEREL Collaborate to Drive Voice-based Guest Room Controls
Angie Hospitality | June 18, 2018
Dubai – June 18, 2018 – INTEREL, the award-winning provider of hospitality guest room management solutions, and Angie Hospitality, creator of award-winning Angie, the world's first cloud-powered, interactive guest room assistant created just for hotels, have partnered to enable guests to control temperature, lights, curtains, and more, conveniently through voice commands. The integration between INTEREL and Angie Hospitality allows hotels to offer guests an experience more similar to what they have come to expect at home. Angie's voice and touch controls combined with INTEREL's advanced guest room management and Internet of ...
ASSA ABLOY Hospitality to Showcase Future-Proof Innovations in Hotel Security Technology at HITEC 2018
ASSA ABLOY Hospitality | June 18, 2018
Global leader in hotel security and locking solutions to roll out new advancements, including Vostio, Bluvision, and MIFARE Plus EV1 IC technology Stockholm – June 18, 2018 – ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, provider of advanced security solutions for the hospitality industry, will introduce a series of new innovations at HITEC 2018, taking place June 19-21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Continuous demonstrations of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality's recently unveiled Vostio and Bluvision solutions will be held at booth #901, along with information provided on enhancements made to RFID door lock security via MIFARE...
Hotel Internet Services Releases New BeyondTV Features to Enhance Guestroom Entertainment and Revenue Potential
Hotel Internet Services, Inc. | June 18, 2018
CLEARWATER, Fla. — June 18, 2018 — Hotel Internet Services (HIS) has unveiled a series of new technology enhancements to its popular BeyondTV platform, an advanced solution that allows hoteliers to leverage existing guestroom televisions to provide guests with the ability to wirelessly cast a variety of content from their personal smart devices. The enhanced platform is now equipped with an array of additional features that further boost guest satisfaction, property efficiency and revenue earning potential. In addition to allowing hotel guests to access their own mobile and subscription-based streaming content on a larger sc...
Olympia Hotel Management Wins Two Hotel of the Year Awards from Hyatt Place & Hilton Garden Inn
Olympia Hotel Management | June 15, 2018
June 20, 2018. Portland, Maine. Olympia Hotel Management is proud to announce that it is currently holding the top awards for two of the world's major select service brands, Hyatt Place and Hilton Garden Inn. Hyatt Place Cleveland/Westlake/Crocker Park in Westlake, Ohio has been recognized as Hyatt Place Hotel of the Year for 2017 by Hyatt at their Global Select Sales Summit. The hotel also won the HyAchiever Award for meeting all sales goals and metrics as well as the STR Performance, Highest RevPAR Index for 2017. Hyatt Place Cleveland/ Westlake/Crocker Park, which opened in 2015, is owned by Stark Enterprises, who selected Olympia Ho...
The Rainmaker Group Partners with Torarica Group of Hotels
the Torarica Group | June 14, 2018
Company to Implement Rainmaker's Industry-Leading Revenue Optimization Solutions at All Three Properties ALPHARETTA, GA. — June 14, 2018 —The Rainmaker Group (Rainmaker), a leading provider of cloud-based hospitality revenue and profit optimization software, today announced that the Torarica Group has selected Rainmaker's guestrev®, revintel® and revcaster® solutions to drive revenue at all three of their Suriname properties: Torarica Hotel & Casino, Eco Resort, and Royal Torarica Hotel. The company was looking for a set of tools to help them formalize their revenue management processes and become more sophis...
Angie Hospitality Selected to Present “Tech Talk” at HITEC Houston on Benefits of Purpose-Built Hotel Technologies
Angie Hospitality | June 14, 2018
Pioneer of voice command technology for hotel industry to present 15-minute session on the importance of purpose-built solutions for the hospitality environment SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 14, 2018 – Angie Hospitality, developer of the world's first enterprise-class, cloud-managed interactive guest room assistant, built specifically for the hospitality environment, announces that its CEO, Ted Helvey, has been selected to present a "Tech Talk" session at HITEC Houston, taking place June 18-21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The presentation, entitled "Purpose-Built vs. Off-the-Shelf Technology for Hotels," will take pla...
