MCR Acquires Cloud-Based Hotel Management Platform Optii
7.12.2021 17:00:00 EET | Business Wire | Press release
MCR, the 4th-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States and one of Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Travel Companies of 2020, has acquired Optii, the only predictive, cloud-based technology for improved hotel operations.
Optii will continue to be a standalone company with its existing management team of CEO Katherine Grass, Founder and CSO Soenke Weiss and CRO Deborah Pevenstein.
MCR’s portfolio of 140 branded and independent hotels will be arms-length customers of Optii, which will continue to offer its product to forward-thinking hotel companies. No data will be shared with MCR. MCR will mobilize its 4,000 hotel team members — who will utilize Optii for 20,000 guestrooms per day — to push for innovative product enhancements.
Stayntouch property management system software, another standalone company owned by MCR, will integrate with Optii.
A data-driven platform powered by artificial intelligence, Optii has revolutionized housekeeping technology, optimizing labor and cleaning sequences for faster turnaround times and reduced costs. With its Service and Chat products, Optii streamlines internal communication, allowing managers to auto-assign and track jobs and guest requests in real time, eliminating calls by 95%. The user-friendly mobile and tablet interface can be accessed anywhere, whether on or off property.
Used by hotels to clean more than 10 million guestrooms globally, Optii has experienced stratospheric growth in the past year as hoteliers seek to increase housekeeping productivity while committing to Covid-19 protocols and facing labor shortages.
Fully configurable, the platform connects to many property management systems and is a best-in-class solution for hotels of all sizes, from 50-room boutique properties to 3,000-room casinos. Unlike any other hotel technology, remote onboarding is led by the experts — former executive housekeepers. The software’s artificial intelligence gets smarter over time — around week four, the technology peaks in providing operational efficiencies.
Optii has an aggressive expansion strategy that includes the imminent introduction of a Preventative Maintenance product.
Katherine Grass, CEO of Optii, says, “We are honored to have been selected by MCR to join their portfolio of companies. This acquisition will significantly boost our ability to provide hotels around the world with the technology they need to succeed in today’s operating environment. More and more hotels are realizing that investing in the right technology at this unique time can be a key lever for success. This is a huge growth opportunity for our company to continue momentum in the United States and Europe as well as to further develop our leadership position in Asia.”
Adds Tyler Morse, Chairman and CEO of MCR, “Innovation is a core value of MCR and the acquisition of Optii forwards our mission. At our 140 hotels, we have used every housekeeping technology on the market — and Optii is simply the best. MCR’s investment in Optii will expand its reach globally and provide the company with the resources to continue introducing cutting-edge technology to the hotel industry.”
About Optii Solutions
Optii, headquartered in Austin, Texas, and with offices in New York, London and Brisbane, is a hotel operations solution that leverages smarter technologies such as artificial intelligence, analytics, messaging and mobility to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of hotel operations teams. Optii operates in real time and allows hotels to streamline operations, reduce costs and enhance the guest experience in proven and tangible ways, without requiring capital expenditure and complex integrations. Optii is used by hotels around the world, including the Venetian Macau, part of Las Vegas Sands, La Cantera Resort & Spa and The Don Cesar in the United States, Okada Manilla Resort & Casino, Doma Hotels, Marriott, IHG and more. For further information about Optii, please visit optiisolutions.com.
About MCR
- 4th-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States
- $4.0 billion portfolio of 140 premium-branded hotels
- MCR operates 8 Marriott brands, 6 Hilton brands and a number of unflagged independent hotels
- 20,000 guestrooms across 34 states and 84 cities
- Founded in 2006
- Offices in New York City, Dallas, Chicago and Richmond, Virginia
- 4,000 team members across the country
- Three-time recipient of the Marriott Partnership Circle Award , the highest honor Marriott presents to its owner and franchise partners
- Recipient of the Hilton Legacy Award for Top Performer
- For the TWA Hotel at New York’s JFK Airport, MCR won the Development of the Year (Full Service) Award at The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) , the Urban Land Institute New York Excellence in Hotel Development Award and the American Institute of Architects national Architecture Award, the highest honor given by the AIA
- Named one of Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Travel Companies of 2020
- For more information, please visit mcrhotels.com
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