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Kamal Advani succeeds Sean Worker as BridgeStreet CEO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Extended stay business travel solutions provider BridgeStreet has appointed Kamal Advani as CEO to succeed Sean Worker. Advani has been a longstanding BridgeStreet board member and managing director of the company’s controlling shareholder, Versa Capital Management, LLC, who will bring 30 years of operating and finance experience, leading companies to achieve sustainable and profitable […]
Operto rebrands from Slickspaces Technologies
Reading Time: 2 minutesVancouver: Property automation startup and one of PhocusWire’s Hot 25 startups for 2019, Operto Guest Technologies, has announced it has rebranded from Slickspaces Technologies. Following rapid expansion since its founding in 2016, the relaunch of the brand signifies a milestone for the company as its offering to hoteliers and vacation rental property managers is increased. […]
Self storage app Neighbor recognised at awards
Reading Time: 2 minutesUtah: Neighbor.com, a self-storage app for the sharing economy, has been recognised as one of Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas in the Apps category. The World Changing Ideas award, which has been running for three years, honours businesses, policies, projects and concepts that offer innovative solutions to the issues facing humanity. A prestigious judging panel […]
True Corporation invests in Crave to create rental model
Reading Time: 2 minutesLondon: Crave Interactive, a developer of cloud-based digital guest service solutions for hotels, has announced a major investment by Thai telecommunications provider, True Corporation. The deal provides a majority investment from True Digital & Media Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of True Corporation Public Company Limited. The investment will help to establish an innovative rental […]
Amazon’s Mike Murphy to speak at RedAwning conference
Reading Time: 2 minutesCalifornia: RedAwning has announced that Mike Murphy, Amazon’s head of Alexa smart properties, will join the lineup of speakers at the company’s inaugural partner conference in Sonoma in May. RedAwning is teaming up with Amazon Alexa for Hospitality in order develop the next RedAwning product, a smart concierge for vacation rentals. Murphy, a co-founder of […]