Hotel Brand -- Business Class

With the May 2018 deadline fast approaching, hotels must act now to ensure compliance with new regulations or face significant penalties.

Innovative hotel companies focus on centralizing, streamlining and removing friction from enterprise and customer-facing operations.

From poor methodology to gaps between software and business requirements, many of the reasons for project failures are the same today as they were 10 years ago.

The Clarion Hotel sees increased guest satisfaction scores with a mobile check-in roll-out.

The hospitality company announced it will enable room selection and customization via mobile and web-based floor plans plus guests will be able to use their smartphone as their room key in majority of hotel rooms by 2016.

Travelers are increasingly willing to utilize Facebook and other social networking sites to plan and purchase hotel stays.

In her first year with the company, Starwood’s new CIO has spearheaded initiatives including mobile check-in and keyless entry that have already scored high praise from guests and industry peers.

A well-built revenue management system can have a significant impact on a hotel's ability to predict occupancy, and the best room rates for any given period. Executives from Omni, Goodmanagement and Nordic Choice Hotels share their top system criteria.

According to IDeaS Revenue Solutions, a hotel should have just as many options for deploying an optimal revenue strategy as their consumers do in booking their hotel.

Hyatt, NH Hotel Group, La Quinta Inns and Suites and Watermark Luxe Waterfront Cottages were chosen for their outstanding achievement, vision and leadership in technological innovation.

From expanding bandwidth to RFID locks, hotels scramble to meet consumer expectations for in-room innovation. To that end, here are five of the hottest guestroom trends to watch for in 2012.

The days of ignoring guest reviews are over; here are the Guest Intelligence basics for today's intelligent hotels.