Property Management Systems

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Event / Online
The year in review and the year ahead presented by Phocuswright, PhocusWire and Miles Partnership
December 14, 2023
Make plans to join this free webinar that will provide insights and guidance on key travel topics that are critical for the year ahead. Register Now
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News / Startups
Ireland’s Shackle raises £12M for digital hospitality platform
By Mitra Sorrells | September 26, 2023
The startup provides contactless tools to manage hotel services such as check-in, room entry, food ordering and payments and last year raised $5.5 million in seed funding.     Read More
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News / Technology
HotelRunner acquires point-of-sale system PayPad
By Mitra Sorrells | September 19, 2023
Founded in 2011, this is HotelRunner’s third acquisition, and the company said it is a “significant milestone” as its first product for on-premises sales and payments for hotels. Read More
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News / Technology
How the digital guest journey is unlocking the next era of hospitality
By Harman Singh Narula – Canary Technologies | August 28, 2023
Leading hotels, hospitality brands and management groups are turning to technology solutions to help create more personalized guest-staff interactions, automate rote administrative processes, improve... Read More
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News / Startups
How travel startups are having success with crowdfunding
By Linda Fox | August 23, 2023
Startups Jurny, Your.rentals and Well Traveled used crowdfunding to raise capital and engage their customer communities amid a challenging fundraising environment. Read More
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Opinion / Technology
Tech's answer to the new world of hospitality platforms
By Martin Reichenbach – Apaleo | August 11, 2023
As hospitality businesses diversify like never before, it’s clear that status quo for hospitality platforms is a thing of the past, opening the doors to a world of possibilities.   Read More
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News / Technology
Civitfun acquires GRS, adds hotel group booking capability
By Linda Fox | July 25, 2023
Civitfun, which offers automated hotel check-ins, has added group booking functionality to its stable through the acquisition of GRS. Read More
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Opinion / Technology
Hotel check-in and the new discipline of guest service management
By Mrunal Desai - Aavgo | July 24, 2023
The rapid progress of technology has opened a new world of creative thinking around what the future of guest check-in should look like. Read More
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Interview / Startups
Operto - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2023
By PhocusWire | July 17, 2023
Operto is a guest technology and property management platform. Read More
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News / Distribution
Access Group acquires Guestline to expand offerings to hotel sector
By Derek Catron | July 14, 2023
Guestline's cloud software platform supports over 2,900 venues in 23 countries through its end-to-end distribution, property management and guest experience system. Read More
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News / Startups
With acquisition, South Korea’s ONDA can manage all types of properties
By Derek Catron | July 10, 2023
The company’s moves included forming a subsidiary, OATech, after acquiring the hotel property management system business unit of Oasis Story, a Korean-based B2B solutions provider.   Read More
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News / Startups
Hostaway raises $175M for vacation rental tech expansion
By Linda Fox | May 31, 2023
Hostaway, which launched in 2016, plans to put the funds towards recruitment, strengthening customer service and further growth, with acquisitions potentially in the cards. Read More
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News / Startups
Kasa Living expands into single-home vacation rentals
By Mitra Sorrells | May 11, 2023
The company is adding luxury single-family homes to its portfolio of properties that primarily includes apartment-style accommodations. Read More
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News / Technology
Travel tech expands reach in hospitality schools
By Derek Catron | May 9, 2023
A classroom tech revolution, accelerated by COVID and partnerships with travel leaders, means more of today’s hospitality students are exposed to the latest gadgets and cloud-based systems and learn to... Read More
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News / Startups
Short-term rental startups, investors talk market growth
By Linda Fox | May 5, 2023
Funding is becoming harder to come by but some are breaking through with ongoing investor appetite in the vacation rental market. Read More