Lodging

For an additional five years, the technology outsourcing company will assist the hotel company's transition to a new global operating model that will provide more agility and flexibility in response to the rapidly changing technology and digital landscape.

Free Wi-Fi is another top amenity influencing lodging decisions.

The powerful entertainment solution allows the company to upgrade the ship's in-room technology with its existing infrastructure, saving time and money, but still providing a best-in-class solution for the ship.

LRA by Deloitte will join Deloitte Advisory's strategic risk services practice to help clients in the hospitality sector, for one, activate their brands, deepen brand advocacies and protect their reputations through technology-enabled, field-based examinations, consulting services, research and analytics.

On the surface, migrating from magnetic stripe to chip payments seems like a simple card technology change, but actually, it is a paradigm shift of the payments ecosystem that impacts the way payments are accepted and processed.

The real-time integration of Maxxton's single database solution, Newyse, with SiteMinder's Channel Manager is intended to enable hotels and vacation rentals to seamlessly manage their rates and inventory across more than 250 distribution channels.

The services will run on a Zebra WLAN, and will include GuestTek's myMedia and Mobile TV.

HITEC 2015, held last week in Austin, Texas, was reportedly one of the highest attended with over 6,000 hospitality professionals representing 55 countries; the show floor was home to 823 exhibitors.