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Reeco checks in with $10M for hotel supplies marketplace

By Linda Fox | March 28, 2023

The investment in the Israel-based company was led by Net Capital Ventures and Joule Ventures while a number of angel investors also participated. Read More

Interview / Technology

Q&A: EV Hotels’ vision to serve “technology travelers”

By Derek Catron | February 9, 2023

EV Hotels bills itself as the first smart hotel brand with experiences in crypto and NFT. Read More

News / Startups

Hotel tech innovators present solutions for cleaning rooms, digital tipping

By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | January 26, 2023

During the ALIS Tech Challenge at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit, several companies pitched new hotel technology solutions to address the industry's labor challenges. Read More

News / Startups

Hotel Manager lands £1M for modular hotel tech platform

By Linda Fox | December 14, 2022

Fuel Ventures led the investment in the U.K.-based company while Pitchdrive VC, CORE angels Lisbon, Boost Fund and Startupist Ventures also participated. Read More

Opinion / Online

2023 trends in hospitality from a road warrior’s perspective

By Klaus Kohlmayr - IDeaS | November 22, 2022

While the last few years have been difficult, the road ahead is littered with uncertainty. Read More

News / Distribution

Can a "coalition of the willing" fix airline distribution?

By Linda Fox | October 6, 2022

Airlines are facing the fact that transformation is needed across front- and back-end processes. Read More

News / Technology

My Method... How Staycity went from pen and paper to tech-driven operations

By Lloyd Green - Staycity | September 14, 2022

Staycity enlisted Optii Solutions to help the hotel company improve productivity and efficiency across housekeeping and operations. Read More

News / Startups

Shackle raises $5.5M to digitize the hotel guest experience

By Jill Menze | August 23, 2022

Founded in 2020, Shackle helps hotels streamline operations by integrating backend systems into its guest-facing app. Read More

News / Technology

My Method: How Welcome Break reduced check-in from four minutes to 45 seconds

By Chris Jones - Guestline | August 22, 2022

Welcome Break Hotels wanted to address the manual, time-consuming and complex check-in and checkout process. Read More

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News / Online

VIDEO: A hotelier’s long-term learnings from COVID

By PhocusWire | August 19, 2022

An Italian hotelier provides an update on the impact of COVID at Phocuswright Europe 2022. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Why the hotel chatbot is a must-have for data collection

By Elitza Stoilova - Umni | August 15, 2022

With the disappearance of third-party cookies, hotel website chatbots will be critical to the collecting of first- and zero-party data. Read More

News / Online

Mews launches venture arm to fuel growth and innovation in hospitality industry

By Kathryn Walson | July 28, 2022

Following three acquisitions in the past year, Mews has launched Mews Ventures to accelerate M&A activity. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Report: The hospitality executive's guide to RMS technology

By Cristina Polo | July 25, 2022

Find out how a comprehensive revenue management strategy can elevate a hotel group’s commercial performance across multiple customer touchpoints. Read More