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This article discusses the role and benefits of cloud-based event management software in planning and executing events. Software enables event managers to improve workflow, manage venues, and track various types of information in a timely and consistent manner. Software is especially useful in monitoring the progress of ticket sales and invitations, where event organizers can follow up on attendees that did not respond yet. It also helps prevent ticket duplication and enhances security by sending tickets with unique codes to attendees' e-mails. Event management software can also be integrated with social media platforms which boosts the promotion and the visibility of a given event and its ultimate success. Financially, such software leads to cost savings because it does not require investment in infrastructure. From operational standpoint, cloud-based software offers real-time, remote access and fest error resolution. This article helps me better understand improvements in operations that cloud-based software system brings in event management. I am also able to explore the vast field of using software technology. Before reading this article, I was not aware of the benefits of the cloud-based software system in event management. Now, I gained a better knowledge about advantages like accuracy of data for large events, to real-time tracking needs to manage ticket sales and event attendance, and permanent connection and access to various files and records. Such access is vital when an event manager is in charge of multiple events that are at different stages of preparation: some may be in planning stage and others may be in execution stage. The ability to fix errors quickly is a major benefit for event planners that are small businesses. For this reason, an individual wedding planner will probably have peace of mind by using such software.

Technology has become the backbone of today's economy, especially during this pandemic. Technology has become the center of the universe since with the closure of many businesses, and remaining indoors has contributed to people shifting their focus on technology to stay sane and survive (Ovide, 2020). The success of many online platforms during this pandemic like Netflix, Amazon, TikTok has become a worldwide sensation that technology rules the world. This paper will discuss in detail how the aspect of 'Good Enough' contentment in technology leads the world. The article describes how 'good enough' has been embraced, especially in technology, since a company having many small combined Stuff in one platform is more convenient despite them not having something one may need. They have accumulated other Stuff to substitute for that which they cannot offer and package it conveniently and affordably so that it can be useful and a good enough spot to hang out and consume time with (Ovide, 2020). Good enough economy' has contributed immensely to technological growth by creating a balance between content creators and distributors of the information, primarily through the internet, which has become an effective medium in the information distribution-making it easy and available worldwide, as people use it to showcase their talent and share content created during their free time. Companies like Facebook and YouTube have managed to assemble many people since they have a variety of content that, although one content is missing, one can focus attention elsewhere on the pool of the content accessible (Ovide, 2020). In a nutshell, good enough is more appropriate than perfect, which can have extra cost or hard to find. Most companies sell to us what they need us to buy hence keep creating new ideas.

This posts summarized 10 trends in the hospitality technology. Most of them are benefiting the guests directly, such as the wifi access and the self check-in services. However, as more and more hotel in the industry adopting these technology, the competition has been brought on, and every company is working harder to invest more technology in hotel management, development as well as operation. These 10 trends are the most basic ones which have changed the industry greatly, but there are mot to expect in the near future. 

This article discusses how Miso Robotics, an innovative technological company, invented and developed robotic arms that flip burgers and make fries. This robot, Flippy, is one that is the first of its kind in the restaurant industry, and was invented to work alongside humans. However, with its reduced costs and its efficiency, it may replace humans in the kitchen in the near future, especially with the turnover rate so high in the restaurant industry. With the invention of Flippy and testing it out at LA Dodger Stadium as well as CaliBurger, a fast food company owned by Miso Robotics, Miso Robotics are utilizing the ahead of the curve approach since Flippy is the first of its kind.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the event registration industry is expected to boom once large scale events restart. Much of this is attributed to social media like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. It is believed that due to the increasing use of social media and smartphones that event registration software will become more apparent in the event industry than it already is.

This article is about touch less payments after COVID. It focused on three options: Paying at the table, the value touch less POS brings, and Near Field Communications which is used with Google and Apple Pay.

This article discusses the positive impact of cloud computing applications in the hospitality industry. Today, both large hotel chains and small and independent hotels are using cloud computing as a strong management tool. Cloud-based services are replacing the traditional and old systems at all levels, and cloud computing has reshaped the structure of the hospitality industry. The article lists four advantages of working with cloud computing in the hospitality industry: cutting huge business costs, improving and enhancing the guest experience, making direct bookings easy, and making remote work possible. Cloud computing is evolving rapidly, and its use in the industry will become the norm.

Location based advertising is proven to be very effective. Brands can connect with customers in the area, offer discounts/sales, engage with them and collect data about buying habits and demographics.

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Robotic fry cook, digital ordering kiosks, ghost kitchen, cloud based apps, restaurant delivery

This article is based on how we can improved e-wastes on doing little changes that will benefit on our future. Most of the e-waste is not recycle properly, we buy things after things and more after more, every time a new technology comes up there is the motivation on buying what is the lasted cool technology, and what about what we have , where does it go ? to the trash or recycle, but we do not know where that recycling goes, I believe learning more about it will help on our routine of how to recycle better and help with this process to proceed right.

We quickly move to 'next' as far as technology goes and rarely think about how to get rid of it when obsolete. In the Caribbean for example, there are not may recycling plants for e-waste, in fact, many rarely do recycling on a whole. In the Turks and Caicos, disposing of a television or a phone is as simple as throwing it in the trash among everything else. What happens next? It goes into the landfills and there they lie. Imagine the toxic waste from over 40,000 inhabitants on a small island. While moving with the crowd seems to be the way of the world, I believe government entities must act swiftly in ensuring e-waste is disposed of correctly to preserve this island and its inhabitants for generations to come. The technology should not outpace the disposal thereof.

This article talks about a situation the Radisson Hotels had on 2018, they confirmed a data of breach that exposed personal details of small percentage of members rewards. It was first reported by a Business Traveller after receving an email that his details has been compromised. Radisson took incident and did an extensive investigation to prevent future breach of data happening to their customer.

Technology as with anything has the pros and cons. Whatever we put on the world wide web is at risk to be hacked, this is the harsh truth. By simply purchasing online or self check out, we are vulnerable. The sad thing is that hotels worldwide has the traffic of visitors and stores a wealth of information, a field day for hackers. As technology increases so is the need to employ cyber security and perhaps inventing high tech robots to guard information should be coming more to the forefront. Daily there are people developing codes to break in.

Usually most of computers in the hotel won`t close include in the guest room and work station. It will make huge of waste. With this green IT strategy , hotel will reduce energy consumption and save tones of CO2 annually. Fairmont's strategy is a "great example" of where businesses can hit next

It is amazing how even a small initiative of shutting down work stations after an hour inactivity can be this impactful generating such savings. My only question is that the fact that Fairmount is a global company can they really have a centralized center controlling all work stations? In any case this initiative is driven by their corporate leader and is a powerful message in terms of social responsibility.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts announced a comprehensive green IT strategy by addressing technology infrastructure and IT operations for all 56 of its hotel properties worldwide. A key part of its green initiatives is a central-managed power-down schedule that all of its internal desktop will be shut down one hour of their activities. One of the spokesmen said that this green IT approach is suitable for hotels that do not traditionally have a data center. He also pointed out that this new green IT approach is easily applied in North America and part of the Europe, whereas a little harder in Asian countries because of the different standard that they use. So what they are working on is to getting everyone to understand its value and set up international standards.