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🏨 Historic buildings transform into hotels, offering travelers a unique experience of sleeping within centuries-old walls once serving as abbeys, railway stations, schoolhouses, and prisons. A wooden hotel key card, doubling as a fridge magnet, provides a tangible memory from these stays. Founded in 2011, GCSTIMES innovates sustainable solutions, earning FSC certification and an EcoVadis Silver Medal. Their brands include GCS, AUROkeys, Xenyra, and Glint Spot, offering eco-friendly smart cards and cultural gifts.

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💻 Point Hotel in Brisbane adopted Canary Technologies over a year ago, enhancing operations and guest services. AI managed 120,000+ messages, saving almost 300 hours in six months. Mobile check-ins exceeded 40,000, and digital upsells generated over $60,000 AUD. Self-service kiosks improved checkouts and housekeeping efficiency. Guest satisfaction reached 5/5, and the platform is trusted by 20,000+ hotels globally, including Marriott and IHG. Canary's AI platform significantly boosted guest interaction and operational efficiency.

This article was written by Lodging Magazine. Click here to read the original article Procurement software company PurchasePlus recently expanded into the United States, leveraging its 25 years of hotel…

💻 Samsung Electronics America launched The Frame hospitality model in the U.S., available in 55-, 65-, and 75-inch sizes. This AI-powered TV offers personalized experiences, integrating art and hotel services. LYNK Cloud provides digital concierge services and content management, enhancing guest engagement. The TV supports Google Cast and Apple AirPlay, improving entertainment accessibility. Samsung Knox Security ensures data protection, making it ideal for luxury hotels. The Frame blends seamlessly with hotel decor, offering a unique visual focus.

A GDS (global distribution system) is a network that connects hotel inventory, rates, and availability to travel agents, corporate travel management companies, and online booking tools, letting them search and book directly against live hotel data. Loading corporate rates by hand across multiple GDS extranets is slow, error-prone, and quietly costs you high-yield bookings from […] The post Top 6 GDS Platforms for Hotels in 2027 appeared first on RateGain.

Most hotels still budget and forecast in spreadsheets that break the moment a portfolio grows past a handful of properties. That’s changing. The hotel financial management software market is set to more than double to US$ 6.1B by 2034, growing at an 8.4% CAGR from USD 2.7B in 2024. The money backs it up, hotel […] The post Hotel Forecasting Software: Guide & Vendor Comparison (2027) appeared first on RateGain.

🏨 [Dallas, 8 October 2026] – White Rainbow, founded by Yuri Bouharevich in 2020, now operates eight boutique hotels across the Adirondacks, Montana, and Vermont. It has integrated seven properties into the Mews system for consolidated management of property, revenue, and housekeeping. With keyless guest entry and automated reporting, White Rainbow enhances efficiency while expanding, expecting to add the Grey Fox Inn, Vermont, by October's end. Mews serves 15,000 customers in 85 countries and has received multiple awards.

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