Cloud5 Communications today announced E911 service offerings that provide for fast and easy compliance with the rapidly approaching deadlines for the handling of calls from hotels to local emergency services.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Rochester Institute of Technology has implemented the Agilysys InfoGenesis ecosystem of modern cloud-native SaaS POS solutions for its campus dining and sports facilities to streamline operations while promoting social distancing through contactless self-service options for students, faculty and guests.

2020 has brought unprecedented change to the hospitality industry. Hoteliers face significant challenges in identifying opportunities to drive booking demand and establish the most effective distribution strategies to fill short and longer-term occupancies. The historical data they once relied on to build their revenue strategies no longer aligns with current market trends. Today, it is critical that hoteliers have access to comprehensive, accurate, and timely business intelligence tools to understand their market and competitive sets' performance.

​​Nomadix® Inc​., a technology leader in hospitality and multi-tenant industries, today announced Linda Kahangi has been appointed as Chief Information and Operations Officer. She joins the global management team to provide strategic guidance over operations, technology infrastructure, information security, network operations center (NOC) and customer service management. As Nomadix continues to expand its market leadership, Kahangi's guidance will ensure the business will continue to deliver the operational efficiencies, product reliability and security, and top-notch customer and partner experiences.

Springer-Miller Systems has introduced its new Night Audit Scheduling & Automation tool in the upcoming version of SMS|Host. With this tool, hotels & resorts will now have the ability to automate most, if not all, of their night audit processes. Properties can complete an initial configuration designating the processes, calculations and exports to run, along with the frequency in which they need to run. Once initial configurations are complete, Night Audit staff can initiate the process in one simple step.

Hotel management, development and investment group Raines Hospitality is nearing completion of a systemwide rollout of Aptech, the industry standard for hospitality financial management. By January 1st, 19 properties in the company's portfolio representing Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Choice, and Best Western brands, will be LIVE with Aptech's next-generation, browser-based enterprise accounting solution, PVNG, and soon, the company will launch Aptech's new business intelligence tool, Execuvue.

2020 was one of most challenging years the hospitality industry has ever experienced. Resilient hoteliers had to adapt overnight to a new reality. But from these dark times came the rise of the frontline worker. It is their dedication to this industry that keeps hotels running smoothly and ensures that guests' needs are met during this difficult and dangerous time. Beekeeper, developer of an award-winning, GDPR compliant, workplace app that digitalizes hotel workers, is giving back to the industry's unsung heroes - those dedicated hotel workers who went above and beyond for guests, healthcare workers and first responders - by donating up to $20,000 to various nonprofit organizations chosen by its very own customers.

In order to give executives from the individual and chain hotel industry insights into the hotel tech market, the first German Hotel Technology Report was published by Hotelhero in partnership with the German Hotel Association (IHA) and in cooperation with HSMA Deutschland e.V. and techtalk.travel. This report underlines the importance for hotels to rely on a strong digital strategy in order to survive in the market even after the lockdown.

Building on record levels of membership and engagement at an unprecedented time for the hospitality industry, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today announced that Alex Alt, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Hospitality, has joined the Board of Directors.

When one of the largest employers in Riverside County, Calif., voluntarily closed its doors in March due to the pandemic, management knew it would be difficult to communicate with its 1,850 employees. Immediately, the Native American-owned Morongo Casino Resort & Spa near Palm Springs reached out to Beekeeper to help them connect digitally with all employees across multiple departments and shifts, most of whom don't have a company email address. To date, 92 percent of Morongo's employees who have downloaded the Beekeeper mobile app - the No. 1 employee communication platform for the hospitality industry - use it consistently, and activation rates are growing daily.