For the 9th year in a row, Newmarket, an Amadeus company, has been awarded an Achievement of Customer Excellence by Confirmit, an independent third party evaluation agency. The Award celebrates an outstanding achievement in building Voice of the Customer and Voice of the Employee programs that deliver tangible business improvements.

Hoteliers attending HITEC next month in Austin, Texas, will be introduced to new digital tools from RMS Hospitality Solutions that will greatly improve the way they manage real-time data and how they communicate with guests. For the first time at HITEC, RMS will showcase "The Hospitality Cloud" (also known as RMS 9+). This suite of a la carte technologies (including PMS, channel management, guest marketing, business intelligence, tour desk and more) is designed to improve reservation management efficiencies and increase bookings via seamless, real-time online bookings and channel management integration. More than 4,000 properties in 25 countries currently rely on RMS for their property solutions.

Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the membership association that unites the world's hospitality companies and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, announced the release of the Virtual Payment Cards Specification, which provides a standard mechanism for hotels to distinguish virtual cards from traditional cards and handle them more efficiently.

Hospitality software supplier Guestline are growing their portfolio across the East of England following fantastic results from hotels using Guestline software within the area. Washingborough Hall, a privately owned and managed Country House Hotel in Washingborough, near Lincoln are seeing impressive results from using Guestline's Rezlynx PMS and are demonstrating to other hoteliers the benefits of an integrated solution.

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Abacus International, the leading global distribution system (GDS) in the Asia-Pacific region. Abacus is currently owned by a consortium of 11 Asian airlines along with Sabre, which has a 35% stake in the company.

In its May 6, 2015 Travel and Hospitality special edition, CIO Review has recognized Cendyn/ONE, a leader in cloud- based CRM and Loyalty, Data-driven Digital Marketing and Interactive Design and Development, as one of the '20 Most Promising Travel and Hospitality Solutions Providers' for 2015. Cendyn/ONE also earned the issue's cover story, which details how Cendyn/ONE's full suite of products and services help hotels and resorts leverage data into profitable marketing campaigns and enhanced guest experiences.

Guestfolio, an award winning global CRM technology provider, today introduces Studio, the first email marketing builder designed specifically for hoteliers. Studio provides hotel marketing teams with an elegant solution for creating beautiful, rich HTML emails that ensure readability and results.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced general availability of the latest version of its Lodging Management System® (LMS) property management solution. LMS v7.3 includes a wide range of new industry-leading features and functionality — such as business analytics, point-to-point encryption and tokenization support for credit card transactions, and expanded reservation entry and search capabilities — that will allow customers to dramatically improve operations and ensure the security of guest financial data.

CHICAGO – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the membership association that unites the world's hospitality companies and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, announces the addition of three new members – all from management and ownership groups – to its Board of Governors.

Sabre Corporation announced today the launch of the SynXis Booking Engine in-context suite, a first-of-its-kind digital retailing solution to help hoteliers optimize their direct distribution channel – and provide travelers with new booking options to unlock the unique hotel experience that is right for them.