Contactless Technology
Hapi, Stayntouch Partner to Improve Hotel Data Access
Stayntouch | March 1, 2022
MIAMI and BETHESDA, Md., March 1, 2022 – Hapi, the hospitality industry’s leading platform for fast and cost-effective connectivity between technology systems, has announced a collaboration with Stayntouch, a global leader in guest-centric cloud hotel Property Management Systems (PMS) and contactless technology. Through the integration, hoteliers and technology solutions providers can now access and share data with Stayntouch as well as more than 100 other solutions providers by writing to a single Hapi API. The Hapi-Stayntouch integration is the next step toward a modernized hotel technology platform that unlocks data from siloed syst...
Combined Zaplox & Agilysys Solution Enables Hotels to Greet Post-Pandemic Travel Surge With Ease
Agilysys | February 24, 2022
Hospitality Tech Firms’ Joint Solution – Agilysys rGuest Express With Zaplox Mobile Keys – Helps Ease Labor Shortages And Meet Demand For Contactless Solutions And Has been Chosen By Over 40 Hotels, Resorts And Casinos In North America ALPHARETTA, GA, USA / LUND, SWEDEN - February 24, 2022 - Zaplox (Nasdaq: ZAPLOX), the market innovator of the contact-free mobile guest journey and mobile key services for hotels, resorts and casinos, and Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation cloud-native SaaS and on-premise hospitality software solutions and services, continue to sign new customers in North Americ...
The Demand for Contactless Technology Is Here – And Here to Stay
Jasmine Seliga | February 3, 2022
By Jasmine Seliga I started my career in hospitality selling software, thinking that I would eventually move to something else. But a comment someone made to me at HITEC proved to be true. Once you enter the hospitality space, you will never want to leave. That has certainly come to pass for me. Having now spent a decade in this industry, I deeply value the opportunities I've had to share technology with hoteliers across the globe. I am continually amazed by how rewarding my job is: unfolding new possibilities before an operator's eyes, giving them tools to run their business more efficiently, and improving the guest experience o...
Contactless Payments Have Checked-In at Hotels and Their Extra Luggage Has Many Benefits
Larry Talley | January 28, 2022
By Larry Talley Contactless technology and travel are hot subjects as everyone looks towards safer times ahead and the chance to spend time with loved ones again after much time apart. When it comes to staying at a hotel, the guest of the future expects contactless and even more so touchless check-in reflected everywhere from valet parking to keyless entry. That journey may begin at valet but it continues right into the payment process with “26% of consumers indicating they want digital room keys and 35% asking for contactless payment options.” (Hotel Tech Report). The modern payments ecosystem provides a frictionless guest experience ...
Virgin Hotels Partners With InnSpire to Deploy Latest in Guest Experience and Contactless Service Integration Across Multiple Properties
InnSpire | January 20, 2022
Global brand continues to leverage InnSpire connectivity and seamless hub integration abilities to maximize satisfaction, convenience and safety at all stages of the guest journey across its global properties. LAS VEGAS, NV – January 20, 2022 – InnSpire, the leading provider of a comprehensive technology suite that helps drive a seamless, world-class guest experience for some of the world’s most iconic hotels and brands, has announced the expansion of its partnership with Virgin Hotels following the successful implementation of its suite of guest connectivity and contactless compatible solutions at the newly opened Virgin Hotels Las Ve...
Stayntouch and Pace Revenue Partner to Deliver Mobile Access and Dynamic Automation to Hotel Revenue Management
Stayntouch | January 18, 2022
Bethesda, MD – January 18, 2022 – Stayntouch, a global leader in guest-centric cloud hotel property management systems (PMS) and contactless technology, today announced a new partnership and integration with Pace Revenue, an industry-leading provider of the Pace Revenue Platform that includes innovative decision intelligence, business intelligence and revenue optimization. Pace is the latest platform to join the hundreds of integration partners and over 1100+ integrations that are currently accessible to Stayntouch customers. Pace leverages Stayntouch’s open APIs and webhooks to pull reservation, rate, and group data, while seamlessl...
Stayntouch Partners With Residential Hospitality Brand Mint House to Launch Guest-Centric Cloud PMS Across 22 Properties
Stayntouch | January 12, 2022
[Wed, January 12 | Bethesda, Maryland] Stayntouch, a worldwide leader in guest-centric cloud hotel property management systems (PMS) and contactless technology, today announced an expanded partnership with Mint House, a transformational residential hospitality company that offers tech-forward apartment-style accommodations across the United States. Debuting with the brand’s award-winning property, Mint House at 70 Pine - New York, Stayntouch has completed the deployment of its guest-centric cloud PMS across 22 Mint House properties. Founded in 2017, Mint House operates in more than 15 major U.S. cities including New York, Miami, Austin, ...
Virtualization and Diversification: Looking Beyond the Hotel Bed
Kimberly Yoong | January 11, 2022
By Kimberly Yoong Since the turn of the twenty-first century, "technology" has been the buzzword that’s been said to death – and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon, if ever at all. In the hospitality industry, technology had once been vilified by some as the harbinger of doom to the sacred ‘human touch’. Hence, the big question, how can machines create personable experiences? Hotels should hit the reset button The ongoing pandemic, however, has challenged traditional mentalities and catalysed change for the hospitality sector in many more ways than one. Before we had realized, QR codes began overtaking...
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