Walker Hotel is expanding its ALICE partnership with its soon-to-open Tribeca location after celebrating a fruitful implementation at Walker Hotel Greenwich Village. Walker Hotel Tribeca is slated to open in Spring 2019 and will use ALICE to streamline staff communication, manage productivity, and execute service promptly on maintenance and guest requests. ALICE is the hospitality industry's leading operations technology, connecting every department of the hotel with one platform for all staff communication and guest requests.

Stockholm - ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions has announced the successful implementation of VingCard Essence door locks at the Pangea Pod Hotel, a recently opened property based in Whistler, Canada, that provides its guests with the latest in comfort and convenience while ensuring privacy and low pricing via its unique pod-based design. With guests able to check themselves in using a self-service kiosk, the presence of Essence door locks works to extend feelings of enhanced convenience throughout the premises as guests either enter the building or attempt to access certain areas, while always maintaining the highest security standards.

Buying hotel technology today is too hard, says protel’s Pete Simpson. The sales cycle today is a long, tortuous path for the average hotelier. Even when hoteliers know what technology they want to deploy in their hotels and already have a firm commitment from their management teams, it still takes many months to source, buy, deploy and finally have the software operational.

Eleven​, the pioneer in cloud-based guest Wi-Fi management software, has published ​The Evolution of Hotel Wi-Fi eBook​.

Sabre has partnered with Visa to support the growth of business-to-business (B2B) virtual payments in the travel industry.

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, announced recently that it has successfully completed the migration of La Quinta by Wyndham properties to the Sabre Hospitality Solutions industry-leading SynXis Platform.

May 14th - 16th - Ireckonu will showcase their revolutionary middleware solution at IHTF Croatia as VP of Sales, Kees van Donk, looks to ferment Ireckonu as the most important innovator in hospitality tech. IHTF brings together an abundance of hoteliers, OTA's and solution providers in order to network, discuss industry pain points, and present newfound opportunities to deliver smarter solutions for hotels and guests alike.

The evolution of revenue management and success for the next generation of hotel managers are intertwined, not to say inextricably linked, writes Dr. Ravi Mehrotra, founder and president of IDeaS. Based on more than thirty years of experience in the space, he offers observations on how that is so—and where the future may lead.

Cloud5 Communications, the leading communications technology and services provider for the hospitality industry, has recently completed the installation of a high speed internet access (HSIA) solution at SpringHill Suites by Marriott, Morgantown, WV. The advanced HSIA network ensures that the property continues to provide the highest level of connectivity for guest satisfaction and meets Marriott's latest Global Property Network Standards (GPNS) for Internet.

Volara - the fully integrated voice-based conversation management software for the hotel industry - and Schneider Electric, the global leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, have signed a partnership agreement to combine their automation and voice technology expertise to co-develop new innovative solutions in the hospitality industry. Together, Schneider Electric and Volara will provide intuitive voice activated guest room control that enhances the guest experience and provides enriched analytic capabilities that can improve operational efficiency for the hotel.