OpenKey, the industry standard for universal Digital Key in hotels, welcomes David Dietz as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Dietz brings more than 25 years of software development experience with demonstrated results in interoperability and scaling of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products.

TNG is pleased to welcome three new members to the Executive Leadership Group: Sarah Fults (MGM Resorts International), Cameron Hammond (Hyatt Hotels Corporation) and Scott Strickland (Wyndham Hotels & Resorts).

Many marketers would agree that the pandemic has raised a lot of questions, including how to adapt their hotel marketing strategy to continue to attract and convert guests in an uncertain environment. From first navigating the early days of the pandemic, to adopting new vocabulary around hygiene, we’ve all been forced to experiment and try new ways of working.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that the company has been recognized in Global Gaming Business Magazine’s Annual Gaming & Technology Awards by winning the Silver Award for Guest Health & Safety Product for its new PanOptic Kiosk. The kiosk offers an intuitive and frictionless checkout process that will enable faster guest service and increased revenue opportunity.

As of September 20, 2021, Apple released their latest operating systems: iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, and macOS Monterey. With these updates, many users will start using Apple’s latest Mail Privacy Protection feature, which you may have already read about and anticipated over the past few months.

After a tumultuous year and a half, it was amazing to be able to once again gather with hospitality colleagues from all over the region at HSMA’s e- & MICE Day. Of course, the COVID-19 crisis shaped many of the topics and discussions at the event. The impact the pandemic has had on the hospitality industry was difficult to overstate.

INTELITY®, the provider of the travel industry’s most comprehensive guest engagement and staff management platform, announced today at HITEC Dallas a new integrationhttps://intelity.com/blog/cloud-based-systems/with Nuvola, hospitality’s leading cloud-based hotel optimization platform. The new integration expands INTELITY’s existing omni-channel guest messaging capabilities and further enriches Nuvola’s capabilities to connect with guests straight from Nuvola’s Guest Chat and Request Management  solutions. In addition to guest messaging, service request ticketing has also been included.

Today Cendyn, the leading innovator in CRM, sales, and revenue strategy for the hospitality industry, unveils its next-generation loyalty solution at HITEC, the world’s largest and oldest hospitality technology event. eLoyalty, Cendyn’s full-service loyalty application, built uniquely for hotels, supports multiple program types, including number of stays, number of nights, member recognition, birthdays, and surprise & delight moments. Powered by Cendyn’s intuitive content management system (CMS), eLoyalty provides hoteliers with a scalable loyalty solution that is fully configurable regardless of the type of hotel or brand.

Sabre Corporation, the leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, today announced the general release of its SynXis Property Hub (SPH), the cloud-native property management system that allows hoteliers to focus on what matters most: a connected, seamless and personalized guest experience. With the release, Sabre's launch customers will implement SynXis Property Hub across more than 450 properties.

Datavision, the premier business intelligence system for the hospitality world, has enhanced Guest Analytics capabilities to further strengthen their comprehensive business intelligence platform. Guest data is extracted and combined from a single source (PMS) or a variety of additional sources (Spa, Golf, Dining, CRM, etc.) to provide a 360-degree views of guest value, spend patterns and stay behavior.