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This article is talk about how the internet provide the best accounting programs for the industry, how the electronic accounting help the business reduce the error. Firstly, since the technology become more popular and a lot of people would like use technology to operate their business. The new software accesses the industry that make the accounting profession changed. Technology made accountant's job easier and faster. Second, accountants have tools that can reduce the error. Since the special accounting software become popular, we can see the technologies have dramatically improved the people job's accurate and reduce the error. Most company will invest the special software program that provide simplifies data entry for accounting department. Besides, it can lead the company have a better accounting reports. This especially can benefit business because the little error that can influence the whole company finance results. Therefore, if the company want use the special software program they have to training the employees and hire a professional I.T is very necessary. The data from the software program too much better than the regular data. Statistical analysis and forecast modeling more efficiently than traditional data on the paper.

As discussed this week in class there are numerous pros and cons to cloud PMS Systems. Hotel owners and Hotel management battle with the decision, "should they cloud or not cloud the PMS"? The main concern here is how will it affect the business and will it be a favorable one. They all want what is best for the company and for the customers. The main issue at hand with going to the cloud PMS is the possibility of losing Internet or the Internet slowing down. What would happen to your hotel then? It paralyzes and slows down your staff and the customers suffer. As we all discussed the pros and cons to cloud PMS may or may not out weigh the regular systems (PMS) but there are still many things to consider. The cloud will continue to evolve and maybe a hybrid of the both will eventually solve all the issues.

I agree that the hybrid option would be best for hotels. Working with them every day, I see advantages to both of these and feel if the system worked on both fronts it would really be great for hotels.

This article is an opinion piece on whether or not a PMS should be run from the cloud. The article lists and examines the pros and cons to the use of the cloud for a PMS. Overall, it was very insightful and definitely gives you something to think about.

This article talks about the 5 technologies hotels should be investing into for 2020 in order to stay competitive. The technologies are website simplicity, upselling tech to boost profitability, secure payment systems to increase consumer confidence & credibility, self service and automated check-in, and an omni platform which centralises operations.

Hotels are taking new major steps into tech integration as more and more developments are constantly being requested by guest and made by property owners. These I.T investments can help these properties majorly and help increase guest satisfaction. One advantage that many companies can use is it up selling aspect to help push sales. Investing in secure payment options helps with data security and gives the hotel credibility.

-Website simplicity -Upselling technology to boost profitability -Secure payment systems to increase consumer confidence and credibility -Self service and automated check in -An omni platform which centralizes operations -In a 2,000 people study, a quarter of people take into high consideration the quality and detail of a hotel's website before making a direct booking online. -Website simplicity acquires traffic, increases conversion rates and drives more people to book direct. -Upselling can happen subsequently through nudge marketing via emails, push notifications of even on arrival at the hotel. -Investment in secure payment gateways protects the data of hotel guests and the hotels credibility. -Also checks in advance whether the credit card exists and is covered which could reduce chargebacks. -In a survey of 2,654 consumers, 78% of respondents said they would like to see self-service kiosks more widely available for check in. -Self check in is faster service, more privacy, and waiting time/lines are much shorter. -Omni channel platforms enable you to centralize operational systems, take back control of your revenue flow and transparency of guest data, so hotel management can focus on creating the best experience for customers.

One investment that seems to be going well is the use of keyless entry at hotel properties. We already use our phones for more that just the traditional phone calls and texting, so might as well throw room access in there, as well. Hilton Worldwide has introduced this feature through their mobile app and they seem to have much success with it. They found that with this process being implemented, guests are at the front desk for less time and the conversations with front desk associates are "more conversational and less transactional". Hilton plans to expand this keyless entry feature throughout all of its brands through 2016, with more than 170,000 rooms expected to be upgraded. Of course, with it being a technology, flaws are bound to exist. The first fix that is being worked on is the ability to use the keyless system even in the event of a power outage. Also, properties are looking into how to go about extending the battery life of the technology in the doors to prevent any inconveniences for guests.