Reservations

Zagat, through a partnership with OpenTable, now gives restaurant goers the ability to make real-time dining reservations at over 4,000 locations via a new mobile phone application.

Don't make your guests go deal shopping. In the current climate of economic uncertainty, savvy hospitality operators are giving their loyalty incentive programs an innovative and customizable boost, which can be just the push your guests need to book their reservation with you now, and six months down the road.

Over 30 international hotel brands implement the spa management solution in properties across Asia Pacific. Centara, Four Seasons, Hyatt International, Mövenpick and Swissotel and among those who have completed the installation of Amadeus' solution for spa management operations, the Reservation Assistant.

GenaRes Worldwide Reservation Services selects VFM Interactive as their media production and distribution provider. Under the agreement, GenaRes will utilize VFM's web-based digital media management platform as the single point for the entry, storage, management, and distribution of all of its hotels' rich visual content.

One of the toughest challenges that independent hotels face is brand distribution. Although independent hotels lack many of the resources of the larger brands, there is one outlet that managers can turn to: the Internet. Rodrigo Machaz, general manager of the Memmo Baleeira Hotel, shares some tips and strategies that will increase guest visits through Web direct channels.

The latest Goin6 tour takes travelers through California's best public golf courses. Pelican Hills in Orange County and Harding Park, or Pasatiempo in the Monterey/San Francisco Bay area are among the listed destinations.

SynXis, the Sabre Holdings business that provides complete hotel distribution, Internet marketing and channel management solutions worldwide, successfully converts their RedX platform to an Oracle database management system. Key customer benefits include the ability to support growth in all channels and continued PCI compliance.

The UK's Real Hotel Company and Amadeus ink a deal to install their PMS solution in 15 properties by the end of the year, with plans to install the solution in an additional 40 properties in time for the London 2012 Olympics.