Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) is set to offer motivating inspiration at its upcoming Annual Convention. The event offers a full educational program dedicated to the most current industry trends and topics of interest, pivoting around a captivating general session speaker each day of the convention.

Harry Javer, producer and founder of The Lodging Conference, one of the industry’s leading events for hotel owners, CEO's and deal makers, announced that Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr., president & CEO of TCOR Hotel Partners, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Above and Beyond Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented at The Lodging Conference on September 24, 2019. 

IDeaS announced that after a thorough review of revenue management system (RMS) providers and products, Coast Hotels has selected them as its trusted technology partner and is implementing IDeaS G3 RMS at 20 of its Canadian properties. Coast Hotels’ selection process involved a full team of experienced end users who tested a range of RMS solutions, ultimately determining IDeaS provided the strongest solution to meet their needs.

Knowcross a preferred service quality management platform of the finest hotels across the globe, is thrilled to share that the Corpo Santo, Lisbon, has decided to implement the Knowcross platform to increase operational productivity and enhance the quality of guest services.

SALTO Systems, a leading manufacturer of wire-free smart electronic locking solutions, and INTEREL, an award-winning hospitality guest room management solution, announced the integration of SALTO’s BLUEnet technology into INTEREL’s guest room control solutions, using BLE wireless radios to allow hotels to minimize their infrastructure investment, optimize energy consumption and take advantage of SALTO’s next-generation products. 

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions has announced the successful implementation of its mobile access solution at the Sheraton Bucharest Hotel, a luxury property located in the heart of Romania's capital.

Aptech Computer Systems, an industry standard for hospitality financial systems, congratulates its multi-property clients cited in Hotel Business and Hotel Management magazine as industry leaders.

Marriott International announced that the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has communicated its intent to issue a fine in the amount of £99,200,396 against the company in relation to the Starwood guest reservation database incident that Marriott announced on November 30, 2018.

apaleo, one of the world’s most open and connected property management system, has partnered with SiteMinder, a global hotel industry leading guest acquisition platform, to remove the friction involved with manual online distribution for hotels. The partnership sees apaleo’s PMS integrated with SiteMinder’s platform, so mutual hotel clients of the two companies can automate how they distribute inventory across their chosen marketing channels online and capture reservations.

Meituan, China's leading e-commerce platform for services, has appointed SiteMinder, a global hotel industry leading guest acquisition platform, as its online distribution partner.

An effective revenue management strategy supported by reliable hotel yield management tools is essential to maintain profitability in today’s market. If you run an independent property, solid revenue management is even more important because you do not have a big-brand revenue management team behind you. If this is you, Maestro PMS has you covered with its real-time integrated dynamic yield and rate management module. 

We are excited to announce that CEO Mark Holzberg has been selected by fellow hospitality technology industry leaders to serve on the vendor advisory council of Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG).

SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel revenue generation technologies, will be sponsoring and participating in the LION-APP Conference held by the University of Trento, Italy, from July 5-9. 

The Rainmaker Group (Rainmaker), a leading provider of cloud-based hospitality revenue and profit optimization software, is proud to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website at letitrain.com.

ProfitSword, one of hospitality's premier developers of business intelligence and data integration software, has announced the release of a new user interface for its industry-leading suite of data management and business intelligence solutions.

Duetto, hospitality’s innovative provider of cloud-based revenue strategy applications, announced its latest technology integration – with RMS Cloud property management system.

iVvy Inc., an award-winning venue management software company, announced a partnership with Springer-Miller Systems (SMS) a leading guest-centric hospitality management system. 

Beekeeper is pleased to announce that SIXTY Hotels, a collective of luxury lodgings in New York, Los Angeles and coming soon Miami, is using its new Shift Schedules mobile capability. 

Vertical Booking USA – a leading reservation technology provider to hotels around the globe – is launching a new, mobile, app-based version of their Central Reservation System (CRS) and an updated version of their Central Reservation Office (CRO) solution. With the two new releases, Vertical Booking USA is providing hoteliers with all of the reservation tools that they need to minimize reservation headaches and increase direct bookings and revenues.

dormakaba, the provider of secure Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic door locks, announced the Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas upgraded guest door locks at the 1,000-room property to dormakaba’s MT RFID electronic locks. 

SiteMinder, a global hotel industry leading guest acquisition platform, has partnered with Charme & Caractère Hôtels, a leading network of hotel owners, to elevate the guest experience created by luxury and boutique hotels and lodges across France and more than 80 countries.

Cendyn, a leading provider of hotel CRM and hotel sales platforms for the hospitality industry, announced a strategic follow on investment from Accel-KKR, a leading Silicon Valley based technology-focused investment firm.

Springer-Miller Systems (SMS), a leading provider of guest-centric hospitality and spa management systems, continues to provide value added solutions for its guest.

SONIFI Solutions, introduced SORA, its next generation interactive platform for hospitality. SORA is designed for the ever-evolving hospitality industry – empowering hoteliers with smart features and visually compelling interfaces to deliver memorable and personalized guest experiences.

Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, announced its significant product investment and commitment to its hospitality suite of solutions.

INTELITY™, best known for providing the hospitality industry with the broadest guest engagement and staff management platform, announced it will showcase its newest in-room tablet at HITEC Minneapolis. The new ten-inch Android tablet design is fully customized for hospitality and targets expanded capabilities and improved ease of use.

TraknProtect, a leading provider of real-time location technology purpose-built for the hospitality environment, won the top industry innovation award in this year's Entrepreneur 20X (E20X) competition at HITEC Minneapolis. Selected by an expert panel of judges comprised of hotel technology professionals, TraknProtect was honored with the Judges' Choice Award, which recognizes the most innovative hospitality technology startup solution each year.

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions is set to showcase Vostio Access Management at this year's HITEC Minneapolis, taking place June 17-20 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Allbridge, the leading provider of data, video, and voice solutions for hospitality, healthcare, and higher education properties, announces the addition of TraknProtect employee safety devices (ESDs) to the Allbridge product portfolio.

Infor, a leading provider of industry-specific cloud applications, announced the launch of Infor Hospitality Price Optimizer (HPO), to be generally available this summer.