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.

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.

Cendyn, a leading innovator in CRM, sales and revenue strategy for the hospitality industry, announces Prince Waikiki has selected rainmaker and revintel to power revenue management and business intelligence for their premier resort in Hawaii.

IDeaS and Cenium announced a product integration that enables guest data from Cenium's property management system (PMS) to automatically flow into IDeaS revenue management solutions. This partnership allows hotels and resorts to optimize revenue, gain control of the entire guest journey and make staff processes more efficient.

Quore, a leading provider of workflow management and productivity tools for hotels, was determined to be an indispensable tool for the staff at the Holiday Inn Detroit Northwest while navigating the challenges brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic. Quore was temporarily suspended but quickly brought back when guest satisfaction suffered.

If you were planning on attending a hospitality event in 2020, chances are high that it was cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. While this disruption in show business has been devastating to event planners and convention facilities, the advent of virtual events is quickly proving to be a lucrative alternative for everyone involved.

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions has successfully implemented a wide range of advanced security access platforms at Mandarin Oriental, Santiago.

As COVID-19 continues to disrupt travel around the globe, hoteliers face many challenges in running their business and planning for the future. The historical references and past data they once relied on to build their revenue strategies no longer aligns with current market trends, making it more critical than ever to have access to powerful business intelligence tools.

Amadeus, an industry-leading provider of hospitality technology solutions, has announced a new agreement with Sunway Hotels & Resorts, one of Asia’s most prominent international hotel groups, to deliver a comprehensive technology solution enabling them to streamline reservations and loyalty programs across Sunway’s 11 independent properties in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as future developments which include a new hotel in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor, scheduled to launch in 2021.

ProfitSword, a leading developer of business intelligence and data integration software, has unveiled its designing of an advanced hospitality market performance dashboard that can aggregate real-time metrics from businesses across the industry to present a comprehensive analysis of how recovery efforts are progressing and what hoteliers can expect from the marketplace in upcoming months.

VIX announced that its Video On Demand (VOD) content is now available through SONIFI’s guest entertainment platform in over 500,000 U.S. hotel rooms.

Hotel Effectiveness, a leading provider of labor management software for the hotel industry, announces it has partnered with Aimbridge Hospitality, the leading, global, third party hotel management company. Through this new partnership, Hotel Effectiveness will deliver optimized labor costs for many of the company’s 1,400+ hotels.

To create instant and ongoing communication between hoteliers and travelers, as well as internal staff operations, Maestro PMS, a leader in cloud and on-premise property-management system solutions for independent hotels and luxury resorts, conference centers, vacation rentals, and multi-property groups, has partnered with Fetch to provide a digital hub to enhance guest engagement, communication, and operations. Using Fetch, hoteliers will have another third-party option to access  everything they need to embrace contactless, digital guest interactions while maintaining a consistent, high-quality experience.

React Mobile and CommScope are joining forces to provide a flexible and cost-effective solution for keeping workers safe. Employee safety is of the utmost importance to businesses  across many industries such as hospitality,  healthcare and education.

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today released an analysis on the economic and human struggle  of the hotel industry six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of employees still furloughed or laid off and travel demand lagging far behind normal levels. 

Mayor of the City of Chicago Lori E. Lightfoot and Hyatt Hotels Corporation president and CEO Mark Hoplamazian will join American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) president and CEO Chip Rogers for an exclusive edition of The Forum, a series of thought-provoking conversations brings together the nation’s top business and political leaders to discuss forces that will shape the hotel industry of tomorrow.

A new national survey commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) conducted by Morning Consult shows that a number of improvements to health and sanitation protocol at U.S. hotels would have considerable impact on guests' comfort levels staying there.

Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced that it is equipping the family-owned McDreams hotel group with Infor EzRMS, Infor's powerful cloud-based revenue management solution. Infor EzRMS uses deep learning AI to provide enhanced revenue management functionalities and helps to improve guest service.

ProfitSword, a premier developer of hospitality-related business intelligence and data integration software, has partnered with Infor, a leading provider of global cloud business software, to equip hoteliers with the latest in group room, banquet and catering business performance analysis technology.

"Overwhelmed, afraid, and confused," are some of the emotions employees are feeling as they venture back to work. "I want to do a good job, and so many protocols and expectations have changed. It makes me feel incompetent."

One of the “Leading Hotels of the World,” the Belvedere Hotel Mykonos has selected IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) to manage, control and maximize data. It also selected Revenue Architect, a revenue performance analysis service conducted by the IDeaS Advisory Services team.

Knowland, a leader in group hospitality analytics for hotels, convention and visitor bureaus, conference centers and other meeting venues, announced the launch of Knowland Prospector, a prospecting solution designed for select service and boutique hotels to increase occupancy and meeting room revenue in today’s highly-constrained market.

Deciding to close or remain open during a pandemic can be one of the most difficult decisions a hotel company will ever have to make, especially when multiple assets are involved.

Leading electronic access control solutions manufacturer SALTO Systems, and BioCote, the market-leading antimicrobial technology supplier, have added antimicrobial technology to the new SALTO Neo Cylinder Range. As a result, SALTO and BioCote offer buildings increased protection against microbes to support a cleaner and more hygienic environment.

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) was named to a national list of “100 Associations That Will Save the World” in recognition of our association’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data by SiteMinder, a global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, reveals a steady recovery for Mexico’s accommodation industry, as the country surpasses 65 percent of its 2019 booking levels for the first time since mid-March. SiteMinder’s World Hotel Index shows that hotel bookings in Mexico dropped to their lowest level on 29 April, at 10.88 percent of last year's volumes, and have since risen by 543 percent to 69.9 percent.

Enseo, one of the fastest growing technology service providers in the U.S., congratulates our new CIO, Kris Singleton, on her achievement of winning the 2020 CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards recognized by ArizonaCIO. The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the leading technology executive recognition program in the United States, and the selected winners demonstrated excellence in technology leadership.

Aptech Computer Systems announced that Granduca Hospitality Services, LLC installed the PVNG Enterprise Back Office Accounting System to upgrade its financial processes. “It was like going from a Model T to a Ferrari,” said Ben Moore, area director of finance for Granduca Hotels.