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This program insures the safety and well keeping of the patients. I know it's not the latest in-room safe technology. But having just been in a hospital and having a dreadful experience I can honestly say that this technology would have helped.  During my hospital stay I was lost, mistaken for a man, not given an IV, and almost given the wrong prescription. Now I know it was 3 am, but if this program would have been installed I don't think I would have the same story to tell. The fact that the software tracks both the patients and the staff is what I find amazing. That was the biggest problem with my visit. No-one knew who was supposed to take care of me. This would have changed all of that.

This article presents the importance of having a plan B in case there is an interruption in the supply chain of a hospitality business, as we experienced globally during the COVID 19 pandemic. Without a backup plan and a well trained workforce that understands the pitfalls of supply chain interruption, a Hotel for example can easily find itself with disinfecting agents or even linens for future guests and have no ability to support incoming guests with essential products and services.

This article outlines the discussion about whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should change their policies that were enacted in the Telecom Act of 1966.  At the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2012 Convention and EXPO, Larissa Herda, the Chairman, CEO, and President of tw telecom urged the FCC to adapt to the new competitive technologies.  She emphasizes the importance of change going forward and discusses the Intelligent Network as an example.  She calls for the adoption of new IT Strategies for cloud services and solutions.  Above all, this article discusses the convention as a platform for the discussion of change in the tech world.

Module 3 VoIP I wasn't quite clear about what VoIP is, so I search for this article. This is article explains what VoIP is with very easy understanding words. After reading this article, I finally know what VoIP is and realize that as an international student, I use VoIP almost every day.

This article gives a general concept about the green way with technology in the hotels. Many hotels have used green ways in their daily business, such as the hotel in Danmark introduced in this article. Using the green technology can contrlo the cost of hotels and bring long-term benefits. Hotels in the US use a technology powered system for heating which starts up when a guest enters a room, and turns down when they leave. This green technology can save much energy and control the cost efficiently. With the green technology, hotels not only can control the operation cost, but also can reduce the maintenance fee. 'Green' is no longer just a fad for the hospitality sector. It plays a significant role for the development trend of hospitality in the future.

I chose this article because it is an opinion article from the Huffington Post about the balance of luxury and being eco-friendly. Joanna Zelman shares her views on green hotels. She presents the question of whether living luxuriously during your hotel visit means sacrificing our planet. She also shares that hotels are indeed recognizing the major amounts of waste they have been producing. Zelman feels that hotels are trying to be green, but in the end they let the guests decide how green they want to be.

"Some hotels now recognize the astronomical amount of waste they produce daily, and a green hotel movement is underway. The Hilton Americas-Houston generates a reported 675,000 pounds of dirty linens per month. With the purchase of an AquaRecycle water recycling system, they reduced their water usage by 75%, from 630,000 gallons to 157,500 gallons per month."

Some hotels now recognize the astronomical amount of waste they produce daily, and a green hotel movement is underway.Element Times Square West is Starwood's most recent endeavor, an "eco-chic" hotel located on W. 39th street in New York City. The hotel proudly touts recycling bins in every room, complimentary bikes, reusable laundry bags, silverware instead of plastic, dispensable bath products, and an organic on-site pantry.But right next to the reusable laundry bag is a plastic laundry bag, beside the ceramic mugs are paper cups, across from the dispensable soap is an individually wrapped bar, and after consuming your organic food, you can rest your guilt-free head on a bunch of down feather pillows. Someone suggests that guests unplug chargers when not in use, turn lights off, and take advantage of linen reuse policies.

This article is introducing the best practices in the hospitality industry, aiming to saving resources. The hotel in Seattle implements a series of activities to accomplish that. These activities include: Using more efficiency equipment in the kitchen. Those equipments can be food steamers, spray heads, commercial dishwater, commercial ice machine and commercial refrigerator and freezer. Using commercial clothes washer and the water reuse and ozone systems in laundry system. In the guest room, there are also a lot of things can be refresh to save money and resource like low-flow tank, faucet aerators and plumbing. In the office, use both sides of paper and recycled paper can be very effective. Also, shut down the office equipment is also very important. During the meeting, reusable plates, glasses, utensils and other things can be used in the area. Food source from local growers is also helpful. Other area includes cleaning and maintenance, meaning how to occupancy the room with a minimum resources. Heating and cooling area includes check electronic systems in time and install renewable energy bulb. In the wider area like the building, the collect rainwater system and automatic irrigation system can be used. At last, at the point of sales and marketing, the hotel will set the room for Eco room, Pure room and Allergy room. Telling the customers the benefits and purpose of the hotel through the Internet is also a way to enhance the influence.

This article is talking about Optima Property Management System for hotels. First of all, it introduces that Optima PMS should meet the technology of the next generation. Because Optima PMS is a state of the art, windows based Property Management System that incorporates the latest in advanced technology. It is designed to provide all the features of a sophisticated Front Office system linked with other computerized hotel applications on the same relations SQL database. Secondly, it is said that Optima PMS should have efficient management. It places all the vital information needed for optimum operation at the manager's fingertips. What is more, it provides the hotels with all the tools necessary to give better, more personal and more efficient service to the guests. Thirdly, Optima PMS is an easy and friendly operation, and a flexible, customized configuration. Last but not the least, it introduces what kinds of modules and comprehensive sophisticated capabilities include in Optima PMS.

