Is your hotel optimized for maximum revenue this summer season? All indications are the 2017 summer travel season is going to be scorching hot for hoteliers. It’s exciting news, but also a warning to hoteliers without the proper technology in place to ensure their hotels run smoothly during the busiest time of the year. If… Continue Reading Summer is Around the Corner – Is your Hotel High-Season Ready?
While the SkyTouch Hotel OS® is known for helping hoteliers operate their properties more efficiently, it’s being used creatively in other places too. At universities, it’s helping with some of the unique operational facets of campus hotels. But one flavor of Skytouch’s easy-to-learn property management system is also being used in the classroom. The cloud… Continue Reading How an easy to learn PMS is helping University students learn hotel efficiency
Savvy hoteliers want more from their PMS, and today’s cloud-based solutions answer the demand. Harnessing the power of the cloud means money once left on the table is money that can be reinvested into elevating staff productivity, the guest experience and overall property sustainability and wealth. This webinar explores how the depth of cloud-based PMS… Continue Reading Want more from your PMS? Look to the power of the Cloud
The level of administration and management is higher for a system that is powering hundreds or thousands of hotel operations, said Charlie Green, SkyTouch’s director of product management. “A team of professionals are managing the system and monitoring 24/7,” he said. “The systems are generally located in a purpose-built data-center facility that incorporates high levels of… Continue Reading Is a cloud-based property-management system more secure?
Since the end of the Great Recession, the U.S. hotel industry has been experiencing unprecedented growth. According to CBRE, 2016 ended with hotels achieving a higher historical occupancy than at any other time in history. And that’s with more hotels than ever before too. You’ve experienced it at your hotels. Those crowded breakfast bars, myriad daily arrivals and departures, all fueled by a seemingly unyielding thirst for travel from… Continue Reading Rate Check: How a Small ADR Lift Makes Big Bottom Line Difference
The hotel industry has been breaking records for so long – years, in fact! – that we’ve almost conditioned ourselves to believe the good times will never end. But evidence is suggesting it’s time to think about mounting a strong defense so you can continue to play great offense. One thing to keep in mind… Continue Reading Defending Your Hotel’s Occupancy in an Inconsistent Market
Street Corner Sales Tactics With occupancy predicted to drop by STR Global in 2017 for the first time since the Great Recession, plus an easing of RevPAR growth to a predicted 2.3 percent, the hotel industry is facing its first speed bump in years. That doesn’t mean you should sit back and let the decline own you. The hotel business… Continue Reading STR Report: Occupancy rates predicted to drop. Here’s how to help stay ahead of the curve.
Payment services and gateway provider Shift4 Corporation and cloud-based hotel PMS provider SkyTouch Technology have announced the general availability of their joint EMV-certified solution for hoteliers. This announcement comes after a year of revolutionary cloud-based EMV integration in hotels. Read full article here.
Valentine’s Day is a great holiday in which to develop some fun romantic packages that boost business. It’s one that naturally leads to couples seeking a hotel stay to reconnect with each other. Plus, for the customer, it’s a great excuse to get out of the house for a couple of days away from the daily distractions of… Continue Reading How Valentine’s Day Can Romance Your Hotel’s Bottom Line
With Shift4’s DOLLARS ON THE NET and SkyTouch Technology’s cloud-based hotel management system, hoteliers can process EMV payments to help prevent the fraudulent use of stolen card data in card-present environments while adding the layered security of point-to-point encryption (P2PE) and tokenization. This keeps sensitive cardholder data out of the hotelier’s payment processing environment, greatly… Continue Reading Shift4, SkyTouch Offer Hotel Industry a Joint EMV Solution
