MICROS Systems, Inc., a leading provider of information technology solutionsfor the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Marriott International has expanded its partnership with MICROS by selecting the hosted MICROS OPERA Property Management System (PMS) as the property management system (PMS) to be used in all Marriott brands worldwide. Under the new partnership agreement, Marriott will deploy MICROS hosted OPERA PMS.

RateGain, The Leading hospitality technology company, released this week's Hotel Pricing Trends and Hotel Rate Parity report. A single window BI dashboard, which enables revenue professionals on cheapest rate visibility, tracking hotel rate parity along with median rate for three (3) months of three, four and five star hotel category across some of the major cities in European region.

Eleven Wireless has completed deployment of its guest Internet management software throughout all of the Gaylord Hotels, providing the hotels with advanced capabilities to deliver industry-leading Internet service to their guests.

Adding online booking for spa appointments dramatically increased revenue for the Spa at Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Northern Florida. With the SpaDirect online booking solution from Ryatta Group integrated seamlessly with their SpaSoft Spa Management System, the Spa was able to capture business regardless of whether or not the Spa was open for business.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, today announced the general availability of the latest version of the Lodging Management System® (LMS) property management solution. LMS v7.2 can be viewed at HITEC 2013 in Minneapolis, June 24-27.

RezGain, the new age channel manager from RateGain enables the Flora Group Hotels to increase their revenue and control distribution costs. Flexible automation, comprehensive analytics and intuitive controls combine to create a complete distribution management solution.

Hotel companies who are able to deal with Big Data will create a sustainable competitive advantage. An increase of profitability by 60% and more are prognosticated. But what is Big Data and how can manager use it in the Hospitality Industry? What is the distinctive value and what are key areas for a successful implementation? Michael Toedt, marketing specialist and managing partner of TS&C, one of the leading marketing software and consulting companies, explains in his new book – the first one exclusively for the Hospitality Industry – the biggest hurdles and gives hoteliers recommendations for a successful usage of Big Data.

In an increasingly competitive market, hotels face a challenge in keeping track of their brand visibility and ensuring that their market share increases on both direct and indirect online distribution channels.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announced that Shanghai Institute of Tourism (SIT) has joined IDeaS Academic Partner Program. This three-year comprehensive co-operation will enable SIT to offer students world class revenue management teachings through enhanced teaching resources, personnel and curriculum.

Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), the proven business solutions provider for empowering hospitality organizations to lower costs and increase revenue, while improving customer satisfaction and guest loyalty, today announced that it has been awarded 2013 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Awards in the areas of Worldwide Customer Support, Americas Customer Support, PSS Support, Worldwide Project Management, Americas Project Management, APAC Project Management, Worldwide Business Consulting Services, Worldwide Product Training Services, Worldwide Systems Engineering Services, and Worldwide Integration Services.