INTELITY®, provider of hospitality’s leading guest experience and staff management platform, announced it has been recognized as the World’s Best In-Room Tablet Provider by the World Travel Tech Awards 2022. This is the second year in a row that INTELITY has earned this global designation.

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, a leading provider of advanced security technology for the hospitality industry, is today honored to be recognized by the World Travel Tech Awards for its ongoing commitment in developing solutions that lead to safer and more efficient hotel operations. With hospitality professionals around the world voting for their most favored solutions, ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions was notably named “World’s Best Digital Key Solutions Provider” and “World’s Best Hotel Asset Management Solutions Provider” for 2022.

Apaleo, the open hospitality platform, has been selected by the French hospitality startup, Gogaille, as its property management infrastructure, to build a state-of-the-art technology stack enabling modern guest and staff experiences while powering its ambitious growth plans across France.

Apart from four other companies, Keith Gruen was the co-founder of Fidelio Property Management Systems, one of the first in the PMS category of hotel software and certainly one of the most widely used. After co-founding companies in industries as varied as real estate, pharmaceuticals, and construction software, he now focuses his time as a board member of a few of these companies as well as an angel investor, mainly in carbon trading.

Travel demand is increasing rapidly after two years of limited opportunities due to the pandemic. Today, people are dreaming big and want to build experiential journeys that inspire lifelong memories. Before the world knew of COVID-19, destination management organizations (DMOs) such as Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) were seeking opportunities to create awareness for its city and capture the attention of travelers.

It can be a daunting and complex proposition to manage dynamics such as staffing in the face of labor shortages, digital transformation enablement, or attracting pre-pandemic levels of group business. Often times, however, small incremental improvements in specific areas can deliver sizeable impact without massive amounts of time and effort. Optimizing the performance of your direct channel by addressing key eCommerce fundamentals, for instance, can provide significant returns in exchange for a fairly low level of effort.

Hapi, the hospitality industry’s leading platform for simple connectivity between technology systems, has teamed with Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG), a division of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), to launch HTNG Express, an efficient and low-cost solution for technology solution providers to integrate with industry leading Property Management Systems.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of hospitality software solutions that deliver High Return Hospitality, today announced it will be attending the Middle East’s leading hospitality event, The Hospitality Network Stakeholders Conference October 18 – 20 in Lapita, Dubai Parks and Resorts, Dubai UAE.

Jeff Wagoner has heard all the reasons as to why hoteliers can’t move to the cloud. My internet isn’t stable enough. We’re located on an island, and we’re worried about latency. And if you’re in the operations world, there’s always the accounting issue: If I go to the cloud, there’ll be an operating expense, but today, with an on-premises solution, it’s a capital cost and I can expense it and have my margins look better in the future.

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, today announced the results of a new survey of travel agents and Travel Management Companies (TMCs) in APAC, which reveals the changing face of corporate travel as industry recovery continues to gain strength.