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Leading hospitality technology platform provider, FCS Computer Systems (FCS), is bringing together the hospitality industry's leaders to provide a platform for innovation, critical thinking, solution sharing, learning and development.

London, RateGain, the leader in providing innovative price intelligence and revenue management solutions for travel and hospitality industries, today announced the release of DataSure, a unique machine learning-enabled data quality and data profiling framework that speedily identifies, learns and fixes data sufficiency issues for each and every report generated. The launch of DataSure would improve and enhance the accuracy level of the data which will be delivered to RateGain's partner hotels so that they are better equipped to make more effective and informed decisions. The accuracy check process is executed through in-house built artificial intelligence and machine learning systems.

Switching to a new property management system can feel like a huge, complicated process. The research phase alone can take months, followed by difficult (and confusing) pricing discussions, complex set-ups, and long lead times before going live. But it doesn't need to be this way. To make things a little easier, apaleo has created a comprehensive guide to help hotels navigate the entire PMS landscape.

Coming on the heels of yesterday's unveiling of Google Assistant Interpreter Mode at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Volara - the voice hub for the hotel industry - and Dream Hotel Group announce a fully integrated hospitality-grade deployment of Google's live translation technology covering dozens of languages. Complementing Volara's market-leading voice-based conversation-management tools, patent-pending Accuracy Engine, and secure integrations hub available in all Volara solutions, the new technology from Google will greatly improve the quality of interactions between hotel staff and guests from around the world, resulting in better communications and high-value guest service.

PUNTA NIZUC, Cancun, Mexico - NIZUC Resort & Spa, the award-winning luxury resort, has selected ALICE to enhance their internal communication, employee accountability, and guest satisfaction. ALICE is the hospitality industry's leading operations technology, creating a unified hospitality experience. The tool connects all hotel departments within one platform enabling staff to interact with both the guest and each other to deliver the best service possible. Last year, ALICE acquired concierge software provider GoConcierge to augment its technology and customer service offerings.

Intelity™, the industry's first enterprise guest engagement and staff management platform, is announcing its partnership with Acuant, a leading Identity Proofing Platform. Through this partnership, Intelity's customers will soon be able to offer their guests remote identity check as part of the existing mobile check-in process to further streamline the guest experience before they step foot onto a property.

Orlando, FL - Hapi, a transformative new data streaming, integration and enrichment platform designed to solve the hotel industry's rapidly expanding data integration challenges, announced today the appointment of Brad More as Chief Architect for the company. More is a seasoned industry leader with a profound knowledge of hospitality technology and innovation developed over more than two decades. In his new role as Chief Architect for Hapi, he will be responsible for designing and implementing client solution architecture that best leverages Hapi's unique integration and data management capabilities, while engaging internally to further broaden the Hapi platform's functionality, flexibility, and robustness.

Alpharetta, GA. — Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Kiawah Island Golf Resort has implemented Agilysys' new online reservations solution, rGuest® Book. The resort chose the new booking solution to offer new and returning guests a user-friendly and effortless reservation process. Within the first 30 days of deploying rGuest Book, Kiawah Island Golf Resort more than tripled their bookings.

DALLAS - OpenKey, the industry standard for universal mobile key in hotels, expects to build on an impressive 2018 performance by reaching a key milestone in 2019. Following a 970 percent increase in keys issued among OpenKey client hotels last year, OpenKey is projecting performance to reach 100,000 mobile keys a month in 2019.