Cendyn, a leading innovator in CRM, sales and revenue strategy for the hospitality industry, is proud to announce FIVE Jumeirah Village Dubai has joined its sister property, FIVE Palm Jumeirah Dubai, in selecting Rainmaker’s comprehensive business intelligence solution, revintel^®, to help gain market share through better hospitality analytics and greater insight into the most important aspects of their business.

SilverStar Mountain Resort has all the amenities of a luxurious alpine village. Four hotel style properties, more than 10 food and beverage outlets, a variety of retail and grocery stores, fitness center, bike rental and repair store, ski shops, plus multiple residential ownership units.

TraknProtect, a leading provider of real-time location technology purpose-built for the hospitality environment, continued its winning streak this week, claiming first place in the Chicago regional round of the SoGal Global Pitch Competition, the largest worldwide startup competition for women and diverse entrepreneurs.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, one of the world’s leading providers of revenue management software and services, announced it will implement IDeaS G3 revenue management system (RMS) across Kalahari Resorts and Conventions’ all-under-one-roof convention and vacation destination hotels. 

Quore is pleased to announce that more than 4,000 hotels are successfully using its hotel operations platform, furthering its position as a market leader. 

SiteMinder, one of the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platforms, has launched a partnership with HotelSwaps, one of the world’s first hotel room exchange programs for independently-owned and operated boutique and luxury hotels.

July marked the first time in history Brand.com exceeded the share of hotel room nights booked through every other channel, as shown by the Kalibri Labs’ Hotel Industry Performance Overview.

ProfitSword, one of hospitality's premier developers of business intelligence and data integration software, has been selected by Buffalo Lodging Associates, an award-winning hotel management and development company, to maximize its operational decision-making abilities via seamless access to real-time performance data.

SpaSoft, an industry leading, all-in-one spa management solution, announces that they have made significant improvements and enhancements to streamline their implementation process. With their newly enhanced approach, SpaSoft has been able to reduce their training time by about 33 percent on average.

Aptech Computer Systems, an industry standard for hospitality financial systems announced the Townhouse Hotel Miami Beach implemented the PVNG Enterprise Hotel Accounting System to move its back office to the Cloud for multi-property accounting. 

The Olde Mill Inn in Basking Ridge, New Jersey embraces couples with two fairy-tale wedding venues on a landscaped 10-acre estate. In addition to more than 240 weddings per year, the property also works with numerous corporations and hosts approximately 1,200 social and corporate events annually.

Two leading associations, who work to advance and educate on hospitality technology, are partnering to produce the fourth annual HITEC^® Europe on April 21-23 in Palma, Mallorca Spain.

Sabre Corporation, a leading technology provider to the global travel industry, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of its Boston Innovation Lab.

UniFocus, a leader in advanced labor management solutions for the hospitality industry, announced that KSL Resorts has chosen UniFocus’ innovative labor management and time and attendance system for their recently acquired Camelback Resort property in Tannersville, Pa.

TravelClick, an Amadeus company, and Marriott International, Inc., a leading global lodging company with more than 7,000 properties across 132 countries and territories, have expanded their strategic relationship.

Shiji, a global provider of world-class technological solutions for the hotel, retail, food service and entertainment industries, has integrated with 3C Payment to support the expansion of its payment solution to tens of thousands of additional hotels and restaurants worldwide.

Mainland Europe hotels have seen better months. A 5.0% decline in average room rate dropped RevPAR 3.2% year-over-year in July, and with total revenue not faring better, GOPPAR in the month was down an unsettling 9.4% YOY, according to data from HotStats.

Aimbridge Hospitality (“Aimbridge”), one of North America’s largest independent hotel management firms, and Interstate Hotels & Resorts (“Interstate”), a leading independent multinational hotel operator, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, creating a global leader in third-party hotel management services.

Jonas Chorum, a suite of streamlined, intuitive and flexible property management solutions, is pleased to announce their continued growth as a company with the hiring of Ted Warring as vice president of technology and chief scientist, along with the promotion of Jake Lewis to vice president of products and services.

Hotels in the U.S. achieved their sixth month of year-over-year profit growth for 2019, underpinned by a strong increase in revenue across the board, according to the latest data from HotStats.

TravelClick, an Amadeus company, released new data from the Company’s August North American Hospitality Review (NAHR). According to the data, average daily rate (ADR) is down -0.8% based on reservations currently on the books for 2019. Group ADR is up 0.6%, while transient segment ADR is down -1.2% compared to the previous year. Transient business ADR is down -2.4%, while transient leisure is up 0.5%.

Knowcross, a global leader in providing service quality and optimization solutions, is thrilled to announce the addition of Grand Pacific Resorts to its growing list of timeshare resort partners using their platform. 

ProfitSword, one of hospitality's premier developers of business intelligence software and data integration services, has been named by the Orlando Sentinel as one of Central Florida's Top Workplaces in 2019.

SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel revenue generation technologies, has selected Tanya Stallard as its business development director for the UK and Ireland, reinforcing the company’s strong commitment to expanding its European presence.

INTELITY, the provider of one of the travel industry's broadest enterprise guest engagement and staff management platforms, announced that Phil Banfield has joined the company full-time as vice president of product partnerships. The addition of Banfield is pivotal to INTELITY’s plans to scale and expand the INTELITY platform both horizontally and vertically in new market segments.   

More than midway through 2019 it is a good time to reflect on the hotel industry’s performance so far this year. Year-to-Date through June 2019, the percentage of total room nights booked by members of brand loyalty programs increased 4.4 percent year-over-year (YOY) to 53.9 percent of all room nights booked at hotel brands with existing loyalty programs, citing Kalibri Labs’ U.S.

In a scenario that’s becoming exceedingly familiar, and one that illustrates the frequent occurrence of revenue and profit misalignment, RevPAR at hotels in the UK hit a high in July, but GOPPAR turned negative, sapped by rising costs, according to the latest data tracking hotels from HotStats.

Enseo’s continued sustained growth has earned the company its fourth recognition in Inc. magazine’s influential Inc. 5000 list. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.

Cendyn is proud to announce that The Rainmaker Group, a Cendyn Company, has ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. for 2019.

SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel revenue generation technologies, has been named to the Inc. 5000 list for the seventh time in only eight years.