An essential but often overlooked part of people management and workplace culture is staff safety. Providing a safe environment for employees is an integral responsibility of any employer. It should be treated with the utmost priority – especially when considering industries and roles that place workers in vulnerable scenarios.

ALPHARETTA, GA — APRIL 08, 2022 — Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation end-to-end SaaS and on-prem ready hospitality software solutions, today announced that Hong Kong-based Swire Hotels has activated Agilysys solutions in all its Hong Kong properties and plans to extend these across its entire property portfolio.

Merlin Entertainments is the world's second-largest operator of family entertainment destinations, including LEGOLAND theme parks and SEA LIFE aquariums. To ensure guests have the best visit from the theme park to hotel room, the company is using Oracle MICROS Simphony Point-of-Sale (POS) and Oracle Hospitality OPERA Property Management technology. With Oracle’s digital solutions, Merlin guests can use their mobile devices to better plan their vacation in advance and save precious time. This includes taking advantage of mobile check-in at hotels and the ability to pre-order food at their favorite attractions.

For years, hoteliers have been innovating to meet changing guest wants and needs. But COVID-19 upended all of it. As McKinsey & Company puts it, the crisis has transformed business forever. Digital transformation efforts, for one, accelerated years ahead in just a few short months.

As hoteliers evaluate their group business opportunities for 2022, a new report from Amadeus combines hotelier insights with Amadeus business intelligence data to reveal the key trends that will guide the group travel and events market in the year ahead.

IDeaS, a SAS company, the world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, announced today Loews Hotels & Co will pilot the total revenue forecasting module in IDeaS RevPlan, a cloud-based tool that streamlines forecasting and budgeting processes for rooms, food and beverage, and other income.

As the hospitality industry navigates its way through recovery, there’s been a collective shift throughout operating departments toward a guest-centric strategy, deploying solutions to improve guest satisfaction, capture more direct bookings, and drive revenue at each touchpoint along the guest journey.

INTELITY®, the provider of hospitality’s broadest guest experience and staff management platform, announced today the launch of a new custom brand mobile app for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Powered by the INTELITY platform, the app offers a full suite of guest functionality including mobile check-in and guest messaging. The cloud-based platform also supports GEMS®, INTELITY’S staff-facing suite of tools for Hard Rock’s staff.

This new collaboration between Guestline and Google will enable hoteliers to increase direct booking volumes and revenues by automatically exposing rates and inventory directly to Google as part of their free booking links.

Cendyn, a catalyst for digital transformation in the hospitality industry, is excited to announce the launch of the new Cendyn Hospitality Cloud, including the release of the platform’s first applications, an industry-leading website content management system (CMS) powered by Cendyn’s customer data platform (CDP), Starling.