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Sustainable Hospitality: Using Technology To Go Green Means More ‘Green’ for Hoteliers
Joe Vargas | July 24, 2024
By Joe Vargas SVP & General Manager, Infor Hospitality In 2023, the World Tourism Organization spotlighted an impressive trend: a significant 73% of global travelers now prefer hotels that adopt sustainable practices. This shift is driving hotels to incorporate green technology extensively in their operations. According to the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, by 2025, green technology will distinguish industry leaders in the hospitality sector. However, despite these advancements, the hotel industry still struggles with achieving environmental sustainability. It remains a significant contributor to global carbon emissions an...
The Impact of Technology Trends on Transforming the Hospitality Industry
Ahmed Mahmoud | July 24, 2024
By Ahmed Mahmoud Digital transformation and the leverage of technology play an important role in today’s hospitality industry, especially in the post-pandemic era. Facing the challenges of labor shortage, the rising cost of operation, and the changes in consumer needs and behaviors, hospitality businesses need to pivot their services and products with the latest technology in order to keep their competitive edge. Every year, new technology emerges and dies. hotels either adopt them and thrive, or are left behind by their competitors, but technology doesn’t stop for anyone. Just like the hotel industry. In 2024, the hotel industry...
Robots? In My Hotel? Three Ways AI Is Stepping Up as Hospitality’s Next Great PMS Support Tool
Warren Dehan | July 23, 2024
Artificial intelligence is uniting departments and supporting hospitality from behind the scenes By Warren Dehan Where did all of these robots come from? While hospitality may seem like the last place you might expect to find Artificial Intelligence, this technology has significantly impacted how hoteliers do business. While most generative AI today reacts to text prompts, it will soon rewrite the rules for hotel operations. Properties of all sizes, branded and independent alike, will benefit from automation taking over repetitive, mundane tasks — but our industry often struggles to explain how this will play out in practice. Unlike scie...
Revolutionizing Point-of-Sale for the Lodging Industry With rezStream POS
rezStream | July 17, 2024
Denver, CO – rezStream, a leader in property management solutions, proudly announces the launch of rezStream Point-of-Sale, rezPOS, a revolutionary, cost-effective point-of-sale system integrated within their Property Management System, rezStream Cloud. This cost-effective innovation is set to transform operations for independent hotels, B&Bs, and resorts by providing a seamless, all-in-one solution for managing onsite sales and guest services. A Seamless Solution for Simplified Operations In an industry where efficiency and customer service are paramount, the newly launched rezPOS by rezStream offers a comprehensive solution that...
Modern PMS: Anchoring Today’s Hotel Tech Stack
Audrey MacRae | July 9, 2024
Conversations at HITEC Charlotte confirmed that an All-In-One property-management system with Open APIs, centralized guest data, and embedded payments will provide the technology stabilization operators need to weather turbulent times and be grounded for future growth By Audrey MacRae “NOW is the time to invest in hotel technology.” That was the general consensus among attendees at the industry’s premier Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) last month held in Charlotte, N.C. Topping the list of sought-after solutions were platforms that consolidate multiple systems into one and feature Open APIs that al...
Visual Matrix Expands Data Centralization Capabilities for Hapi
HAPI | June 20, 2024
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How Can Hotels Use PMS Capabilities to Improve Guest Review Scores?
Audrey MacRae | June 18, 2024
Property-management systems are improving communication between hotels and guests and establishing new norms when managing online reviews and long-term relationships; Learn more by visiting Maestro at HITEC Charlotte in Booth 1844 By Audrey MacRae Hospitality has traditionally been a reactive service model. Guests shop for hotel stays, peruse reviews, secure a booking, attend their stay and depart with a review in mind. However, travelers have often been known to leave reviews mid-stay as issues or surprises challenge and delight them. Operators who fail to account for these guests are open to allowing negative reviews to color their proper...
Agilysys To Speak on “Revenue Beyond the Room” at HITEC 2024 and on “The Agilysys Turnaround Story: 2017 – 2024” at HITEC IC 2024
Agilysys | June 12, 2024
Agilysys SVP Frank Pitsikalis will present Tuesday, June 25th and CEO Ramesh Srinivasan will present Thursday, June 27th ALPHARETTA, GA (June 12, 2024) — Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of hospitality software solutions and services, today announced two executive speaker sessions, one at the HFTP HITEC event June 24 – 27 and one at the HITEC Technology Investment Conference (HITEC IC) June 27 – 28, both to be held at the Charlotte Convention Center inCharlotte, North Carolina, USA. Produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), a global non-profit hospitality association, HITEC ...