Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the premier technology solutions association for the hospitality industry, today revealed that four finalists have been named as winners of the 2020 HTNG TechOvation Award competition. The winning solutions are enseoCONNECT by Enseo, InnSpire ReviewMagic.AI by InnSpire, Nonius Cast by Nonius, and YooniK ID by YooniK.

Cendyn, the leading innovator in CRM, digital marketing, sales, and revenue strategy for the hospitality industry, announced today a collaboration with DerbySoft, a distribution and digital marketing services platform focused across the hospitality sector.

As the global hospitality industry prepares for reopening, hotel employees will be required to follow new policies and procedures and assume expanded roles that will necessitate significant communication and training. To help prepare these valued workers for what lies ahead, Beekeeper is hosting the fourth event in its COVID-19 Webinar Series titled "The Hotelier's Guide to Mastering the Next Normal." During this 60-minute on-line forum, a panel of world-class hospitality experts will reveal how they are tackling the challenges at hand, keeping in mind the regional variables and where they lie on the recovery curve.

Several hotel-casinos across the states in the US are re-opening this week, offering a glimpse of how the industry will recover amid social distancing. As your property emerges from hibernation mode, build a phased recovery plan that ramps up slowly as your casino reopens. Do this in collaboration with all relevant teams so everyone is aligned and ready to hit the ground running as a cohesive unit.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that it is delivering a broad range of solutions designed to help their customers rapidly adapt to the COVID-19 "New Normal" world. These solutions have already been implemented with customers and are delivering impressive returns on investment.

While there have been many advances and innovation in the distribution channel, payments have not evolved at the same pace due to their intrinsic complexity. There are many forms of payment used in the indirect sales channel and each one of them has different payment and processing instructions. This hinders hotel reservations and front of desk operations causing inefficiencies and overhead costs; ultimately affecting the traveler's experience at the property.

As hotels around the world gradually reopen following closures brought about by the COVID-19 crisis, they face the daunting challenge of balancing the need to bring guests back with the importance of keeping them safe and healthy. Hotels that reopen typically must adhere to strict guidelines around social distancing, cleanliness and sanitation, and reduced capacity across rooms and outlets. At the same time, competition among hotels for the returning business threatens to put downward pressure on rates. All of this translates into increased costs, thinner margins, and a slew of other financial and operational risks.

The world is changing, and so is the global hospitality environment. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new safety culture is emerging that requires the hotel workforce to engage with guests, management, and each other digitally to honor social distancing mandates and help stop virus spread.

The travel industry has come to a halt with the COVID-19 virus causing a third of the world's population to stay home and forcing the majority of the world to practice social distancing. The virus is (hopefully) a short-term threat to what has been a vibrant and growing industry over the last decade. But the virus is far from the only invisible threat to the travel industry. There are several long-term key threats to both travelers and travel providers related to technology. The technology story of the last decade in travel is one of fragmentation and consolidation.

The results are in from two Cendyn surveys polling hoteliers across the globe on how they are coping with the effects of COVID-19. Gauge the industry pulse and read first-hand accounts of how hoteliers are dealing with the coronavirus on both an individual level and as an operation.