MIWA Lock Company, Japan's foremost provider of high-performance locks and security systems, announces a partnership and integration with OpenKey, the industry standard for Universal mobile key in hotels. The partnership will bring the enterprise grade security and stability of the OpenKey platform as the mobile keyless entry system for all MIWA digital locks with Bluetooth Low Energy functionality.

Guestline is introducing its Guestline Connect Partner programme, to highlight the expanding range of integrated partner software solutions available to its hospitality customers. The new programme will be launched at ITB Berlin which takes place at Messe Berlin from 7 – 11 March 2018.

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, today announced an enhanced technology agreement with Cendyn, the best-in-class customer relationship management (CRM) solutions provider. This arrangement expedites Sabre's rollout of new, intelligent guest profile and experience management capabilites through the SynXis Enterprise platform that will revolutionize insights and personalization opportunities for the hospitality industry.

San Francisco's Hotel Zelos, a Viceroy Hotel, has selected ALICE's suite of hotel technologies to streamline staff operations and enhance the guest experience. Hotel Zelos, which joins sister properties Hotel Zetta and Hotel Zeppelin on the ALICE platform, is using ALICE's concierge software, ALICE Concierge, ALICE's housekeeping and maintenance software, ALICE Staff, and the company's guest text messaging solution, ALICE Guest. 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.

Voice interaction and smart speakers are shifting the paradigm on how people interact with their technology at home, and many businesses are scrambling to adopt this same technology in the workplace to drive efficiency and productivity. A key challenge in the adoption of voice technology is the integration with existing legacy platforms and tools.

Aptech Computer Systems announced that Panache Management selected Aptech's Execuvue Hospitality Business Intelligence and PVNG Enterprise Accounting Systems. Panache will implement the solutions to streamline property data gathering, performance analysis, and centralize financial reporting for its eight hotels. Panache manages hotel brands with equity-interest. Its portfolio includes Hilton, Marriott, InterContinental, Choice, and boutique hotels.

The latest trend in the Nordics is likely to arrive at a destination near you: the staffless hotel. Scandinavian hotel chains such as PLACE TO SLEEP have discovered the keys to operating successful franchises without a reception or front desk. There are, of course, still humans to take care of housekeeping and maintenance, and live support is always available by phone, but the daily business of a staffless hotel happens without hotel-based personnel.

Crave Interactive, the world leading developer of cloud-based digital guest service solutions for hotels, today announced a partnership with Texas located Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center to provide a revolutionary digital guest experience in all 318 of its spacious suites with Crave's latest in-room tablets.

Cloud technology and next-level integrations are accelerating the hospitality industry's ability to access, store and leverage data across multiple systems. Since 2005, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management solutions (RMS) and advisory services, and protel hotelsoftware GmbH, innovative provider of on-site and cloud-based advanced property management systems (PMS), have jointly enabled hotels to drive efficiency and productivity through the integration of powerful solutions. This latest advancement provides a single integration to seamlessly connect between any of the best-of-breed-solutions offered by protel.I/O and IDeaS advanced RMS.

Cloud technology and next-level integrations are accelerating the hospitality industry's ability to access, store and leverage data across multiple systems. Since 2005, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management solutions (RMS) and advisory services, and protel hotelsoftware GmbH, innovative provider of on-site and cloud-based advanced property management systems (PMS), have jointly enabled hotels to drive efficiency and productivity through the integration of powerful solutions. This latest advancement provides a single integration to seamlessly connect between any of the best-of-breed-solutions offered by protel.I/O and IDeaS advanced RMS.