This week’s Partner News is highlighted by Duetto and Oaky forming a strategic partnership; Curator Hotel & Resort Collection partnering with Tayst Coffee; and Optii Solutions integrating with RMS Cloud. Read about all that and more below.
Duetto, Oaky form strategic partnership
Duetto and Oaky have revealed a strategic partnership that delivers analytically powered, highly targeted upgrade offers to guests. The integrated solution connects Duetto Open Pricing, room type pricing and brand strategies with Oaky’s highly personalized upselling platform to yield 45% higher guest spend per upgraded night.
As traveler demand returns, the Oaky/Duetto partnership will enable hotels to drive even higher ADRs to optimize demand peaks by presenting personalized upgrade offers direct to guests via Oaky.
How it works:
- The guest receives an Oaky pre-arrival email which directs them to a landing page to see upgrade offers.
- The landing page delivers tailored offers to the guest, populated with dynamic rates calculated by Duetto based on check-in/checkout dates.
- Room upgrade supplements are calculated for all available room types based on the property’s proven Duetto rate strategy and data.
Curator Hotel & Resort Collection partners with Tayst Coffee
Curator Hotel & Resort Collection has formed a new partnership with Tayst Coffee Roaster (pictured above) to provide premium and sustainable coffee products to its members.
“At Curator, we believe in helping our members provide quality experiences that leave guests feeling good about their choice to stay at our properties,” said Jennifer Barnwell, president, Curator Hotel & Resort Collection. “To successfully achieve this, we know that providing thoughtful products and services are important, and sustainable offerings are important to many travelers today. Partnering with Tayst Coffee will allow our members to make a small change that will have a huge impact on both their guests and our planet.”
Tayst Coffee Roasters is an Earth-first coffee company founded in 2016 by partners Craig Handleman and Greg Byrnes with a mission to offer premium coffee products that are sustainably sourced. Tayst is focused on transitioning coffee drinkers to 100% compostable products that provide rich nutrients back into the soil, and offers zero-waste products for hotels, offices and homes. The company also provides a Down to Earth Return Service to allow Curator members to return used products for proper disposal.
Optii Solutions integrates with RMS Cloud
Optii Solutions, a leading cloud-based hotel operations software, has revealed a two-way integration with RMS Cloud, a property management and hotel management system for luxury hotels, resorts and boutique city hotels. The two-way integration will enable existing RMS users to streamline housekeeping and connect front and back of house to help hotel and operations managers update daily operations. With offices globally, the integration with RMS is part of the expansion plans for Optii to reach hoteliers worldwide.
The two-way integration means hotel customers are able to take advantage of a streamlined technology solution where they can have room status updates in real-time, queued and blocked rooms automatically prioritized and increased transparency between the front desk and housekeeping. It provides an intuitive solution that optimizes labor and cleaning routes through predictive technology and automation.
With Optii, RMS customers will be able to have a 360-degree view of their operations, so they have full visibility into where more resources need to be allocated and where productivity can be improved. This approach will allow hotels of all sizes to operate with greater efficiency and increase productivity within their housekeeping teams.
LG Electronics earns top rating in Marriott MindClick program
LG Electronics has received the highest possible rating in the 2021 MindClick Sustainability Assessment Program (MSAP) for Marriott International. As a supplier of hotel TVs and digital signage displays for 14 Marriott brands, LG has earned the “Leader” rating for seven consecutive years and remains the only display manufacturer to receive the distinction, according to the company.
The “Leader” rating demonstrates LG’s “exemplary use of environmentally and socially responsible practices throughout the life cycle of all product lines, from material choice to end-of-life solutions,” verified by MindClick through a rigorous audit process. The MSAP is an annual assessment of Marriott suppliers that evaluates the sustainability of their products’ lifecycle.
The assessment program evaluates products based on their operational footprint, with environmental and social metrics such as energy, carbon and water reduction, and human and labor rights. It also measures metrics such as carbon footprint from product use and distribution, recyclability, as well as use of sustainable materials and avoidance of chemicals of high concern. Suppliers are recognized in one of three levels: Starter, Achiever and Leader. In 2021, LG achieved top scores in seven of the nine evaluation categories.
Fortis achieves Oracle Validated Integration Expertise
Fortis, a commerce and payments technology leader and member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has achieved Oracle Validated Integration Expertise with Oracle Hospitality OPERA and Oracle Retail Xstore for its hospitality and retail channels. The integrated solution allows for a virtually seamless and secure payment experience while streamlining administrative processes and reducing costs.
Expertise is a core tenet of the modernized Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) program and allows Oracle partners to highlight their capabilities in a focused area. Ultimately, Expertise is designed to make it easy for customers to identify partners who can deliver quality solutions and minimize risk for their specific needs.
In order to achieve the Oracle Validated Integration Expertise, partners like Fortis must meet a series of qualifiers, including demonstrating that the integration performs as documented.
