hoteLBeat deButs cLoud-Based ManageMent tooL
Hotelbeat has launched a new web-based , Cloud-native , mobile-friendly solution that features modules for operational areas including front desk / redbook logging , housekeeping , maintenance , lost and found , and staff dispatching . The platform was designed to take all the day-to-day tasks in hotel operations online . Leveraging the power of mobile communication , staff can instantly provide visual reports on any issues that require maintenance or resolution with the guest . In addition , Hotelbeat ’ s new tool promises a real-time solution for managing , measuring and benchmarking hotel staff performance . Through a proprietary metrics-based ticketing functionality , Hotelbeat equips properties with a way to track specific tasks , completion times and operational efficiency within an individual property as well as across a multiproperty portfolio .
acentic introduces high-speed internet pLatForM
Acentic has introduced high-speed Internet platform Radiant 4 . Hoteliers can choose a basic or enhanced module and an optional conference management facility . The Radiant 4 platform is installed locally at the hotel and links to the Acentic Cloud Service , allowing a hotel to get a tailor-made overview of the performance of the high-speed-Internet-access solution at one hotel or at a group of hotels . Information reports can be provided for a single hotel or combined across a group .
MaxLite wins Lighting award
MaxLite has received the Lighting for Tomorrow 2014 Award — presented by the American Lighting Association , the Consortium for Energy Efficiency and Underwriters Laboratories — for its 17-watt Omnidirectional LED A21 lamp . The lamp , which is Energy Star-qualified and features second-generation LED technology , replaces a 100-watt incandescent bulb and yields more than 80 % savings in energy throughout its L70-rated lifetime of 25,000 hours . It is
MaxLite ’ s 17-watt Omnidirectional LED A21 lamp delivers up to 1,600 lumens with an efficacy up to 94 .
available in 2700K , 3000K and 4100K correlated color temperatures and offers a 300-degree beam angle that produces even , consistent light in all directions . in BrieF
■ ■ Grohe America has appointed Jennifer Humphrey director of hospitality .
■ ■ BHS Tabletop has acquired a majority stake
Humphrey in U . K . company John Artis Limited .
■ ■ RLHC will align its RevPak marketing and distribution services systems into a fully integrated platform using Serenata IntraWare ’ s Serenata NetHotel as the CRM engine .
■ ■ Lavatec Laundry Technology and Girbau Group have entered into a collaboration agreement that will enable both companies to take advantage of the other ’ s manufacturing capabilities .
■ ■ Avendra has appointed Wolfram Schaefer president and CEO .
■ ■ SYS Systemfiltration has changed its name to Vito AG .
■ ■ The 2014 edition of Hostelco and Barcelona Hosting Week showcased the offerings of 518 companies from 33 countries representing more than 1,200 brands .
■ ■ Aethos Consulting Group has obtained the intellectual property for the entire hospitality-specific array of survey and assessment tools known globally as 20 | 20 Assess and 2020assess . com .
■ ■ Duetto has opened a European headquarters in London and appointed Alex Barros vice president of sales for EMEA .
■ ■ Cetis , manufacturer of Teledex , TeleMatrix and Scitec brand analog and VoIP hotel telephones , has announced a global telephony partnership with Chicago-based Percipia .
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