Nearly 70 percent of hotels are embracing some form of cloud-based solutions, according to the 2016 Lodging Technology Study. Experts say that new migrations will most likely occur for property-management systems leading into 2017. Hoteliers looking to upgrade their property systems, such as PMS, point of sale, central reservations, E-Mail, customer-relationship management, event management, sales and catering and more, can turn to a single source for all cloud-based solutions: RMS – The Hospitality Cloud. More than 4,000 properties in 25 countries already rely on this popular cloud-based platform.

– Cendyn is pleased to announce that Cain Meetings & Incentives (CMI) will be adopting the MetronXpress™ application. A strategic leader in creating customized corporate meetings and incentive travel, CMI turned to Cendyn to enhance their events technology while strengthening operational intelligence. CMI's customers span numerous industries and are located across the globe, entailing unique requirements that demand the highest attention to detail.

The influence of reviews on traveler's booking behaviors is well established. Some 95% of travelers consult reviews before making a purchase. And data from TripAdvisor reveals almost all of their visitors consult some 6- 12 reviews before purchasing a trip.

Guests have a right to complain if hotel staff does not respond to their text requests in about 12 minutes, to emails in 26 minutes, and via social media in 27 minutes or less, according to research compiled by hotel service innovator ALICE, info.aliceapp.com.

Aptech Computer Systems announced that The William Vale, in Brooklyn NY, installed Profitvue to manage financial processes and property accounting. The visually-striking 183-room William Vale is a new-build property that opened in summer 2016. Aptech is the leading provider of hospitality software for business intelligence, budgeting, and enterprise financial accounting. Click here for more on Aptech's products and services.

With over 77% of travellers checking reviews as part of their booking process, it's imperative for hotels to be actively encouraging guests to review their stay in order to drive their TripAdvisor ranking.

Guestline are pleased to welcome Emma Johnstone to the company to oversee the growth of their client base across the UK and global market. Operating in 20 countries across 5 continents, Johnstone will play a pivotal role in Guestline's expansion plans and will be focussed on developing partnerships with their customer base across all verticals in the hospitality sector.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management software solutions and advisory services, announced an agreement with Premier Inn Hotels LLC, to implement IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS), IDeaS Revenue Performance Insights™ (RPI) and IDeaS Advisory Services for select hotels across the Middle East.

It's no longer just about heads in beds. Every hotel needs a reason to exist today - a differentiator that attracts guests - which is why we're seeing an increasing number of lifestyle hotels. Yet I still find myself wishing a new category of hotel existed…what I'll call the "shared workspace hotel."

The programme will be launched at an event in November and will focus on improving operations and driving revenue into pubs offering accommodation. "Pub accommodation is a hugely important, but perhaps overlooked, element of the licensed hospitality offering. It was one of the standout success stories of this year's ALMR Christie & Co Benchmarking Report, showing the highest level of like-for-like growth across the whole of licensed hospitality.