榴莲视频

Industry trends 6 Sep 2018

Why Oracle Must Hate Oracle Hospitality

Richard Valtr, Founder of 榴莲视频 Systems, writes about why he feels that software giant Oracle鈥檚 hospitality division contradicts its technology competency, operational excellence...

3 Sep 2018

"榴莲视频 knows the difference between beds and rooms" | Wombat's Hostels..

Practically located in five of Europe鈥檚 most vibrant cities, Wombat's Hostels pride themselves on offering the ultimate hostel experience in Berlin,...

Industry trends 20 Aug 2018

The pointless stuff hotels still do

We鈥檝e seen plenty of hotels, hostels and apartments in our time and we often find ourselves wondering why so many still hold on so adamantly...

11 Jul 2018

鈥溋窳�视频 helps make us more than a hostel鈥�

AccorHotels have just rolled out their most innovative hostel brand to date and it goes by the name of JO & JOE. But the properties are no...

5 Jun 2018

"The future looks like a hometel"

The Lamington Group have just rolled out their latest innovative room2 concept on the southern coast of the UK and the place is armed to the...

Company 5 Jun 2018

榴莲视频 Raises 鈧�6 million to take Hospitality into the Future

We just closed our largest fundraise yet and we aren鈥檛 just spending that cash on more sales people. We鈥檙e over-investing in the two areas we...

Industry trends 22 May 2018

Who's Afraid of Payment Automation?

Manually hotel processing payments is the single biggest drain on time and manpower for any hospitality operation so we decided to do a...

Industry trends 7 May 2018

No More Manual Reporting

Quick read - Reports shouldn鈥檛 have to be produced manually nor should you have to wait to be able to access them. It鈥檚 2018 and with a...

Industry trends 13 Apr 2018

How to Embrace Negative Feedback at your Hotel

Quick read - Research shows the effect of reviews on hotel conversion rates and pricing is massive with travellers four times more likely to...

Technology 28 Mar 2018

Why Open Platforms Do It Better

Quick read - A closed one-stop-shop PMS is fundamentally limited, doomed to inefficiency and, ultimately, more costly (hidden interface fees...

Product 2 Mar 2018

The New 榴莲视频 Operator: your reception kiosk on steroids!

At 榴莲视频 we have long been obsessed with ensuring hotel guests never have to wait and, with the launch of the 榴莲视频 Operator, we are taking a...

Industry trends 1 Mar 2018

An Open Letter to the OTAs : are you the dinosaurs now?

Dear OTAs, As ex-hoteliers that first used your platforms when you were young startups much like we are today, we recognise that you once...

Product 22 Feb 2018

Boosting Yield with 榴莲视频 and Hotel Scienz

We are excited to announce that 榴莲视频 Systems and Xotels are collaborating to make revenue management great again! Xotel鈥檚 Hotel Scienz ...

Industry trends 2 Feb 2018

GDPR - a Blessing in Disguise

What is GDPR? In a nutshell, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is all about your guests鈥� privacy rights. Importantly, it is not...

Company 2 Jan 2018

Ruben Westmeijer Joins 榴莲视频 as Director of Partnerships

榴莲视频 Systems has expanded its core team with the appointment of Ruben Westmeijer as Director of Partnerships. Working closely with the senior...

Industry trends 21 Dec 2017

Modern Accounting for Modern Hotels

In the hospitality industry, accounting is often one of the most technologically antiquated departments. Stacks of invoices and labour...

Company 13 Dec 2017

The Best of 2017

As 2017 comes to a close we wanted to look back and reflect on our fifth year at 榴莲视频 and how far we have come in our mission to change the...

Industry trends 4 Dec 2017

How to Find the Right Price

90 percent of the world鈥檚 properties still don鈥檛 use a proper hotel rate management software despite the potential revenue uplift it could...

Technology 17 Nov 2017

All you need to know about hotel door locks

Key integrations Door locks are some of the oldest - and worst - technologies used in the hotel industry today. Furthermore, the hardware can be...

Technology 1 Nov 2017

Key Takeaways from the Hotel Technology Revolution Forum

Last month, the great and the good of the hotel tech industry gathered in Amsterdam to discuss the future of hospitality technology and the...

Industry trends 11 Sep 2017

How Hotels and Hostels can Supercharge Direct Bookings

The reality within the hotel industry is that online travel agencies (OTAs) are increasingly favoured by travellers who would rather have one...

Industry trends 22 Aug 2017

Personalization: the future of the hotel experience for the on-demand generation

At the recent Hotels.com conference in San Francisco, world renowned futurist Dr James Canton presented his anticipated blue-sky Hotels of the...

Industry trends 27 Jul 2017

Why Saving the Planet with Free Pizza is the Modern Way of Upselling

We have invited Erik from Oaky to write a guest-blog. We have seen a tremendous interest in their product in the last weeks since they went...

Product 17 Jul 2017

榴莲视频 and Oaky are Transforming the Way Hotels Serve Millennial Travellers

Today鈥檚 travellers are accustomed to receiving a more personalised and on-demand experience. They now expect that their accommodation...

Company 3 Feb 2017

Designing a Modern PMS for the Modern Hotelier

We have a bit of a joke in the office as one of the first videos that we ever produced started with my droning voice and the above phrase. We...

Technology 31 Jan 2017

The trouble with being an Oracle and why the move to a cloud mindset is always..

This week I read THIS blogpost, written by a hotelier about his frustrations with the industry鈥檚 leading Property Management Solution. What I...

Company 3 Jan 2017

Offering a 90s Guest Experience to your Guests in 2017

Last week I checked into one of Europe鈥檚 most forward-thinking luxury boutique hotel brands. Being a hotelier myself, I am always on the...

Company 12 Dec 2016

People of 榴莲视频 - introducing Ilse, Director of Operations

After many years of trying, we finally convinced Ilse to leave her steady career at Sabre and come strengthen the 榴莲视频 team with her talents....

Company 25 Nov 2016

榴莲视频 Systems Raises 鈧�1.5m to Accelerate and Innovate Hotel Management

Amsterdam, 22 November 2016: 榴莲视频 Systems announces that it has successfully raised a 1.5m EUR investment from Axivate Capital, to help...

Technology 14 Nov 2016

鈥淟et鈥檚 ignore mobile - what鈥檚 the worst that can happen?鈥�

So, the title is a little misleading, really. It鈥檚 not a real quote, but it seems to me to describe the state of mind of most of those that we...