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Hotels Unlock the Power of One-To-One Marketing with Cendyn’s® CRM Suite

Hotels Unlock the Power of One-To-One Marketing with Cendyn’s® CRM Suite

June 18, 2013

Integrated CRM Solution Provides Higher Conversion and Client Retention Levels Boca Raton, Fla. - June 18, 2013 - Marketing the right product to the right...

Concord Hospitality Implements Aptech’s Execuvue® BI at All 90 Properties

Concord Hospitality Implements Aptech’s Execuvue® BI at All 90 Properties

June 18, 2013

Execuvue GM Dashboards Track Property STR Comparisons, Labor Data, Multiple Financial Reporting MetricsAt HITEC Visit Aptech in Booth # 901 Pittsburgh, PA -...

Adaco Launching ‘Procure-to-Pay’ and ‘Analytics’ for Adaco.NET at HITEC 2013

Adaco Launching ‘Procure-to-Pay’ and ‘Analytics’ for Adaco.NET at HITEC 2013

June 18, 2013

The global provider of SaaS-based procurement solutions is unveiling two new hospitality products: Procure-to-Pay provides hoteliers with electronic...

FCS i-Guest with OpenWays Mobile Key has Power to Drive Mobile Hospitality Strategy for Hotels

FCS i-Guest with OpenWays Mobile Key has Power to Drive Mobile Hospitality Strategy for Hotels

June 18, 2013

Pairing industry’s leading guest services mobile app with groundbreaking mobile key technology drives tremendous operational efficiencies for hotels and...

Win Three Nights in New York City Using Travel Tripper’s New Booking Engine

Win Three Nights in New York City Using Travel Tripper’s New Booking Engine

June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013 - Travel Tripper launched its latest booking engine last week and is giving hoteliers the chance to win three nights at a hotel in New York City...

Digital Alchemy to Showcase Industry-Leading Hotel and Spa CRM Solutions at HITEC 2013

Digital Alchemy to Showcase Industry-Leading Hotel and Spa CRM Solutions at HITEC 2013

June 18, 2013

Leading CRM provider to demonstrate latest digital marketing and mobile communication tools for hotels and spas at industry’s largest technology...

Shaner Hotel Group takes Partner to Invest New Capital

Shaner Hotel Group takes Partner to Invest New Capital

| Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.) | June 18, 2013

To Use $100 Million Initial Capitalization from SHG and Affiliates and by Almanac Realty Securities VI in the New Venture June 18, 2013 -- Shaner Hotel...

Ashford Hospitality Trust to Spin-off High RevPAR Hotel Portfolio as “Ashford Hospitality Prime”

Ashford Hospitality Trust to Spin-off High RevPAR Hotel Portfolio as “Ashford Hospitality Prime”

June 18, 2013

DALLAS, June 18, 2013 -- Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE:  AHT) ("Ashford Trust" or the "Company") today announced that the Company's Board of...

RLJ Lodging Trust Acquires the Courtyard by Marriott Waikiki Beach in Hawaii for $75.3 Million

RLJ Lodging Trust Acquires the Courtyard by Marriott Waikiki Beach in Hawaii for $75.3 Million

June 18, 2013

BETHESDA, Md.--June 18, 2013 -- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that it acquired the long-term leasehold interest in the...

Hersha Hospitality Trust Acquires Miami’s Residence Inn Coconut Grove Sold with Upgrade Planned

Hersha Hospitality Trust Acquires Miami’s Residence Inn Coconut Grove Sold with Upgrade Planned

Hannah Sampson | The Miami Herald | June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013 --The Residence Inn Coconut Grove has been sold for $21.8 million to a Philadelphia-based company. New owner Hersha Hospitality Trust has said...

Hyatt Forms Joint Venture with Developer FSA Group S.A. for Nine Hyatt Place Hotels in Brazil

Hyatt Forms Joint Venture with Developer FSA Group S.A. for Nine Hyatt Place Hotels in Brazil

June 18, 2013

CHICAGO - June 18, 2013 - Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the execution of an agreement to form a joint venture between a Hyatt affiliate...

To Sell Experiences Not Just Rooms, Build A Hotel Value Pyramid

To Sell Experiences Not Just Rooms, Build A Hotel Value Pyramid

June 18, 2013

By Doug Kennedy June 18, 2013 - When you listen to reservations sales calls these days it is easy to recognize that most of the conversation is focused...

PKF Survey Finds Optimism in Hotel Investments

PKF Survey Finds Optimism in Hotel Investments

June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013, Atlanta, Ga, - Rising profits, limited supply growth and improved access to capital make 2013 and 2014 an excellent time to invest in the U.S....

