Hotel Technology News

Announcement

SilverWare POS Launches Tableside Ordering and Payment Solution for Hotel Restaurants in Partnership with Maestro

Long-time integration partners Maestro PMS and SilverWare POS will unveil a new, customizable, mobile tableside ordering and payment platform to customers this month during its free touchless guest journey webinar series. The “In-Seat Contactless Platform” [...]
Announcement

More Hotels Are Using the MAPP Report from myDigitalOffice to Make Data-driven Decisions During the Market Recovery

myDigitalOffice, the information management and back-office automation platform for hotels, recently launched the MAPP report (Market Analytics, Pace, and Performance), a free data analytics tool that enables hoteliers to identify forward-looking bookings pace and performance [...]
Announcement

PLI Introduces Safe and Sustainable Plastic-Free Hotel Key Cards

PLI Card Marketing Solutions, a global provider of key cards and hospitality marketing programs, has introduced Re.Solve TFTM – a plastic-free solution for RFID guest room key cards made from FSC©-certified paper layers. Re.Solve TFTM [...]
Viewpoints

Covid-19: Protecting Hotel Staff, Protecting Guests

Physicians and nurses expect to contend with infectious diseases as part of their every day work, but hotel workers do not. The COVID-19 pandemic is shining a spotlight on this stressful aspect of the workplace [...]
Viewpoints

How Leading Hoteliers are Employing New Technologies (and Procedures) to Navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic

As I’ve reviewed the “Commitment to Cleanliness” tomes released by major hotel brands and management groups over the past month, I’ve been impressed by the dedication and attention to detail from the teams’ that put [...]

Virgin Hotels Upgrades Its Mobile App with Contactless Features

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Virgin Hotels is the latest major hotel brand to unveil an updated version of its mobile app with contactless features in response to the public health crisis. The new and improved app is designed to [...]
Hilton Doubles Down on Contactless Check-In and Disinfection Technologies as Part of New Cleanliness Program

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Marriott International Utilizes Advanced Technologies to Elevate Its Cleanliness Standards in the Age of COVID-19

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Akia Secures New Funding Round to Grow Its Hotel Messaging Platform

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Menlo Park-based startup Akia has secured a new round of funding from GSR Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with more than $3 billion under management. Akia, which is focused on transforming the way hotels [...]
React Mobile Secures $6 Million Through Strategic Partnership to Expand Its Hotel Safety Solutions and Reach New Markets

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A Conversation with Technology Solution Providers (Part 2): Helping Hotels in the Post-Coronavirus World

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Investing in Employee Safety Sets the Table for Successful Hotel Reopenings

New threats are making it challenging to reduce risks facing hotel employees. Even with heightened cleaning standards and sanitizing technology, it may be difficult to lure frontline workers – especially housekeepers – back to work. With no Coronavirus vaccine, those who return to work are doing so knowing that conditions are unsafe and that they can potentially get sick. As an industry, we need to rally around these heroes and do everything possible to motivate them to come back. We need to celebrate them, train them, and, most importantly, protect them from disease and threats of violence or sexual harassment. Kudos to those who are using this time of quarantine, closed doors, and low occupancy to establish strong employee safety cultures and honor their commitments to industry safety programs like the American Hotel & Lodging Assn.’s 5-Star Promise. Through this initiative, more than 70 companies voluntarily pledged to add employee [...]

Stay Smart, Keep Current

SilverWare POS Launches Tableside Ordering and Payment Solution for Hotel Restaurants in Partnership with Maestro

More Hotels Are Using the MAPP Report from myDigitalOffice to Make Data-driven Decisions During the Market Recovery

PLI Introduces Safe and Sustainable Plastic-Free Hotel Key Cards

Covid-19: Protecting Hotel Staff, Protecting Guests

How Leading Hoteliers are Employing New Technologies (and Procedures) to Navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hotel Technology News

Virgin Hotels Upgrades Its Mobile App with Contactless Features

Solution Provider News

Akia Secures New Funding Round to Grow Its Hotel Messaging Platform

Investing in Employee Safety Sets the Table for Successful Hotel Reopenings

SilverWare POS Launches Tableside Ordering and Payment Solution for Hotel Restaurants in Partnership with Maestro

More Hotels Are Using the MAPP Report from myDigitalOffice to Make Data-driven Decisions During the Market Recovery

PLI Introduces Safe and Sustainable Plastic-Free Hotel Key Cards

Covid-19: Protecting Hotel Staff, Protecting Guests

How Leading Hoteliers are Employing New Technologies (and Procedures) to Navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic

Virgin Hotels Upgrades Its Mobile App with Contactless Features

How Your Hotel’s Post-Covid Restaurant Can Compete Against Ghost Kitchens

Spotlight Interview: Alex Alt, General Manager of Oracle Hospitality

Creating Revolutions Launches Its CLEANtracker Technology Solution for Hoteliers and Guests

Why Managing OTAs Will Be Key to Early Hotel Recovery

Market Research

Infographic: Hotels and Influencer Marketing

Viewpoints

Covid-19: Protecting Hotel Staff, Protecting Guests

Spotlight Interviews

Spotlight Interview: Alex Alt, General Manager of Oracle Hospitality