Hotels don’t need to be big to benefit from the best technology. Such is the case for The Ivy Hotel, a world-class historic mansion in Baltimore. Ranked No. 6 in the U.S. by TripAdvisor among its “Top 25 Luxury Hotels” and named a Travel + Leisure “Best Hotel on the Planet,” this boutique wedding and meetings destination boasts just 17 guestrooms, along with a small luxury spa, and an acclaimed culinary concept, Magdalena, A Maryland Bistro, that has earned Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence and the OpenTable Diner’s Choice award. Behind all the accolades at the heart of the hotel sits Aptech, the industry standard for hospitality financial management.

INTELITY®, the provider of hospitality’s broadest guest experience and staff management platform, announced today a new partnership with Paramount Hotels. This collaboration will see the INTELITY platform implemented across three properties including Paramount Hotel Seattle, Paramount Hotel Portland, and Maui Coast Hotel. Each property will be outfitted with guest-facing features including a branded app, mobile check-in, mobile key, smart-room tablets and GEMS®, INTELITY’s staff-facing suite of tools.

The best way to operate in an efficient and effective manner in any industry is by promoting frictionless, continuous experiences. In the hospitality industry and its investments in innovative technology, this is a key priority – to create a unified platform across all locations and using that as a basis for a better guest experience, among other things.

RateGain Travel Technologies Limited, a global SaaS company for travel and hospitality, has announced a strategic partnership with Hopper – the world’s fastest-growing mobile-first travel marketplace poised for impressive growth as travel demand revamps and the utilization of their mobile app flourishes. This new partnership will connect Hopper to hotels and hospitality chains globally and will enable reservations made via certain Hopper Cloud partners to flow through DHISCO, a RateGain company. Hopper aims to leverage DHISCO's technology with its comprehensive demand and supply network to deliver unique travel booking experiences to users as well boost visibility and hotel bookings across continents. As travelers start planning their trips again – mobile apps like Hopper are preferred by digitally savvy and “on-the-go” younger travel consumers searching for the best deals.

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, a leading provider of advanced security technology for the hospitality industry, has announced the successful implementation of VingCard Essence door locks and Liverton self check-in kiosks at Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour. Leveraging ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions’ industry-leading technology and the company’s strategic relationship with Liverton, the 5-star luxury property can ensure maximum guest security standards are maintained, while also providing enhanced convenience and reducing physical touchpoints as one of the first Sofitel-branded hotels to adopt self check-in kiosk technology.

Laasie motivates customer loyalty to help hospitality brands increase net revenue, drive member engagement, and build dynamic customer relationships. Now, the AI-backed powerhouse has partnered with Hapi for critical integrations into the industry’s leading Property Management systems in order to create seamless, personalized experiences for both hotel operators and guests.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation SaaS hospitality software solutions and services, today announced it has partnered with Integrated Decisions and Systems (IDeaS), a SAS company, the leading global hotel revenue management solution provider. The result of this relationship expansion includes the seamless two-way integration between IDeaS and three Agilysys PMS solutions servicing all verticals of the hospitality market: Visual One, LMS and Stay.

Across the hospitality realm, investing in staff safety technology is one of the most important investments you can make. Why? Because it’s an investment in a hotels’ most important asset: its staff. After all, an exceptional guest experience simply is not possible without the staff members who curate and deliver it, and, to this effect, establishing and maintaining a workplace culture that advocates for staff safety, well-being, and satisfaction should be a foremost priority for any hoteliers in 2022 and beyond.

Increasingly, hoteliers are turning to data to build more informed business strategies that take into account shifting traveler demographics, booking behaviors, and preferred channels for their properties. To gain a broader view of market performance across its organization and in turn, enhance its demand generation strategies, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has selected Amadeus Demand360®.

INTELITY®, the provider of hospitality’s most comprehensive guest experience platform, announced today its appointment as a Brand Official by Forbes Travel Guide, the creators of the original Five-Star rating system, for the sixth straight year. As the Official Guest Engagement and Staff Management Platform Provider of Forbes Travel Guide, INTELITY joins a stellar list of Forbes Travel Guide Brand Officials and hotels for 2022, all vetted for their excellence.