Historic Hotels of America® announced the ability to quickly locate a hotel, learn more about the organization, "like" on Facebook, or check out current "Hot Deals" hotel packages listed by category through any mobile device. The new mobile site can be accessed on any web-enabled mobile phone, automatically redirected from Historic Hotels of America's homepage at www.historichotels.org.

MICROS-Fidelio, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries has begun to present its innovative hotel management system, MICROS-Fidelio Suite8, in a number of seminars in each of the UAE. The system, designed for independent hotels and small hotel groups, has already experienced meteoric success with over 3,700 installations in 54 countries.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announced a new partnership with Royal Plaza on Scotts in Singapore, which will see the hotel adopt IDeaS industry leading pricing solutions to enhance occupancy and maximize revenue.

Eleven Wireless, hospitality's leading software platform for managing online guest services, announces the creation of a new Hospitality Industry Advisory Board. Comprised of veteran hospitality executives, this newly formed Board will provide Eleven's Leadership Team and Board of Directors expertise and guidance on new product and go-to-market initiatives.

Next month, hotels using MTech's HotSOS (pronounced hot sauce) for managing workflows and tracking/reporting guest incidences and requests will be able to create preventive maintenance work orders to run faucets in rooms that remain vacant for a specified number of days in order to protect against Legionellosis. This form of pneumonia, more commonly known as Legionnaire's Disease, can easily be contracted by hotel guests over the age of 50 who smoke or suffer from lung disease or a weakened immune system and who come in contact with stagnant water that has remained in sink pipes.

VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, announces that the 269-room Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh, has installed the Signature RFID contactless locking solution as a next-generation upgrade from the traditional magnetic-stripe keycard system. In conjunction with the RFID upgrade, Sheraton Grand Edinburgh has also implemented VingCard's VISION software, smoothly interfacing the locking system with the hotel's property management and point-of-sale systems.

Participants attending the annual European conference of the non-profit trade association Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) will benefit from the real-world experience of top industry experts about planning and deploying a wide range of technology advances in hospitality. Topics on the agenda for the event in Berlin starting 14 November include a keynote about the global travel market as well as sessions covering above-property systems, data security and PCI compliance, open-source software, environmentally friendly hotels, entertainment systems, and more.

FastBooking, one of the world's leading online solutions providers for the hospitality industry, and Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry (GDS), have reached an agreement through which FastBooking client hotels are displayed and bookable on www.travelportroomsandmore.com , Travelport's recently launched ground breaking hotel booking tool which allows travel agents to book a greater choice of commissionable accommodation and take advantage of the rapidly growing hotel sector.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announced a new partnership with WiTak Technology that will deliver industry leading pricing solutions to theTaiwan-based hotel industry.

Sound Management, Solid Data Produce $125 ADR "Microtel has been a very successful brand for our owners," says Bush. "The franchisee contract agreement is fair, the fees are good, and the return on investment (ROI) has been excellent." So excellent, in fact, that Microtel now attracts serious investor attention. "In the past, it was hoteliers who built and opened Microtels. Now it is investors going after high ROI," notes Bush. She pointed to SKY's two latest properties opened in Williston, ND, in the heart of oil and gas country. "We have contracted a high percentage of our rooms to oil field companies at an ADR of more than $125."