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💰 Barcelona, Spain — Shiji expands Stellaris Digital Dine with Open Tab and Pay Only features. These capabilities, designed for hotels and resorts, enhance guest dining experiences by eliminating waiting times. Research indicates 73% of diners dislike waiting for checks. Open Tab allows guests to start a tab via QR code, order multiple rounds, and pay at the end, boosting table turnover. Pay Only reduces bill settlement times, saving up to 15 minutes per cover and easing peak period staff workloads.

🌍 Spain, DACH, the UK, and Benelux are key markets, while France and Italy are strategic priorities for RateGain's expansion. By April 2026, Oscar Ganuza was appointed Senior VP Revenue, Europe. Since September 2025, the UNO Direct Stack platform, focusing on AI-powered solutions, has seen accelerating adoption. RateGain's region accounts for 31.6% of FY2025 revenue, doubling its European commercial team and expanding to eight countries to support growth. The Sojern acquisition reinforces their European position.

🖥 Oracle announced OPERA Cloud Assistant, a new AI-powered tool for OPERA Cloud. Available worldwide at no extra cost, it streamlines hotel operations, automates guest room assignments, and enhances revenue management across 230 countries. Wyndham Hotels, with over 2,100 properties, utilizes it to boost efficiency and revenue. Visit HITEC booth #842 on June 15-18 to see it in action. The tool offers real-time guidance, supports language translation, and integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, enhancing productivity and service delivery.

💳 June 16th, 2026, Melbourne, Australia: EML Payments partners with OneJourney to revolutionize the hospitality payment ecosystem. They introduce automated supplier payments using virtual cards and digital stored-value cards for gifting. This move targets luxury hotels, facilitating efficient financial operations, while integrating with systems like QuickBooks and Xero. The partnership eliminates integration costs, modernizes gifting, and enhances guest engagement, transforming traditional practices into strategic financial assets. Eric Hoffman and Brian Dass emphasize streamlining hotel finance processes.

💳 June 16th, 2026, Melbourne: EML Payments partners with OneJourney to enhance hotel operations. The alliance targets luxury hotels, integrating EML's card issuing with OneJourney's automation to innovate payments and gifting. Features include automated virtual cards for supplier payments, reducing manual processes and boosting security. The platform supports QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, and Xero, requiring no integration costs. This modernization replaces paper vouchers with digital cards, improving financial efficiency and guest experience.