Agilysys, Inc., a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, and Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR), the leader in integrated payment processing, announced today an extension of their long-standing partnership to better enable a seamless guest journey for hospitality operators while increasing the market presence of both companies.

‍Data Travel, LLC is releasing a new version of Hapi Connect, a native Salesforce App that is available on the Salesforce AppExchange. The product is designed to bring PMS data directly into Salesforce, the world's best CRM.

The world froze due to COVID-19, and the hotel industry is still in a bit of shock. While business travel is mostly stalled and vacations are slowly picking back up, there's another category of guests that shouldn't be ignored: Work-From-Hotel (WFH) guests. Whether displaced by the pandemic, floods, fires or other extreme circumstances, a growing number of professionals are using hotel rooms for temporary shelter and as home offices. Another group of guests are the thousands of university students seeking temporary housing due to campus social distancing measures.

As the global economy slows and the travel sector seems to have all but stopped, we see adoption rates of technology skyrocket. This creates a bright future for early adopters to embark on new technological initiatives that would likely have never seen the light of day without all of the intense pressure to optimize.

Crave Interactive, a leading global hospitality technology company, have signed an agreement with PPHE Hotel Group ('PPHE') to provide mobile ordering solutions to PPHE's hotels and restaurants using its innovative ServeSafely solutions.

With COVID-19 significantly impacting travel trends and buyer behaviors, relying on historical data is no longer enough to plan for the future. Having access to forward-looking data has never been more important for the hotel industry than it is today, as hoteliers need a real-time, comprehensive view of market performance to successfully understand shifting traveler behaviors and implement an effective recovery strategy.

Nomadix® Inc., the global hospitality and MDU technology provider, today announced that the company has strengthened its global management team, expanded its product portfolio and increased hiring across the organization. The company is committed to providing value to its partners and customers and has invested in its team and product portfolio to help customers navigate the current environment and prepare for recovery.

Global hospitality revenue management solutions provider IDeaS has partnered with world-leading hospitality management school EHL to offer the Fabian Specht Future Revenue Innovator Scholarship. IDeaS has committed to €15,000, awarded annually beginning with the 2021-22 academic year, to two international EHL students pursuing a revenue management education.

Infor today announced that the five-star, 108-room Hotel Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, has chosen to implement Infor Hospitality Cloud solutions throughout all operations, including front of house, housekeeping, restaurants and conference bookings. Deployed in the cloud, the deal includes Infor Hospitality Management Solution (HMS), Infor Sales and Catering, and Infor Table Management.

With operating budgets thrown out the window by second quarter this year, hoteliers are scrambling to find useful historical data to help guide them through the 2021 budgeting and forecasting process. Aptech, a provider of budgeting and forecasting, enterprise accounting, and business intelligence solutions for hotels, is advising operators to rely on historical drivers rather than bottom line revenues to help them better plan for the days ahead. Knowing how to analyze trend data, such as driver value, will help operators forecast more accurately.