For more than 30 years, Professional Accounting Solutions (PAS) has been a preferred provider of back office and accounting solutions for the global hospitality industry, and currently is a leading provider of Infor SunSystems services. The PAS team possesses the unique understanding of accounting processes, information flows and the dynamics of operating a hotel back office.

Kalibri Labs continues to make substantial upgrades to the industry’s most robust database by 1) providing RevPAR, Occupancy and ADR for future dates and 2) creating greater visibility at the market/submarket level. The Kalibri Labs database contains daily transaction data sourced directly from almost 35,000 hotels in the U.S. calculating revenue, ADR, Occupancy, rate category contributions, channel mix, arrival/departure dates, lead time, length of stay, loyalty contribution and corresponding costs of acquisition measures.

In challenging times for the hotel industry, having access to quality, forward-looking data is paramount. Hilton and Amadeus announce an extension of their business intelligence partnership for Demand360, Rate360, and Agency360. 

PROVision Partners, a leading global travel and hospitality advisory firm, announces the appointment of John Burns as a senior advisor. Burns, identified by Lodging Magazine as one of the top ten hospitality experts changing the travel industry, brings over 28 years of consulting expertise to the firm. In his role with PROVision Burns will not only support the firm's growth strategy but will also be available as a resource on key engagements.

M3, one of the hospitality sector’s preferred cloud-based financial and data management platform, invites its current customers and industry peers to learn about the company’s latest product offerings, software enhancements and more at Cyber HITEC 2020 on Oct. 26-29. 

Opening a new property requires not only the right environment and the right location, it also requires industry-leading prospecting tools to help sales build out their group business pipeline. Knowland, a leader in group hospitality analytics for hotels, convention and visitor bureaus, conference centers and other meeting venues, was selected by the newly opened Hotel Kansas City, part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, to help increase group business for its 20,000 sq. ft. flexible event space.

ProfitSword, a premier developer of hospitality-related business intelligence and data integration software, has announced a strategic partnership with Event Temple, a leading provider of hotel and venue sales and catering software, to provide hoteliers with seamless and complete visibility over group, catering and event sales performance activity. 

MCOMS is proud to announce that COMO Metropolitan Miami Beach has selected MCOMS HOTstream Mobile app for iOS and Android devices to further enhance the hotel’s luxury contactless experience. 

Next week Maestro will reveal an expansion to its popular property-management system solutions that can be deployed in any environment — Cloud, On-Premise, Self-Hosted, Private Cloud — giving hoteliers absolute freedom of choice. At CYBER HITEC, organized by HFTP and held LIVE October 27 to 29, hoteliers will see the latest tablet and mobile applications that are enhancing the guest journey and staff operations for Maestro’s discerning clients.

Aptech, the industry standard for hospitality financial management, has released the next version of its Execuvue business intelligence solution. The web-based hospitality application gathers and coordinates data from a wide variety of corporate systems, including Smith Travel Research, into accessible, easily understood information with familiar browser commands. The NEW Execuvue features a completely redesigned user interface, making the customized reporting and data gathering tool even more intuitive.

Zoox Smart Data “Zoox” is pleased to announce the expansion of its global operations with the establishment of its North America headquarters in the Atlanta metropolitan area. This move is part of a strategic global growth initiative that will allow Zoox to more effectively address the international hospitality and travel market with its established solution that provides unmatched visibility into guest preferences and behaviors.

IDeaS and Host Hotel Systems have announced a two-way data integration to provide hotels with the most advanced science and automation to optimize the front- and back-office operations while maximizing revenue performance. The collaboration automates the seamless transfer of information between IDeaS’ revenue management solutions and Hostpms Property Management System (PMS).

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and the Latino Hotel Association (LHA) announced a new strategic relationship. This collaboration, which goes into effect January 1, 2021, will deepen both organizations’ shared goals of advancing public policy and advocacy efforts of the U.S. hotel industry and growing Latino investment in the community of Latino owners and operators.

America’s hoteliers forcefully answered a call to action by AAHOA, the nation’s largest hotel owners association, sending over 10,000 letters to Congress and the Trump administration within the past 24 hours.

Americans are concerned about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on all aspects of the economy, and 90 percent support Congress passing another economic stimulus bill to help distressed small businesses and employees, according to a new survey of registered voters conducted by Morning Consult and commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). A resounding 89 percent agree that Congress should remain in session until reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package.

