PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PAR) and the leading provider of custom guest-centric hospitality management systems, today announces that Kiva Dunes has selected the SMS|Host Hospitality Management and Owner Fulfillment System for their luxury resort in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Long standing Guestline customers, Corus Hotel Group, have recently implemented Guestline's integrated EPoS solution across their hotel and restaurant portfolio to further embrace cloud technology following a successful installation at their Berkshire hotel, Burnham Beeches.

As part of its unveiling of "The Hospitality Cloud" (also called RMS 9+) at HITEC next month in Austin, Texas, RMS Hospitality Solutions will showcase its new mobile platform delivering instant remote access to the key cloud elements hoteliers use most while away from their offices, including guest search, housekeeping/maintenance tasks and snapshot reports. Running on any mobile device that displays an HTML5 browser (such as IE, Safari, Chrome or Firefox), RMS 9+ Mobile will be featured in Booth #2207 June 16 to 18 at the Austin (Texas) Convention Center.

Hotel security innovator VingCard Elsafe has changed its name to ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, effective June 1, 2015. This new identity allows the company to draw upon the vast resources of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, and positions it to better meet the evolving needs of the hospitality industry.

Hoteliers attending HITEC next month in Austin, Texas, will be introduced to a new ePOS from RMS Hospitality Solutions that is packed with flexibility. The cloud-based, touchscreen point-of-sale system features digital menu boards, kitchen video screens, customer-facing displays for advertising, and integrated security cameras. Mobile software for smartphones and tablets also is featured to support remote self-service ordering by guests. The solution comes equipped with an integrated web store for online ordering and features web reports that are ideal for multi- venue properties or franchise businesses. The RMS ePOS will be on display June 16 to 18 at the Austin (Texas) Convention Center in Booth #2207.

This viewpoint is about money and baseball. Hotel company financial executives are like the general manager of the baseball team in Michael Lewis' book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. The book argues that the Oakland A's' front office took advantage of innovative analytical measures of player performance to field a team that could better compete against richer competitors in Major League Baseball. If you are in the hotel business and are not familiar with the book or the movie starring Brad Pitt as Billy Bean, GM of the Oakland A's, you may find it educational because Moneyball is about how to use creative data analysis to compete more successfully.

The Best Western Premier Sukhumvit and Best Western Plus @20 Sukhumvit in Bangkok, Thailand have seen an increase in revenue and a reduction in costs since installing Guestline's cloud hosted property management system, Rezlynx.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announced a strategic partnership with hotel reputation company Revinate, empowering customers of both companies to leverage online reputation data for better pricing power.

One of the biggest nightmares for a hotel is a credit card data breach. The Jefferson Hotel and Keswick Hall and Golf Club addressed this issue head-on in June of 2014 by implementing Sertifi. With Sertifi, the properties adhere to PCI Security Standards when collecting all guest credit card payments and automate core business processes. Sertifi helped the properties abolish sluggish paper-based processes within several groups including Sales and Catering, Reservations, Front Desk and the Retail Shop.

Euro-flavoured Halcyon House at Cabarita Beach in New South Wales Australia, has successfully implemented protel's international property management system "protel single property edition" and the Xn Point-Of-Sale system by Xn Hotel Systems.