Budget season is over, and hotel owners/operators are breathing sighs of relief now that they're through with the arduous weeks — maybe even months— of prepping annual budgets and taking care of a backlog of capital requests. Quore, an award-winning provider of workforce communication and engineering/housekeeping management technologies, has a tool that is helping multi-property management companies make better financial decisions by staying on top of all property-level capital requests. The CapEx app customizes and automates the flow of approved expenses for increased efficiency. The tool - tied to the hotel inventory within Quore - also makes it easy to track warranty information on inventory assets, giving management an accurate budgetary forecast on any items that might need replacing over time.

TraknProtect, a leading provider of real-time location technology purpose-built for the hospitality industry, has announced the launch of a specially developed educational series on staff safety legislation, compliance and implementation. The series kicked off last week with the premiere of TrakCast, a new podcast dedicated to educating the industry on advances in hospitality technology.

Stonebridge Companies does it all—ownership, management and hospitality development—so why shouldn't they tackle their own PCI DSS Compliance? With the help of the right product and VENZA's proprietary Compliance Portal and SAQ Wizard, Stonebridge Companies will be doing just that.

With careful planning, you can infuse your lead acquisition with strategic hooks about your hotel that propel conversion. These hooks help you better understand each lead, which in turn help you craft targeted content that resonates. Think about what's important to those in your database, what are they looking for that only your hotel can provide?

Cloud5 Communications ("Cloud5" or "The Company") announced today that funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. ("Oaktree"), one of its primary investors, has acquired a majority interest position in the Company. Cloud5 Communications is a leading provider of communications solutions for the world's top hotel brands and management companies.

Kintetsu Miyako Hotels International, one of the leading hotel groups in Japan, has signed an agreement with D-EDGE Hospitality Solutions, the leading-edge cloud-based e-commerce solutions provider, to achieve its strategic plans to drive direct revenue.

InnSpire, an award-winning provider of guest engagement, digital entertainment and business intelligence solutions for the global hospitality industry, has successfully implemented a highly customized cloud-based Wi-Fi network infrastructure, along with its IPTV guestroom solution at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. Leveraging the Zyxel Nebula Cloud Network Management system, InnSpire completed a complete overhaul of the property's previous ineffective and outdated wired guest internet to provide the latest guestroom entertainment and Wi-Fi platforms for the property, including interactive TVs with streaming and casting capabilities.

Seventy-nine percent of hoteliers and 45 percent of travel brands reported voice-enabled technology investment plans this year. Devices from Amazon, Google and Smartbeings are competing for a spot on the bedside table as more and more hotel brands and independent boutique hotels work with solutions providers on new ways to use these smart speakers to engage guests, drive revenues and improve operational efficiencies.

PITTSBURGH - Aptech Computer Systems, the industry standard for hospitality financial systems, announced The Mountain Club on Loon, a four-season ownership ski destination, implemented Aptech's PVNG Enterprise Back Office hotel accounting software system. Mountain Club on Loon is New Hampshire's premier condo hotel and spa ski resort. Aptech is an IBM Premier Solution Provider as well as a Prophix Premier Business Partner offering web-enabled business intelligence, budgeting, and hotel accounting software systems that are 100% hospitality specific. Click here for more on Aptech's products and services.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the world's leading provider of revenue management software and services, announced today it surpassed expectations for growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and now serves more than 4,000 hotels in 60 countries in the region. IDeaS attributes the unprecedented growth to hoteliers' embrace of its automated, revenue science solutions, which provide profit-optimizing decision empowerment to more than 11,000 hotels in 129 countries worldwide.