With 338 guestrooms, iclub Fortress Hill Hotel offers and new advanced mobile key technology and a smoke-free environment.

Megazzini, who has had a 30-year career with Marriott, will oversee all operations of the newly revitalized 300-room property in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska.

The Mews cloud-based property management system is designed for independent hotels and small chains looking to connect with guests through new media.

Technovation Solutions, a technology integration center showcasing members’ and partners’ technology in a simulated customer experience lab setting, is expanding the breadth of collaborative solutions members can deploy.

The Wyndham Grand Xi’an South and Wyndham Kunming Resort, along with the soon-to-open Wyndham Xuzhou East, adds to the 86,200 rooms in China under the Hotel Group’s Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, Ramada and Super 8 brands.

Christchurch, Queenstown and Rotorua locations are scheduled to open in 2015.

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A QR code on the window display enables viewers to instantly access information on the hotel, together with a special accommodation offer.

New partnership offers guests the chance to explore their wine palettes at more than 65 InterContinental hotels and resorts across Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA).

Larry Tompkins’ hospitality career spans three decades. He was most recently assistant controller for Chaminade Resort & Spa, a position he assumed in 2011.