Hotel Brand -- Boutique/Lifestyle

Over the past year, hospitality has drastically transformed from one of the hottest markets, to one of the most uncertain and dangerous ones for automation technology vendors. In Vol.2: Hospitality of their 2009 Self-Service and Customer Interaction Management Solutions study, VDC Research identified and analyzed the key now- and near-term opportunities and threats impacting the North American hospitality market.

According to the Pegasus View for October 2009, North America's corporate bookings have jumped +3.5% vs. October 2008, and leisure bookings have offset dwindling ADR with a +21% increase for the same period.

ResortSuite WEB, a high performance, customizable and automated online booking engine, enables operators to maintain complete control of their own inventory without utilizing the costly services of any third party reservation tools.

Swisscom's new service allows users to connect to the Internet with their smartphones in only three clicks. Wireless PMS integration enables a personalized user interface, and seamless data processing and invoicing through the guest's room bill.

The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel has partnered with Volanté Systems for a multi-phase hotel POS system installation comprising of 54 terminals throughout the property.

Hospitality Technology's market update on the hot technologies and trends that are impacting PCI compliance in hotels and restaurants: Topics include the July 1, 2010 deadlines; the straight story on tokenization; PCI-compliant solutions and more.

GuestCentric's new platform allows hotel operators to easily expand their brand with the use of viral marketing strategies, while at the same time engageing social networking customers.

Lodging Interactive's new mobile services provide turn-key, cost-effective mobile solutions enabling hotels to provide easy access to their website and to capture bookings from smartphone, iPhone and Blackberry users worldwide.