INTELITY™, the provider of the broadest hospitality technology platform on the market, has announced its partnership with payment provider, MyCheck, allowing guests to have the "Uber-type experience" of paying digitally with a single click. MyCheck's interface, when integrated with an INTELITY-powered mobile app, allows guests to process a broad array of payment types with their mobile device.

IHG and Shiji have enjoyed a strong relationship, resulting in Infrasys Cloud being listed on the IHG Global Procurement Standard list, as the preferred POS solution to empower IHG F&B outlets. Additionally, InterContinental Lhasa Paradise Hotel, situated in one of the highest elevated cities in the world, is the hotel going live with Infrasys on the same day of the event.

IDeaS announced today it has expanded its partnership with Springer-Miller Systems' SMS|Host (SMS) to provide two-way integration capabilities with IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS). This real-time functionality provides resorts and hotels with new levels of data-driven intelligence, occupancy and profitability.

Noble House Hotels and Resorts, Ltd., a hotel ownership and management group with an upscale portfolio of 20 distinct and visually captivating properties spanning the U.S., is making efforts to further enhance their data protection efforts by shifting from VENZA's Denali™ program to the more advanced Everest™ program. After 4 years of success utilizing Denali™, the change brings a myriad of increased functionality and benefits to Noble House's fingertips. The VENZA Everest™ program addresses PCI requirements and helps hotels better safeguard their properties while satisfying compliance regulations; a natural progression increasing their existing security measures. The Everest™ package includes a policy template library, phishing campaigns, posters/job aids, webinars, internal vulnerability/breach scanning and data breach coverage. Additionally, 20 properties under the management of Noble House Hotels and Resorts will participate in PCI SAQ preparation, external ASV scanning (quarterly), endpoint protection, logging/alerting services and PCI SAQ portal access.

Shiji Group (“Shiji”) announces that it has acquired MyCheck, the leading payment and integration technology provider to the hospitality industry, from the technology venture capital fund of global businessman Eyal Ofer. The deal boosts the company’s growing number of strategic acquisitions in hospitality technology solutions.

Ever wonder what all the hotel industry associations out there do? Michael Blake of HTNG and David Sjolander of OpenTravel Alliance walk us through the maze of acronyms and explain why they are an indispensible part of the industry landscape: they’re in it for the long-haul, and their continued success depends on serving the needs of their members

Ireckonu has announced that Mandarin Oriental has renewed its partnership to utilize its Core and IKnowU products to better understand guests' preferences and needs.

Connecting with and effectively marketing to guests are big pain points in the hospitality industry. In an age where guests are inundated with content and have endless accommodation choices available at their fingertips, it can be challenging for hoteliers to reach their guests and maintain their attention. Technology, though a key contributor to the abundance of content and choices available to today's guest, can also help hotel marketers reach their target audience by providing them with the tools to deliver the right message to the right guests, at just the right time.

No matter how or where travelers shop, they want greater choice and convenience when booking a trip. Finding the right place to rest your head at night, can make a real difference to the overall travel experience.

The website is crucial for a hotel to market itself and a vital booking channel. Yet, most hotel websites aren’t being used to their full potential, writes dailypoint’s Michael Toedt. The reason for this is simple, the possibilities are unknown, or the wrong models are used.