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Security is obviously very important in hospitality and technological advancements are helping to make hotel stays easier and more secure. The hotel industry is exploring options to that replaces the standard plastic keycards with new entry methods. One example is using smartcards or RFIDs, which stands for radio frequency identification. Smartcards and RFIDs work like a fast-pass at a gas station when quickly paying at the pump. The guest simply waves the card/key in front of a sensor granting entry. The guest doesn't have to worry about the card being deactivated by his or her cell phone and the hotel doesn't have to constantly spend on replacements. Another example is technology that allows us to enter our hotel rooms using our using our phones. Guests would download an app, receive a text message with an encrypted sound code and play it by the door to be granted entry. Using biometrics for entry is likely the ultimate level of technological security. Like in the movies, guests would have their physical attributes scanned including eyes, and/or thumbprint to identify a guest. Video cameras will always be a great form of security. Now that they're getting smaller and more vivid, surveillance makes the phrase "Big Brother is watching" all the more relevant by being a huge crime and incident deterrent. Technology is advancing rapidly and I can see some of these methods hitting mass markets sooner than we think.

This article talks about the new technologies applied in the hotel to keep safety. The first one is Smart cards/RFID that helps to open the door via sensor receiving. The next one is smartphone, personal belongings that help to open the door with encrypted sound code. Biometrics also can help by identifying personal physical traits. For hotels, security cameras is necessity. 

The Doubletree Dallas/Richardson hotel did a total overhaul of the security system and reopened. They choose the VISIONLINE and Signature RFID by VingCard to meet the travelers' demand of security, efficiency and reliability. What's more it is a cost-effective system which facilitate reliable wireless two-way communication by the host security and PMS systems. The VISIONLINE is a security control from the central location, utilizing RF-online communication capabilities that eliminate the need to travel to each guest room. The Signature RFID, advantages included remotely cancelling guest and staff keycards with one click, or identifying and changing low batteries communicate with multiple rooms at once, reducing the number of network components required for installation and so on. For the company, it is ease and exclusivity. The staff can maximize their efficiency to spend less time on maintenance and more time on customer service, increased reliability and performance at an affordable cost, highly reliable security, unprecedented convenience and ease-of-operation, decreasing the overall workload.

Long with the new technology progressed, improved tech was using to transfer the way of payment. In the past, we usually use cash or credit card or debit card, the retailers should be wait until the bank of the credit or debit card to process their actual money back to them. It took long time for the processing so that the retailers short of the cash flow in that period of time. In case of avoiding this situation, recently many new solutions have been introduced to the market, which can become competitors of cash at physical POS. One of the most important innovations are contactless cards.Another solution which can be used in POS transactions, are remote mobile payment systems. These two solutions save bunch of time for customer waiting in line when they pay their bill and this could improve customer`s satisfaction for your services, furthermore, is could cut the process of transaction of money transfer between bank and retailers. Retailers could have more opportunities and budget to enlarge their business, update hardware. If we will shorten the time of waiting check out as much as we can by using new technology, more profit will arise in the future.

The connected hotel is here. Gearing towards millennials will be a fact of survival by 2025. Even though some of the technology listed has been used for some time, we can see here examples of the expansion of some of it. The most fascinating technology from this article is the RFID floor sensors placed under rugs. This is a new concept to be, but one that makes total sense and is used in two applications in the article.

POS is becoming a part of everyday life. Most businesses whether small or large are relying on those systems to operate and keep tabs on their business. Those systems allow companies to record daily transactions with easily accessible information like tracking inventory and keeping tabs on what sells most.

POS systems have developed to be the heart of a business. They can take from HR, to analytics, to A.I. all in one place. The main objectives of these developing are to provide more information to the owners or managers to make better decisions for their business. They can control better the labor, the displaying of products, the hours of operations and others. More and more business are benefiting from the upgrades provided by the companies that handle the POS'. Next, you will find the 5 most trending POS benefits: -Increase in mobile payments and tablets POS. -Adoptions of cloud technology. -A seamless personalized customer experience. -The impact of Artificial Intelligence. -Use of data and analytics Hector Pachon.

2020 can easily become one of the most turbulent years in the restaurant industry in recent history. The global COVID-19 epidemic has forced countless restaurants across the country to close to provide indoor services. As a result, many institutions are struggling to keep their doors open or completely closed. Faced with limited staff, reduced budgets and excessive expectations of new customers, restaurant owners and franchisees are looking for alternatives. This is where conversational artificial intelligence (AI) emerges. How artificial intelligence can improve sales and service By integrating the conversational AI platform into existing mobile, web, pre-call, self-service terminals and direct ordering platforms and point-of-sale systems, AI can automate the order-taking process so that employees can focus on receiving payments and making changes To ensure order accuracy and prepare take-out meals. How AI enables contactless experience Conversational AI is designed to simulate human conversations so that customers can ask questions, order meals and complete transactions without pressing any buttons or touching any screen.

This article explains how devices like Disney's MagicBand technology might become a tracking device during your vacation.

This article is about new disruptive innovating technology of hotels and event planner using virtual direct booking for small booking of rooms, and small event and meeting. This new disruptive innovating technology was the after affect of the pandemic. It's the industry way of growing and surviving into the world today, which is using more technology than ever before.

"The pandemic challenged the hospitality industry like no event before. All elements of business and leisure travel, from lodging and ground travel to food and beverage, were immediately shuttered. Though slow, recovery has returned for some"The article talks about how Covid has impacted the hospitality industry and how they are using technology to change the new normal. For the business that do not adapt and use technology to help them through these tough times they may never recover.

In The Proven Principles Podcast, Ron Swidler explains the future of hotel bars and food & beverage operations - it's robots! This is a part of a larger presentation on the Hotel of Tomorrow" - https://www.hospitalitynet.org/video/69001240.html https://hoteltechnologynews.com/2020/09/the-hotel-of-tomorrow-project-showcases-future-design-and-technology-concepts/ Clearly MSC Cruises anticipated this and included a hefty chunk of capital expenditure budget for this technology investment. They also tried to incorporate the 'human touch' so ingrained in hospitality interactions.

Hotels can use robots in various ways to provide guest service. From greeting guests, bringing food, cooking food and more, robots can be programmed to perform human tasks meant to enhance the guest experience.

The article explains how Covid-19 has affected the dining industry and how companies have to adapt. In this article, specifically, it talks about how Panera is implementing ghost kitchens, changing how they approach catering, and how they can keep their consumers safe in a post Covid-19 world. Many hospitality based businesses are changing the way they operate, permanently, because of the pandemic.

This article reviews Mobile POS systems and unattended POS systems and provides key features of each.

The articles talks about the many advantages of using POS systems over traditional cash registers.

New technologies are helping hotels with ways to open up after Covid-19: Tablets with thermal imaging cameras, UV light sanitizers that guests walk-through, touchless F & B ordering & touchless tipping apps, and social distancing for pools & beaches. All of these innovative ideas and many more will be needed if there is to be a reopening of hotels and if the reopenings will lead to a sustained resurgence in room occupancy. Guests will expect hotels to offer them reasonable health safety measures and hopefully, these new technologies will help them do just that.

This article deals with hospitality businesses asking themselves how business will be done in the future and how will stay current or ahead of the curve. It also speaks directly to how to be better prepared for events like COVID moving forward. It states that hospitality businesses need to quit holding on tightly to their old systems and think to the now and beyond by switching to cloud-based systems. It highlights the concept of "high-tech not high-touch", empowering service staff, greater accuracy, and making use of every nook and cranny of a property in the smartest possible ways.