Arena Del Mar Hotel Selects ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions and Zaplox for Digital Key Compatibility With Cloud-Based Access Management
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions | July 22, 2021
Oregon-based property leverages industry-leading technology and expertise to provide guests with contactless check-in and room access abilities via Vostio Access Management solution. Stockholm – July 22, 2021 – ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions as a leading provider of advanced security technology for the hospitality industry and together with Certified Partner, Zaplox AB, a leading innovator of contactless mobile guest journey solutions and mobile key services, have announced the integration of digital key functionality with the Vostio Access Management solution at Arena Del Mar Hotel. Situated between Seattle and Portland on the US west coas...
Visual Matrix Partners With FLEXIPASS to Implement Digital Mobile Key Features in PMS Solutions
Visual Matrix | July 22, 2021
Leading PMS provider and award-winning mobile access provider will offer contactless experiences for hotelier guests. RICHARDSON, TX – July 22, 2021 - Visual Matrix, an industry-leading hotel property management software providing an all-in-one PMS, today announces the integration of Mobile Key functionalities into its PMS platform through FLEXIPASS, the Preferred Mobile Key solution for hospitality providers. In addition to providing hotel revenue management tools and staff productivity tools, Visual Matrix now ensures hoteliers can provide guests with a secure and contactless experience. “Both of our teams knew that hoteliers toda...
IoT Will Have a Bigger Role to Play in Post-Pandemic Travel, Says GlobalData
GlobalData | July 21, 2021
Internet of Things (IoT) technology can help to ease traveler concerns regarding personal health and wellbeing, while allowing travel and tourism companies to collect a wealth of data for a range of internal and external benefits, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that this technology will have a bigger role to play in post-pandemic travel as a result. GlobalData’s latest thematic report, ‘IoT in Travel & Tourism’, states that wearable tech devices at airports and other transport terminals can allow travelers to practice correct social distancing procedures and keep to other health and safety c...
How Technology Is Helping Find and Retain Hotel Talent
Andrada Paraschiv | July 21, 2021
Talent gurus Sandy Gentles of Marriott International and Ed Gallier of Jury’s Inn share how employee communication technology can be leveraged to solve today’s talent crisis By Andrada Paraschiv Finding dedicated workers and retaining them once they are trained has always been a challenge for hospitality, but in the current economic and social climate there is no time to waste on retraining workers only to lose them in the short term. In a market where acquiring skilled workers is the greatest challenge, retaining them becomes imperative. As leisure travel begins to return and hotel occupancy increases, operators will be challenged to ...
An Old Soul With a Fresh Twist, Crystalbrook Kingsley Embraces Technology and Sustainability With Solutions From McLaren Technologies
McLaren Technologies Asia Pacific | July 20, 2021
Sophisticated and with a nod to the area’s history, the new hotel is offering a fully contactless and paperless guest experience. Sydney, Australia (July 20, 2021) - A commitment to responsible luxury by Newcastle’s first five-star hotel, Crystalbrook Kingsley, has prompted a partnership with Asia Pacific’s leading hospitality solution specialist, McLaren Technologies. The new hotel was keen to embrace mobile-first guest experience technology and environmental change to enhance, not compromise, the quality of its guest experience. The new hotel, which opened its doors on June 9, worked with McLaren to tailor its approach to techno...
Shiji Group Releases Updated Hospitality Distribution Technology Chart: 2021
Shiji Group | July 20, 2021
ATLANTA, Georgia – July 20, 2021 – Shiji Distribution Solutions has released its latest version of its Hospitality Technology Distribution Chart: 2021 to help visualize the current hotel and hospitality technology landscape, how the various providers fit in, and their relationships with the hotel, the guest, and each other. Originally published in 2015 by SnapShot, Shiji Distribution Solutions has picked up the tradition of analyzing the hotel and hospitality technology landscape to reflect all the various technology solutions of the industry and create a useful tool for hoteliers’ strategies for 2021 and beyond. The infographic f...
StayNTouch Names Reid Webster as VP of Strategic Growth to Expand and Strengthen Partner Network
StayNTouch | July 20, 2021
StayNTouch, a leader in guest-centric and mobile property management software (PMS), is proud to welcome Reid Webster as Vice President of Strategic Growth. Mr. Webster comes to StayNTouch with almost thirty years of experience in hospitality technology and strategic sales leadership. Before joining StayNTouch, Mr. Webster served as the Senior VP of Partnerships & SaaS Sales at Laasie, a cloud platform that uses machine learning to build customer loyalty. Mr. Webster also served as a Regional Director for Gaming at Orbitz Worldwide. As the VP of Strategic Growth, Mr. Webster will be responsible for fully realizing StayNTouch’s global...
Beverage Inventory Control System by Clear Sky Software Helping the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
Clear Sky Software | July 15, 2021
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – July 15, 2021 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel is up and running on Clear Sky Software’s beverage inventory control system. The Sheraton selected Clear Sky Software to help control all beer, liquor and wine inventory. Called Clear Sky BEVERAGE, this system is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all beverage products. Functions include purchasing, receiving, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory. Also installed is Clear Sky’s Interface to Marriott’s HotShop Procurement System and Micros Simphony ...
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