Amadeus, a global leader in travel technology, with its unique ability to track forward-looking occupancy in major markets around the world, is seeing a positive trend in U.S. hotel bookings for the 2022 holiday season. Amadeus’ Demand360® business intelligence data shows that as of December 8, 2022, U.S. occupancy for the last two weeks of the year (Dec 18-31) is currently at 27%, pacing 1% behind the same time in 2019 and for the week of December 25, 2022, six of this year’s top 10 markets exceed 2019 occupancy.

The Kenya-based hotel group has chosen Cendyn’s streamlined technology and services ecosystem to enhance the guest experience and drive revenue across their hotel collection

Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that MMI Hotel Group, a fast-growing hotel management company, has selected Infor Hospitality to provide hospitality management and pricing solutions for its expanding independent property base. Set to implement these new applications at select properties, MMI will have access to cloud-based tools that will allow its teams to better serve guests and achieve competitive positioning through dynamic pricing strategies. Infor will provide MMI with easy access to valuable incoming data that can quickly be turned into action, allowing teams to better track guest preferences, simplify reservations and provide consistent quality and services.

Agilysys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGYS), a leading global provider of hospitality software solutions that deliver High Return Hospitality, today announced an agreement with Marriott International, Inc., (NASDAQ: MAR) to deploy its cloud-native property management system (PMS) software across Marriott’s United States and Canada luxury, premium and select service hotels over the coming years.

It pains us to say it (again!), but when it comes to digital transformation, the hotel sector lags behind in a number of respects. Nonetheless, many hotel groups are now embracing the concept of digitalization and moving their IT stacks – including the all-important Property Management System (PMS) – to the cloud.

Guestrev, the industry-leading revenue management and profit-optimization solution delivers powerful features combined with science and rules-based automation. It offers the right level of control that revenue managers crave, and with a 90% acceptance rate, Guestrev undoubtedly helps hotels efficiently maximize top-line revenue.

As a hotelier, you know there are many ways to define luxury. From a property’s physical space to its service culture standard, there’s no question that luxury lives in the details. But can you define a hotel as luxurious without modern, interactive technology? Perhaps luxury hotelier, Vaughn Davis, can offer some insight.

Shiji Group has announced that the 200th installation of Shiji's Infrasys Cloud point-of-sale recently went live at Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. Shiji and Hyatt originally began working together in 2019 after Hyatt selected Shiji’s Infrasys Cloud product to power systems at food and beverage outlets at select Hyatt properties.

Two RKS Hotels Group Ltd. properties in Alberta, Canada, will go live with PVNG by Aptech this month. The enterprise accounting solution will automate all general ledger, accounts payable, statistics, financials, and bank reconciliation processes in the cloud for the Four Points by Sheraton Edmonton South and the Travelodge by Wyndham Edmonton West hotels. Aptech is an IBM and Prophix business partner offering web-enabled business intelligence, budgeting, and back office systems that are 100% hospitality specific.

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, a leading provider of advanced security technology for the hospitality industry, together with ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, have announced the adoption of a range of innovative security access technologies by Hotel Marcel New Haven in Connecticut, USA. Part of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton and one of the few US-based properties set to earn LEED Platinum certification, Hotel Marcel New Haven’s installation includes VingCard door locks with Mobile Access by ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, and an array of products by ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, each serving to enhance the property’s commitment to enhanced sustainability and guest safety.