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The government's hotel quarantine program's online reservation service is down, preventing travelers from booking rooms just days before the policy goes into effect on Monday. Labor describes the problem as "extremely worrying", saying the!-->…

The UK government's Covid-19 hotel quarantine program reservation system crashed hours after it went live on Thursday. All passengers arriving in England from a list of 33 at high risk "red list" country must quarantine in a hotel…

By Husna Issa Arusha. The High Court in Arusha ruled on Monday in favor of selling four land owned by Impala to pay 238 Impala Hotel and Naura Spring Hotel employees, demanding salaries of over 500 million shillings.The ruling…

In addition to celebrating the first day of spring, South Africa commemorates Heritage Month; Public Service, Tourism and Recycling Month in September - a busy time indeed - and in this edition of Public sector leaders you will find a…

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This report analyzes leading companies globally and major regions, and splits the Hotel Reservation market by product type and applications/end industries, which provides expert and in-depth analysis of key business trends and…

It's hard to get excited after looking at the recent performance of Hotel Property Investments (ASX: HPI), as its stock has fallen 4.6% in the past month. It is possible that the markets ignored the various financial data of the company…

SINGAPORE - Around 3,000 workers in the hospitality industry received the Covid-19 vaccine as of Monday, January 25, after a vaccination program was launched for the industry on January 15. About two-thirds are employees of…

January 28, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Volara added the tip to its hotel voice assistant platform in partnership with youtip, a new digital tip technology startup. Hotel guests with Volara's smart speakers and!-->…

A staff accommodation request for a Saundersfoot hotel and spa will be decided after the community council sees the revised plans. Andrew Evans, owner of the St Brides Spa Hotel, has requested to build a two-story…

Read more: Restrictions set to ease in Melbourne as workers prepare for return from office "Contact tracing has been undertaken and staff isolated as a precaution until the result is confirmed," Victoria…

NewEngland "are the most docile team in world cricket", says team spokesmanEngland management insisted it was "not concerned" despite two staff at their hotel in Galle testing positive for Covid-19.The English camp was told on Friday…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) - Tennessee will get nearly $ 62,000 in a multi-million dollar settlement following a 2017 data breach from Saber Hospitality Solutions' hotel reservation system.According to a statement from Tennessee Attorney…

Online reservations account for nearly 63% of annual revenue in the travel and tourism segment. A good hotel reservation system will allow you to efficiently manage online reservations. Automating reservation processes with a reliable…

When KM Hotels bought the property and closed the hotel in 2019, the company's plans were to demolish the main building of the original four-story hotel closest to Broad Street. This happened earlier in 2020.Initially, plans also included…

SINGAPORE: Eight other Mandarin Orchard hotel workers have likely already been infected with COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday, December 21.Their serological tests came back positive, indicating probable past…

For this feature, HM obtained the opinions of Kylie Maxwell (KM) from ahs Hospitality; Craig Coughlin (CC) of Luxxe Outsourcing Hotel Services and Lauren Anderson (LA) of Silk Hospitality. Isn't it easier for us to just hire…

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Hyatt Hotels Corporation today announced the opening of Thompson dallas, part of the award-winning Thompson Hotels lifestyle brand. As the first Thompson Hotel in Texas, Thompson Dallas is located at 205 N. Akard Street in the historic…

Sensitive data, including credit card details, of more than 10 million travelers and guests has been exposed in a massive data breach on the hotel management booking platform. The breach came from an improperly…

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Residents of the South Ocean Village community have spoken out against the lack of public consultation on Albany's proposed development of the former South Ocean Hotel & Golf Course property and its potential…

Prestige Software, a hotel reservation platform used by Hotels.com, Booking.com and Expedia, left data belonging to 'millions' of guests exposed on an improperly configured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket .According to Planet Website,…

A hotel software vendor exposed the personal data of millions of customers around the world after misconfiguring an AWS bucket, according to a new report from Website Planet. The tech site's security team discovered an exposed cloud…

Today, hotels are faced with this major and widespread problem: how to maintain an unforgettable customer experience with a small and scattered staff? What can you do to get your guests to promote your brand in these tough times while…

by croatiaweek October 13, 2020 in New Grand Park Hotel, Rovinj (Photo: Maistra) Grand Park Hotel in Rovinj, Croatia won the Hotel Property Award 2020 which was presented last week in Munich at the hotelforum conference.…