Infor announced significant updates to Infor EzRMS, a leading revenue management application built specifically for the hospitality industry. Part of the Infor Hospitality suite of cloud-based solutions, Infor EzRMS is designed to help hoteliers better optimize revenue by automatically calculating demand forecasts and recommending appropriate selling strategies based on data such as day-of-week patterns, booking lead-time and the number of guests per room. 

U.S. hotel bookings in second stage of resetA new report by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, reveals that five stages lay ahead of the world’s almost one million accommodation providers until their booking cycle resets into a different normal.

"Outrageous! A Dynamo! A Change Innovator!" These are some ways people refer to Aspire and The RCI Institute's Founder & Chief Instigator, Renie Cavallari, who has brought imaginative, innovative and productive change to the international business community. This is what has led Renie and Aspire, a global sales training, strategic consulting and leadership development firm, to their 15th consecutive Stevie Award. 

The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) unveiled a new scholarship program to partner with 10, 2-year hospitality programs around the country. The new endeavor will provide $100,000 to students signing up for the 2021/2022 academic year.

Infor announced that French hotel group Suitcase Hospitality is continuing to deploy Infor's EzRMS revenue management solution across its properties to standardize its practices across all of its facilities. The cloud-based solution, based on AI (artificial intelligence) and its extensive learning capabilities, provides hospitality professionals with enhanced revenue management functionality and advanced tools to help improve customer service, in particular to better anticipate the commercial services to be offered to them.

ProfitSword, one of hospitality's premier developers of business intelligence and data integration software, has been selected by Oliver Companies, Inc. to provide each of its hotel locations with the industry's ultimate in business and market performance insight with the implementation of ProfitSage.

Global hospitality revenue management solutions provider IDeaS has partnered with world-leading hospitality management school EHL to offer the Fabian Specht Future Revenue Innovator Scholarship. IDeaS has committed to €15,000, awarded annually beginning with the 2021-22 academic year, to two international EHL students pursuing a revenue management education.

With COVID-19 significantly impacting travel trends and buyer behaviors, relying on historical data is no longer enough to plan for the future. Having access to forward-looking data has never been more important for the hotel industry than it is today, as hoteliers need a real-time, comprehensive view of market performance to successfully understand shifting traveler behaviors and implement an effective recovery strategy.

With operating budgets thrown out the window by second quarter this year, hoteliers are scrambling to find useful historical data to help guide them through the 2021 budgeting and forecasting process. Aptech, a provider of budgeting and forecasting, enterprise accounting, and business intelligence solutions for hotels, is advising operators to rely on historical drivers rather than bottom line revenues to help them better plan for the days ahead. Knowing how to analyze trend data, such as driver value, will help operators forecast more accurately.

M3, one of hospitality's preferred cloud-based financial and data management platforms, announced the launch of the M3 Insight mobile app, a comprehensive mobile app supporting the company’s popular business intelligence platform, Insight.

Jonas Chorum, a suite of streamlined, intuitive and flexible property management solutions, announces a direct integration with Whistle, a leading hotel and guest messaging platform. With this integration, Jonas Chorum clients will be able to leverage two-way text communication with guests throughout the duration of their stay.

HospitalityVIEW™, a new working group of global hotel industry executives, was formed to deliver high-level insights into the future of hospitality innovation. Powered by IDeaS, a world leading provider of revenue management software and services, HospitalityVIEW (Visionary Industry Executive Working group) launched with its first virtual meeting on September 17.

With COVID-19 significantly impacting travel trends and buyer behaviors, relying on historical data is no longer enough to plan for the future. Having access to forward-looking data has never been more important for the hotel industry than it is today, as hoteliers need a real-time, comprehensive view of market performance to successfully understand shifting traveler behaviors and implement an effective recovery strategy.

On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. (ET), PAS (Professional Accounting Solutions, Inc.) will host a webinar on standardization and automation for improved efficiency. The program is part of the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) ProLinks Webinar series and will feature a panel of technology leaders from Hard Rock International, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Hilton Worldwide and Aimbridge Hospitality.

MSSP Alert, published by After Nines Inc., has named Security Validation | SecValMSP to the Top 250 MSSPs list for 2020.