UgoVirtual™, the travel and hospitality virtual solutions company, has been selected to provide the technology behind the transformation of HEALTHTAC East 2020 to a comprehensive virtual networking forum and online event. Set to take place as originally planned on March 30 and 31, the interactive annual event is designed to connect qualified solution providers with C-level executives in all aspects of senior assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing /rehabilitation industries. In response to the travel bans that followed the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak worldwide several weeks prior to the planned onsite event, Senior Living News and HEALTHTAC, the event's organizers, made the strategic decision to pivot to a virtual event, rather than postponing or cancelling.

Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) launches a new workgroup focusing on guest room entertainment to help improve buying strategies, technology research and development investment, along with the creation of a content strategy roadmap.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Hotel One Sixty-Six has selected its rGuest® Stay PMS solution to help streamline operations and deliver an improved guest experience, as well as rGuest® Pay to ensure the efficient processing and security of guest payment information.

ALICE has launched a new free product to help hoteliers operate more efficiently during COVID-19. ALICE's COVID-19 Recovery Checklist Software is available now, and is free to help hotels manage operations through times of low occupancy or closure, back into times of recovery, and up to full occupancy again. ALICE provides hoteliers with tools to streamline operations and communications. It is the hospitality industry's leading operations technology, connecting every department of the hotel with one platform for all staff communication and guest requests. More than 100,000 hoteliers across 2,500 hotels around the world use ALICE.

Is your hotel "Covid Clean?" It can be, thanks to a new app that gives housekeepers step-by-step cleaning instructions that follow Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines to stop the spread of the virus. Beekeeper, a mobile-first communication platform for frontline workers, is now offering the "Cleaning Task Lists" by Whispr app FREE to its customers. The smart checklist will work on any Android or iOS device and can be activated by Whispr immediately if the hotel is an existing Beekeeper user.

As Covid-19 spreads, communities have an urgent need for beds as field hospitals, for quarantine, and to house for patients as well as health professionals who are caring for them. The founders of hotel industry software provider Cloudbeds and their team created #hospitalityhelps to connect property owners and operators with health care providers, providing facilities during this time of need. Hospitality professionals willing to open their facilities can provide their information via #hospitalityhelps to assist government and healthcare agencies in need of open beds.

Are you prepared for COVID-19? Are your employees prepared for a crisis? Do you have a communication channel for every single employee?

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading software and technology company that powers the global travel industry, announced today that it is taking significant measures to strengthen its financial position in response to the current industry conditions. The travel industry continues to be adversely affected by the global health crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, as well as by government directives that have been enacted to slow the spread of the virus.

Across the Shiji Group product lines we are sharing data on how the COVID-19 crisis is recovering for other markets to use in their analysis and planning. We have looked at the transaction volumes across all our payment integrations to help give some comparable information. A few key points:

Sitting remotely, looking out at the sunshine bouncing off the rooftops in early springtime here in Germany, you might be forgiven for thinking all is well. With the real possibility that by this time tomorrow, we will not be allowed to leave our homes, the idyllic scenery is smashed. We are at the beginning of a new time, and all need to act responsibly to ensure this virus health-hazard is stopped in its tracks.