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Atrio® is an app based PMS system that is completely hosted on the cloud. The program is built for the way most of us approach new technology. Many of us, especially those entering the hospitality business as young professionals, learn technology by simply looking at it. By this I mean that we expect technology and applications to be self-explanatory. It is an "I want to do X so I will click on X" mindset. Atrio® is set up so that a new user can use this approach to learn the basic functions of the system. Par Springer-Miller, the parent company, states that an individual will be able to check a guest in to a hotel room with zero training and should be able to make a reservation after only being shown one time! This significantly reduces training costs and time. In addition, the completely cloud based system minimizes on-site technology and therefore reducing implementation costs and hardware/software investments as well as allowing for seamless updates. After reading the article, I viewed a YouTube video posted by Par Springer-Miller here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtqtxN2SBJY. I must say, I wish my property would look into Atrio®!

This article is about partnership between FAMA tech and PAR Springer-Miller Systems. It is explaining the advantages of partnership between two different IT companies. FAMA Technologies is an Information Technology Company based in Saudi Arabia. This company provides Software, Infrastructure and Consulting Services to the Hospitality, Leisure, Retail and Public Sectors. PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of hospitality management solutions in different types of hospitality enterprises worldwide. Hotels and Spas in Saudi Arabia are managing with the increase sophistication of their client base and thus need to equip themselves with the best tools. They require software and hardware that make their operations efficient which means reduce check in time and increase customer responsiveness. They are looking forward to grow service market in the region and maximize the service advantages of partnership.

PAR Technology Corporation and Personality Hotels, announced the successful implement of a new management platform ATRIOt, at the Hotel Diva in San francisco, California. This installation brings an extraordinary advancement in the state-of-the-art of technology in the hospitality industry. It also helped to reduce costs considerably and it also promises to bring and increase on velocity.

PAR Springer-Miller Systems, which is the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems and Personality Hotels announced a successful implementation of the ATRIO Guest Experience Management platform at the Hotel Diva in California. ATRIO was built using Microsoft technologies and gives the look and feel of other innovative products from companies like Apple and Google. Simple to use, this system in the cloud reduced implementation costs. This is the first application purpose-built for true cloud computing.

Though essentially an update from one company regarding personnel acquisitions, this article features the next generation of cloud-based property management systems. It also indicates, based on the growth of this company, that properties are willing to invest in cloud-based technologies rather than suffer the constant depreciation and maintenance that goes with traditional, in-house servers. As with other systems, the two most important items will be reliability and security. If both are provided by PAR Springer-Miller while reducing cost for hoteliers, both sides can potentially benefit. This system is also "built for the cloud", so it's not an online adaptation of a previous system. This may again help improve reliability and security.

The ATRIO is a platform that would make big changes in the hospitality industry. ATRIO will be installed at the boutique Hotel Diva of Personality Hotels which will make a competitive advantage among its competitors. "The ATRIO platform represents the most significant technology development to occur in the global hospitality industry in the last 25 years." By implementing ATRIO to the property it is assumed that the service and financial goals will exceed expectations. Larry Hall, President & CEO of PAR Springer-Miller states "We look forward to the world coming to know Personality Hotels as an operator of some of the finest lifestyle properties in the world and the launch client for ATRIO, the platform that moved an industry." ATRIO will follow cloud computing which will bring significant financial benefit to Personality Hotels "Deploying ATRIO in the cloud helped reduce our implementation costs considerably," said Lembi-Detert President & CEO of Personality Hotels.

It gives a discription of how nowadays'  hotels develop and use of their PMS. Some brands develop their own PMS such as Marriott and Starwood; some look more to the independent and resort market expanded their PMS. It seems that we don't need so much kinds of PMS and so many function. According to the analysis of the market and demand, it comes the conclusion that a well- designed, intuitive and well-interfaced PMS module is still the core of operational success at every property.

This article discusses the future of PMS systems as the author sees them. It is hard to think that properties would be able to switch PMS systems so easily due to many years of data being stored on the system. Companies like Marriott and Hilton have massive PMS systems that would have to be transferred. While I could see these systems moving to the tablet systems, it would take quite a bit of work to do so. Training would still be ab issue as well, but the updated systems would make it a quicker training process.

This article investigates the adoption of cloud computing in the hospitality industry across the world. While identifying the benefits and challenges of this system, the findings suggest that cloud computing is utilized in hotel groups today, more often than not. The article is not an opinion piece but rather an investigation searching for evidence to support the theory that cloud computing is growing in the hospitality industry. It bases its arguments from the observances that in order to operate a hotel group on todays scale, you have to be willing to fall in line with the trends of today- technology + convenience. It also is described how operating systems that streamline property management in terms of reservations, billing, ticketing, etc aren't exactly inventions of right now, but have been developed and corrected more and more as time has gone on and necessity has demanded of them. Four hotel groups, across 2-3 regions were involved in the study where participants were all senior IT directors and managers, across hotels with varying levels of rooms. What they ultimately found was that majority of the information systems used by these hotel groups were based on the cloud system. When the benefits and challenges were surveyed, it was found that the most common reason groups were utilizing this system was relieving the site from not having certain hardware to perform certain functions, and transferring security related risks to the system suppliers instead of the hotel. However, challenges noted was that operating expenses increased, the on site IT leaders don't have access to the environment the hardware lives in, and information security concerns. Working with a cloud computing system daily, I thoroughly understand and appreciate the benefits of having one streamlined services for guest logistics. It creates multiple levels of ease for all aspects of the organization as well as the wider hotel group. For operations that span across the globe, there probably i