Crestron Demonstrates Five-Star Hospitality Technology at HITEC®

Crestron Demonstrates Five-Star Hospitality Technology at HITEC®

June 18, 2013

Crestron Provides Efficiency and Luxury with Technology Solutions for Every Space Within Hotels Rockleigh, NJ, June 17, 2013 - Crestron will be checking into...

Outrigger Enterprises Group Selects MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution

Outrigger Enterprises Group Selects MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution

June 18, 2013

OPERA Becomes the Standardized Platform Across Outrigger Portfolio Columbia, MD – June 18, 2013 — MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a...

German Luxury Hotel Chain Selects eRevmax for Optimizing Online Revenue

German Luxury Hotel Chain Selects eRevmax for Optimizing Online Revenue

June 18, 2013

Six Althoff Properties Install RateTiger For Rate And Inventory Management Cologne, 18 June 2013: Germany based luxury group Althoff Hotel Collection has...

Indra Unveiling ‘the Future of Hospitality’ at HITEC with All-In-One, Core-System Solution

Indra Unveiling ‘the Future of Hospitality’ at HITEC with All-In-One, Core-System Solution

June 18, 2013

The third-largest IT company in Europe is bringing its fully-integrated, end-to-end solution for hotel chain management to North America; Indra's Travel...

Howard Hughes Corporation Selects Percipia Networks for Master Planned Community Mobile Application

Howard Hughes Corporation Selects Percipia Networks for Master Planned Community Mobile Application

June 18, 2013

Las Vegas, NV – June 18, 2013 – The Howard Hughes Corporation, developer of the master-planned community of Summerlin that spans 22,500 acres along the...

Thunder Valley Resort Casino Selects Percipia Networks for Guest Room Phone Integration Solution

Thunder Valley Resort Casino Selects Percipia Networks for Guest Room Phone Integration Solution

June 18, 2013

Lincoln, CA – June 18, 2013 – Thunder Valley Casino Resort, the AAA four diamond property has selected technology integration solutions by Percipia...

Cornell Professors Develop a Tool for Strategic Decisions and Examine Sustainability Issues

Cornell Professors Develop a Tool for Strategic Decisions and Examine Sustainability Issues

June 18, 2013

Ithaca, NY, June 18, 2013 - New publications from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the School of Hotel Administration provide a methodical,...

DoubleTree by Hilton Atlantic Beach Oceanfront Opens in North Carolina Following Renovation

DoubleTree by Hilton Atlantic Beach Oceanfront Opens in North Carolina Following Renovation

June 18, 2013

Acquired by Newport Group in 2012, the Former Sheraton Had Been Closed Due to Hurricane Irene ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. - June 18, 2013--DoubleTree by Hilton...

Anne Engelking Smith Joins Choice Hotels as Vice President of Brand Strategy

Anne Engelking Smith Joins Choice Hotels as Vice President of Brand Strategy

June 18, 2013

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 18, 2013 -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:  CHH), one of the world's largest hotel companies, today announced that...

Handheld Hospitality Announces  “At Your Service”™ a Mobile Device App for Hotels & Guests at HITEC

Handheld Hospitality Announces “At Your Service”™ a Mobile Device App for Hotels & Guests at HITEC

June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013 Chevy Chase, MD -- At Your Service™, a breakthrough guest information app will make its debut at the Hotel Information and Technology...

First Hospitality Group, Inc. Hires Robert Ekelmann & Chris Huber as General Managers

First Hospitality Group, Inc. Hires Robert Ekelmann & Chris Huber as General Managers

June 19, 2013

ROSEMONT, Ill., June 19, 2013 — Rosemont, Ill.-based First Hospitality Group, Inc., (FHG) announced today the hiring of general managers at two of its...

Nobody Asked Me, But…No. 104: Hilton’s Blunder: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish; Hotel History & More

Nobody Asked Me, But…No. 104: Hilton’s Blunder: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish; Hotel History & More

June 19, 2013

Nobody Asked Me, But...No. 104: Hilton's Blunder: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish; Hotel History: Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, FL; Quote of the...

Clear Sky Software Lands at Baltimore Airport Hotel to Help Control Beverage Inventory

Clear Sky Software Lands at Baltimore Airport Hotel to Help Control Beverage Inventory

June 19, 2013

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - June 19, 2013 - Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the BWI Airport Marriott, located at the Baltimore-Washington...

Ascension Software Transforms Amenity Gift Program at Sheraton Kauai Resort

Ascension Software Transforms Amenity Gift Program at Sheraton Kauai Resort

June 19, 2013

Vancouver, WA - June 19, 2013 - Ascension Software today reported the results of its successful ORION Amenities program at Sheraton Kauai Resort, called...

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