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qyang010

Global Effects of E-Waste Can Cost You Your Health and the Environment - 0 views

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E-Waste

shared by qyang010 on 28 Sep 20 - No Cached
  • Why the global cost of throwing away old electronics is so high  What e-waste bioleaching and bioaccumulation mean for YOUR health How you can help solve the problem with environmentally-friendly electronic waste disposal techniques
  • people discard electronics at the slightest inconvenience
  • According to the EPA, e-waste accounts for 5% of the municipal solid waste stream In 2020, the global amount of e-waste is predicted to exceed 50 million tons  International e-waste levels are expected to grow by 8% per year 
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  • 2. E-waste Disposal & Your Health: A Recipe for Toxic Waste
  • highly toxic elements, including
  • Lead
  • Mercury
  • Cadmium
  • most electronics contain more than just simple ingredients. 
  • CopyDeleteMercuryCopyDeleteCadmiumCopyDeletemost electronics contain more than just simple ingre
  • Barium
  • And fire retardants like Bromine 
  • Unfortunately, if these elements are ingested in high quantities, it can cause a recipe for disaster. 
  • consuming these toxic minerals on a day-to-day basis – one gigabyte at a time.
  • Environmental Effects of E-Waste Bioleaching
  • electronic waste can leach out into the surrounding area and contaminate crops, livestock, and wildlife. 
  • Health Effects of E-Waste: Example of Biomagnification
  • 3. The Best Solution to E-Waste Management
  • easily recycle your old smartphones
  • Reduce environmental destruction caused by mining  Decrease the spread of dangerous e-waste toxins  Produce an economy centered around recycled elements
anonymous

Getting Started with Chrome extension - Diigo help - 1 views

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Diigo Chrome

shared by anonymous on 21 May 15 - No Cached
  • Use the “Save” option to bookmark a page. Bookmarking saves a link to the page in your online Diigo library, allowing you to easily access it later.
  • Highlighting can also be accomplished from the context pop-up. After the Chrome extension is installed, whenever you select text on a webpage, the context pop-up will appear, allowing you to accomplish text-related annotation. Highlight Pop-up Menu – After you highlight some text, position your mouse cursor over it and the highlight pop-up menu will appear. The highlight pop-up menu allows you to add notes to, share, or delete the highlight.
  • Sticky Note Click the middle icon on the annotation toolbar to add a sticky note to the page. With a sticky note, you can write your thoughts anywhere on a web page.
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  • Use the “Save” option to bookmark a page. Bookmarking saves a link to the page in your online Diigo library, allowing you to easily access it later.
  • Highlighting can also be accomplished from the context pop-up. After the Chrome extension is installed, whenever you select text on a webpage, the context pop-up will appear, allowing you to accomplish text-related annotation. Highlight Pop-up Menu – After you highlight some text, position your mouse cursor over it and the highlight pop-up menu will appear. The highlight pop-up menu allows you to add notes to, share, or delete the highlight.
  • Sticky Note Click the middle icon on the annotation toolbar to add a sticky note to the page. With a sticky note, you can write your thoughts anywhere on a web page.
kimmumford

The Role of Global Competer Reservation Systems in the Travel Industry Today and in the... - 0 views

