SkyTouch Alpha Games: Reward Innovation & Encourage Excellence
Our last few posts looked at how the SkyTouch Alpha Games inspire and develop focused innovation in business. Now, take a look at how SkyTouch keeps an innovative spirit alive beyond the Alpha Games. “They might be different sides to the same coin,” says Senior Director of IT Larry Gorman. [...]
Developing Focused Innovation: SkyTouch Alpha Games, Part 2
This is the second article exploring how projects from SkyTouch’s most recent Alpha Games keep the company focused on the future. In case you missed it, be sure to check out Developing Focused Innovation: The Alpha Games, Part 1 for more ideas on how to keep your business constantly improving. [...]
Introducing SkyTouch Alpha Games: Innovation for Hospitality
In case you missed it, check out the theory behind the Alpha Games in our last post, Inspired Focused Innovation for Hospitality Technology Solutions. At SkyTouch, all three departments live in one building: sales, business, and development. Proximity to multiple departments allows for all sorts of benefits when it comes [...]
SkyTouch Hotel OS (Hotel PMS)- Simple & Intuitive
SkyTouch TechnologyTM understands that your top priority as a hotelier is to your customers and your staff. We create a customized software solution so you can concentrate on what’s important. Don’t take our word for it- here we have Adam Hoaglund, General Manager from Sleep Inn, describe how SkyTouch Hotel [...]
Inspiring Focused Innovation: The Alpha Games
Part of my role at SkyTouch is to help foster a culture that encourages focused innovation and continuous improvement. Developing a culture of innovation is not just one person in an ivory tower declaring how we will be innovative, saying, “Go forth and innovate.” People don't always know what it [...]
Be Agile, Part 2: A Day in the Life of a SkyTouch Developer
Check out the first article in this series, Be Agile Part 1, to learn the theory behind the SkyTouch Agile software development process. Read on to get an inside look at a day in the life of a SkyTouch developer and how their agility keeps technology moving forward! The life [...]
Be Agile, Part 1: The SkyTouch Technical Model
This is the first in a series of articles that explore how the SkyTouch technical team is changing how hotel software is made, released, and imagined today. The SkyTouch performance standards are evident not only in the product that’s delivered. They’re present in the entire process through which SkyTouch Hotel [...]
Top 10 Benefits Of The Cloud
There’s never been a better time to switch to cloud computing. As business technology quickly changes, gone are the days when companies need huge amounts of hardware and office space to hold servers and information data centers. Here are 10 reasons why cloud computing will make your business more efficient, [...]
How 3rd Party Platforms Are Changing The Tech Landscape
When programmer and analyst Chuck Haaker thinks back on the 40 years he’s programmed hospitality software, he can feel how much the process has changed. “When I got into the business back in the 70s, it was very much paper-oriented,” he remembers. “We maxed-out our mainframe. We had two machines [...]
Future Hotel PMS Following the RISE Principle
SkyTouch Technology has just released our new video that explains how our Hotel OS™ was built for the cloud, and introduces our RISE Principle. Many property management systems have been modified for today's marketplace by taking their old equipment and adapting it to use with new technologies. SkyTouch Technology natively [...]
2014 Organizational Strategies for Companies
Whenever we enter a new year, it’s the perfect time to reflect and rethink our organizational strategies. For 2014 we have put together a list of helpful tips to refresh, revive, and kick start your business, so you can jump into January with a plan to make this year better [...]
Rate Management Today: Doing More With Less
Check out the first article in this series, Rate Management Today, Part 1: The Elusive BAR to learn why assessing and setting your best available rate is important. Then read on to see how SkyTouch can make it easy. Last time, we discussed the toughest part of hotel management today—setting [...]
Comparing Cloud Technology Services
In previous posts we've talked about the rising growth and technological advantages of cloud computing across all industries, especially in hospitality brands like hotels. For those who might not be completely up to speed on the latest cloud technology services, we’re going to break it down in a simple overview [...]
Rate Management Today, Part 1: The Elusive BAR with Andy Musel & Chuck Haaker
What’s the toughest part of hotel rate management today? Although they come from two separate departments, both Andy, a SkyTouch property advocate, and Chuck, a programmer and analyst, agreed the hardest thing to manage is: setting the perfect and elusive BAR—your best available rate. “It’s elusive,” said Andy, “only because [...]
The Future of Cloud Computing
As we head into 2014, the outlook is bright for the future of cloud computing. More and more companies are turning to virtual data centers to help with their business. The time when only niche businesses could turn to the cloud to find solutions is ending fast. Moving forward, businesses [...]