Optima is a most powerful and advanced Front Office system based on years of experience and on highly sophisticated development and focus teams, including superior hoteliers, engineers and front office specialists. These teams have researched and 'brainstormed' to meet the highest standards of the hospitality industry for the next century.  

This article introduces a PMS software-Optima PMS, which is a state of the art; Windows based Property Management System that incorporates the latest in advanced technology. It is designed to provide all the features of a sophisticated Front Office system linked with other computerized hotel applications on the same relational SQL database. Optima PMS places all the vital information needed for optimum operation at the manager's fingertips. All information can be viewed on-line, printed in a large variety of reports or shown on graphs. It is a profitable marketing tool, as it captures a wide range of data needed to make the correct marketing analysis. Information analysis is simple, quick and precise, emphasizing revenues, budgets and yearly comparisons in combination with data of occupancy, segmentation and other guest information.

In this article it begins to explain property management systems PMS going mobile in the hotel industry and how beneficial it is for hotel corporations and for customers. The author explained that the most in-demand PMS function for hotels is the ability to have a real time data of room availability, access to guest information such as comments and special request, room/ work order status, and up-to-date pricing. For customers facing mobile apps they would enjoy the guest self-service of booking, self check-in/out, service request, and messaging to staff. However even though mobile devices makes such functionality seem easier mobile-enabling a PMS is not easy at all in fact, making functions available via a browser would be a huge transition for a business.

More and more are properties interested in having a PMS device that they can be accessed at anytime and anywhere. The answer to this challenge is to have PMS functions accessible via mobile devices which can be challenging for some of the systems, especially those that do not reside in cloud. For some smaller properties, the goal is to have no front desk at all and some have been quite successful in making this a reality. As stated in the Property Management Goes Mobile article, the ski resort Tremblant Elysium has been successful with using the cloud-based FrontDesk Anywhere. The guests receive a letter a week prior to check in containing a door code and 30 minutes after their arrival concierge comes to their room to complete their check in and sign the registration card. The CEO of Tremblant Elysium stated: "Guests love it because it is simple and easy and we do not have staff waiting around for people to check in." As stated in the article, guest require for Mobile PMS to include access to room availability and full front desk access including guest profiles and preferences, room/work order status, up-to-date pricing and housekeeping access for rooms statutes. Mobile-enabling PMS can be quite challenging to design, as it can bring difficulties with screen size, performance or choosing which device to use as the code must be re-written for each one. Another major concern for this type of PMS is the synchronization with other system with which PMS is integrated. As hotelier consider implementing mobile-enabling PMS device for their property, there are concerns about security as far as data storage or mobile check-in or the issuing of keys for guests. In my opinion mobile-enabling PMS is the future for smaller properties. Why would a hotel need to have a stand-alone front desk when we can use mobile phones to do the work for us as we are on the go? Eventually, we can have our staff cross trained in smaller properties all equipped with phones, all available to ch

This article discusses the wish-list for hoteliers when they are considering cloud-based systems.Tthe most in-demand mobile PMS functions include GM access to KPIs, CRM and room availability, and front desk staff access to guest information such as comments and special requests, room/work order status and consolidated messaging among staff. It would seem that with all of these personal apps that are appearing on the market, that mobilizing a PMS would be easy, but that is not the case. The code is not universal; i.e. code must be re-written for each one, although there are tools like service-oriented architecture and html5 to help. There will naturally be concerns when considering adopting a mobile PMS across properties. Before investing in a roll-out of new technology, decision-makers must ask the right questions dealing with security, data storage, and functionality.

ROOMKEY PMS becomes a smart property management system with over 30 years experience and it got cloud computing based for over 10 years. Like other cloud based PMS, it has accounting security, anytime, anywhere reports, GDS seamless connect, etc. Now is a good trend for using cloud based PMS, more convenient and more cost efficiency. 

According to this article, Shearings Holidays has deployed SoftBrands Classic Starlight Property Management System(PMS) to standardize and streamline operations across its 48 properties. The ultimate goal of the implementation is to drive growth by enabling independent and third party bookings. Starlight will help open the market by integrating Shearings' systems with third party websites, as well as enhancing online, telephone and face to face bookings direct from holidaymakers. SoftBrands Classic Starlight will also provide a centralized view of occupancy rates, facilitating cross selling opportunities across the organization to maximize revenue.

Although I am a supporter of property management systems, I do find this article to be rather intriguing. Apparently, this group in Texas, Genares, has teamed up with RDX to eliminate the middle man as well as confusion from booking. What the partnership will do is reduce the amount that a hotel will spend on their PMS because it won't be utilized as much as it previously was. RDX is a two way connectivity system, which means that it can gain access to more than one access point at a time. Not only will this make it easier to make reservations, but the constant communication will allow for faster and more accurately detailed information.

