ALICE Launches Free COVID-19 Checklist Software
ALICE | March 31, 2020
ALICE has launched a new free product to help hoteliers operate more efficiently during COVID-19. ALICE’s COVID-19 Checklists Software is available now, and is free to help hotels manage operations through times of low occupancy or closure, back into times of recovery, and up to full occupancy again. ALICE Checklists provides hoteliers with tools to streamline operations and communications. With more than 100,000 hoteliers across 2,500 hotels using ALICE, it is the hospitality industry’s leading operations technology, connecting every department of the hotel with one platform for all staff communication and guest requests. With ALICE C...
Avoiding Large Group Gatherings? Help Is On the Way
The Contact Group | March 30, 2020
The Contact Group Provides Unique Solution for Internal and External Communications (VIRGINIA BEACH, VA) –March 26, 2020—The Contact Group, the leader in innovative phone-based and online communications solutions, will facilitate a member wide teleconference for C.A.R.E.the Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers on April 6, 2020. When C.A.R.E. was forced to cancel its annual conference in Philadelphia due to the COVID-19 shutdown, many of its 106 members asked how they could replace the C.A.R.E. annual “Meet the Members” session. During this popular roll call, members share resort inventory availability and requirements ...
Aptech’s 50 Years: Powerful Tech Innovation, Family Culture, Trusted Partner
Aptech Computer Systems, Inc. | March 25, 2020
PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2020 – Aptech Computer Systems celebrates 50 years of hospitality technology leadership in 2020. “We create solutions to increase our customers’ performance and profitability. We are who we are because of the clients we have,” said Jill Wilder, Aptech vice president. It is with great pride that Aptech’s back office, budgeting/forecasting, and business intelligence hotel accounting software solutions are industry standards used by hundreds of hotel companies to run their businesses. “Concord Hospitality and Aptech have had the pleasure of developing a valuable partnership spanning more than 20 years,” sai...
Why Distributed Teams Make More Sense Now Than Ever
Greg Abbott | March 23, 2020
Travel and Hospitality brands turn to technology to improve business continuity strategies and resilience to disruptions By Greg Abbott The rate of change and the standard way of doing things, whether that's conducting business, taking care of our families, or simply getting around our cities, is being turned upside down. As the coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread around the world, the economic symptoms are emerging. Business continuity management is well underway at most organizations. Hospitality and travel are among the most impacted and face a unique set of challenges. For most hotel and travel organizations, there would be n...
CustomerCount® Adds Extra Level of Protection to SMS Distribution of Surveys
CustomerCount | March 19, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (March 19, 2020) – Did you know that marketing to cell phones (SMS/MMS) is the hottest area of TCPA civil litigation? According to Contact Center Compliance, the same serial plaintiffs and litigators bring approximately one-third of TCPA lawsuits. Bob Kobek, President of CustomerCount®, says the “proliferation of compliance complaints comes from a group of class action lawyers who make it their business to continually file law suits against marketing companies and departments utilizing text messaging in their campaigns.” Now there is a solution to this dilemma. Litigator Scrub® identifies these repeat litigato...
Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street, Boston Selects ASSA ABLOY to Provide Latest in Security Technology and Customized Door Lock Design
The ASSA ABLOY Group | March 18, 2020
61-story skyscraper property leverages industry technology and expertise from ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions and ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions to implement custom-tailored VingCard Essence looks. Stockholm – March 18, 2020 – ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions has announced the implementation of custom-designed VingCard Essence door locks alongside VingCard Signature RFID locks at the Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street, Boston. A newly opened and modern 61-story skyscraper that serves as both a hotel and residential building, Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street, Boston, sought out the combined expertise of both ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions and A...
NextPax Named Vrbo® Elite Software Partner, Recognized For Delivering Next-Generation Connectivity to Optimize Performance
NextPax | March 12, 2020
NextPax earns Elite Partner designation from Vrbo®/HomeAway based on innovative platform enhancements and strong bookings revenue for vacation rental partners Salt Lake City (March 12, 2020) - NextPax, the most advanced channel management technology provider for hotels, resorts and vacation rentals worldwide, announced it has become a Vrbo® Elite Software Partner, the highest designation available for vacation rental software companies that integrate with Vrbo. Vrbo, Expedia Group’s global vacation rental business, is the go-to for families to book vacation homes, cabins, and condos with more than two million places to stay around the wo...
Colcord Hotel Adapts to the Latest in Guest Connectivity and Convenience Using Advanced Wi-Fi and BeyondTV With Virtual Assistant Technology by HIS
Hotel Internet Services, Inc. | March 10, 2020
Luxury 1900s era property taps HIS expertise and innovation to provide each guest with latest in content casting and voice control abilities while also ensuring a seamless online connection for guest devices. Oklahoma City— March 10, 2020 — Hotel Internet Services (HIS), a full-service provider of internet services and solutions for the hospitality industry, has announced the successful implementation of its BeyondTV comprehensive entertainment platform equipped with advanced voice control and virtual assistant abilities at the Colcord Hotel. A historic building originally constructed in 1910 as Oklahoma’s first skyscraper, Colcord...
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