Online Check-In

The network was designed to ensure multi-carrier and multi-technology support, allowing for additional carriers to be easily added to the network.

White-glove service is conveyed simply and effectively through online guest messages that utilize stunning visuals and personalized details.

New app enables guests of the luxury hotel chain to customize stay on the go.

Updated Marriott property aims to satisfy more Millennials, who are more likely to extend a business trip into a vacation, are quicker to embrace loyalty programs, and want to stay more connected socially while on the go.

Every year, Hospitality Technology magazine seeks to acknowledge lodging leaders who have succeeded in achieving measurable impact on service and operations with forward-thinking tech initiatives. The 2015 Visionary Awards were presented to Hilton Worldwide, for its rollout of digital room selection; Fontainebleau Hotel, for its achievements with a speedier mobile check-in strategy; and SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts, for its infrastructure upgrade and ERP project that delivered operational improvements and positioned the company for continued growth. This month's cover story features exclusive interviews and profiles of the award-winning initiatives.

StayNTouch Mobility Platform provides "choice of service" to guests for streamlined arrivals and departures. In addition to speeding the arrival process, the platform integrates with the PMS to help ARIA streamline customer-facing and service issues. Sponsored.

In this Thought Leadership Q&A, "Hotel Tech for the Future Guest," three leading technology suppliers, Comcast Business, Skytouch Technology, and TTI Technologies, offer their predictions on must-have tech for future hotel guests. They share input on what hotels should be looking at both near- and long-term to cultivate great relationships with consumers; and they offer input on a range of trends, including IoT, mobile check-in, loyalty, free WiFi and more.

Online check-in with the enhanced capability to choose an exact room number is just one of the new travel management tools being leveraged using SAP's business suite platform for hotels.