INTEREL, the award-winning provider of hospitality guest room management solutions, and Angie Hospitality, creator of award-winning Angie, the world's first cloud-powered, interactive guest room assistant created just for hotels, have partnered to enable guests to control temperature, lights, curtains, and more, conveniently through voice commands.

With the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now in effect, Beekeeper is pleased to announce that it is now ISO 27001 Certified in addition to being GDPR compliant. Published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the ISO standard is protecting intellectual property, employee details, and information entrusted to Beekeeper by third parties. As a SaaS offering and recognized data processor, Beekeeper has completed all necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure that its product and services will reduce its customers' risk significantly in the digital workplace.

Cendyn, the leading provider of hotel CRM and hotel sales platforms in the hospitality industry, announced a new partnership with Hedgehog, a digital consultancy, to integrate Cendyn's eInsight customer relationship management (CRM) solution with the Sitecore® Experience Platform™ (CXP) to deliver powerful personalized digital experiences.

Hoteliers unanimously agree: the distribution landscape is more complicated than ever before. As the consumer buying experience evolves and adapts to new interfaces like voice-enabled artificial intelligence, hotels seek the same level of sophisticated innovation in their revenue technology. Dynamic pricing and personalized offers are as pertinent as ever to compete with OTAs and the sharing economy to boost direct sales and profitability.

The Colony Hotel has selected ALICE to upgrade their staff communications and back of house operations at their hidden oasis in the heart of Palm Beach. 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. ALICE recently acquired concierge software provider GoConcierge to augment its technology and customer service offering.

The Best Western Sure Stay Plus Sukhumvit 2 has appointed leading global hospitality software business Guestline to provide its cloud-based hospitality technology solutions to manage the hotel's operational and distribution requirements.

Bulk TV & Internet ("Bulk TV") a leading integrator of enterprise video, data and voice solutions is pleased to announce its acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners ("Marlin") and its merger with DCI Design Communications ("DCI"), a leader in data, voice and unified communications. The agreement will consolidate assets and operations of Bulk TV and DCI, as well as those of EthoStream, which was acquired by DCI in March 2017. This combined entity of network technology systems will deliver a true triple-play offering for converged video, data and voice solutions for the hospitality and healthcare industries. The newly combined company has a portfolio that provides services to more than 1,000,000 rooms in thousands of properties nationwide.

dormakaba, the provider of Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic door locks, will demonstrate its secure, easy-to-use Ambiance Access Management Software and mobile tablet key encoding system at HITEC booth 2401. Ambiance is globally available for all Saflok System 6000 users and is scalable to make it a perfect upgrade for any property that wants to offer guests the latest RFID platform for electronic door locks with the convenience of mobile access. Visit dormakaba in booth 2401 at HITEC Houston, June 18 - 21, 2018 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX.

Guestline is a market leading technology company for hospitality businesses offering a powerful combination of hospitality expertise backed by customer first technology and outstanding service.

Following rigorous competition, EyeforTravel Europe has awarded apaleo its 2018 Startup Award during its conference in London. The leading innovators in travel technology, which are building solutions in marketing, AI, social, mobile, and cloud-based technologies, applied for a chance to compete for this prestigious award. 12 companies were shortlisted and invited to present to judges, investors and audience members at the event before a winner was selected. apaleo ran away with 40% of the votes.