An interactive, user-friendly dashboard that for the first time integrates in-room electronic systems and status including occupancy, locks, safes, lighting, energy management and more, allows hotel properties to manage subsystems remotely over the hotel LAN or web-based connection. This revolutionary software-based system, Integrated Room Control Dashboard, is an integral part of Orion by VingCard Elsafe, the new intelligent energy management solution from VingCard Elsafe. The global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group designed its new Energy Management System to automatically control temperature settings as guests travel in and out of their rooms, thereby reducing energy costs while ensuring guest comfort. As it integrates with a hotel's wireless online locks, safes, lights and other networked subsystems, Orion by VingCard Elsafe offers guests the maximum in comfort, safety and efficiency while providing operators unprecedented reporting, tracking, status, control and data access through the Integrated Room Control Dashboard.

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Travco Group, which manages a chain of hotels and resorts under the Jaz, Sol Y Mar, Iberotel, and newly acquired Steigenberger Hotels AG brands, signed an exclusive vendor agreement with MICROS in November of 2010. The rollout will include the installation of the OPERA Property Management System (OPERA PMS), OPERA Reservation System (ORS), OPERA Customer Information System (OCIS) and Sales Force Automation (SFA), OPERA Business Intelligence (OBI), OPERA Sales and Catering (OPERA S&C), and OPERA Materials Control (MC), as well as various MICROS restaurant point-of-sale systems depending on the hotel brand.

IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of revenue management software, services and consulting, has partnered with OptiRev Solutions, (OptiRev) Sweden, a consulting company that provides hotels with advisory services across distribution, sales and marketing strategy.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS) a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, has received the prestigious Platinum G&L Technology Impact Award for its LMS+ property management solution. The award, given by Gaming & Leisure magazine, recognizes companies that offer products that increase revenue or decrease costs. Agilysys received the award during the G&L Roundtable event, held Nov. 15 in Las Vegas.

Many hoteliers are improving their websites to attract online shoppers and make it easier for guests to book reservations. But when the improvements triple web traffic, bring in $1 million in sales, and make your website the highest ADR producer of any reservation channel, it is worth talking about. The success story belongs to the Galt House Hotel, the 1,290-room group convention property that holds the distinction of being Louisville’s premier place to stay during the Kentucky Derby.

In a tumultuous economic environment, the hotel industry must be aware of all facets of the business. We need to ensure that we keep guests coming through the door, which is our bread and butter, and yet try to maximize our profits. These two areas can at times appear to be in conflict with one another. Let’s focus on the two areas independently. With a constant flow of guests into our hotels, we can stay in business.. It’s the number of these guests and the ebb and flow of their attraction to our properties that dictates what, where, and how we can spend the revenues we acquire from these guests. Do we focus the money solely on the day-to-day operations of the hotel, or do we look at more strategic initiatives that, in the long run, will help us grow revenues even more effectively?

Hospitality technology buyers and providers now have another strong series of specifications to improve interoperability. Just-released standards from the working groups of the nonprofit industry association, Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) add new features for kiosk interfaces, extend the functionality of payment system interfaces, and enable complex data queries between disparate systems.

November 2010 - In 2004, The Rocco Forte Collection started a process to renew its IT infrastructure, starting from the Property Management System and related hardware platform. Emmanuel Clavé, Corporate IT Director of the Rocco Forte Collection, recalls the process ...

PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (PSMS) --- a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PTC) and the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems --- today announced that Tanglewood Resort & Conference Center on Lake Texoma near Dallas, Texas has selected PAR Springer-Miller's SMS|Host Hospitality Management System for their resort property.

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