Infor, a leading provider of business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement in which Koch Equity Development LLC ("KED"), the investment and acquisition subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., has agreed to make an investment of more than $2 billion in the company. The investment will provide Infor access to additional growth capital to accelerate innovation, expand distribution, and continue disrupting the enterprise applications industry.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that due to continued growth across its global markets, the company has opened a U.K. office to serve the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. James Slatter has been named managing director of the new office, which is located at 59-60 Thames Street in Windsor. Slatter will report to Agilysys Senior Vice President of Global Revenue, Jim Walker.

Cloud5 is helping hotel brands and independents cut communications costs by an average of 50% and future-proof their network strategies, with a proprietary, hospitality-specific SIP Trunking solution. The seamless deployment of Cloud5 SIP service with existing hotel PBX hardware and systems eliminates high-cost carrier lines, and prepares hotels to easily upgrade communications infrastructure in the future.

ALICE announced that Bahia Beach Resort & Golf Club, a five diamond resort in Puerto Rico, adopted ALICE Suite - a SaaS platform that completely connects the guest to the resort, and connects all service departments within a resort, to further reinforce and enhance the property's high levels of service for its guests and property owners.

LONDON — Nov. 10, 2016 — Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that the company will exhibit at HOSPACE 2016, the annual conference sponsored by the Hospitality Professionals Association (HOSPA), the U.K.'s leading non-profit educational organization for hospitality finance, revenue management and IT professionals. The conference will be held Thursday, Nov. 10, at Sofitel London Heathrow.

MONTREAL –  dormakaba Group, provider of Saflok and ILCO RFID and mobile access security solutions, announced the 186-room Moxy Tempe, AZ hotel installed Saflok Quantum RFID mobile access electronic door locks. Moxy is Marriott International's edgy new lifestyle brand with the first Moxy debuting in the United States this year in Tempe, AZ and managed by Newport Beach, CA-based Twenty Four Seven Hotels www.247hotels.com. Click here for information on electronic door locks from the dormakaba Group.

Guestline have partnered with The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh to implement cloud hosted property management and distribution solutions in their four-star, award winning hotel, Ten Hill Place, in Edinburgh. The hotel has recently celebrated becoming the tenth member of the BW Premier Collection making them the first in Scotland.

Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced the launch of an enhanced, integrated adaptive learning and forecasting engine for Infor EzRMS. The engine introduces several new forecasting algorithms, including dynamic trend modelling, combined with latest machine learning techniques, that help to provide improved forecasts and optimizations to the hospitality industry.

dormakaba has signed an agreement to acquire US-based Mesker Openings Group and expects to close the transaction in 2016 upon the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. With the consummation of the acquisition of Mesker, a leader in the commercial door and hardware industry in the USA, dormakaba will increase the breadth of its product offering in North America. "The acquisition of Mesker is a continuation of the industrial logic underlying the merger to dormakaba and a consistent implementation step of our strategy for North America", says CEO Riet Cadonau. "It will expand our offering in North American to include all essential door components as well as secure access to buildings and rooms from a single source."

FCS Computer Systems (FCS), a leading comprehensive hospitality solutions and services provider, has announced the general availability of FCS e-Connect V3.1 and m-Connect V3.1, providing hoteliers with a means to streamline even more functions related to guest request and work order dispatch management. Already recognized as an industry leading solution for enhancing property wide communication and task status tracking functionality, the latest versions of e-Connect and m-Connect are expected to push the envelope on a hotel's ability to deliver excellence in service.