Areas USA has selected the MICROS Simphony Enterprise Solution as its standard SaaS, cloud-based point-of-sale system across its United States airport and turnpike operations. It provides the organization with a robust enterprise system, web-based reporting, and business intelligence functionalities with a high level of flexibility. MICROS's Simphony also seamlessly interfaces to Areas USA's Corporate Infrastructure systems. Simphony is centralized, allowing for the entire system to be managed from one application. The solution is also being hosted in one of MICROS's worldwide data centers, removing Areas USA's onsite servers and the responsibility of managing the servers from its internal IT department. MICROS and Areas USA have been partners for years, with the MICROS 9700 Hospitality Management System (HMS) installed at many locations. The sites with the MICROS 9700 HMS will be converted to the MICROS Simphony platform.

This article describes the forward motion of technology to be used in conference center.  The new technology will allow immense technology improvements in the conference centers like using your smartphone to share photos on TVs screens.  This technology is the first step in working towards integration in conventions.

This essay is interesting that It gives you general knowledge about how to purchase a PMS on a reasonable price.  there is a link that lead you to a page that can help you find a PMS provider based on your need. And there are also several links on the page that can lead you to essays about PMS, such as "Introduction to property management software", "Features of property management systems".

According to the article, Park Inn by Radisson Berlin Alexanderplatz has selected EasyRMS an Infor company to help improve efficiency and increase total revenue. The property will be implementing the EzRMS Core Module, Ez-QUOTE, Ez-BUDGET and Ez-COMPETE, which will help maximise their total revenue potential in the long term.  With EzRMS, management can now save time preparing reports and spend more time on strategic planning, as the system will be decision-supporting for long-term strategies.

As if any of us can afford a vacation these days, Holland America is offering reduced rates for National Cruise Vacation Week. The cruise line promoted this sale through a series of e-mails, flyers, and website banner ads in order to make it easier for possible consumers to view option and then make their reservations online. By completing this booking, guests were able to receive a $200 credit on board of the ship to use for services or souvenirs.

This article talked about Sabre Hospitality Solution which is the user-friendly e-marketing tool. The Sabre Hospitality Solution will push your internet marketing program to a higher level of performance through the following five essential elements. First, Sabre Hospitality Solutions developed a proprietary Content Management Tool (CMT) based on the needs of the clients. Second, Sabre Hospitality Solutions provides a full e-commerce solution that enables you to build and manage an E-store that generates significant incremental revenue. Third, behavioral targeting engine of Sabre Hospitality Solutions serves potential guests content based on how they are navigating through the Website; and profiles their keyword search that has led them to the Website. Fourth, flash map solution integrates standard interactive components for any set of floor plans. Fifth, Sabre Hospitality Solutions' Interactive Proposal Service (IPS) is a proprietary system that allows a property to respond to RFP's in a highly customized fashion.

Sabre Hospitality Solutions has designed applications and products to push the e-marketing program to a higher level. It offers a wide range of e-marketing tools. Sabre Hospitality Solutions developed a proprietary CMT based on the needs of the clients. This friendly empowering the clients and is widely used in multiple hospitality websites. It also provides a full e-commerce solution that enables you to build and manage and e-store that generates significant incremental revenue. In addition, the behavioral targeting engine serves potential guests content and the flash map solution integrates standard interactive components for any set of floor plans. Finally, it is a interactive proposal service. This unique online presentation of your proposal will ensure your product stands apart form other competitors.

Today, new technology solutions such as mobile conference apps are on the top of mind of every event planner. With so many new tools on the market and questions regarding their use for a successful event, event technology has become the perfect conversation starter. A mobile event app is a downloadable phone application or a mobile web application that is easily accessible from any smartphone browser. In addition to all of the benefits to the hotelier, what if you could tell your potential clients that you had the tools to facilitate their on-site communication, enhance attendee networking, reduce their printing costs, provide a new sponsorship platform and make the overall digital experience for attendees outstanding. From the event planners point of view the technology is built into the hotel and someone has already done their research. It gives them an opportunity to experiment how audience response with smartphones work or how they can send conference updates and alerts to delegates faster and easier with mobile event apps.

This article is all about the convenience and benefits technology brings to event planning. This article states, "In the case of custom mobile conference apps such as EventMobi, this helps attendees manage the event schedule easier, enhance networking opportunities, interact with the event using audience response and navigate their way around the event and property right from their smartphones." Not only does this application provide simplicity, it also generates new opportunities for event planners. Basically, there are only benefits to investing and adopting new hospitality applications. The article describes how the investment will pay off with increased revenue.

This article is introduced a new set of services designed specifically for hotel management companies. The services are developed to generate targeted traffic to individual hotel websites and to track and retain visitor information. Hotel eMarketing's new services include individual property websites designed to client specifications and optimized to rank well in the top search engines. Services also include search engine promotion and marketing for each template (includes registrations, and targeted pay-per-click advertising), tracking and reporting, and e-mail procurement. Then it explains the new services in details. To ensure that hotel management companies capture as much on-line business as possible, hotel eMarketing is offering a one-stop, digital marketing solution that maximizes opportunities for each individual hotel. The company's solution features professionally designed websites built with templates that allow the hotel management company to manage and update information easily. The goal is designing optimized to ensure maximum exposure.