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LED Display Launch 📺 PPDS unveiled the 135” Philips Unite LED 6000 Series at HITEC 2025 in Indianapolis, 16-17 June. This foldable, height-adjustable display targets hospitality, offering energy efficiency with under 0.5 watts standby mode. Inspired by Oracle Red Bull Racing, its design ensures mobility, fitting through doors and lifts. Features include motorized height adjustment and a single-box installation. Powered by Android 11, it offers native app integration, eliminating external media players. Philips Wave cloud management enhances control and efficiency.

🏖 Resorts using both Inntopia Marketing Cloud and Stayntouch can merge data across systems for a seamless experience. Inntopia's GM, Trevor Crist, highlights the benefits of integrating Stayntouch’s features with their booking and CRM solutions. This allows guests to book lodging and activities like lift tickets and spa reservations in one transaction. Reid Webster from Stayntouch emphasizes their cloud-based PMS facilitating these integrations, enhancing revenue opportunities and guest satisfaction.

💸 Aptech launches TVNG, a budgeting and forecasting tool for hotels, featuring non-Excel interface and over 60 standard reports. TVNG integrates actual data from PVNG for blended forecasts and supports strategic planning with long-term projections. Demonstrations are scheduled for HITEC 2025, June 17-19, at Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, booth #3000. TVNG offers flexible budgeting, accurate cost analysis, and self-service reporting, allowing finance teams to manage planning from a central location.

💻 Aptech launched TVNG, a budgeting and forecasting solution for hotels, empowering finance managers with an intuitive interface. TVNG integrates with Excel, offering flexible budgeting and over 60 standard reports. It features two forecasting options and self-service reporting. Aptech will demonstrate TVNG at HITEC 2025, June 17-19, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, booth #3000. TVNG aims to enhance decision-making, strategy alignment, and financial insight for hotel organizations.

💻 Early last year, Silverman appointed an AI director to enhance guest- and employee-facing capabilities. They aimed to create a guest-facing AI insulated from issues commonly associated with large language models, such as errors and security vulnerabilities. To achieve controlled AI outputs, they implemented a templated approach that aligns guest preferences with menu offerings. This method uses AI to match flavors while avoiding traditional text-input chatbots, ensuring a secure and precise interaction with the menu.

💻 VSR will debut the next-generation VAIA® at the HITEC show in Indianapolis, Booth 3214. This multimodal AI voice assistant, designed for hotels, provides 24/7 multilingual service, integrating with PMS, POS, and MCP systems. VAIA reduces front desk workload, boosts revenue via upsells, and enhances guest satisfaction with seamless communication. Deployment takes days, requiring minimal IT resources. Built with cloud-native architecture, VAIA ensures PCI, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance, supporting platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

📱 VSR's VAIA® launches at HITEC in Indianapolis, Booth 3214. VAIA is a multimodal AI assistant for hotels, offering 24/7 service across voice, text, chat, and email. It enhances guest satisfaction and efficiency with multilingual support and integration with Quore, PMS, and POS systems. Deployment takes days, lowering front desk workload and boosting revenue with upsell opportunities. VAIA features MCP Integration for access to 7,000+ apps, supports compliance standards, and provides a real-time dashboard for insights.