Hotel Brand -- Boutique/Lifestyle

The 2009 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, held November 7-10 at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Center, offers attendees a glimpse at some of the latest hospitality technology releases to come to market. Couldn't make it to the show? HT offers this round-up of some of the biggest show announcements.

RateTiger products will soon be able to deliver hotel inventory to more than 480,000 travel agents worldwide through GDS connectivity and will soon announce its 500th fully integrated distribution channel.

Less than two weeks after its introduction, UNO wins editors' choice "Best in Show" and "Best New Technology Product" awards at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show.

The interaction between the two solutions enables the guest to securely receive his or her room number and room key via cell phone, thereby streamlining the check-in and check-out process by allowing the guest to bypass the front desk.

The new solution promises to solve the main issues facing both network owners and advertisers by providing a centralized, automated platform designed specifically to connect and distribute ads to digital out-of-home networks.

DFI TECH, a leading embedded computing systems provider and integrator, announces its new M100 1U Media Engine for Digital Signage applications.

One of the largest challenges for international hotels is the effect of foreign exchange rates on profits. As explained in a new report from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research, operational currency hedging occurs as a consequence of changes in "real" room rates and occupancy that arise from changes in relative currency values. Learn how revenue management can reduce the need for foreign exchange hedging.

theWit is the first property to deploy an interface that processes information in real-time from the SAFLOK locks to MTech's hotel service optimization system HotSOS using SAFLOK's Messenger LENS (Lock Event Notification System).