A new report from SiteMinder, the global hospitality industry's leading customer acquisition platform, reveals five milestones await nearly one million accommodation providers globally until their reservation cycle returns to another…

Desmond Mgboh, Kano Despite strong opposition, the Kano State Executive Council handed over the management of the famous Daula Hotel Limited public hotel to a private investor, Lambash Nigeria Limited.…

SINGAPORE: The RedDoorz hotel reservation and management platform has been hit by a breach in one of its computer databases containing the personal data of its customers."We have reason to believe the data has been compromised,"…

Colony Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's agreement to sell six portfolios of hotel properties in a $ 2.8 billion deal marks the company's transition from an industry disrupted by the pandemic to technological assets such as data…

Hotel workers slammed bosses after insisting they were left in the dark before being fired. Staff at Malin Court in Maidens suffered the hammer blow when management revealed the hotel and restaurant would not reopen. The site also serves!-->…

StayNTouch was acquired in September 2018 by Shiji Group. President Donald Trump then intervened, issuing an executive order to overturn ownership of the company by the Shiji Group on the basis of national security.By HTN staff -…

Jade Facey (left) and Dominique Moll say they are shocked to find a man in their hotel apartment at 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Photo / SuppliedAn Auckland couple file their complaint with police after a staff member reportedly entered…

SEOUL - Yanolja, a leading leisure platform in South Korea, has partnered with Bnetworks, an Internet of Things (IoT) company in Malaysia, to target the Asian hotel solutions market Southeast with a…

The Rochester Institute of Technology acquired a hotel adjacent to the university's Henrietta campus. Rochester Airport Hospitality LLC offered RIT the former Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport located at 175 Jefferson Road. The…

Splitty, an Israel-based hotel reservation platform founded in 2015, acquired the assets of Cancelon.Cancelon, also based in Israel, is an online marketplace for travelers who want to buy and sell!-->…

Who are the corona warriors? We know the cops and medics who go above and beyond the call of duty, but we wondered what this hotel bellboy or hotel room service staff must be going through when they see him. suddenly asked to play the…

New hotel bookings in the United States for the second quarter of 2020 are down significantly year-over-year, but begin to increase in the second half of the third quarter, according to Duetto's Pulse Report of a hotel revenue strategy…

Ixigo, a 13-year-old travel and hotel reservation service in India, said Monday it was slashing salaries for all of its staff as the company grapples with severe disruption to its business in due to the…

Things have changed dramatically over the years, and it's a good idea to understand how PMS has evolved. Let's take a trip back in time to see how things have changed over the years and how technology has helped make running a property so…

Hotel repurchase technology tool Tripbam has created a dashboard to show customers year-over-year hotel cancellations, average daily rate, and new bookings created for any time period. It also provides personalized information for…

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work in one of Las Vegas' most famous establishments? Bellagio employs approximately 8,000 people from all walks of life in positions ranging from front desk managers to personal trainers.…

Online hotel booking sites do not offer the great prices claimed in their glossy TV commercials.Eight in ten rooms in the UK were cheaper or came with perks such as free breakfast if booked directly over the phone, according to research by…

NEW YORK, February 25, 2020 / PRNewswire / - Frommer's, America's leader in travel guide information since 1957, has revealed the current results of its popular research on the best and worst airline and hotel booking sites. In two…

CHARLOTTE, NC—Stayker, a travel software company based here, has launched a SaaS travel booking platform for events to offer self-branded booking experiences. “There is literally nothing like Stayker on the market,” said Amy Barker,…

CHARLOTTE, NC — Stayker, a travel software company based here, has launched a SaaS travel booking platform, for events to deliver booking experiences under their own brand. “There is literally nothing…

SYDNEY—Customer acquisition platform SiteMinder has unveiled its annual lists of distribution channels that generated the highest booking revenue for hotels over the past year. Varying among 20 of the world's top tourist destinations, the…

SiteMinder, the leading customer acquisition platform for the global hospitality industry, today unveils its annual listings of the distribution channels that have generated the highest booking revenues for hotels over the past year.…

