Popular Podcasting Podcasting has hit the mainstream, and in the hospitality industry it’s quickly become the way people love to learn while working out, walking the family dog, or heading to or from work. SkyTouch Technology, along with other hospitality tech partners, recently hosted an evening dedicated to this exciting medium. Held at The [...]
Millennials are set to be the largest active adult generation in 2019, surpassing Baby Boomers, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So, what does this mean for the hotel industry and its technology and why should we care? Technologically Savvy Millennial hoteliers have reached the age where they are taking over hotel ownership. Parents are passing [...]
The hotel industry is often up against it when it comes to room rate management. There is not only revenue per available room (RevPAR) to think about, profits and the bottom line, but also about how to increase RevPAR and somehow attract and please guests at the same time, season by season, even day by [...]
The benefits of property management systems are endless, especially in the hectic world of the hospitality industry. When you factor in that travelers visit up to 38 websites before even making a booking, you know that the benefits of modern hotel management software are essential. The future of the hotel industry depends on your [...]
Welcome to The Cloud. It’s an entirely new way of thinking about PMS software for hotels since this technology sets the stage for reinventing every aspect of the hotel management experience. OK, it’s not actually new, it just seems new. Cloud computing may be a relatively new entrant into the hospitality technology space, yet [...]
Call it the accidental boss. Born at the dawn of the computer age to digitize check-ins and calculate guest expenditures, the hotel property management system (PMS) started in earnest. In fact, it was hardly a PMS at all. These early systems were more akin to a series of not quite related Excel spreadsheets called into [...]
Encouraging guests to come back time after time can be a challenge. Whether you run a hotel chain or a quaint, boutique bed and breakfast, guest loyalty is likely one of your main priorities. Since many hotels now have to compete not only with each other but also with OTAs and platforms such as Airbnb, [...]
Hotels that are dedicated to providing great customer service devote a substantial amount of time and energy developing and cultivating their concierge services. The concierge desk provides valuable services to guests and can ensure that their stay is an overwhelmingly pleasant one, and in today’s digitally connected world, concierge desks must use hotel technology to [...]
If it’s summer, it must be HITEC. For those not in the know, it’s the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference, the hotel industry’s longest running hotel technology conference. It also happens to be the largest event of its kind, and the most attended. And for good reason - it’s the premier hotel technology event [...]
The human trafficking crisis has burst into the American consciousness during the last few years. What was once happening in the shadows, and behind closed doors in places such as hotels, is now getting a bright spotlight shown on this catastrophe. And its making people act. The International Labour Organization estimates there are 40.3 million victims of [...]
