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By Noah Lemiach, Head Concierge, SIXTY Hotels. 

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Ravi Angadi, the company's vice president of product management, will moderate a panel discussion at the 2017 Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention, which will be held April 10-13 at the San Diego Convention Center. The annual event is produced by the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA).

Hoteliers have an amazing collection of raw data, which when stitched together, form a digital trail of all the interactions that occurred during the guest journey. Predictive analytics, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), uses that data to segment guests. This allows marketers to move past basic audience characteristics and discover more specific, and more relevant, audience attributes that are at the foundation for marketing engagement and personalized product offerings.

Urbanest Darling Square (Urbanest), an intelligently designed student accommodation complex located in Sydney, Australia, has enhanced security and convenience by installing ASSA ABLOY Hospitality's Visionline wireless online solution alongside its VingCard Signature RFID door locks, equipped with mobile access compatibility. The locking solutions will work in tandem with ASSA ABLOY Hospitality's mobile app to create convenient mobile access for Urbanest's residents.

Hollywood's iconic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is using ALICE to optimize staff communication and increase guest satisfaction. The Hollywood Roosevelt, rated number 14 out of 300+ hotels in Los Angeles county, continues to prioritize guest experience, implementing ALICE Staff, ALICE's software module for guest request management in November 2016.

On March 3, 2017, IDeaS Revenue Solutions acquired the business assets of Smart Space Strategy Limited. Smart Space pioneered a cloud-based, visual strategy management solution that helps companies analyse the business trends and performance of meeting and event space within hotels and conference centre venues.

Otrum Digital Signage is now integrated with the D/T line series of Philips professional display solutions. Otrum's R&D team have worked in close cooperation with Philips to create a powerful solution on Philips' integrated Android operating platform.

HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts (HotelREZ) and Guestline ink new partnership agreement to provide full service representation to hotels via HotelREZ's own HO chain code on the GDS.

IHMG - International Hotel Management Group - has successfully implemented Guestline's award winning cloud hosted hospitality software. This includes the roll out of property management system Rezlynx, alongside Guestline Distribution, PCI & Rezlynx mobile into their portfolio of unique hotels across The Netherlands, Belgium and France.