IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of hospitality revenue management and optimization solutions and services, today announced the award of a scholarship to HSMAI University, drawn from IDeaS Webinar series participants. The scholarship, which includes travel and participation in the September 25-26 HSMAI University seminar “Managing Revenue,” was awarded to David Frank, revenue analyst manager and reservations manager, Mainsail Suites Hotel and Conference Center.

SoftBrands, Inc. (AMEX:SBN) , a global supplier of enterprise application software, has today reinforced its commitment to its customers and the hospitality market in Cambodia with the appointment of Campura Systems Corporation as its local distributor to support the fast growing demand for hospitality solutions and services in the country. Under the agreement, Campura Systems Corporation will become SoftBrands' business partner by providing sales, implementation and support services for a range of solutions throughout Cambodia.

VingCard®, a leading hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Group, today announced it will again contribute products and services to Give Kids The World, a charitable foundation dedicated to providing memorable, magical, cost-free experiences to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. VingCard began donating to the foundation nearly 15 years ago, and through its latest contribution the company agreed to supply and install Classic by VingCard electronic locks on 44 guestroom doors at the Give Kids The World Village in Kissimmee, Fla.

IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of revenue management and optimization solutions and services and one of America’s fastest growing technology companies, announced today that Apollo Hotels & Resorts, a major hotel group in the Benelux, has chosen IDeaS V5i On-Demand Revenue Management Solution to manage its pricing strategies and deploy strategic business optimisation.

IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of hospitality revenue management and optimization solutions and services, today released results from a survey of hospitality industry revenue managers conducted at its IDeaS for Success Client Summit, held at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, QC. Revenue management professionals from around the world attended the event, which spanned two days and was designed to bring IDeaS clients together to share best practices and enhance their use of the IDeaS V5i On-Demand Revenue Management solution.

LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels is teaming with MTech to install MTech’s industry-leading guest-services management system, HotSOS, in its luxury hotels and resorts. MTech’s HotSOS (pronounced “hot sauce, HotSOS stands for Hotel Service Optimization System) enables hotels to streamline their guest-services processes, such as guest-request and incident reporting, rapid-response work flow and preventive-maintenance work flow. The HotSOS product is just one example of why Miami-based MTech is considered the industry’s leading provider of innovative, cutting-edge technology that helps hotels improve communications and operations, increase productivity and maximize guest satisfaction.

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced its growing presence in the United Kingdom and EMEA hospitality markets with its recent acquisition of Triangle Hospitality Solutions in Warrington, Cheshire. Triangle has been the U.K.-based reseller for the full suite of InfoGenesis solutions offered by Agilysys.

Newmarket International, Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced its move into a new LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building. With over 500 employees and team members worldwide, Newmarket expanded significantly in the last 5 years. Newmarket’s new building will be the first commercial building with this environmental certification in Portsmouth, NH. Developed by Two International Group, the building is located at the Pease International Tradeport. The building move represents Newmarket’s commitment to being an environmentally and socially conscious company.

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that WORLDHOTELS has selected the MICROS OPERA Property Management System (PMS) as its preferred PMS solution and will exclusively recommend the OPERA PMS solution to its almost 500 member hotels. Deployment will start immediately.

White Lodging, one of the fastest growing independent ownership, development and management companies in the country, had a vision: To create an easy-to-use tool to capture what its guests are asking for and what they take issue with. The Merrillville, Ind.-based company turned to MTech, a leading innovator in developing solutions to help hotels improve communications, increase productivity, and maximize guest satisfaction, to develop a tool that tackles and tracks guest service issues and service recovery. The solution, TACT, is an enhancement to MTech’s popular PMWorks program, and today it is making a difference at White Lodging properties.