SYDNEY — Customer acquisition platform SiteMinder unveiled its annual listings of the distribution channels that have generated the highest booking revenue for hotels over the past year. Varying among 20 of the world's…

As legislation continues to evolve and expand, it is increasingly important for hoteliers to stay abreast of these new hotel safety standards.By Robb Monkman, Founder and CEO, React Mobile - 2.11.2020 Kent Beck, the famous American…

Impala will invest in new reservation technology and expand its team with a $20 million investment in Series B funding.The all-equity round is backed by Lakestar, which has previously invested in Airbnb!-->…

Positive organizational culture, fantastic benefits, unforgettable events and reliable colleagues: it seems that the Four Seasons is one of the best companies to work for. We've gathered information from a variety of sources, such as…

ByHours, a Barcelona-based hotel booking platform, has raised 8 million euros to propel its growth and international expansion.Angel Ventures and DILA Capita led the Series B round, with participation!-->…

TEL AVIV, Israel, January 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotel Reservation Site split trip was nominated for the World Travel Awards for the second consecutive year. Splitty was nominated as one of the final five winners alongside some of the…

Every hotel should ask the same question. How will our property use machine learning? It's not just about gaining a competitive advantage; it is imperative to stay in business.By Jason G. Bryant, Founder and CEO, Nor1 - 1.9.2020…

Over the past few years, the automation space has evolved tremendously. From chatbot on a website to bots in a manufacturing unit, automation is taking its mark in multiple industries. When it comes to the hospitality industry…

Did you know that the hospitality industry, and hotels in general, experience some of the highest employee turnover rates? In fact, in the hotel and motel sector alone, the employee turnover rate is 73.8%! Automated…

While you might feel like you've heard of machine learning in the past, constant innovations are appearing and it was only recently that a company announced the use of its ACE or Automated Coaching. Engine, which helps potential customers…

EPELBOIM and IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) inaugurated a new EVEN Hotel property in Atlanta last month. The hotel will open in early 2021 in the Cobb Galleria neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. EVEN Hotel…

CHICAGO — Did you know? Exposure control plans for blood borne infections are essential for hospitality employers. Bloodborne pathogens are infectious microorganisms found in human blood that can cause disease in…

Hotel reservation incidents are not only frustrating and potentially uncomfortable for travelers, but they also affect the bottom line of the companies that handle those reservations. This is where Webjet's Rezchain service aims to help.…

Once upon a time, upscale and luxury hotels were designed exclusively to provide guests with a beautiful place to stay while visiting a destination or traveling for business. Booking the stay usually boiled down to four simple…

Artist's rendering of a potential future development on the Toronto Don Valley Hotel and Suites site, which is sold by Allied Hotel Properties. (Courtesy of CBRE) The Toronto Don Valley Hotel and Suites, a top-notch potential…

In today's experience-driven world, a hotel's personality is one of its greatest assets. A charismatic brand will attract guests, while guests will parade right past a brand that looks like vanilla. This is because people are starting…

If you use travel booking sites, beware.New research from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) reveals that customers are defrauded of nearly $ 6 billion a year by online booking…

A new wave of Magecart-related attacks is underway, with hotel booking sites becoming the latest victims. Earlier this week, cybersecurity firm…

Staff communications platform Beekeeper has added $45 million in additional funding, to expand its "Slack for non-administrative employees" tool.The Swiss-based company works with a range of hotels!-->…

Staff at some of Jamaica's top hotels are reportedly sexually harassed by customers, while their managers turn a blind eye or threaten to be fired if they speak out. It is these behavioral issues and…

This acquisition marks a major milestone in BWHR's efforts to simplify the distribution of its hotels by simplifying and facilitating technology management, revenue management, customer relationship management, reporting and connectivity.…

Nyesa Valores Corporation is preparing to open two new hotels: one is an urban project in Moscow and the other is a holiday complex located in Costa Rica. Both projects stem from a management agreement the company signed with investment…

Just a man, a bike, a penchant for travel and a long journey ahead. Well, it might sound a bit cinematic, and I can't lay claim to the cycling prowess of Tom Dumoulin or Eddy Merckx, but I decided to go on a 20-day bike tour from Holland…

