hotel technology

Information & Telecommunication Spending Trends in the US

Tanya Venegas | July 15, 2019

By Tanya Venegas In mid-June, HFTP hosted the 47th annual Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference, better known as HITEC. The event occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota and welcomed more than 6,000 attendees, making it one of the largest hospitality technology conferences in the world. What brought these people together? A common interest in hospitality technology. Sessions were highly attended and focused on topics including data security, artificial intelligence, biometrics, digital transformation and guest technology. The all-important question attendees walked away asking themselves: What technologies should we inve...

The Hotel Services Americans Think Will Be Made Easier Through Technology

July 11, 2019

• Americans would most like to access a map of their respective hotel and the surrounding area (63%) via a mobile phone • Thereafter, 58% are keen on using a mobile device to book a hotel restaurant reservation as opposed to doing it in-person • Interestingly, 38% are in favor of a mobile phone application that would enable them to monitor as well as pay for purchases around the hotel • Majority of holidaymakers would happily pay more for the option of flexible check-in/check-out times (74%) • Subsequently, 47% don’t mind splashing out a premium to access a 24-hour digital concierge The summer is finally here and for many t...

Meituan Partners With SiteMinder to Explore the Overseas Hotel Market

SiteMinder | July 3, 2019

Dallas, USA – Meituan, China's leading e-commerce platform for services, has appointed SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, as its online distribution partner. The appointment marks Meituan’s first partnership with a hotel distribution technology provider as the company looks to expand its hotel inventory beyond its home market of China. On 1 May 2019, Meituan set an industry record by processing over 2.8 million domestic hotel room nights in one day. By strategically partnering with SiteMinder, the e-commerce giant now has a complete hotel technology stack to attract international hotel markets...

Duetto Releases Whitepaper Based on Revenue Manager Feedback

Duetto | June 25, 2019

New publication details how and why hoteliers must look beyond revenue and lean on technology to enable and empower them to provide a better guest experience. San Francisco, 25 June, 2019 - Duetto, hospitality’s innovative provider of cloud-based revenue strategy applications, has published a whitepaper showcasing research gathered through surveys and interviews with nearly 100 revenue managers from across the globe. The piece explores many of the new trends shaping the hotel industry as well as many of the pain points experienced by revenue managers, including how concerns seem to have shifted from competing with OTAs and driving top...

Technology Innovator Travel Tripper & Pegasus Deploys ADA-Compliance Monitoring Across Dozens of Hotels, Brands

TRAVEL TRIPPER & PEGASUS | June 10, 2019

New monitoring platform helps hotels maintain web accessibility compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, avoiding costly lawsuits (New York) - June 10, 2019 — The newly merged Travel Tripper and Pegasus is seeing significantly increased demand for its ADA Compliance Auditing and Monitoring Program. Travel Tripper, a hotel technology innovator known for its reservations and e-commerce platforms, added this feature to its suite of services earlier this year to assist hotel properties as they strive to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Travel Tripper’s ADA Monitoring Program was designed exclusively for hotel...

Cendyn is Europe’s Leading Hotel CRM Technology Provider & Data Driven Marketing Agency for 2019

Cendyn | June 10, 2019

Boca Raton, Florida – June 10, 2019 – Cendyn, the leading provider of hotel CRM and hotel sales platforms in the hospitality industry, has been voted as Europe’s Leading Hotel CRM Technology Provider and Europe’s Data Driven Marketing Agency for 2019. The prestigious World Travel Awards recognizes companies, organizations and brands that push the boundaries of hospitality industry excellence. These awards follow top honors in North America in early 2019 and four big wins in the 2018 world competition for World’s Leading Hotel CRM Technology Provider, World’s Leading Data Driven Marketing Agency, World’s Leading Hotel Sales Pr...

Industry Veteran Greg Myers Joins IDeaS as Chief Client Officer to Advance Best-in-Class Client Experience

IDeaS | June 6, 2019

30-plus years of innovation, ongoing evolution of client relationships and a passion for being the "voice of the client" drive selection of Myers Tweet This: @IDeaS_RevOpt announces the selection of Greg Myers as its chief client officer. With 30+ years of experience in the software field, Myers will bring a new level of excellence to the leader and pioneer of revenue management software. www.ideas.com/news #revenuemanagement MINNEAPOLIS—June 6, 2019—IDeaS, the leader and pioneer of revenue management software announced today the selection of Greg Myers as its chief client officer effective June 3, 2019. Myers brings more t...

Hotelogix Partners With eRevMax to Help Hotels With Distribution Effort

Hotelogix | June 5, 2019

Hotelogix, a leader in cloud-based Property Management Systems has announced the integration of its PMS with eRevMax's channel manager solution - RateTiger. Through this two-way integration, both the hospitality technology solutions providers aim to help hotels across the globe with an automatic and real-time flow of rates, availability and reservations between their Hotel PMS and connected sales channels. Speaking on this strategic alliance, Prabhash Bhatnagar, Founder of Hotelogix said, "By connecting our Hotel PMS with RateTiger, eRevMax's widely used and highly trusted channel manager solution, we aim to empower hotels with a well-stra...