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Contactless check-in and electronic door locks are the future of the hotel industry, providing guests with a better experience and hotels with improved operations. Learn how to make it happen for your property.

New hospitality software takes work off your plate and frees up your team for what only humans can do - offer guests genuine hospitality and meaningful interactions.

Use the following eleven hotel strategies to attract more customers and strengthen your business in the long run.

Canary VP of Sales Dhiraj “DJ” Singh, was recently in Vienna for IHTF 2023 and sat down with Ryan Haynes for the Travel Market Life Podcast to discuss how Canary is helping advance cybersecurity & fraud prevention in the hotel industry.

In this blog post, we will examine the most popular trends of 2023, the benefits of investing in new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things (IoT), and how these technologies can enhance the guest experience. 

Understanding the current states of the hospitality industry, your markets, and your buyers are essential for hotels to succeed in 2023. To help hoteliers make crucial decisions in 2023, Canary’s team of hotel industry experts has assembled this comprehensive list of hotel statistics you need to know. 

The best hotel management systems address a variety of issues that face modern hoteliers. In this blog post, Canary's industry veteran's provide their expert advice on what hotel management system features hoteliers can't live without and which ones can be ignored.

A hotel’s front desk is the nervous system of a hotel. It’s the main contact point for guests throughout their entire journey with a property, from pre-arrival to checkout. ‍The right hotel front desk software can have a huge impact on the guest experience, staff efficiency and hotel revenue. ‍

The modern guest expects a digital-first experience when they engage with hotel properties. Forward-thinking hoteliers clearly need to embrace this new reality to thrive, but guest-facing technology isn’t the only area in which hoteliers need to modernize. The back-office and other departments can heavily benefit from the introduction of modern hotel software. 

Luxury hotels have lagged behind the technology curve for too long. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. The past few years have seen a constant stream of technology innovations that have made it easier than ever for hotels to operate in the digital age.

With consumers more reliant on and comfortable with digital environments and tools than ever, it’s high time that the hospitality industry fully embrace smart hotel technology to improve the guest experience from pre-arrival through post-checkout. 

For years, technology slowly crept into the lives of consumers and businesses around the world. The near universal adoption of smartphones led to consumers worldwide acclimatizing to the idea of engaging with businesses and organizations in a digital space. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and really opened the throttle.