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Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of London-based Lighthouse [Photo: Lighthouse]
Lighthouse Announces $370M Growth Investment Led by KKR
by Lance Murray | Dec 10, 2024
London-based Lighthouse, a commercial intelligence platform for the $15 billion travel and hospitality technology market, said proceeds from the investment will help expand its "significant presence" in Grapevine, among other endeavors.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 11, 2024
Eric Gavin will work alongside Christine Magrann, president of brand development and restaurants, in leading Makeready.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 12, 2024
Parks Associates' "Smart Spaces" conference in Richardson will bring together property owners, building managers, and tech leaders to discuss innovations in the industry Sept. 24-25. Keynote speakers from Amazon Key, Luma Residential, and Stoneweg US promise insights from industry heavyweights.
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by Lance Murray |
May 10, 2024
Eric B. Jacobs joins Aimbridge after nearly 20 years at Marriott International. He succeeds Allison Reid, who served as Aimbridge's chief global growth officer from July 2022 to May 2024.
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RateGain Appoints Omni Hotels Chair as its New President for the Americas
by Lance Murray | Aug 8, 2023
Hospitality and travel software provider RateGain, which is headquartered in India with an office in Irving, has appointed veteran hospitality executive Peter Strebel as president for the Americas region and tasked him with leading the company’s expansion in the Americas.
Strebel most recently served as chairman of Omni Hotels & Resorts and was Omni’s president from 2018-2022, according to LinkedIn....
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 30, 2023
Sabre Corp., the Southlake-based provider of software and technology for the travel industry, has acquired Techsembly, a U.K.-based hospitality e-commerce provider.
No financial details of the transaction were released.
“Sabre’s agreement with Techsembly reaffirms our position as a leading global hotel commerce and distribution platform in the hospitality industry,” Sabre Hospitality President Scott Wilson said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
Athena Christodoulatos brings 11 years of experience in the hospitality industry and adds extensive strategic planning and relationship building to Premier's growing team, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 15, 2023
Jennifer Picquet-Reyes has been named director of hospitality, historic/adaptive reuse by Dallas-based Merriman Anderson Architects.
“Jennifer has a unique passion for architecture and creating new spaces,” MAA President Milton Anderson said in a statement....
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Plano Hospitality Tech Firm Enseo Sells Majority Stake to H.I.G. Capital
by Alex Edwards | Jun 21, 2021
The Latina-led provider of in-room technology services plans to use the capital to continue innovating in the hospitality industry—and rapidly expand into the senior living, education, and healthcare markets.
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by Bella Pinera |
Apr 28, 2021
Two local brothers are preparing to open the city's first "social" boutique hotel this summer. The new approach puts guests in micro-rooms in exchange for access to luxurious elements sourced from around the world at a lower rate. Geared toward frequent travelers, the hostel-meets-luxury model provides group spaces, curated travel itineraries, and daily activity recommendations.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 9, 2021
From hiring more women executives to inking a new deal with HBO, Enseo continues to thrive by delivering touchless tech and digital communications to make it safer to return to hotels. Next up? CEO Vanessa Ogle is eyeing new markets such as senior living and hospitals.
The Latina-led Plano company survived the pandemic by creating new products to reduce the number of surfaces and people travelers must come in contact with as COVID turned the hospitality sector upside down.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 9, 2020
The woman-owned company has a new partnership with Beekeeper, a mobile platform used by Hilton, Mandarin Oriental, and more, to provide hospitality workforce courses. Based on the neuroscience of adult learning, users tap into role-based content to learn by doing.
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Guests scan the enseoCONNECT QR code with their smartphone to control connected guest room devices. [Photo: Enseo]
Plano’s Enseo Faces the Pandemic With New Patents and Touchless Tech
by Sandra Engelland | Sep 10, 2020
The Plano-based firm has been issued a batch of patents in 2020 related to touchless technology designed to help hotel customers and associates during the pandemic and beyond.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 27, 2020
Dublin-based Linesight is bullish on Dallas-Fort Worth, which ranks as the second-busiest construction market and second highest data center leasing market in the U.S.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 18, 2020
Get Shift Done for North America aligns national partnerships (the likes of Capital One, Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation, Access Healthcare, and Shiftsmart), seed funding, and technology to offer a program that can be quickly launched in any city.
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by Riley Farrell |
Jun 17, 2020
Richardson-based LRS is known for creating restaurant pagers. But when the hospitality industry took a hit, the team knew a pivot was necessary.
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