This week’s Partner News is highlighted by hihotels by Hospitality International revealing its award winners for 2021; Loop Media Inc. partnering with Sonifi Solutions; and Leisure Hotels & Resorts choosing Stayntouch’s PMS platform. Read about all that and more below.
hihotels by Hospitality International reveals 2021 award winners
hihotels by Hospitality International has handed out its 2021 awards. These winning properties rose above all the nominees in meeting and exceeding the company’s standards of operations last year.
Scottish Inns & Suites, Allentown, PA, won the President’s Award, given to a franchisee who has been loyal to hihotels by Hospitality International for many years, consistently demonstrated a willingness to accept positive change within the hotel industry and received positive communication from their guests.
Red Carpet Inn, N. Chicago, IL, won the Gander Award, given to a franchisee who embraces its local community in offering sponsorship for local events or teams, participates in charitable events or embraces the needs of the local community.
Other winners included Scottish Inns & Suites, Houston-Willowbrook, TX (New Property of the Year Award); Scottish Inns & Suites, Eau Claire, WI (Brand Unity Award); Red Carpet Inn, Blacksburg, VA (Best Online Presence Award); Scottish Inns & Suites, Houston-Jones Road, TX (COVID Hero Award); and Synergy Hospitality LLC (Vendor of the Year Award).
Loop Media Inc. partners with Sonifi Solutions
Loop Media Inc., a leading multichannel streaming platform that provides curated music video and branded entertainment channels for businesses and consumers, has formed a partnership with SONIFI Solutions, a global technology and service provider for hospitality and other industries. This partnership offers Loop Media’s premium streaming music content on SONIFI’s interactive television system for hotels nationwide.
Using SONIFI’s platform, Loop Media brings one of the largest music libraries, including music videos from top artists, to 400,000 hotel rooms in more than 1,300 hotels throughout the U.S. Loop Media’s content now seamlessly integrates with SONIFI’s existing TV channel offerings as a custom music video channel available to guests.
Leisure Hotels & Resorts selects Stayntouch
Stayntouch, a global provider in guest-centric cloud hotel property management systems (PMS) and contactless technology, has partnered with Leisure Hotels & Resorts, a hospitality management company that specializes in upscale destination markets and independent hotels. Stayntouch will now deliver its PMS solution to four of Leisure Hotels’ Midwest and Mountain properties, totaling 469 rooms.
Leisure Hotels & Resorts has 24 hotels, resorts and restaurants currently under management. Prior to Stayntouch, it deployed a traditional desktop-based PMS, which was difficult to use and tied staff to the front desk. Leisure chose Stayntouch because it needed a flexible platform that delivered a digital welcome experience for guests, as well as an intuitive and mobile user interface to streamline operations and allow staff to engage guests anywhere on property.
Tarkett launches 2030 climate roadmap
Tarkett, a provider of sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, has introduced its new Climate Roadmap for 2030 in full alignment with the Paris Climate Agreement objective to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The company will deliver a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by 2030. The independent organization Science Based Targets (SBTi) has started the evaluation and approval of Tarkett’s greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Tarkett’s Climate Roadmap for 2030 covers reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from its own activities and its purchased energy, as well as those arising from the rest of its value chain, from suppliers to end customers.
The SBTi is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Science-based targets are designed to keep the planet within its global carbon budget in order to limit the increase of global temperatures and the effects of climate change. The building industry can make a major contribution to resource preservation and the mitigation of climate impact, since it represents around 40% of global GHG emissions (production, transport & incineration) and 60-70% of total waste.
PPDS partners with Key Digital
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, LED and professional TVs, has revealed a new strategic partnership with Key Digital, a leading manufacturer of digital video distribution and control systems, to bring new levels of support to bars and restaurants in the way they manage and control their AV solutions.
Working seamlessly across a variety of dedicated Philips professional displays for the food, beverage and hospitality industries, Key Digital brings a range of new game-changing solutions to streamline the control and distribution of content to displays—including from a smartphone—as well as the management of other AV applications within their AV ecosystem (i.e. audio, lighting, security).
