eFolio benefits hotels and corporations The hotel and travel industries rely heavily on corporate business travel and provide services to thousands of businessmen and women throughout the US and worldwide. Concurrently, corporations seek more detailed data to manage their travel costs and business spending habits. To meet this need, Cendyn developed its eFolio solution to allow hotels a way to provide the necessary data to corporations for improving their ability to precisely report business travel expenses and improve efficiencies in corporate financial management and accurate expense forecasting.

Libra OnDemand and its comprehensive Hospitality Management System is providing Dolce Hotels and Resorts with a complete 360-degree view of the company's global customer base, resulting in a better understanding of their guests. Libra OnDemand's cutting-edge customer relationship management (CRM) functionality enables the creation of comprehensive guest profiles, including tracking of customer preferences, shareable across Dolce's entire portfolio.

MICROS OPERA provides several benefits to the MGM Resorts properties, including single image inventory from the main property management system through the various channels (central, property, web, GDS). This standardization was particularly important to the implementation at the two CityCenter properties, as it proved to be easy to use and simple to learn for the approximately 1,500 new employees at the two hotels who were trained on the system. MGM Grand Las Vegas is the largest single-site OPERA installation worldwide with 5,044 rooms.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, today announced that SAVOR, a food concessions and catering management company headquartered in Philadelphia, has selected the Agilysys Eatec® inventory and procurement system to streamline operations and enhance guest service. Venues that initially will use the solution include: Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Ok.; Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu; Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, Calif.; and Savannah International Trade & Convention Center in Savannah, Ga.

High above the quaint town of Brixen in south Tyrol, Austria, the ALPENIGLU village opens its (icy) gates for the eighth time this winter. At a room temperature of 28 degrees Fahrenheit and on beds made with reindeer hide and mummy sleeping bags, guests can enjoy their stay at this igloo hotel. The ALPENIGLU operators have long been looking for a flexible and mobile hotel management tool and have now found the perfect solution by German protel hotelsoftware GmbH. protel's SaaS solution protel Air not only guarantees mobility and flexibility but also meets their needs perfectly.

At least sixteen major hotel groups from around the world plan to work together to develop an industry security framework for handling sensitive credit card data. Intended to dramatically improve the security of credit card processing by and for hotels while significantly reducing costs, the effort has been chartered as a working group of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG). HTNG is a non-profit trade association that has developed solutions and standards in use throughout the hospitality industry, including interface standards for credit card processing and security.

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Boston-based Big Night Entertainment Group, the hospitality powerhouse behind some of the most successful dining and nightlife destinations in New England, has launched Tabbedout, a secure mobile payment solution that is seamlessly integrated with its MICROS POS system, to enable its patrons to open, view and pay their restaurant and bar tabs using their smartphone.

FCS Computer Systems (FCS), a leading provider of comprehensive hospitality technology solutions, today unveiled completely redesigned and upgraded Facebook and Twitter pages, as part of a new global client communications initiative. Well known for providing the latest in guest-facing and back-end hospitality solutions, FCS is expanding its social media communications strategy to ensure that the latest trends are revealed through online marketing and communications. These new social media sites will be instrumental in conveying key company and product information to current FCS clientele around the world, as well as obtaining comments and feedback for future product development and growing the company's already impressive market base.

VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, has installed its VISION locking system at all 424 student apartments at the newly renovated Plassey Village housing complex at Ireland’s prestigious University of Limerick. VISION by VingCard provides reporting capabilities to enhance the property's security, with all access logged to ensure that anyone entering or leaving the buildings and their secure areas is automatically documented.

VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, has completed the installation of its SENTINEL II by Elsafe in-room safes at the luxurious Grand Hotel Park. Located in the Alpine resort town of Gstaad, Switzerland, the 84-room, 5-star hotel is a cottage-style property situated amid a lush mountainside forest. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World, this recently renovated hotel features five restaurants and a luxurious spa.