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Indra Unveiling 'the Future of Hospitality' at HITEC with All-In-One, Core-System Solution
The third-largest IT company in Europe is bringing its fully-integrated, end-to-end solution for hotel chain management to North America; Indra's Travel Management Suite is changing the hotel technology landscape one module at a time; Visit Indra in Booth 111 at HITEC
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Outrigger Enterprises Group Selects MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Outrigger Enterprises Group, one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held leisure lodging and hospitality companies in the Asia-Pacific and Oceania regions, is standardizing its enterprise on the MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution. In addition to its four Asia-based properties that are already utilizing MICROS OPERA, Outrigger will begin implementation of the OPERA Property Management Solution (PMS) at its 35 properties in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region beginning in July 2013.
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Concord Hospitality Implements Aptech’s Execuvue® BI at All 90 Properties
Aptech Computer Systems, Inc., the leading provider of hospitality software for business intelligence and enterprise financial accounting, announced that Concord Hospitality implemented the Execuvue Business Intelligence System (BI) throughout its portfolio. Concord Hospitality is an award-winning hotel management and development company based in Raleigh, N.C. that manages more than 90 hotels in 22 states and two Canadian provinces. Click here for more on Aptech's products and services. Execuvue is a web-based enterprise business intelligence application for large and small hotel companies. Aptech solutions are 100% hotel specific and all of Aptech's clients own or manage hotels. The Aptech suite of hospitality systems enables clients to proactively manage business operations and finances. Aptech is the only provider of a fully integrated enterprise accounting, business intelligence, and planning ecosystem to the hotel industry. Aptech offers 100% more customer-centric options for hosting, pricing, and product solutions than any other hospitality-focused systems provider. Brian Cornell, CIO for Concord Hospitality, said, "Concord uses Execuvue Business Intelligence corporate performance analysis. We saw the system's value and rolled it out to all our properties to give our GMs a bigger operational picture and help them be stronger managers." "Concord and Aptech collaborated to develop customized mobile BI dashboards for property managers," says Aptech Vice President Cam Troutman. "GMs now have a go-anywhere property performance tool for data-based business decisions. Concord's team told us what they wanted in their custom property information displays. Now GMs can quickly view current STR data, financial and operating performance numbers, and labor statistics that identify when staff is nearing overtime. Concord's dashboards and reports use our 'Active Report' platform that displays performance information in multiple data views." Aptech's Execuvue Business Intelligence performance management system provides operators and corporate managers with a flexible comprehensive view of the factors that affect a property's or chain's performance. Execuvue accesses, merges, and mines data from property solutions that include:
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FCS i-Guest with OpenWays Mobile Key has power to drive mobile hospitality strategy for hotels
A groundbreaking integration between two of the hospitality industry's most innovative guest-service solutions has now been certified by both technology partners and is set to make its official debut to the global hospitality market at HITEC 2013.
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Digital Alchemy to Showcase Industry-Leading Hotel and Spa CRM Solutions at HITEC 2013
Digital Alchemy, the pioneer of customer relationship management (CRM) and digital marketing solutions for the global hotel and spa market, is bringing its latest technology innovations to the HSMAI ROC Conference on June 24th and HITEC 2013 in Minneapolis, June 25-27. Continuous live demonstrations of Digital Alchemy's comprehensive suite of guest communications and data management solutions will be taking place at HITEC booth # 453 during the event, which is billed as the world's largest annual hospitality technology trade show. Prominently featured at HITEC 2013 will be Digital Alchemy's most recent advances in mobile-based communications as well as an array of CRM solutions designed to meet the growing needs of the hotel and spa market on all platforms.
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Award Winning Artist, Jewel to Speak and Perform at the 2013 GBTA Convention
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, today announced four-time Grammy® nominee, Jewel, will take the stage at the GBTA Convention 2013 being held August 4-7, 2013 in San Diego, CA. Jewel will speak and perform during the Monday, August 5thGeneral Session luncheon. Her appearance is made possible by Sabre Travel Network, GetThere & Travelocity Business.
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Hotel for Group Events: Signature Living launch their new Movie Themed hotel
Signature Living hotel finally opened their doors to the general public on Thursday with a grand launch of their spectacular new Movie themed hotel, based in the heart of the City of Liverpool on Stanley Street. The much anticipated hotel has been added to the portfolio of Lawrence and Katie Kenwright, who already have serviced apartment properties on Bold Street, Mathew Street and Victoria Street and they are ranked number 1 on TripAdvisor which just shows the level of Customer care their guests are shown. This hotel means that they now have over 300 beds in the city.
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Hotel Equities Grows, Adds Management Contract in Savannah, Georgia
Atlanta-based Hotel Equities (HE) (www.hotelequities.com) recently assumed management of the 85-room Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Savannah Airport hotel as part of its continued plans for double-digit growth.
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Cornell Hospitality Research Summit 2012: Toward Sustainable Hotel and Restaurant Operations | By Glenn Withiam
The international hotel and restaurant industry has been working toward sustainability in operations, and industry executives are making every effort to report their sustainability results, partly in response to requests from customers and governments. One resource for this effort is the Global Reporting Initiative, which involves numerous industries. Because hotels occupy a central point in many supply chains, hotel operators are looking up and down the supply chain in connection with sustainability reporting.
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Interstate Hotels & Resorts Expands Joint Venture, Acquires Orlando, FL Hotel
Expanding its joint venture with Waramaug Hospitality, Interstate Hotels & Resorts announces its sixth acquisition with Waramaug Hospitality LLC and a private investment group of the 382-room Sheraton Orlando North Hotel effective May 22, 2013.Hospitality Funding LLC, a Palm Beach, Fla.-headquartered boutique investmentadvisory firm, advised the buyer group on the transaction.The hotel, managed by Interstate under a long-term agreement, will immediately undergo a comprehensive $4.1 million renovation encompassing a property-wide refresh of the guestrooms, hallways, public areas, lobby, food and beverage outlets and meetings spaces.
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