As travelers become more favorable towards implementing technological advances in their trips and experiences, the same desire for streamlined accessibility and convenience has emerged for their hotel check-in and home-living as well. That's why Mayumi, a new 35-unit boutique hotel nestled in Culver City, California, has partnered with OpenKey, the industry standard for universal mobile key technology in hotels. Through this partnership, the Mayumi Hotel now offers an experience-focused technology platform with a mobile access solution that grants guests keyless access to their short- and long-term living spaces.

Cendyn, the leading CRM and sales platform in the hospitality industry, has been nominated for two World Travel Awards across three regions; Leading Hotel CRM Technology Provider 2018 and Leading Data Driven Marketing Agency 2018 in North America, Asia and Europe.

Texting has emerged as one of the most popular ways for hotels to communicate with their guests. However, the time-consuming nature of one-on-one text messaging makes it seem at times at odds with the busy atmosphere of the front desk. A tool such as guest messaging automation increases employee productivity as it enables hoteliers to spend less time doing the actual sending and more time communicating.

How do you communicate with your guests once they've made a booking? Before answering this, think for a minute about all the different ways a guest could book a reservation with your hotel – direct, OTA or travel agent to name a few. Also think about how many reasons there are for travelling – business, vacation, family, friends etc. Given this, now think about how you are communicating with every one of those guests:

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management software and advisory services, is pleased to announce that Italy's Eden Hotels & Resorts has chosen IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (IDeaS G3 RMS) to maximise its revenue growth and competitiveness.

ALICE Senior Sales Executive Gillian Feldman has relocated to Los Angeles to scale growth in the California market. 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. Following its $26M Series B funding in 2017, ALICE acquired California-based concierge software provider GoConcierge. The merger with GoConcierge has allowed ALICE to upgrade their services with existing clients and greatly accelerate the pace of new opportunities.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions (IDeaS) is proud to announce that more than 100 Preferred Hotels & Resorts properties have installed IDeaS revenue management technology. With nearly three decades of innovation in hospitality technology, IDeaS' solutions equip this group of independent hotels worldwide with a clear view of their data across more than 100 word-wide hotels with 22,000 guest rooms. Through pricing, forecasting and optimization strategies, Preferred Hotels & Resorts' properties have leveraged IDeaS for greater control over their business performance to drive improved profits and productivity.

In keeping with its paperless initiative to protect the environment, Central Hotels has entered into an agreement with Crave Interactive to install digital Guest Room Tablet directories across its hotels. Crave Interactive is a world leading developer of cloud-based digital guest service solutions for hotels and was recently named as 2018's top-rated guest room tablet provider in the Hotel Tech Report Awards.

Global hospitality management software company Xn protel Systems has announced today that the stunning, super-yacht style, Southampton Harbour Hotel in the UK has successfully piloted its Point of Sale system, xnPOS. The implementation included both traditional terminals and mobile devices across the hotel's extensive F&B operation, giving staff the right tools to deliver service wherever it is needed. The xnPOS implementation also included interfaces to the Oracle Hospitality OPERA property management system and Procure Wizard's enterprise stock and procurement solution.

dormakaba, one of the top three companies in the global market for access and security solutions, and the provider of Saflok™ and Ilco™ electronic locks, will be at HD Expo booth 3669. dormakaba will present its full suite of property entrance, opening solutions, access control systems, and electronic locks. dormakaba also partnered with Hilton and Hospitality Design in booth 1883 to debut its Quantum Pixel RFID mobile access door lock for a luxury guest room prototype called The Box. For more information on dormakaba hotel entrance, interior glass solutions, movable wall, access control systems, and electronic lock systems, click here.