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Intelity's ICE software. The software provides guests easy touch screen access to control their entire hotel experience.  Travel services available via the ICE software solution include weather forecasts, NYC destination guides, transportation services with a "Directions" module that allows guests to "map" to-and-from destinations using Google Map, flight status updates and the ability to print boarding passes at no extra charge.

services available via the ICE software solution include weather forecasts, NYC destination guides, transportation services with a "Directions" module that allows guests to "map" to-and-from destinations using Google Map, flight status updates and the ability to print boarding passes at no extra charge.

Kimberly Hotel is Manhattan's only true European-style boutique hotel, offering gracious hospitality and timeless elegance

Kimberly Hotel is located at 145 East 50th Street in New York City

Intelity, headquartered in Orlando, is a hospitality software solution company focused on the self-service marketplace

Intelity designs its software/hardware products with a focus on generating higher revenues, reducing operating costs and increasing guest satisfaction

c1loud-based systems are hosted by a vendor’s server and give hoteliers a single, scalable system that’s flexible and easily updated.

But hoteliers are increasingly looking for better service and more integrated technology options, and factors like these are just some of the benefits that cloud-based software can provide.

next two to three years hoteliers are expected to invest seven to eight percent more on cloud technology

can provide updated data in real time.

has the ability to host a property management system (PMS) from a remote location, allowing hoteliers to access their property data from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

1c1loud-based systems are hosted by a vendor’s server and give hoteliers a single, scalable system that’s flexible and easily updated.

eliminates the need for hoteliers to be physically present at their property to be able to check in on daily management operations.

From the brand’s standpoint, beacons help collect data which could help them improve their operations, marketing, sponsorship, and more. This helps track the movements of customers in a crowded place and engage with them person

locale and sends timely messages to their smartphone or tablet.The travel industry uses this to add value to tourists visiting a new place. To help retain the spontaneity of travel, beacons could alert travelers about different events an

Some industries have implemented beacon technology to target customers

disposable income during their commute. Cabs in the United Kingdom are using beacons so customers receive personalized marketing messages during the com

In the food industry, beacons could be used for everything from processing grocery orders, to notifying a passerby about promotional offers, to creating a pleasant dining experience for the customers. Beacons allow customers to book their table, reduce the waiting time, collect bill payments directly through the app. Restaurants in Tokyo have gone a step further in making the menu and the user reviews visible to the customer through their apps.

Aside from being pretty damn cool and bringing innovation into businesses, customer-facing robots can help reduce human contact, a significant benefit at COVID-19.

Recently acquired by delivery startup DoorDash, Sally is a salad-making robot, mixing up to 8 fresh ingredients from vegetables to salmon into a compostable bowl in just 90 seconds!

Cecilia.ai is a smart, interactive bartender that can be placed almost anywhere, serve mixed drinks in less than 30 seconds, and give customers guidance about the menu using AI and speech recognition.

The entire process can be automated in this modular and customizable system, starting with spreading the sauce, topping it with cheese, then adding pepperoni and three more ingredients and baking the pizza.

Picnic can produce hundreds of pizzas per hour with just one operator, allowing the rest of the staff to be occupied with the rest of the food

The startup recently raised $16.3 million and has plans to install its robot in schools, stadiums and hospitals.

The Mini Bakery, built and designed by Wilkinson Baking Company, is a fully automated system for baking bread. It does all the mixing, shaping, proofing and baking, allowing bread to be sold hot and fresh directly to customers just like a vending machine

make 10 loaves per hour,

This countertop device makes authentic artisan gelato, fruit sorbets, frozen yogurt and ice coffee using biodegradable capsules, which can also be used as the serving bowl. Solato is ideal for small cafes and restaurants looking to upgrade their menu with fresh ice cream without wasting precious space and money.

can flip burgers and make fries

The system includes the Miso Analytics platform, which provides deep insights and improves food quality with cooking precisely as defined.

They can automate the food or beverage-making process, save money and human resources, enrich menus, make fewer mistakes, reduce food waste, and work 24/7 without a raise.

The Dark Kitchen, also referred to as ghost kitchens and virtual kitchens, is a kitchen space devoted exclusively to delivery-only restaurants, a trend that has seen a meteoric rise since the global pandemic began in 2020.

