Hotel Industry Technology News

Today it’s clear we’ve entered the era of Travel Tech 2.0: Websites and apps let travelers book flights and hotel rooms at the click of a mouse, board airplanes and check in at hotels electronically, open doors to hotel rooms using digital keys, access car- and bike-sharing services, and more. Meanwhile, radical advances in artificial intelligence and analytics have changed the face of marketing and customer relationships. continue reading →

As a hotelier, you have done the right thing by adopting a hotel property management system. Now, let’s assume that the Hotel PMS is also helping you automate and streamline daily operations. This means, you have now managed to reduce operational errors and save on man-hours, right? But you are still struggling to sell more rooms via online channels. Additionally, you are finding it extremely difficult to manage your hotel’s online reputation. continue reading →

The hotel smartconcierge effectively serves all aspects of great-service-meets-digital-transformation equation, and in doing so, it improves all facets of the guest journey. Let’s look at why and how. continue reading →

The leading names in the hospitality industry gathered at The Fern, Kadamba – Goa, for an evening of meet-and-greet with industry peers. The Big Connect event, brought together the ‘who’s who’ of the industry and was very effective in helping guests establish new connections and share knowledge whilst celebrating mutual successes and embracing further growth. continue reading →

You are never going to stop technology. You can either partner in its deployment or get run over by it. But, how do you keep things simple and find the right technology partners? continue reading →

InvoTech Systems Adopts New Android Wireless UHF-RFID Handheld Data Terminal for Linen, Laundry and Uniforms continue reading →

The new Restaurant Analytics platform pairs advanced reporting capabilities with powerful semantic analysis to help users pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses and benchmark against their competitors. continue reading →

PropertyVIEW allows hoteliers to regain control over the information they distribute to third-party channels. Launched in 2009 as a three-column spreadsheet, PropertyVIEW is now a sophisticated technology platform that leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence in addition to human ingenuity to provide invaluable data and a full-service solution to the hospitality industry. continue reading →

For a hotel revenue manager, every day brings an awakening as there is no dearth of disruptive innovations that are constantly hitting the market. It could be a new term that is becoming the favourite of hotel budgeting and forecast experts, or it could be a latest technology that is trying to change lives. Either way, things are getting interesting and we have certainly come a long way since the time when Bill Marriott gave birth to the term of Revenue Management. continue reading →

Cloud technologies date back to the 1950s and we only learned about them during the 90s when 'cloud computing' was introduced. Ever since the start of the 2000s, cloud solutions have been adopted commercially with constant growth. When it comes to the hospitality industry, cloud-based hotel PMS solutions are the manifestation of the cloud. continue reading →