Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Greater Washington, D.C. (RMHCDC), has equipped its newly renovated rooms with Amazon Echo devices, powered by Volara, to provide families of locally hospitalized children with access to information and services on voice command. The goal of RMHCDC is to help families faced with pediatric illness to cope better and focus on the needs of their sick child. Volara — leveraging its real-time conversation management software and secure integrations hub — is helping RMHCDC meet that goal with Alexa.

IDeaS, a SAS company, is the world's leading provider of revenue management software and services. With over 30 years of expertise, IDeaS delivers revenue science to more than 15,000 clients in 143 countries. Combining industry knowledge with innovative, data-analytics technology, IDeaS creates sophisticated yet simple ways to empower revenue leaders with precise, automated decisions they can trust. Results delivered. Revenue transformed. Discover greater profitability at ideas.com.

For many, change is a terrifying concept – especially when it comes to business. But what we so often forget is that, although uncomfortable, change is the inevitable catalyst to transformation and innovation. Sometimes, the most disruptive moments in our respective careers are the ones that derive the most meaning, setting us on course for incredible development and professional alignment. And contrary to popular belief, mergers and acquisitions can represent precisely that kind of moment.

One of the best ways for hoteliers to engage guests is to offer them products and services that they'll covet – and willingly pay for.

IDeaS, a SAS company, the world's leading provider of hotel revenue management software and services, announced today its new partnership with Our Town Hospitality, beginning with the implementation of IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) at two of the hotel group's independent properties.

To satisfy post COVID-19 emerging market demands and improve guest satisfaction while maintaining business operations and sustainability, hoteliers should consider payment processes as important as room availability, rates and inventory. To help you review your payment operations, Guestline takes you through the fundamental criteria to consider when choosing a new payment solution:-

ALICE, a leading hospitality operations and management platform, is pleased to announce that it is now the preferred preventative maintenance solution provider for Accor's properties in North & Central America. Accor is one of fastest growing hotel groups in the world with more than 5,100 properties worldwide. In selecting ALICE as their preferred maintenance solution in North & Central America, Accor is ensuring its hotels and staff have the proper tools to effectively maintain their properties.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Three Forks Ranch has selected Agilysys Cloud-Native SaaS solutions for its premier wellness destination resort on the Colorado/Wyoming border including Agilysys Stay PMS, Agilysys Spa for spa management, Agilysys Seat for venue reservations, Agilysys InfoGenesis POS and Agilysys Eatec for inventory and procurement management.

Vivere Stays, the new and agile accommodation provider, attributes its rapid expansion and continuous success to its digital technology stack. The European market is incredibly diverse and demands highly flexible technology that can be completely localized, an imminent threat to incoming brands with a globalization strategy. Vivere Stays is the result of an experienced team uncovering a significant market opportunity with smaller hotels lacking the knowledge of top-notch European-made software that is adaptable to their market and size.

PITTSBURGH - Prior to the 2020 pandemic, Arbor Lodging Management made a critical financial decision; the hotel management group operating Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and InterContinental Hotel Group brands partnered with Aptech, the industry standard for hospitality financial management. With 12 new hotels entering its system in January 2020, Aptech's Execuvue business intelligence solution and Targetvue budgeting and forecasting system would help the multi-brand operator onboard these assets and assist its existing full-service, select-service, and extended stay properties with analyzing data, building reports, writing formulas, combining information from multiple sources and more.