Focus Hotels Management is a leading independent hotel management company in the UK, with associated companies in Ireland and Germany. The group's current portfolio consists of 26 hotels with 3,700 bedrooms, comprising both independent hotels and franchises.

Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, today announced a series of specifications that help hotels improve guest satisfaction and front-office efficiency. The specifications create standard ways for hotels to know immediately if an in-room device malfunctions, to ensure that customer service issues are known across the property and allow guest folio payment transactions to be processed even if the PMS system is down.

PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (PSMS) announced today it received two awards from Network Products Guide during their annual Hot Companies and Best Products event. PSMS received a Gold award for Innovative Company of the Year and a Bronze award for Best New Information Technology Software Company of the Year. The Technology Software Company award recognizes the ATRIO Guest Experience Management Platform for the hotel industry. PSMS is a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR).

Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced that JGB Properties, Hotel Clarence and The Red Mill Inn, have selected Infor Hospitality to provide a more complete solution for managing multiple hotel functions. Infor HMS will work to combine reservations, guest history, front office, and guest accounting functions, providing a centralized, unified look at guests and business performance to help Hotel Clarence and The Red Mill Inn boost revenues by selling more rooms at the best possible rate.

All housekeeping functions in the palm of your hand: With "protel Housekeeping" protel hotelsoftware from Dortmund, Germany, presents yet another mobile solution for the hotel industry. The native app for the Apple iPod touch and the iPhone connects housekeeping staff and janitors with the front office in real time, substantially speeding up the information exchange in regard to the current room status. The app is available in the Apple App Store.

Eleven Wireless, a leader in hospitality technology, announces the appointment of Cyndi Shepley as Senior Vice President of Sales. With over three decades of hospitality sales and marketing experience, Shepley will play an essential role in expanding the company's customer base and product portfolio.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announced that Wanda Hotels and Resorts Co., Ltd. (Wanda) has expanded its working relationship with IDeaS across its entire portfolio of its own company managed hotels. It is estimated that IDeaS revenue management program will incorporate more than 50 Wanda hotels in China by 2015.As the hospitality industry's leading provider of pricing and revenue management solution, IDeaS provides hoteliers with management software, services and consulting to assist clients to establish standard operating procedures on revenue management, performance analysis and personnel training and help clients to find the revenue opportunity in every situation. IDeaS Revenue Management System (RMS), one of the flagship solutions of IDeaS, was specifically designed to make an immediate impact on a hotel's bottom line. Wanda has been using IDeaS Revenue Management System (RMS) in ten hotels across China that are overseen by other management companies. Given the success of these deployments, Wanda is expanding its approach to revenue management within its own company managed hotels to maximize revenue growth into the future. Wanda has ambitious development plan in its portfolio in China, so IDeaS will provide Wanda with IDeaS New Hotel Service Success Package (NHSSP) together with IDeaS RMS. IDeaS NHSSP enables IDeaS revenue management solutions to begin applying their advanced analytics as quickly as possible – even when the historical data typically required to build a system is not available. In addition, IDeaS will provide Wanda with ongoing strategic revenue management support through a highly skilled team of experienced revenue management professionals."We are honoured to have the opportunity to further support Wanda in building a robust revenue management culture and mechanism for its hotel network in China. We applaud their foresight and strategic vision in committing to revenue management best practice and expect that the work will bring a positive impact on the overall profitability of its hotels." said Michael Yin, Head of Sales – Greater China of IDeaS Revenue Solution."We are impressed by IDeaS' team of experienced professionals, expertise and cutting-edge solutions. Their offerings will be instrumental in improving our entire hotel portfolio's revenue management performance," said William Wang, Deputy General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Wanda Hotels and Resorts Co., Ltd.

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutionsfor the hospitality and retail industries, announced the release of its new mTablet mobile device and mStation stand. These stylish and durable devices provide first of their kind capabilities with full mobility and peripheral connectivity.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, announced that myhotels group is implementing IDeaS Pricing System at its three locations in the UK; myhotel Bloomsbury, myhotel Chelsea and myhotel Brighton.

At this week’s Ataway Exchange 2013, the leading hospitality digital marketing conference, Cendyn presented invaluable information about how to compete in a data-driven marketplace. Cendyn hosted 35 hospitality digital marketing professionals at the May 14 private lunch session/panel discussion at Waldorf Astoria® Orlando. Cendyn Vice President of Digital Marketing + Advertising Tim Sullivan presented Cendyn’s latest research and findings about how to successfully compete