Beastro can be customized to automatically prepare any type of dish, prepare about 45 dishes per hour, collect analytics, and fully integrate with Cuismo, the company's online restaurant, and dark kitchen management software.

The company partnered with craft breweries in NYC to give customers high-quality coffee at a reasonable price, automatically made by a 20-square-foot kiosk that serves the cup using three little magnets.

While TrueBird's primary business model is to open dozens of automatically operated coffee shops in public spaces across the country, we can see no reason why you shouldn't set up one in your hotel or airport lounge.

ACUR-C by Japanese company Smile Robotics is an automatic robot for serving and collecting dishes in restaurants, clinics, nursing homes, hotels, and more.

The robot moves autonomously between tables, picking up trays with its robotic arm and bringing them back to the kitchen.

Among the company's clients are CaliBurger and White Castle, where it flips over 10K burgers and fries more than 12K baskets every month.

Another innovation for the hospitality industry is Milkit, a patented milk-tap solution that saves time, energy and money

With its unique milk bag, the Milkit device pours precise amounts of milk, saves up to 4 seconds per coffee cup and eliminates the need for storing milk bags.

Most of these systems are still quite expensive and are intended for filling in the gaps throughout the workforce (a major issue created by COVID-19), either to work alongside human employees so they can focus on more complex tasks, or just to serve as additional revenue sources or a tourist attraction.

already being used by several Israeli restaurants and hotels, as well as Starbucks in Germany.

As technology advances and AI becomes more accessible, it is no wonder that robots for the food and beverage industry are becoming more commonplace.

We believe that we will see more and more robots and machines in restaurants and hotels, making delicious meals or mixing fantastic cocktails.

Innovating the food and beverage industry is essential and will be beneficial for both the business and the customers.

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botnets -- large collections of infected computers

Switching to the cloud from a client server platform pays off with a big drop in both the initial capital outlay and the ongoing operating costs for the property management and other systems.

pects of a franchisee’s business, from guest check-ins and housekeeping services to billing and finances. Over time new features have been rolled into the software platform making it more robust and useful for hotel owners—it’s currently distributed in eight countries and available in four languages. And while plenty of cloud-based PMS packages are now available from third-party vendors like Micros, Maestro, and RoomKey, Choice’s internal solution has garnered its fair share of attention. “We had been getting knocks on the door from IT vendors at other hotel companies and individual Choice franchisees that own other brands, saying they were interested in our product,” says Pacious, “So we set up a new division so we could take a look at other opportunities we could develop.” This led the company to launch SkyTouch last year, a new division that develops and markets cloud-based software solutions to hotels inside and outside the Choice system. Pages: 1 2 3 4 2013-06-18 Sean Downey !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); (function() { var li = document.createElement('script'); li.type = 'text/javascript'; li.async = true; li.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//platform.stumbleupon.com/1/widgets.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(li, s); })(); inShare0 Related Articles attachment-3

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This led the company to launch SkyTouch last year, a new division that develops and markets cloud-based software solutions to hotels inside and outside the Choice system.

Beacon technology proximity marketing now becomes an interesting resource for the providers of, both public and private, transportation services. Travelers can now discover a host of experiences with this beacon technology while they travel — from booking from their mobile phones to personalized hotel experiences.

with the ability to source customer data around physical locations, activities, time and personal interests, beacons provide a huge window of opportunity to target travelers with personalized and contextual experiences.

Proximity marketing makes flexibility and convenience for travelers to plan vacations or trips.

Travelers will benefit because they will receive real time information that is personalized, relevant and in accordance with their profile and preferences.

As part of the Starbucks deal, 7,000 Starbucks stores in the U.S. accept Square Wallet, and Square readers are also sold at company-owned Starbucks stores. Square also began selling its readers at Verizon stores a few weeks ago, bringing its total number of retail locations where the payments dongle is sold to 30,000.

Starting with a free credit card reader for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, Square Reader allows anyone to accept credit cards anywhere, anytime, for a low transaction rate of 2.75 percent per swipe, with no hidden fees. Square Register serves as a full point-of-sale system for businesses to accept payments, manage items, and share menu and location information.