Optimizing your booking platform for speed, user experience, and simplicity is one of the fastest ways to increase conversion rate. If you're always on the lookout for new ways to move forward, however, one thing that continues to go…

New technologies often turn out to be complements, not substitutes, for the old technologies (and even manual processes) they are meant to replace. New technology may simply be better suited to meet a different user need and in a…

LONDON—How do you make 100 million people happy? Author and entrepreneur Stefan Wissenbach has the answer. His human resources tool, The Engagement Multiplier, helps boost team morale, empowerment and respect. Hotel groups on…

Radisson Rewards, Radisson Hotel Group's global rewards program, today announced an exciting new collaboration with WeHotel, the global hotel reservation platform for Jin Jiang International. As of June 30, 2019, 53 Radisson Hotel Group…

Eighteen months after its initial launch, Hopper is applying some of the secret sauce learned from flying to its hotel search and booking service.The US-based company says it has more than 270,000!-->…

Hotel tech company Monscierge launched a new photos and images feature in its Connect Staff app last month, and guests have had great success using the new tools for a number of tasks. Two most notable uses are to overcome language…

Working in a hotel can be both rewarding and exhausting. Despite the fact that travelers use hotels to sleep, the hotel itself never sleeps. Day or night, there is always someone from the hotel staff available for guests who have a…

Jonas Chorum is built on the Jonas Hospitality Jonas ARC technology platform, an open integration platform that connects all Jonas Hospitality products, as well as third-party systems. By Alisha Goldberg - 6.4.2019 The name Jonas…

According to the new Which? research. In February, Expedia, Booking.com, Trivago, Hotels.com, Agoda and e-bookers were all cited and criticized by the Competition and Markets Authority for using unfair practices. Sites have been ordered…

RateHawk, a next-generation global B2B hotel booking engine for travel and tourism professionals, recently presented its services to players in the Greek market at its first event in Athens, following the recent launch of its operations…

Worldwide: Airbnb has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the HotelTonight hotel reservation service. The acquisition's closing comes after information was first filtered five weeks ago about the proposed deal. This…

According to Symantec, passing reservation information as URL arguments allows third parties to intercept reservation information for data collection.…

Real estate investing can be an incredibly lucrative and rewarding business. However, there are many factors to consider before making a commitment, especially if you are considering properties in the travel and hospitality markets.…

There is undoubtedly a lot of competition in the online hotel reservation industry, so for a newbie there are a few essential points that would be very helpful in ensuring that their hotel reservation business is in. line…

Google just made it easier to book a hotel room, just in case you're planning to travel for spring break. (Is it possible to write these words and not hear them in the voice of James Franco's character in spring breakers?)The company has…

Worldwide: Airbnb has agreed to acquire the HotelTonight hotel reservation service in another sign of diversification from its main rental service. According to HotelTonight, the company strives to make last-minute travel easy and…

As Airbnb prepares for its big leap into the public markets, it's expanding its accommodation platform to include more than treehouses and quirky homes. Today, the company confirmed its intention to acquire HotelTonight, the developer…

On this Monday March 13, 2017, photo, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky is interviewed during ... a New York Economic Club luncheon. (AP Photo / Richard Drew) ASSOCIATED PRESS Airbnb wants to become…

The roadmap diagram of the “2019 Smart Decision Guide to Hotel Property Management Systems” offers hoteliers a migration path to keep in mind as they journey to a next-generation PMS. In many cases, of…

Hotel booking sites will be forced to make major changes after Britain's competition watchdog found they routinely engage in high-pressure sales, mislead consumers on prices and give more importance to the hotels that paid the most…

Last month, the YouGov organization surveyed 1,219 adults about their hotel stays. The results indicate that most hotel guests (62%) are not as frustrated with the lack of a fitness center, spa, or trendy bar as they are with the…

SBC TravelSBC Travel is a new online travel agency that accepts cryptocurrency. It launches with an inventory of 175,000 hotels and accommodation providers in over 185 countries, primarily powered by Hotelbeds. The!-->…

Travelers can now book a hotel room through a conversation with Google Assistant on Android and iOS devices, an update from the company's vice president of travel product management, Richard Holden, who!-->…

