In response to The Peabody Orlando's goal to increase group/meeting revenue, Cendyn, a full-service digital marketing firm specializing in turnkey solutions that drive bottom line results for the travel and hospitality industries, recently implemented a comprehensive, multi-channel digital marketing campaign for the hotel. The initiative resulted in 47:1 ROI for The Peabody Orlando, with 100% of the revenue deemed incremental.

Best Western International, the World's Largest Hotel Chain® with more than 4,100 hotels in over 100 countries and territories, has endorsed RateGain as its preferred partner in Asia & Middle East to enhance their online channel exposure in order to increase their footprint within the region. The aim is to facilitate the use of a robust, easy to manage channel management solution for the Best Western hotels through the RateGain platform.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting to the hospitality industry, has announced that The Hay-Adams will implement the IDeaS Revenue Management System (RMS). The installation, expected for completion later this year, will enable the 145-room luxury hotel across from the White House to more accurately and strategically optimize demand and increase profits.

Paris—September 18, 2012—FastBooking, one of the world's leading online solutions providers for the hospitality industry, announces exciting enhancements to FastBooking Engine Lux, the industry's highest conversion online hotel booking engine.

PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (PSMS) --- a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PAR) and the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems announces FAMA Technologies as its exclusive distributor in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Hotel network designers and their clients will soon have an array of resources to help with the deployment of fiber-optic networks within hotels. A new working group of the nonprofit industry association Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) will assist hoteliers and technology providers in understanding when and how to use fiber to meet the challenges of skyrocketing guest bandwidth demands.

VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, today announced their continued involvement with Give Kids The World Village (GKTW) in Kissimmee, Florida. In their latest charitable contribution, VingCard Elsafe provided 140 Signature RFID locks to outfit the resort’s villas and VISIONLINE software for the front desk.

Hotel rate parity trends for September to November 2012 of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in EMEA. The report shows the percentage of hotels with cheaper rates on their own brand site compared to their rates on other OTAs.

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in EMEA. This set covers September to November 2012, taken in the 2nd week of September 2012 (all rates are in US dollars for two adults for a one-night stay).

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announced that Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Company, China's largest domestic hotel group and the 9th largest hotel company in the world, has partnered with IDeaS to further improve its approach to pricing and build a revenue management culture across its key properties.