Today, Cendyn and Pegasus closed their previously announced merger agreement, bringing two industry leaders together as one company. This merger provides hoteliers with a transformative platform to maximize the direct-booking channel, enhancing the guest experience end-to-end.

LAS VEGAS – InnSpire, the leading provider of a comprehensive technology suite that helps drive a seamless, world-class guest experience for some of the world’s most iconic hotels and brands, has announced the expansion of its partnership with Virgin Hotels following the successful implementation of its suite of guest connectivity and contactless compatible solutions at the newly opened Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

IDeaS, a SAS company, the world’s leading provider of hotel revenue management software and services, announced today it is the first RMS provider to achieve Level IV Global Support Certification (GCSC), the highest level of certification, from Hotel Tech Report. The company also ranked in the Top 10 Global Hotelier’s Choice Award in the annual HotelTechAwards for the third year in a row.

Guestline, the leading hopsitality technology provider, provides hoteliers with a means to populate their system with the correct guest email address – to improve the guest journey, drive direct bookings and enhance guest communication

Safety first. It’s a phrase we all come to know early on in our lives and which continues to inform many of the personal and professional decisions we make at every turn. Minimize risk, where possible, and do what you can to protect and enhance the safety of yourself and others. In the world of hospitality, guest and staff safety is an ever-evolving concern and consideration. In many ways, a hotel’s reputation hinges not only on its ability to provide an exceptional guest experience but to offer an environment that proactively advocates for the safety and wellbeing of all those on property.

Millennials are now the largest adult cohort worldwide with roughly 1.8 billion people equaling 23% of the global population. While the Boomer generation is still influential and is typically known to have more discretionary income and time for travel, Millennials dictate many of the future trends and direction of the industry.

A year ago, 19 properties in the Raines Co. portfolio went LIVE with PVNG, a browser-based enterprise accounting tool from Aptech. Extremely pleased with the finance software and the company’s customer service, the hospitality management, development, and investment group operating the world’s leading hotel brands and boutique properties recently added Aptech’s newest version business intelligence tool, Execuvue®. The entire corporate accounting team is thrilled to have new, automated financial management tools at their fingertips, but no one is more elated than Ron Glancy, Raines Senior Vice President of Operations.

ROOMDEX recently hosted an expert panel discussion on “The Real Economics of Hotel Guest Engagement,” featuring 4 leading hotel software vendors. Hotels are more than just a place to stay, they also offer guests amenities, services, and entertainment that enhance the guest experience and make their stay more special – ultimately delivering the guest more value.

Crave achieved 98 out of 100 in the “Best Guest Room Tablet” category and 95 out of 100 in ‘Best Mobile Ordering & Room Service’. Crave scored particularly highly in “ease of use” and “customer service”.

DALLAS, Texas - OpenKey, the industry standard for universal Digital Key in hotels, today announced an exciting new partnership with Acculock, one of the top hospitality lock providers in North America. Through this partnership, Acculock and OpenKey bring enhanced access to Digital Key technology to hotels throughout North America.