Shiji, the global hospitality technology innovator, analyzed thousands of guest reviews and found that Kempinski Hotels moved to first place in the Brand Competition analysis in 2023. Despite the challenges posed by the hospitality recovery period, Kempinski Hotels, the world's oldest luxury hotel group with 832 properties worldwide, has demonstrated unwavering dedication to elevating guest experiences. Kempinski Hotels invested significant effort into leveraging Shiji ReviewPro’s Brand Competition feature to analyze guest feedback data and make data-driven guest experience decisions.

Cendyn, a global leader of integrated hotel solutions, has unveiled a revamped brand identity and a new consolidated product offering at ITB Berlin, bolstered by a bigger team in EMEA and APAC to support its growing customer base.

Fliggy, a leading online travel platform and wholly owned subsidiary of Alibaba Group, has announced an expanded partnership with leading travel technology provider Amadeus by signing on to Amadeus Value Hotels.

SHR, a leading provider of innovative technology solutions for the hotel industry, and Cloudbeds, the premier hospitality management software platform, proudly announce their collaboration aimed at elevating hotel management through the integration of Allora CRS (Windsurfer) and the Cloudbeds platform.

In the first post of this series, we explored the value proposition of machine learning (ML) to the hospitality industry. It was a pretty straightforward article to write because ML is already generating demonstrable value for hotels and hotel companies, and there are still substantial financial gains to be realized by the technology. Now let’s talk about generative artificial intelligence (genAI), which many believe has the potential to dramatically increase productivity across all industries, including hospitality. How much of an increase? Estimates value the potential productivity boost to the global economy at up to $8 trillion a year.

dailypoint™ is pleased to announce that it was selected as the preferred CRM and Data Management provider for The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW). LHW is the largest collection of independent luxury properties, with more than 400 member hotels in over 80 countries.

IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue optimization software and services, and Accor, a world leading hospitality group with one of the industry's most diverse hospitality ecosystems encompassing more than 45 hotel brands from luxury to economy, have announced, following a rigorous selection process, that Accor has chosen IDeaS as its global revenue management software (RMS) provider.

To give hotel AP managers, approvers, controllers and CFOs better tools to work through the invoice lifecycle, Aptech has entered into an integration partnership with Ottimate (formerly PlateIQ), a company providing AP automation via AI. Together, Aptech and Ottimate are giving time back to accounting teams by enabling them to upload paper and electronic invoices in bulk and eliminate 90% of vendor invoice processing. Houston-based American Liberty Hospitality is one of the first hotel management and development companies to leverage the joint technology.

Cloudbeds, a leading provider of hospitality management software, and IDeaS, the world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, today announced a strategic technology partnership that brings together the expertise of two industry powerhouses to deliver cutting-edge revenue solutions for accommodations providers worldwide.

Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) is a familiar metric within the digital marketing landscape, often employed to gauge the efficiency of marketing expenditure. However, for some marketers ROAS has become the singular metric that defines whether a campaign was truly a success. While ROAS does provide a valuable snapshot of how efficiently resources are being used, it doesn’t necessarily indicate the effectiveness of a campaign.