Koridor Announces New Hotel Room Self-Selection Platform: MyRoom
Koridor | June 14, 2018
Technology Pioneers Next Generation of Personalization for Global Hotel Industry, Starting with the Room Selection Process ATLANTA – June 14, 2018 – Koridor, a hospitality technology company pioneering the next generation of guest personalization, today announces the launch of the MyRoom platform. A first of its kind software solution, MyRoom enables hotels to market rooms more effectively and curate features using dynamic content and analytics, while empowering guests to self-select their room, upgrade, or choose features that best suit their preferences. Koridor will debut the MyRoom technology while attending HITEC Housto...
Cloud5 Introduces the Hospitality Dashboard Experience (HDX) at HITEC 2018 Booth #2519
Cloud5 Communications | June 14, 2018
Innovative "Dashboard of Dashboards" Concept Leverages Automation and Self-Healing Network Technology to Proactively Manage the Guest Experience CHICAGO (June 14, 2018)— In the hospitality industry, current business dashboards provide little holistic value to decision makers and measure availability and performance from a limited, static perspective. Today, Cloud5 introduces a new concept that will provide the industry with access to real-time predictive insights by expanding the traditional dashboard to include all networked systems that affect the guest experience. Members of its now-forming HDX Advisory Board will have exclusi...
ALICE and Samsung Unveil First-Ever Hospitality Industry Smartwatch with Viceroy Hotel Group
ALICE | June 13, 2018
Launching at Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills, ALICE Hotel Operations Platform on Samsung Gear S3 Creates Wearable Solution To Improve Hotel Staff Communications, Guest Experiences Ridgefield Park, N.J. – June 14, 2018 – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and hotel operations platform ALICE today announced a new hotel management solution that uses smartwatches to improve staff communications, speed responsiveness to guests, and enhance customer service. With connected, LTE-capable smartwatches easily accessible on their wrist, hotel employees in key operations – such as housekeeping, maintenance, and bellman servic...
Giving Your Concierge A Digital Upgrade
Larry Mogelonsky | June 13, 2018
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) With the modern traveler glued to his or her phone, why would such a guest bother to consult the concierge instead of simply performing a Google search or looking on a resourceful travel website like TripAdvisor or Yelp? With mobile apps capable of offering a similar amount of information about the local area as any single person can, does this not make the concierge obsolete? This topic stems from a grievance that multiple general managers have brought to my attention with no clear answer in sight. The concierge is a core operation for any hotel in the upscale or luxury segments as...
Noble Investment Group Acquires The Westin Reston Heights in the Washington, D.C Metropolitan Area
Noble Investment Group | June 13, 2018
Atlanta, GA – June 13, 2018– Noble Investment Group ("Noble") today announced the acquisition of the 191-room Westin Reston Heights located in Reston, Virginia. The hotel will undergo a comprehensive guest room and public area upgrade and renovation. Reston is one of the leading business centers in the nation and was named as the Best Place to Live in Virginia by Money Magazine. Located less than five miles from Dulles International Airport, the area is home to a wide range of corporate and regional headquarters who occupy more than 14 million square feet of office surrounded by more than 4 million square feet of r...
ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Brings Cloud-Based Security to the Hotel Market With New Vostio Access Management System
ASSA ABLOY Hospitality | June 13, 2018
Provider of security solutions for hospitality industry debuts first cloud-based access management system developed specifically for hotels Stockholm – June 13, 2018 – ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, provider of advanced security technologies for the hospitality industry, announces the launch of its cloud-based access management system, Vostio. The first cloud-based system of its kind designed for the hotel space, Vostio is a maintenance-free and universally accessible system that requires no local servers, providing staff with a user-friendly solution that allows them to efficiently manage all areas of a property from any location....
