PARIS, FRANCE | Jebel Ali International Hotels, the leading hospitality company that manages several of Dubai’s most luxurious properties has announced the addition of the Oasis Beach Tower to their product portfolio. The Oasis Beach Tower is launched as a luxury hotel apartment tower, with its impressive 245 meter high tower. It’s sheer size and elegant design makes it one of the most recognizable ones on the Jumeirah beach strip.

SOUTHLAKE, TX | SynXis, the Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) business that provides reservation management, distribution and technology services for hotels around the world, announced today that Hong Kong Disneyland has selected the RedX Distribution Management System to process their electronic reservations and to facilitate the promotion of their products to travel agents around the world.

Rockville, MD (USA) | Visual One Systems, a leading supplier of management software to the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that Rosen Hotels and Resorts, based in Orlando, Florida, have chosen Visual One’s suite of integrated software products for their premier site, Rosen Shingle Creek. Rosen Hotels also uses V1’s software at the 800-room Rosen Plaza Hotel and 1,334-room Rosen Centre Hotel. The continuation of a trusting partnership was a key factor in their decision to select Visual One.

SOUTHLAKE | von Essen hotels, the UK’s leading private collection of country house hotels, has upgraded its online booking system to allow bookers to create their own package deals. Using the SynXis RedX Distribution Management System, von Essen customers will be able to check availability and prices at a glance, and select their very own holiday components – booking afternoon tea, for example, choosing chocolates and fresh flowers, or even pre-ordering chilled champagne for that special occasion.

Miami | The Hampton Inn-Jacksonville (N.C.) last month became the 750th lodging property to have M-Tech’s PMWorks preventive maintenance service installed as part of its overall property-management solution. PMWorks, powered by M-Tech’s award-winning HotSOS (Hotel Service Optimization System, pronounced hot sauce), is the first ASP designed to handle the specific needs of hotel preventive maintenance. With its quick, easy set up and simple execution, PMWorks runs in a property’s regular Web browser and enforces enterprise-level standards to deliver a more consistent guest experience at all types of properties.

Pittsburgh, PA | Aptech Computer Systems, Inc., a leading hospitality software solutions company, announced today that Benchmark Hospitality International selected Aptech’s Profitvue® enterprise back office business accounting software for its 33 conference centers and hotels, and for corporate financial accounting. Installation of Aptech’s hotel software is underway with completion anticipated by year end.

MINNEAPOLIS | IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue optimization solutions and one of the industry's fastest growing technology companies today announced that Juan Gasparini of IDeaS was recognized with two awards at the recent HTNG (Hotel Technology Next Generation)annual conference held in Dallas earlier in the month. For his work for HTNG as a whole Juan was awarded the 2005 Director's Leadership Award, presented by the HTNG Board of Directors to the single individual, who, during 2005 most exemplified the spirit of HTNG's cooperative efforts. In addition, Juan was recognized along with five other individuals with Leadership Awards for their roles in three respective workgroups that were active in 2005. That award was based on feedback from Juan's peers in the Distribution workgroup.

PARIS, FRANCE | The Palace Hotel Therapia was the first hotel in Croatia to install the Signature by VingCard electronic guestroom locks. The hotel is located in Crikvenica, 30 km from Rijeka to Split. This romantic hotel built in 1895 (at the time of the Emperor Franz Joseph), is a hotel for rest, relaxation and entertainment throughout the year. VingCard Elsafe’s dedicated distributor, ŠPICA Sustavi d.o.o. in Croatia, represented by Mr. Neven Ruskovic, has had great success in the Croatian market place due to their proffesionalism and excellent level of service and support.

Dortmund | Bavaria Executive Suites Dubai, the largest all-suite hotel in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, will open late 2006 in the heart of Dubai Media City. Bavaria Hotels International (BHI), the operator, picked protel's tried-and-true premium software for its hotel management system.

CHICAGO | 250 hotel technology leaders gathered in Dallas last week for the second annual conference of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG). They celebrated the accomplishments of HTNG’s workgroups, assessed its priorities for the coming year, and enjoyed the first in a series of Thought Leadership programs for hospitality technology. The record attendance included more than 100 “C-level” executives from both hotels and technology vendors, and represented a 55% increase in attendance over 2005.