Angie Hospitality, developer of the industry's first 24-hour interactive guest room assistant purpose-built for the hotel environment, has announced robust multilingual functionality to meet global demand for voice technology and to simplify international travel. Guests and staff who desire to interact with Angie in Spanish, French, German or Chinese will now have access to her full suite of voice control and touch screen features and solutions. These additional language capabilities ensure that guests have the ability to communicate and make requests using their preferred language without the need to learn English voice commands.

Volara will unveil new enhancements to its voice-based conversation-management software during HITEC Minneapolis next week. Volara's software turns popular voice assistants (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, IBM Watson, Smartbeings WooHoo®) into a hotel business tool that drives more efficient guest service, influences guests' behavior by promoting hotel amenities and guest activities, measurably improves net promoter scores up to 20 percent, and helps hoteliers understand their guests better.

When B.C. Lynd Hospitality opened the doors to the new Harlingen (Texas) Convention Center this month, the Quore workforce communication platform was there ensuring that all spaces looked their best, equipment functioned properly, and communication between facility staff, event planners and visitors was seamless. Based on the company's successful track record with Quore's housekeeping, work order automation, preventative maintenance and engineering software at six of its Marriott-branded hotels, the ownership, management and development company decided the solution was ideal for the new facility's 44,000 square feet of dedicated meeting and event space.

dormakaba, the provider of secure Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic door locks will demonstrate its new Saffire LX mobile-ready RFID guestroom electronic door lock for HITEC attendees at booth 1308. Saffire LX features reliable RFID technology in a contemporary design. Easy-to-use, flexible, and secure, Saffire LX gives hotels the option of offering guests RFID keycards or issuing mobile credentials to transform the guest experience. dormakaba is a total solution provider for the hospitality industry and one of the top three companies in the global market for access and security solutions. HITEC takes place June 17 - 20, 2019 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Click here for information on electronic door locks from dormakaba.

Cendyn, the leading provider of hotel CRM and hotel sales platforms in the hospitality industry, has been voted as Europe's Leading Hotel CRM Technology Provider and Europe's Data Driven Marketing Agency for 2019. The prestigious World Travel Awards recognizes companies, organizations and brands that push the boundaries of hospitality industry excellence.

Aptech Computer Systems will standardize Concord Hospitality's accounting processes for 112 hotels on the PVNG Enterprise Hotel Accounting System to support expansion of Concord's multi-brand portfolio. Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., Concord Hospitality holds more than three decades of experience in operating leading hotel brands including Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt, among others, in all economic cycles and markets throughout North America. Aptech Computer Systems is the leading provider of business intelligence, budgeting and forecasting, and enterprise hotel accounting software systems in the hospitality industry. The PVNG implementation is expected to take place this year and into early 2020.

TraknProtect, a leading provider of real-time location technology purpose-built for the hospitality environment, has been selected by HFTP (Hospitality Technology Financial Professionals) to present its award-winning solution during the Entrepreneur 20X (E20X) competition at this year's HITEC Minneapolis on June 17, 2019. During E20X, selected companies prepare and deliver four-minute presentations which are then judged by a panel of hospitality technology industry experts. At this year's event, TraknProtect will present its suite of location-based services, which includes a comprehensive safety button alert platform, in addition to advanced inventory-tracking technology.

New York and Menlo Park, Calif. — June 10, 2019 — Volara is now powering the independent WooHoo® Enterprise AI Assistant for hotels from SmartBeings. Through a technical integration and exclusive distribution arrangement, hotel guests can now speak or touch a screen to command the Volara-powered independent voice assistant solution to order toiletries, contact the valet, expedite check out, play music, and control room temperature, lighting, or curtains, among other powerful interactions. Volara's real-time conversation-management software and secure integrations hub connects WooHoo to more than 30 hotel technologies, giving travelers an immersive on-command experience that is engaging, modern, frictionless and fun.

Hoteliers looking for proven ways to attract and retain top talent should plan to attend a breakout session at HITEC Minneapolis this month led by Beekeeper. "Hospitality: The People Business" will take a hard look at employee engagement and how operations-focused communication strategies will help hotels thrive and keep employee satisfaction high despite current low unemployment rates and related retention hurdles. This "Tech Talk" will be held on Wednesday, June 19th at 2:00 p.m. in the HFTP Booth on the HITEC tradeshow floor (located at the end of aisles 2500 and 2600).

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