GDS CRS

shared by kimmumford on 15 Jan 18 - No Cached
  • the best known global CRSs are AMADEUS, GALILEO, SABRE, and WORLDSPAN with AMADEUS being the only one which is largely owned by European airlines. Together with GALILEO, it is the leading system in the European market. GALILEO, however, also has a strong position in the US market after it merged with an American system. SABRE and WORLDSPAN have been developed in the US. So far, SABRE is the only CRS which is wholly owned by one single airline.
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      Global CRS's
  • CRSs are systems for purely (information transfer) logistical functions
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      CRS definition
  • he network of the global CRS AMADEUS has additional 14 network nodes distribers who thus have the latest information about availability at any point in time and can use it as a basis for a new offer. In addition, the system can also store customer related information such as e.g. all services provided to a certain customer, type of payment, service information etc. ♦ Fare Quote & Ticketing: Just like the product presentation, the fare quote, ticketing and voucher generating process depend on the type and the complexity of the services offered. For flights, multiple fares are being offered which differ according to the reservation category, the date of the journey, the day when the reservation was made, the route and the length of the stay. That means that practically each fare needs to be calculated individually. In addition, fare quotes can change daily. The prices of other service providers, however, are relatively fixed so that in most cases, they stay an unchanged part of the offer. For the ticketing, travel agencies receive a fixed number of ticket forms which may only be used after confirmation has been availability of particular reservation categories and possibly the fare. It may, however, be difficult to describe the products of other service providers appropriately with only a limited amount of information. Hotels, for example, have so far only been able to provide information about the price, the size of the bed and its approximate location which alone is not a meaningful description for potential customers. For this reason, it is intended to link the particular offers to visual multimedia technology to be able to provide more detailed information to the customer. ♦ Reservation: The core function of reservation systems and the main reason for developing them is the reservation of offered services in the travel industry. To this end, a so called Passenger Name Record (PNR) or Guest Name Record (GNR) is created for each passenger or each group of passengers. These records contain all services-related customer information. At the same time, this information is transferred to the internal inventory system of all service providFigure 2 Principel structure of CRSs N N P pr S Fare Quote and T Hotel- or Car-Systems Travel Agencies Tourism Tourism Tourism Tourism Stickynote
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      AMADEUS network modes and criticism of CRS
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  • The development of such systems was already started at the beginning of the sixties, the objective being at the time to automate seat reservations procedures of airlines. Today, the largest civil data centers and the most powerful communications networks are being used exclusively for this purpose.
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      Began for one purpose which is now expanded.
  • Today, the user has direct access to essential travel information and can find further information in all CRSs about trade shows, visa regulations, particular events etc. Furthermore, programs and interfaces have been developed which facilitate the internal administration for each travel agent. Also invoicing, accounting, customer and quota management increasingly depend on the respective CRS. User prompting has significantly improved so that even inexperienced users can easily learn how to work with the reservation procedure. Since more and more PCs are being used in this area modern user interfaces have been introduced.
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      Additional access for the CRS
  • Another weak point in the CRSs have always been additional functions since such functions would not increase the number of sold flight tickets. O
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      Weak point
  • There are two approaches which can help to reduce distribution costs. On the one hand, the on-line services provide additional possibilities of cost-effective direct distribution to the end customer. Many airlines now offer access to their internal service provider systems via on-line services and in particular via Internet. This also helps reducing costs incurred by travel agents and fees to the CRSs. O
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      two approaches to cost reduction
  • he so called “no frill carriers”, one of them being Southwest Airlines, have taken this one step further. In all areas, they avoid unnecessary costs (service, change of bookings, meals, etc.) and merely offer basic services, i.e. to transport a passenger from A to B at the best possible price.
    • kimmumford
      kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
       
      Offer basic services
  • kimmumford on 15 Jan 18
     
    This article discusses the role of CRS and GDS in the travel industry. The author discusses the well known systems used. The authors further discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using these systems and ways to reduce the costs. These systems were believed to be entering extinction; however, there are still uses in the industry.
jwilc019

Hospitality Industry Turns to Tech to Lure Guests Back - WSJ - 2 views

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shared by jwilc019 on 26 Aug 20 - No Cached
  • At RLH, “We’ve prioritized anything that has to do with automation,” Mr. Edwards said.
  • A key on your phone, voice-activated digital assistants that can order fresh towels, electrostatic sprayers—hotels are piling on tech workarounds to keep guests safe from Covid-19
  • U.S. hotel companies are doubling down on automation and fast-tracking technologies such as digital room keys and voice-activated digital assistants to minimize contact between guests and hotel staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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  • any recovery could depend on how safe guests feel.
  • Guests can use the AI-based devices to control the lighting and operate the television, while avoiding touching light switches and remote controls.
  • “The reality is the pandemic has impacted all of our staffing levels and budgets and forecasts,” said John Edwards, chief information officer at the Denver-based company, which is also known as Red Lion Hotels Corp.
  • jwilc019 on 26 Aug 20
     
