Springer-Miller Systems (SMS), the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality and spa management systems, is pleased to now offer an SQL database deployment for its signature SMS|Host Property Management System. Springer-Miller customers will now have an option to utilize a more contemporary database architecture or remain on the current model.

dormakaba, the provider of Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic door locks will introduce the Saffire LX electronic door lock to HITEC attendees at booth 2401. Saffire LX is dormakaba's sleek BLE-enabled RFID access control solution for guest rooms, common areas and back of house use. HITEC takes place June 18 - 21, 2018 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX. For more information on dormakaba electronic locks and access control systems, click here.

Beekeeper is pleased to announce that its digital workforce platform is now serving as the hub for all operational communications at SIXTY Hotels, a collective of five singularly iconoclastic luxury lodgings in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Beekeeper is reaching each SIXTY Hotels employee with relevant messaging, engaging them and connecting them with one another. Comprised of a cloud-based web platform, mobile app and digital signage, Beekeeper is keeping property, guest and corporate information at employees' fingertips.

Springer-Miller Systems (SMS), the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality and spa management systems, announces the availability of version 7.0 of the SpaSoft Spa and Activity Management Solution.

For nearly 25 years, protel has successfully developed hotel management solutions that are in use in more than 14,000 hotels and over 90 countries. protel is the established market leader for PMS in Switzerland and Austria. To continue its strategic expansion, the company opened a branch in North America in mid-2017, where the protel team recently positioned itself in Atlanta. This has a clearly defined goal: acquiring hotel chains and groups along with individual hotels looking for a modern IT eco-system to centralize their heterogeneous system landscape.Customers around the world appreciate the specialized protel know-how and cutting-edge developments which revolve exclusively around hospitality. "We specialize in the hotel business, we speak the same language and have the same concept of service," says Manfred Osthues, co-owner of protel. "We handle the technological challenges, the digitization, the hotel-specific requirements and support the industry with cloud-based and on-premise solutions that enable centralized hotel management and, above all, are secure!"

In the hospitality industry, current business dashboards provide little holistic value to decision makers and measure availability and performance from a limited, static perspective. Today, Cloud5 introduces a new concept that will provide the industry with access to real-time predictive insights by expanding the traditional dashboard to include all networked systems that affect the guest experience. Members of its now-forming HDX Advisory Board will have exclusive access to the first-in-market strategy as well as the opportunity to participate in the evolution of the HDX solution.

ALICE, the hospitality industry's leading operations platform, will showcase its product portfolio of six hotel management and guest engagement products at this year's HITEC in Houston, June 18-22, at Booth 2319. Schedule an appointment with the ALICE team here.

KEYPR®, the technology company whose enterprise cloud platform is the leader in guest experience and hospitality management, is announcing its partnership with Nevaya, the go-to TV cloud entertainment company for hospitality, to create KEYPR TV. The new feature allows guests to stream content from their personal mobile devices or KEYPR's in-room tablets to hotel TVs, with no app downloads, required sign-ins, or overly-complex access codes.

Cendyn, the leading provider of hotel CRM and sales platforms, announced the next-generation release of its Cendyn eNgage guest intelligence solution. Advancements include enhanced user interface, reporting, rules engine and personalization options.

Angie Hospitality, developer of the world's first enterprise-class, cloud-managed interactive guest room assistant, built specifically for the hospitality environment, announces that its CEO, Ted Helvey, has been selected to present a "Tech Talk" session at HITEC Houston, taking place June 18-21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The presentation, entitled "Purpose-Built vs. Off-the-Shelf Technology for Hotels," will take place in HFTP's booth #1630 on the tradeshow floor on Wednesday, June 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., and will educate hotelier attendees on the critical differences between purpose-built technologies and standard consumer devices that have been adapted for the hotel environment.