While some accommodations can accommodate group travelers with multi-bedroom units, Life House CEO and co-founder Rami Zeidan believes that may not be the most efficient use of space. "What travelers need aren't bigger apartments, but…

According to new research released today by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) in partnership with Omni Hotels & Resorts, business travelers consider an average of three hotels before booking, and 82% say business travel…

Open key | October 11, 2018 Automated mobile key delivery empowers hotel staff to prioritize guest…

Country Inn & Suites, Valdosta, Georgia VALDOSTA, GA—Williams Investment Company, a hotel owner / operator in South Georgia, acquired the 71 rooms Country Inn & Suites in Valdosta, Georgia. HREC Investment…

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The personal data and payment card data of guests at hundreds of hotels or more were stolen this month by an unknown attacker, Bleeping Computer has learned. The data comes from FastBooking, a Paris-based company that sells hotel…

By Debbie Carson, Associate Editor Hoteliers at different properties will invariably have different requirements and priorities when it comes to PMS purchase considerations. That said, there are a number of expectations that hoteliers…

Cameron Lamming The hotel business continues to outpace new supply and owners are looking for quality property management teams. ARR Hospitality has a growing portfolio due to the activity. He recently won the management contract for…

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Your Hotel Property Management System (PMS) is the beating heart of your hotel - responsible for streamlining operations, optimizing customer service, and maximizing revenue. However, like most technologies, it has a limited lifespan.…

In the hospitality world, there is a crucial difference between just responding to a customer's demands and providing truly exceptional customer service. Hotels able to focus on the latter will reap the rewards with increased customer…

Hotelogix will use funds for product innovation and market expansion Hotelogix, a cloud-based hotel property management system (PMS), raised $ 5 million in a funding round led by Vertex Ventures, with participation from Accel…

Time is an incredibly valuable currency, especially in the hospitality world. Running a hotel effectively requires that efficiency and customer focus are always at the forefront – which means your people, internal processes, guest…

The internal server has been part of hotel standards for several decades now. This represented a huge leap forward in terms of organizational efficiency. Suddenly, there was a complicated software that could help you manage and monitor…

HotelsCombined, a hotel pricing platform, recently compiled a survey of average daily hotel rates for the markets surrounding seven Colorado ski resorts, including Breckenridge and Keystone. Unlike most others,…

Online hotel booking tool Travelport Hotelzon has introduced a consolidated payment and billing service to ensure hotels accept virtual cards and provide monthly tax statements to corporate clients. Hotelzon's payment consolidation service…

As part of the service, OYO will help monetize real estate assets by turning them into fully furnished hotels To further bolster its 12x growth, the budget hotel reservation market OYO recently launched OYO Asset Management.…

MIAMI, Florida - Starwood Capital Group, a leading global private equity firm, today announced that it has acquired, through a controlled subsidiary, the new 286-key hotel property The Jeremy West Hollywood in West Hollywood, California.…

According to The 2016 Smart Decision Guide to Hotel Property Management Systems, property management solutions (PMS) represent the largest portion of the hotel technology investment budget. It's no surprise that PMS solution providers are…

In the travel industry, 48% of airline passengers and 59% of hotel guests said they were interested in upgrades or additional services. The airline industry has found a model that increases revenue by requiring the traveler to pay for…

Hotel technology has come a very long way in the last decade and yet it still has a very long way to go to catch up with other industries. Companies such as SAP and Infor, in the ERP space, have taken user experience to the next level by…

The reception technology of the next generation's top of mind for just about any hotelier who hasn ?? t improved capabilities of the platform in recent years. However, selecting the solution that best suits their needs - and ensure the…

According to the Incentive Performance Center, employee turnover in the hospitality industry costs restaurants and hotels billions of dollars every year, with employee turnover rates as high as 95% for some properties. Motivating hotel…

Liam Farrall had never even stayed in a hotel before he started working there. The 24-year-old, a former factory worker, started three years ago as a room cleaner at the Christchurch Novotel. The family atmosphere…

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA., January 20, 2016 / PRNewswire / - CenterSquare Investment Management, an investment boutique of BNY Mellon, today announced the acquisition of a hotel in the Anaheim area as part of a joint venture by the…

Time to upgrade your hotel management system? The 2015 Smart Decision Guide for Hotel Management Systems is now available for free download!-->…