    This article focuses on the ways AI and automation can help the hospitality industry get back on track by helping guests to feel safe while they travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. By using different software guests can have a contactless check-in, request digital room keys, use AI based devices to control lighting/TV and/or make housekeeping/front desk requests, and housekeeping can use electrostatic sprayers to help mitigate the chances of guests contracting or spreading COVID. It notes the losses in revenue and occupancy by several major hotelier groups, especially some Las Vegas properties, as well the high number of furloughed employees that COVID has caused while showcasing ways that hotel groups can help get back on track by easing the fears of guests. It offers data to show that through these technologies, guests are returning because the feel their safety concerns have been addressed. comment by Jwilc019 " https://diigo.com/0ica77
yiran DING

The Birth of the iRestaurant | Inc.com | Diigo - 2 views

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restaurant iPad tablet future

shared by yiran DING on 21 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • yiran DING on 21 Jan 13
     
    This article introduced De Santos, a high-end restaurant runs completely off iPad 2. It is the first restaurant in NY to do so. This is considered the future of restaurants. Servers in this Italian-American restaurant use tablets to take orders and swipe credit cards. Although this is very expensive comparing the $1.5 notepads with $500 iPad. The owner claims that it actually help to save money. And it is much cheaper than the traditional POS system. The tablets are used in every aspects of the business. Take ordering as an example. All the menus are stored on the tablets. Waiter just select the orders and send it to the kitchen and bar wirelessly. It enables waiters to save time.
Juan Du

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shared by Juan Du on 31 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Juan Du on 31 Jan 13
     
    Many airline companies use the global distribution sysytem(GDS). People can compare flight costs on every reservation in one website. But American Airlines airefares can no longer be found on Expedia or Orbitz. They built their own booking website. Actully, customers sometimes they have their own ideas, but some consumers still rely on travel agents. So there is a dilemma for both travel agency and Airline industry. We should have a positive attitude to deal with GDS.
Joshua Frost

U.S. Hotel Stocks Up 2.95% in August :: Hotel News Resource - 0 views

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hospitality stocks hotel

shared by Joshua Frost on 16 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index reported a 2.9-percent increase in August to 2,397 and is up 18.4 percent year-to-date 2012. The index ended 2011 at 2,025
  • The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index reported a 2.9-percent increase in August to 2,397 and is up 18.4 percent year-to-date 2012. The index ended 2011 at 2,025.
  • The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index reported a 2.9-percent increase in August to 2,397 and is up 18.4 percent year-to-date 2012. The index ended 2011 at 2,025.
  • Joshua Frost on 16 Oct 12
     
    I would like to thank all of you in advance for the lack of highlighting on my part regarding this article. Since the beginning of time, or at least since August, my computer has had a vendetta towards Diigo for reasons that I will never be able to comprehend. Now to the article. A 2.95% increase in the value of United States hotel stock was observed in the month of August and over and 18% per our year-to-date model. For these numbers, we have the accountants to thank. Assuming that the work of accountants is done correctly, we are able to gauge that the status of one our largest industries. In the event that the accountants for these companies do the work incorrectly, the number that we are looking at maybe completely false. The point to all of this is that our market's statistics, such as growth and profit, are all dependent on the work of each company's accountants.
shuo zhang

http://www.diigo.com/annotated/fe29217bb58991b72a0872a02cd04034 - 0 views

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  • shuo zhang on 18 Oct 12
     
    Hospitality stock prices do drift, but only for about 20 trading days, so we view hospitality stocks as being more efficient than stocks in general. the stock of the hospitality is a big marke for the
ning sun

What's Driving IT Investment in 2011? | News | Hospitality Magazine (HT) | Diigo - 0 views

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investment hospitality IT

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  • ning sun on 22 Mar 12
     
    Widely utilization and application of IT technology especially wireless and mobile technology are expected to increase in recent years.More and more hospitality organizations are realize the important role the mobile investment played in improving operational efficiency and enhance the customer experience. With wireless devices, hospitality organizations can save time of doing guest/attendee check-in, table-side order/payment or event ticketing which will improve operation efficiency and customers' satisfaction. According to survey results, tablets and VoIP handsets are the top two mobile devices planned for new deployments. Furthermore, right IT investment will increase revenues and have a good sales.
paige rosenberg

PR 2.0: Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals | Diigo - 1 views

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shared by paige rosenberg on 27 May 12 - No Cached
    • paige rosenberg
      paige rosenberg on 03 Jun 12
       