Pinnacle Hotel Management Integrates Accounting, Budgeting/Forecasting and Business Intelligence to Support Growth
Pinnacle | June 13, 2018
At HITEC in Houston Visit Aptech in Booth # 1519 JUNE 18-21, 2018 George R. Brown Convention Center 24-Property Pinnacle Automates Data Gathering and Input from Multiple Flag PMSes; Daily Revenue vs Expense Trends Deliver 'Ah Ha' Moments for Management June 13, 2018 – Monica Nichols, Director of Finance for Pinnacle Hotels says, "After 14 years in the hotel industry I have seen an incredible evolution in the hospitality business intelligence we utilize. Transitioning from basic financial statements to much more detailed variance and analytical reports has had a very positive influence on how Pinnacle manages and operates its prope...
IDeaS Breaks the Rules With New Superior Agile Pricing Approach
IDeaS | June 13, 2018
Agile Rates enables simultaneous dynamic pricing of independent and linked hotel products using deep learning to maximize profitability from all priceable products. Tweet this: @IDeaS_RevOpt expands dynamic pricing capabilities with introduction of Agile Rates. www.ideas.com/news MINNEAPOLIS—June 13, 2018—Hoteliers unanimously agree: the distribution landscape is more complicated than ever before. As the consumer buying experience evolves and adapts to new interfaces like voice-enabled artificial intelligence, hotels seek the same level of sophisticated innovation in their revenue technology. Dynamic pricing and personalize...
HAPI Enables Digital Key Provider STAYmyway to Focus on Innovation
HAPI and Data Travel | June 12, 2018
HAPI's ability to provide seamless PMS integration allows startup hotel locking technology provider to expedite launch and implementation timeline Miami – June 12, 2018 – HAPI, a transformative new data streaming, integration and enrichment platform designed to solve the hotel industry's rapidly expanding data management challenges, has been credited with streamlining the industry roll out for STAYmyway, a disruptive new digital key solution that does not require lock replacement. "In developing and launching any new technology solution for the hotel industry, time is of the essence," said Faustino Fernández, CEO of S...
Maestro PMS Continues to Lead the Way in Innovation; Makes Guest Engagement Top Priority at HITEC
Maestro PMS | June 12, 2018
At HITEC in Houston Visit Maestro PMS in Booth #1031 JUNE 18-21, 2018 George R. Brown Convention Center Mobile Check-In and Check-Out; Intuitive On-Premise Browser PMS; Direct-Connect In-Application Support is The Game Changer for 40-year industry leader Markham, Ontario – June 12, 2018 – Maestro PMS, the industry's leading fully-integrated software solution for independent hotel and resort operators, will demo its growing suite of mobile guest engagement, property management, and staff productivity tools at HITEC booth 1031, June 18 – 21, 2018 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX. Maestro's team in...
3 Key Themes to Watch at HITEC 2018
the Author | June 12, 2018
By Terri Miller, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Concilio Labs The elite of the hospitality industry is set to descend upon one of the most exciting yearly events showcasing the brightest minds and hottest travel and hospitality technology: HITEC. Recognized as the world's largest hospitality technology show, HITEC 2018 offers a unique combination of quality education, networking, and exhibitors from around the globe. With the plethora of new innovations that have been unfolding, this year's show is staged to bring some disruptive discussions. To help attendees make the most of their time at the event, we've compiled a list of...
BirchStreet Offers Comprehensive Inventory Management Solution
BirchStreet Systems, Inc. | June 12, 2018
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – BirchStreet Systems, a long leader in the hospitality procure-to-pay space, is debuting its comprehensive Inventory Management system at the upcoming HITEC show in Houston. The newly redesigned module called BirchStreet Inventory with AccuBar combines all of the profound capabilities of BirchStreet Inventory with AccuBar's comprehensive beverage management and barcode scanning process. The result is a powerful system that excels in fulfilling the wide-ranging needs of hospitality operators who until now have been unable to find one combined solution that helps decrease high inventory carry cost and reduce s...
