Spain: Music-inspired hotel collection UMusic Hotels has partnered with customer data and relationship management platform PUSHTech.
US: Hospitality tech startup CAMO has introduced a virtual room service product, enabling hotels in Anaheim, California to bring dining in house with or without a kitchen.
US: Hospitality technology company Jurny has introduced Jurny MOS, an all-in-one management operating system to consolidate the tech stack for hotel operations.
UK: Five-star luxury hotel Gleneagles has selected IRIS as its digital food and beverage platform.
UK: Stuart Moss has been named managing director of High Level Software at Zonal, the company’s hotel tech arm.
US: Customer data platform Cendyn has partnered with restaurant platform OpenTable to allow hotel and resort restaurants link key guest profiles with dining and loyalty data.
Portugal: Aplysia from HiJiffy is an AI communication system enabling hotels to speak with their customers pre, during and post-stay.
Louise Gillon, head of hotel finance at Leumi UK, highlights three opportunities for hoteliers and lenders to navigate the recovery.
Worldwide: IHG Hotels & Resorts debuts IHG One Rewards, a reimagined global loyalty program along with a mobile app.
US: OTA Insight has acquired Dallas-based revenue management platform Kriya RevGEN.
US/UK: University-anchored hotel brand Graduate Hotels has launched a Victory Lap initiative whereby four graduates will travel across the portfolio and capture content.
Worldwide: Independent lifestyle hotel brand The Standard has revealed 14 global openings, which would almost triple the group’s portfolio size over the next five years.
The Netherlands: Zien Group, the parent company of Eden Hotels, has opened the Jan Luyken Amsterdam as part of a new independent hotel brand.
UK: The 58-bedroom Riverside Hotel in Kendal has been sold by South Lakes Hotels to Interesting Hotels Group off a guide price of £4.5 million.
BHN editor Eloise Hanson checks in with Rami Zeidan, founder and CEO of Life House, to learn about his greatest achievements, worst mistakes, and what he’s yet to accomplish. They also discuss what challenges independent hotel owners face, what prompted the partnership with metasearch engine KAYAK, as well as future plans to introduce a new brand.
UK: Singaporean investor KOP Group has purchased the 105-room Burns Hotel located in Earls Court, London off a guide price of £35 million.
Greece: Hotel franchising company Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has added the 171-room Ajul Luxury Hotel & Spa Resort to its Registry Collection, marking the first hotel opening in Europe for the luxury soft brand.
US: Real estate development, brand and design firm LEFT LANE will open the Hotel Bardo Savannah in February 2024, a Leading Hotels of the World property.
US: Hotel owner and manager Sonesta International has debuted two soft brands – Classico A Sonesta Collection, and MOD A Sonesta Collection.
UK: Luxury hospitality company Belmond has promoted its chief operating officer Dan Ruff to CEO, effective 1 July 2023.
