2025 HTNG TechOvation Award Videos

Watch the videos on HTNG's YouTube Channel and "like" your favorites! Your "likes" will help companies advance to the next round of the TechOvation Award as semifinalists.

The ten semifinalists will advance to present their products live on October 28 at The Hospitality Show.

Voting is open September 8th - September 19th.

Insights, by Hireology

Hireology’s Insights empowers hotels to turn real-time hiring data into action. With advanced analytics of key hiring metrics, teams gain instant visibility into performance by location, quickly identifying top-performers and areas for improvement. These insights accelerate decision-making and help build high-performing teams that drive revenue. By unlocking the power of hiring data, Hireology enables proactive, performance-driven talent strategies.

ExploreTECH Pro, by ExploreTECH

ExploreTECH PRO is the first AI Agent built to simplify hospitality tech procurement. It transforms 2,000+ solutions across 120+ subcategories & counting, into clear, actionable choices. PRO clarifies needs, maps integrations, builds shortlists & delivers decision-ready briefs. Users can compare, connect with experts, message vendors, request demos, or download comparisons — all in one seamless flow. The result: faster, smarter, more confident tech decisions.

Nonius All-in-one Casting Appliance, by Nonius

The Nonius Edge Cast Appliance is a compact, power-efficient appliance that forms a core part of the Nonius edge computing architecture. It delivers seamless in-room streaming by combining Apple AirPlay Broker, Google Cast Proxy, and native smart TV casting (LG, Samsung, Philips, etc.) in a single, plug-and-play device.

IDeaS Spotlight, by IDeaS

IDeaS Spotlight, is the new solution that bridges the gap between marketing and revenue teams. As a demand intelligence tool it helps hotel and resort marketers know when and where to allocate marketing spend for the greatest impact on incremental revenue.

Property Experience Management System (PXMS), by UrVenue

UrVenue's PXMS, aka UrResort, is the industry’s first full-stack platform for managing and monetizing non‑room inventory, such as dining, spa, nightlife, cabanas, excursions, and events. It unifies commerce, operations, analytics, and knowledge management into one system, with a unified booking cart, real‑time yielding, an intuitive Itinerary Builder, and centralized Experience Center for staff control.

MeetingPackage CRS for Meetings & Events and Group Sales, by MeetingPackage

CRS for Meetings & Events – manage all your group sales with one software. MeetingPackage CRS connects all group sales channels, offline or online, to hotels operational software allowing hoteliers to increase group revenue, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

Agilysys Book With S.P.E.N.D., by Agilysys

Agilysys Book with S.P.E.N.D. (Stay Package Entitlement New Dynamic), a technology breakthrough that increases ancillary revenue and guest personalization by simplifying how hotels sell and fulfill packages. It enables guests to reserve all entitlements in a package – from spa and golf to dining and activities and tours — in a single, guided online experience without requiring calls, emails or manual coordination with a property’s staff.

BBH "Bamboo" Interactive Television (ITV) Overlay on DIRECTV AEP, by Broadband Hospitality (BBH)

BBH has launched its “Bamboo” ITV overlay for the DIRECTV® Advanced Entertainment Platform (AEP).  The combined system, branded for the property and integrated with the property’s PMS, delivers a vast array of on-demand streaming content (including over 10,000 TV episodes and movies!) as well as important guest information and services such as folio review with check-out, amenity and maintenance requests, on-site dining options, and daily activities and events.

The Grid, by Glowing.io

The Grid is an agentic, natural-language AI layer that sits above the hospitality tech stack so staff can “just say it” - by voice or text. The Grid understands intent and orchestrates sub agent actions via modern protocols (e.g. MCP) across PMS/CRM/service ops. No rip-and-replace: The Grid augments your stack, cuts frontline screen time, unlocks multilingual knowledge, and provides leadership insights that lift revenue and reduce costs.  The Grid is hospitality's first agentic system of action.

AI Profile Snapshot, by dailypoint

From first-time VIP guests to returning guests – the AI Profile Snapshot instantly recognizes who is standing in front of you & what makes them unique – ensuring the perfect first impression. Powered by AI, internet identification & the Central Guest Profile, it alerts staff to VIPs & delivers the most important guest information at a glance – ensuring a flawless, personalized welcome. Whether in a boutique hotel or across a group, it elevates guest experience and operational excellence!

N2Pricing Commercial Suite: AI Report Generator, by Revenue Analytics

In hospitality, missed insights mean missed revenue. For revenue managers, the race to find them is slowed by hours spent digging through static, disconnected reports. The AI Report Generator in Revenue Analytics’ N2Pricing Commercial Suite solves this with advanced data integration and AI-powered insight generation. With one click, it aggregates live data, spots trends and anomalies, and creates an editable, visual report managers can refine with market context.

AIVA Connect 3.0 Agentic AI, by BluIP

A warm, human-like assistant available via phone, webchat, and SMS, guiding guests through every stage of the guest experience —pre-booking to post-stay. With secure integrations across the hospitality ecosystem, AIVA handles reservations, service requests, and complex room service orders without ever forgetting an upsell opportunity. AIVA 3.0 Connect delivers instant, accurate, secure service at every touchpoint, enhancing guest satisfaction, reducing costs, and driving revenue.

Communications, by Axonify

Axonify is the hotel operations enablement platform that ensures every associate — across every property — is connected, confident, and consistent in delivering your brand promise. Real-time updates, SOP resources, and two-way feedback combine with embedded training and task management to keep teams aligned, standards executed, and guest experiences exceptional.

Digital Arrivals: Skipping the line, without skipping the welcome., by Alliants

Resorts World Las Vegas, Dormakaba, and Alliants have collaborated to create a new solution for curating a digital arrival impression that mirrors the warm in-person impressions luxury hotels are known for. This integrated solution allows hotel guests to bypass the front desk via an easy web-based check-in process while still engaging with the Resorts World brand along the way. Then, guests can use their smartphones and smartwatches as hotel keys that they can share with family and friends.

Levee RISE, by Levee

Levee RISE is the training and performance layer of Levee’s platform. It turns our inspection data into personalized feedback, helping housekeepers build skills and consistency while giving managers clear insights to recognize top performers and support those who need improvement. RISE builds stronger teams by raising the level of work across the workforce, addressing labor challenges through growth rather than turnover.

Siv Hospitality Lead Response, by Siv

Siv is the fastest path from hotel lead to booked revenue. With 35% of group leads arriving outside business hours, Siv routes inquiries directly to sellers and responds instantly—by text, email, and phone—using each hotel’s branding and voice. Hotels see 50%+ text response rates and 23% of planners booking 1:1 calls, creating faster connections, stronger fit, and more won business.