Debunking the Impact of Blockchain on Hotel Distribution
HEBS Digital | June 12, 2018
By Max Starkov Background: A recent article on the Nasdaq website called "How Blockchains Are Changing the Hotel Industry" claims that blockchain-based platforms "offer promising solutions" to particular areas of difficulty in the hospitality industry, including blockchain-based hotel booking platforms. Before we jump on analyzing blockchain technology's impact on hospitality, let's quickly review what this new technology and some of its more popular applications are all about. Blockchain is an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way. Blockchain operates...
ZS and Rainmaker Announce Partnership to Help Hoteliers Improve and Capitalize on Revenue Management
Rainmaker | June 12, 2018
Leveraging their combined experience, the firms will drive innovation for the hospitality industry ALPHARETTA, GA. — June 12, 2018 —The Rainmaker Group (Rainmaker), a leading provider of cloud-based hospitality revenue and profit optimization software, and ZS Associates (ZS), a global consulting firm are excited to announce their new partnership. The two firms will combine ZS's strategies, methodologies and frameworks with Rainmaker's powerful technologies and advanced science to drive innovation in hospitality revenue management. "We are pleased to have ZS as a partner and know our joint knowledge of the industry will be a ...
Bulk TV & Internet Announces Merger With DCI Design Communications and EthoStream
Bulk TV & Internet | June 12, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C., June 12, 2018 -- Bulk TV & Internet ("Bulk TV") a leading integrator of enterprise video, data and voice solutions is pleased to announce its acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners ("Marlin") and its merger with DCI Design Communications ("DCI"), a leader in data, voice and unified communications. The agreement will consolidate assets and operations of Bulk TV and DCI, as well as those of EthoStream, which was acquired by DCI in March 2017. This combined entity of network technology systems will deliver a true triple-play offering for converged video, data and voice solutions for the hospi...
dormakaba Brings Ambiance™ Mobile Tablet Keycard Encoding Flexibility to HITEC
dormakaba | June 12, 2018
At HITEC in Houston Visit dormakaba in Booth #2401 JUNE 18-21, 2018 George R. Brown Convention Center Ambiance Access Management Software Now Globally Available for All Saflok Users MONTREAL, QC, CANADA – June 12, 2018 – dormakaba, the provider of Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic door locks, will demonstrate its secure, easy-to-use Ambiance Access Management Software and mobile tablet key encoding system at HITEC booth 2401. Ambiance is globally available for all Saflok System 6000 users and is scalable to make it a perfect upgrade for any property that wants to offer guests the latest RFID platform for electronic do...
EMD Offering ‘Self- Audit Questionnaire’ to Aide HITEC Attendees With Tradeshow Strategy
AVaStar | June 12, 2018
Want to know where your AV Technology program is falling short? Complete EMD's online questionnaire to receive a customized scorecard at HITEC to better shop this show and create a better guest experience; HITEC Attendees can enter to WIN a Bose Bluetooth Speaker System Visit Booth #1019 at HITEC, June 18 to 21, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston [Gaithersburg, Md.—June 12, 2018]— Who budgets Capex funds for AV equipment and systems at your hotel … Finance … IT … AV? Do the presentation systems at your property meet your current brand standards? How are you tracking AV/Technology revenue...
Intelity Cites 5 Things to Consider When Buying Mobile- and In-Room Technology
Intelity | June 12, 2018
Before shopping HITEC, download Intelity's 'In-Room Solutions Checklist' and 'Mobile Solutions Checklist' to better shop the tradeshow floor; Visit Intelity in Booth 2127, June 19 to 21, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston [Orlando, Fla. — June 12, 2018] — Hoteliers will be flocking to Houston next week to attend HITEC, the world's largest hospitality technology show. Top of mind for many hoteliers is seeing the latest mobile and in-room technologies on display at this event, to be held June 18 to 21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Before shopping the tradeshow floor, Intelity – the 2018 "Offi...
