Cloudbeds and Only Apartments have teamed up to give vacation rental owners more options to distribute on a global scale. Vacation rental owners using myallocator can now easily list their inventory on Only Apartments and join their extensive network of properties.

Hospitality operations platform ALICE announces Remixto has adopted its ALICE Suite products ALICE Staff and ALICE Guest to improve staff coordination and guest access to services across the company's portfolio of vacation homes in Mérida and along Yucatan's Emerald Coast in Mexico.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. -- In a price sensitive market where much of the buying takes place online, it's not unusual for a hotel to sell its cheaper room types first, then struggle to fill the more expensive options. A new Upgrader feature from RMS Hospitality Solutions is helping hoteliers overcome this problem by prompting staff to offer last minute upgrades to guests upon arrival.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that The Mark Hotel in New York City has selected InfoGenesis® POS and InfoGenesis® Flex to streamline food and beverage operations at the 150-room luxury property. The agreement continues the expansion of the company's leadership position in the upscale hotel and resort market.

Guestline are pleased to announce that Legacy Hotels and Resorts are now live with the Rezlynx property management system across the portfolio and have reported a strong increase in Average Room Rate since the implementation. Legacy selected Rezlynx, part of Guestline's unique, cloud hosted suite of solutions for the hospitality industry, to assist them in increasing revenues, streamlining operations and lowering costs.

Global hospitality management software and services company Xn protel Systems today announced the go- live of two restaurants, out of sixteen contracted new sites, for the Little Group. They are the Little Mexico, Saadiyat Island and Little Paris, Corniche in Abu Dhabi. The further fourteen sites will be opening in Al Wahda Mall and Yas Mal in Abu Dhabi and La Mer in Dubai throughout 2017.

Northern California's bold new Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco welcomes ALICE as their preferred hotel operations platform. The software provides seamless integration with back of house systems & operations.

STOWE, VT — January 19, 2017 —Springer-Miller Systems (SMS), the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality and spa management systems, today announces the promotion of Carson Foerster to Director of Sales. As Director of Sales for Springer-Miller's hotel products, Foerster leads a team of Account Managers and Sales Managers focused on relationships and opportunities within the independent and chain hotel segments. With over 13 years of experience at Springer-Miller, he enjoys working closely with his accounts to better understand their business operations and assist them in leveraging their Springer-Miller Software to better drive revenue and guest service. Foerster joined Springer-Miller as an Installation & Training Specialist and also served as an Implementation Coordinator and Strategic Account Manager. He has Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and MBA degrees from Champlain College. Prior to joining Springer-Miller Systems, Foerster worked for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. "Carson's commitment to our customers and our company is extraordinary," commented Michelle Young, Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Springer-Miller Systems. "He has proven himself an essential link between Springer-Miller's high-profile, worldwide customers and our products and services." In addition, Brian Graffam has been promoted to Sales Manager for Springer-Miller's Corporate Accounts. James Osborn has been promoted to Regional Account Manager for Northern North America. In these roles, Graffam and Osborn will continue to build relationships and drive growth focused on Springer-Miller's luxury hotel products. "I'm very excited to be able to recognize their efforts and look forward to continuing to support their success in customer relationship building," continued Young. About Springer-Miller SystemsSince it was founded in 1984 in Stowe, Vermont, Springer-Miller Systems has been an innovator of technology systems for the world's most exclusive hotels, resorts and spas. The SMS|Host® Property Management System offers a complete set of fully-integrated modules enabling complex resorts to provide highly personalized guest service from front office to food & beverage to spa to the golf course and more. Springer-Miller's SpaSoft® provides a dynamic spa and activities management solution used in more than 70% of the world's Forbes Five Star Spas Visit www.springermiller.com for more information.

Hospitality software company Cendyn marked its 20th anniversary with the introduction of a new brand and repositioning of its comprehensive suite of products.

Technologies that were big in 2016, and are only getting bigger. Happy staff = happy guests, and 2016 was the year where staff technology and back of house operations finally got the attention and validation it deserves. Until last year, most attention was on guest technology, particularly on guest apps and on guest- facing innovation, like keyless entry and in-room controls. Companies like Marriott and IHG poured millions into their mobile guest applications, while their staff were left to fumble with clunky, poorly designed systems. Staff are the heart of hospitality. Without them, hotels are just real estate.