      Twitter is nothing short of a phenomenon. It connects people to each other through a rich and active exchange of ideas, thoughts, observations and vision in one.
  • paige rosenberg on 27 May 12
     
    Twitter is one of the leading social network websites for communication, millions of people view this website daily to find information about all different things over the world, and to communicate with people you know and also don't know. It is not only used by people who rely on it for expressing different things, it is also the darling of the developer community. Each day people are updating this websites and links from this website to make it a fun and effective experience. There also different apps from twitter where people can access pictures, information, news, etc R a faster pace.
paige rosenberg

Tourism and Social Media: An Internet Reality Check | eMarketing Articles | Diigo - 0 views

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shared by paige rosenberg on 03 Jun 12 - No Cached
    • paige rosenberg
      paige rosenberg on 03 Jun 12
       
      Tourism is big business. In fact it's the worlds largest industry. Social media and tourism is a match made in heaven 
Linfan Cai

LA Tourism to Offer Housing Management Services with Passkey's GroupMAX ME - Google Cus... - 0 views

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tourism search management

shared by Linfan Cai on 01 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Linfan Cai on 01 Sep 12
     
    The Passkey's GroupMAX ME is a big progress during the housing management service area. It major effect is promoting the efficiency of management in meeting, convention or event. It makes the meeting management become more professional. LA Tourism managers can organize the conventions and meetings that were more safe, consistent and portable by using GroupMAX ME on their hand. The technology could make participants easily and efficiently find hotel reservations in office. And meeting professionals could be easy to track inventory online. GroupMAX ME could help meeting professionals to avoid an excess of reservation fee because it could directly connect hotel property management system or central reservation system.
Dian Peng

software ( computer, freeware ) | Diigo - 0 views

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software computer service

shared by Dian Peng on 01 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Dian Peng on 01 Sep 12
     
    Recently, hoteliers all around the region will rely on Agilysys software systems to ensure smooth delivery of services. These agilysys solutions will increase the satisfaction of guests from all around the world to check in and check out more efficiently and decrease the working time. Plus, the service providers are very proud of this way to helo venues there deliver superior service. And this system really do help managers for both high demand and peak demand and meet the high satisfaction standards for customers all around the world.
rebecca Bonet

Best content in Hospitality Technology | Diigo - Groups - 1 views

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shared by rebecca Bonet on 20 Jan 12 - No Cached
    • Jeremy Fairley
      Jeremy Fairley on 20 Jan 12
       
      Many general managers and engineers are just finding that new technology out there can help put a handle on those swings and keep the costs more contained and controllable,"
    • Jeremy Fairley
      Jeremy Fairley on 20 Jan 12
       
      "We have wireless and hardwired versions, making it easy for both new construction and retrofitting existing hotels," Sobieski said. The intelligent thermostats can communicate over a ZigBee wireless network, giving the hotel's engineering team full control and monitoring of every room in the hotel. "With our EcoCentral remote management platform, shutting down a wing for maintenance is as simple as a mouse click. Built-in alerting also gives them the ability to catch problem HVAC systems before a guest call comes in."
  • Fei Qi on 25 Feb 12
     
    This article is about how the POS system works with the ipads. Nowadays, as the Apple products-ipad attract so many people, more and more restaurants notice that applying ipads as part of their point of sale system is a good decision. iPad users are running the terminals in a variety of POS system configurations, including those centered around remotely hosted software running at so-called "cloud" data centers, to which store-level devices communicate via wireless Internet connections. Many restaurant operators feel satisfied with the POS running work with the ipads. The ipads are attractive, and many guests are interested in the products. The most important, using ipads as part of the POS system, they can help speeds up the ordering process in the restaurant. However, using the ipads is not a perfect idea because there is a high cost associated with the high technology products. In my opinion, it is good the combining the POS system with the latest popular products. As on one hand this can make the restaurant more attractive, on the other hand, it is a good way to increase the service speed.
  • rebecca Bonet on 10 Nov 12
     
