FCS Computer Systems (FCS), a leading comprehensive hospitality solutions and services provider, is set to provide visitors to this year's HITEC with information and demonstrations of the latest technological offerings designed to maximize hotel operations management, employee efficiency and guest service satisfaction. Taking place at the Austin Convention Center on June 15-18th, FCS will be showcasing its solutions at booth #357, with representatives available to provide details on the comprehensive FCS Rainbow Solution.

Kaba installed its Mobile Access Solutions at The Woodlands® Resort & Conference Center near Houston, Texas. This award winning property, owned by The Howard Hughes Corporation ® (NYSE: HHC), has 406 rooms and caters to conferences, business travelers and families. Kaba provides the Saflok™ and ILCO™ brands of electronic locks. Click here for information on Kaba electronic locks.

Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), an Amadeus company, today announced the Athens edition of Delphi.fdc, a cloud based product for Sales, Catering, and Event management. Delphi.fdc is an end-to-end sales and catering solution designed for organizations that sell and manage meeting and event space. Whether a hotel, stadium, restaurant, or convention center, Delphi.fdc assists sales teams to close more group meeting business, and catering teams to successfully execute on events. Delphi.fdc is a 100% cloud based solution built on the Force.com platform from Salesforce.

IDeaS Revenue Performance Insights™(RPI) and SAS Visual Analytics have been listed as a Champion in Info-Tech Research Group's Business Intelligence for Gaming, Hospitality and Leisure Vendor Landscape.

ASSA ABLOY Hospitality (formerly VingCard Elsafe) announces the launch of its new Certified Partnership Program, allowing third-party mobile application and solutions providers to integrate mobile access functionality into their existing mobile-based solutions for hoteliers. Adding ASSA ABLOY Hospitality's Mobile Access solution to existing hotel apps means that guests will be able to use their smartphone, device or smart watch as the key to their room, as well as to check-in and check-out. This new solution maximizes operational efficiency and guest loyalty, as well as reducing costs and driving revenue.

It is said that adversity can bestow unexpected benefits. This was the case 16 years ago when Highpointe Hotel Corporation searched for a new back office accounting system to weather the dreaded Y2K bug. The worldwide millennial computer meltdown never materialized. But Highpointe's vendor search resulted in a "successful long-term relationship" with Aptech Computer Systems that is still going strong, says Mark Pate, Highpointe's assistant controller/IT Director.

To enable marketers to improve on hotel-to-guest communications and track the success of each triggered marketing campaign, RMS Hospitality Solutions will demonstrate new Guest Marketing and Enterprise Reporting tools at HITEC next week in Austin, Texas. The RMS Guest Marketing suite enables hoteliers to send triggered correspondence, such as surveys and thank-yous, at pre-determined intervals to guests before, during and after each stay. The new Enterprise Reporting tool pre-schedules batch reports -- by group, hotel, region, room type etc. -- to the inbox of department managers or enterprise executives when they want it and as often as they need it. These solutions and many others that reside in The Hospitality Cloud will be on display June 16 to 18 at the Austin Convention Center in Booth 2207.

Kaba has expanded implementation of its Mobile Access Solutions across hospitality properties in North America and Europe. New US installs include full-service chain properties and luxury boutiques. Kaba comes to HITEC 2015 with hands-on mobile access solutions for attendees to experience the convenience of using their own iOS devices for room entry. Kaba mobile access is Apple Watch compatible, at HITEC visit Booth 1921 to see a demo and enter a drawing for your own Apple Watch. Kaba provides the Saflok™ and ILCO™ brands of electronic locks. Click here for information on Kaba electronic locks. Kaba RFID locks are mobile access readyAll Kaba RFID door locks shipped today are mobile-access compatible with iOS and Android devices to give operators a flexible choice of guest entry options. Kaba mobile locks utilize a cloud-based mobile access system and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to deliver a seamless, reliable and highly secure guest experience. Kaba's mobile access flexibility ensures that properties can deliver a guest experience that meets today's travelers emerging demands for mobile accessibility. Kaba's Mobile Key App offers hoteliers a choice of branding options depending on their overall mobile strategy to allow guests check-in online with their mobile device and use it during their stay as their very own mobile room key. Kaba Mobile Access: Security firstKaba's mobile access authorizations are encrypted in the Kaba system using the Legic Connect cloud solution. "Secured authorization is delivered to the hotel guest, and only decrypted within the guest room's door lock. This guarantees security with reliable, convenient access to hotel rooms and other secure areas," said Kaba's Head of Lodging Global Business Development, Alastair Cush. Kaba's RFID locks enhance the guest experience and provide a platform for future mobile technology expansion. Kaba leads the industry in developing and implementing total-enterprise security for guest doors, public spaces, and physical access in BLE, RFID and other platforms. Are you ready for mobile access? Download a 6-point checklist for hoteliersIs your property ready to install mobile access door lock systems for a superior guest experience? Find out now. Click here to download Kaba's white paper: "How Hoteliers Can Get to Secure Mobile Key: Understand what lies beyond the Tip of the Mobile Access Iceberg." Kaba – Beyond SecurityWith its innovative products, systems, and services, globally active technology group Kaba (SIX Swiss Exchange: KABN) is a leading provider of high quality access management solutions, locks, cylinders, physical access systems, enterprise data and time recording, and hotel access systems. The Group is also the global market leader for high security locks, key blanks, transponder keys, and key manufacturing machines. The listed Group employs around 9,000 people in more than 60 countries. For more than 150 years, Kaba has set trends in security and beyond – in terms of functionality, convenience, and design -- always with a focus on optimum value to customers. Kaba provides the Saflok and ILCO electronic locking solutions. www.kaba.com and www.kabalodging.com

Like many expanding hotel groups, Talash Hotels had an array of different property management systems across their estate with no standardised reporting and limited functionality. The group approached Guestline to review their IT infrastructure to provide a comprehensive, multi-functional property management and distribution solution that was fully integrated across the estate. As a leading supplier to the hospitality sector Guestline installed their cloud-hosted property management system, Rezlynx PMS, along with Guestline Distribution and EPoS.

While many industries are notorious for employee turnover, it is particularly painful for hospitality, where guest service is such a crucial part of the product. How painful? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the hospitality and leisure industry had the second largest number of employees voluntarily quit their jobs in 2014, with more than 6,000 people choosing to leave their current position.