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 OS (hotel PMS) has made [...]
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 means to be innovative, so [...]
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 of an Agile SkyTouch developer [...]
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 OS® features are developed for [...]
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, more flexible, and best of [...]
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 coupled together because we needed [...]
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 built its Hotel Operating System [...]
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 your BAR—with property advocate, Andy, [...]
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 that will help you understand [...]
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 of the bookings cycle. If [...]