    This article describes how there are an increasing number of eco-friendly hotels,(popping up) in general, but more specifically in urban center. The article points to be the cost of energy and the new abundance of green technology as the primary reasons for the surge in the number of eco- friendly lodging. The article gives several examples of how city hotels are employing eco-friendly practices and products. First, Sheraton has introduced fuel cells in four of its urban locations. Fuel cells are ultraclean power plants with up to twice the efficiency of fossil fuel. Second, Hyatt is using renewable energy source (wind, hydro, and solar). Finally, Marriott and Hilton are even seeking difficult- to- attain leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificates for the U.S Green Building Council, which can yield significant tax benefits.
Wei Ding

TripAdvisor CEO discusses fake reviews, Google#.Txg1IKe1ZQ8.diigo - 0 views

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shared by Wei Ding on 19 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Wei Ding on 19 Jan 12
     
    Nowadays, TripAdvisor play an important role in tourism industry. Most of people will review TripAdvisor ranking and then make their own holiday arrangements. On-line user review rankings are important in contemporary society. As the TripAdvisor president said, trip advisor is a honest person's opinion. TripAdvisor website plays the role of trusted intermediary for the independent traveler. However, some hoteliers concern about their personal reputation. I read another article that hotel owner Duncan Bannatyne complains the consumer resource is bad for business. For example, if a hotel was reported for bad bug exist, this definitely is a fatal effect on hotel reputation even this hotel already take proper action to kill all bad bugs. On the other hand, as TripAdvisor CEO stated, "Ninety-eight percent of our audience when we surveyed 'Do you trust the reviews,' the answer was 'yes' because they read the reviews, they go and they stay and it matched expectations. The system works." TripAdvisor also take '"most of hoteliers" concern into their consideration, they have a decade of expertise at catching people who are try to spam their system.
  • Mirta Echazabal on 20 Jan 12
     
    From my experience in the industry. I know how much people really depend on trip advisory to help them decide on where to stay when they choose the destination they will be traveling. But I have heard stories on how the Owner of the hotel I used to work for would write on trip advisor amazing comments of the hotel to bring more crowd in and then he would invite his friends to write in trip advisor as well. This makes me question how real are all these comments posted in trip advisor. If you think about it, anyone can make up a profile and fill out a comment about a specific hotel. What makes us so sure about this website overall?
kingleo7

Hardware/software convergence is the future of the Army | Article | The United States Army - 1 views

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shared by kingleo7 on 09 May 17 - No Cached
  • To me, the most important problem we are trying to address is that it takes too long to deploy new capabilities to the field," Peddicord said. "So if we accept the idea that we can't predict the future and that we need to be agile, we need to be able to adapt our systems to a changing environment, then we need to build them differently. We need to do something different so we can drop in new capabilities rapidly."
    • kingleo7
      kingleo7 on 09 May 17
       
      The US army is not deploying new hardware and technology fast enough. The past of technology is moving to fast and because of standard procedures the army is falling. They need new protocol so that the army is not left behind. This articular also talks about how being up to date is a necessity
  • kingleo7 on 09 May 17
     
    "To me, the most important problem we are trying to address is that it takes too long to deploy new capabilities to the field," Peddicord said. "So if we accept the idea that we can't predict the future and that we need to be agile, we need to be able to adapt our systems to a changing environment, then we need to build them differently. We need to do something different so we can drop in new capabilities rapidly."" -https://diigo.com/09ojb4
Jennifer Dantzler

Point-of-sale Malware Infections on the Rise, Researchers Warn | CIO - 1 views

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shared by Jennifer Dantzler on 05 Feb 18 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Dantzler on 05 Feb 18
     
    Researchers from Arbor Networks and IntelCrawler identify new attacks using malware designed for point-of-sale systems. " https://diigo.com/0bdlpi
ehida004

https://www.diigo.com/annotated/ad84898f9539f5ecabc871cca90a5cad - 3 views

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technology hotel business

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  • ehida004 on 08 Jun 18
     
    Hotel industries find value on investing in cloud services. Being that hotels want to invest in digital content without having to invest in IT infrastructure and IT staff, making cloud computing the ideal solution. This article states that, "capital investment is lower than IT infrastructure and servers, and it gives hotels the flexibility to expand and adjust their IT needs along with business growth, invest in upgrades without causing a complete IT system overhaul and it removes the administrative burden of managing an IT system in-house". Cloud computing is taking over traditional IT infrastructure in the hospitality industry.
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