Broadband Hospitality (BBH), a preferred provider of cost-effective and scalable total unified technology solutions for hotels, senior living facilities, student housing and MDUs, announced that it has been selected by Best Western Hotels & Resorts as an Endorsed HSIA Supplier.

One of the Czech Republic’s largest hotel chains, CPI Hotels, has engaged SiteMinder, a global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, as it seeks to target a new wave of leisure tourists and broaden its traditional focus on corporate guests.

KNOWCROSS, a global leader in providing service quality and optimization solutions, is excited to announce that attendees at this year’s HX: The Hotel Experience show in New York will get a first-hand sneak peek to the platform’s latest advancement and integrations including their smart watch app and staff safety solutions, at the event that takes place Nov. 10-11, at booth #1314. 

Verdant announced it ranked No. 418 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America now in its 25th year. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2015 to 2018. Verdant grew 218 percent during this period.

Quore, an award-winning provider of workforce communication and engineering/housekeeping management technologies, is exhibiting at HX: The Hotel Experience Powered by AAHOA for the first time next week.

dormakaba, the provider of secure Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic door locks will demonstrate its new RT Plus mobile-enabled RFID guestroom electronic door lock at HX booth 1409. The RT Plus has BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) technology integrated in its reader and is ideal for magstripe or mechanical lock retrofit.

Aimbridge Hospitality, North America’s largest independent hotel management firm, announces that it has completed its merger with Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a leading independent multinational hotel operator on Oct. 25, 2019. The combined company will manage a portfolio of more than 1,400 branded and independent properties in 49 states and 20 countries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“Banff Lodging Company (BLC) selected Maestro for its six original hotels because of its integrated property management (PMS) and sales and catering systems. We are a heavy group company with custom BEOs, and Maestro’s hotel software system integration has been excellent,” said Arjun Gersoppe, general manager at Banff Lodging Company.

Hoteliers looking for ways to slash their hotels’ energy bills should visit Verdant next week at HX: The Hotel Experience Powered by AAHOA. Verdant ’s simple, smart and intuitive guestroom thermostats combine smart occupancy sensors with patented cloud software features to set-back temperature while guests are away and reduce energy consumption when rooms are unoccupied.

Kalibri Labs’ U.S. Hotel Industry Performance Overview reveals luxury and economy chain scale hotels reported the best growth in occupancy for the month of September 2019, both up over 5% year-over-year. Other chain scale segments reported flat or declining occupancy performance for the month resulting in the total US occupancy growing a nominal +1%

SiteMinder, a global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, is launching the Hotel App Store—the first marketplace allowing hotels of all sizes to easily discover, choose and connect applications to their business systems for greater guest experiences and revenue.

dormakaba, the provider of secure Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic door locks, will be at NYC’s HX Hotel Experience show to demonstrate its new RT Plus  and Saffire LX mobile access capable electronic locks.

MCOMS is proud to announce that is expanding its HOTstream Cast solution offering, with an innovative standalone casting option, agnostic of the TV model, or Guest TV system. 

Connectivity is key when it comes to hotel guest satisfaction, and 5G will not have a big impact on the hotel high-speed landscape in 2020 and beyond. These are just two of the major insights gleaned from hotel CIOs and technology directors in the results of Hospitality Upgrade’s 2019 Connectivity Study, available now on the company’s website.

Shift4 Payments, a leader in integrated payment processing, has released a case study on one of their customers, Tanglewood Resort. The study chronicles the resort's implementation of the joint solution from Shift4 Payments and Springer-Miller Systems, a leading guest-centric hospitality management system, as well as the resulting cost savings and improvements to their operations.

The third quarter ended on a high note for U.S. hotels, as September profit per room climbed year-over-year, indication that the current cycle still has teeth.

GOPPAR in the month was up 1.9% over the same time last year, part of a third quarter that saw profit grow 0.2%, dragged down by a challenging July when GOPPAR decreased 2.0% YOY, according to data from HotStats.

Don’t get caught in the trenches of stressful budget planning again; Quore’s CapEx app is helping multi-property owners/operators make better financial decisions via easy-to-implement capital request approval flows, long-term tracking capabilities and detailed future forecasting.

Stonebridge Companies does it all—ownership, management and hospitality development—so why shouldn’t they tackle their own PCI DSS Compliance? With the help of the right product and VENZA’s proprietary Compliance Portal and SAQ Wizard, Stonebridge Companies will be doing just that. 

RMS - The Hospitality Cloud, a leading provider of all-in-one, cloud-based hospitality solutions, has introduced Guest Rewards, a brand-new module that allows hotels to reward guests for staying with them.

Homewood Suites by Hilton, part of Hilton’s All Suites portfolio, announced the opening of its milestone 500th property, and its first hotel in the Caribbean, Homewood Suites by Hilton Santo Domingo.

Cloud5 Communications announced that funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”), one of its primary investors, has acquired a majority interest position in the company. Cloud5 Communications is a leading provider of communications solutions for the world’s top hotel brands and management companies.

Hotel Effectiveness, a leader in labor management software, announces PerfectWage, a hospitality wage benchmarking tool that offers some of the broadest, most accurate coverage in the industry.

Aptech Computer Systems, an industry standard for hospitality financial systems, announced The Mountain Club on Loon, a four-season ownership ski destination, implemented Aptech’s PVNG Enterprise Back Office hotel accounting software system.

INTELITY announced that it will exhibit at the Hotel Experience (HX) expo, which will take place this November 10-11 at the Javits Center in New York City.

The Rainmaker Group, a newly acquired Cendyn company, brought home top honors at Gaming & Leisure’s 2019 industry award ceremony, securing the “Platinum Award for Guest Valuation,” the organization’s top accolade recognizing exemplary commitment to transformation, innovation and partnership

Cendyn, a leading innovator in CRM, sales and revenue strategy for the hospitality industry, is proud to announce an integration partnership with SevenRooms, a data-driven operations, marketing and guest engagement platform for restaurant, hotel F&B, nightlife and entertainment operators. 

Marriott International, Inc. announced that it has purchased the 270-room W New York – Union Square in the heart of Manhattan’s dynamic Union Square neighborhood. 

As the hotel industry continues its fight against human trafficking, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) co-sponsored the Texas Businesses Against Trafficking (TBAT) Partnership Forum at the State Capitol, hosted by the Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs’ Office.

“For a large, multi-property destination that combines condo ownership units and hotels, optimizing revenue, loyalty, and occupancy while serving its owners is a big job. Maestro PMS hotel software manages all our properties and maximizes revenue on one centralized system,” said Helen Staton, director of reservations and revenue management for Myrtle Beach Seaside Resorts.

INTELITY, the provider of one of the travel industry’s broadest guest engagement and staff management platforms, announced that they have teamed up with Maxxton and its comprehensive property management system.