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This article includes ten ways smart technology is reshaping the hotel industry. Smart energy management, predictive maintenance, smart guest experience, big data protection, smart reserved parking, remote check in and check out, mobile room keys, smart room service, smart marketing practices, and online reputation management technology are all highlighted in this article.

This article is about 10 ways that smart technology can help and reshape the hotel industry that would be beneficial in the long run.

This article explains 10 ways of smart technology in the hospitality industry. 1- Smart Energy 2- Predictive Maintenance 3 - Smart Guest Experiences 4 - Big Data and Big Data Protection 5 - Smart Reserved Parking 6 - Remote Check-in/Check-out 7 - Mobile Room Keys 8 - Smart RoomService 9 - Smart Marketing Practices 10 - Online Reputation Management Technology We all know most of these, but Smart reserved parking caught my attention because I've only seen this once where hotels now have smart sensors and hotel apps that allow to reserve parking spots in advance and it reduces labor since there's not really a valet person assigned. It proves guests a smoother experience from the moment they pull in.

This article first introduced us to the definition of smart hotel rooms, and then explained the importance of smart room technology. From a customer perspective, smart hotel rooms can provide guests with a higher level of personalized service and enhance the customer experience. From an environmental point of view, smart hotel rooms are conducive to sustainable development. The consumption of lighting or heating in the room can be adjusted according to actual needs, which means that energy waste can be reduced. From the perspective of hotel management, smart hotel technology enables the front desk to remotely manage the room, improves management efficiency, and monitors the operation of equipment in the room through the Internet to achieve faster repairs.

This article is great for anyone who would like to understand more about technology involved in the hospitality industry. Recommend this to anyone who is writing about technology.

The article tells us 7 ways to make hotel smarter. 1. Enhanced Connectivity to Guest Services and Staff Members. Hotel should pay attention to online visitor reviews on websites. Many smart hotel systems have adopted bespoke technology to provide faster and more targeted guest selection capabilities without sacrificing quality. 2. Intelligent Environmental and Entertainment Controls. Guests will often rate their experiences in direct relation to the amenities that they are provided with. It therefore makes a great deal of sense that many hotels have adopted the same smart systems that can be found within homes. 3. The Inclusion of Voice-Ready Technology. Voice-controlled technology provides guests with a convenient means to control basic aspects within their rooms. Voice commands can control options. Voice-ready technology has made great progress in recent years. 4. Smart and Interactive Maps. The real-time interactive mapping not only can these items be used to orientate the guests themselves, but such maps are just as capable of displaying important information, like nearby attractions and places of interest to visit. 5. Personalised Forms of Entertainment. Many hotels are now beginning to provide guests with even more intuitive ways to access personal entertainment accounts, like voice control, access to audio books and customized music playlists. 6. The Concept of Sustainability. Guests are now appreciating their relationship with the natural environment. And a smart hotel room is known for its energy-saving qualities. Therefore, smart hotel systems also can improve sustainability. 7. Adopting Smart and Targeted Forms of Data Collection. In smart hotel, data can be collected without violating the privacy of patrons to make important policy changes as well as to cater to the needs of a certain demographic.

Smart stadiums are growing in popularity around the world. In 2016 was estimated to be 4.62 million dollars and is expected to grow by just over 30% by 2021. There are different models available when designing a smart stadium. The on-demand deployment model will make up the largest share of the market. The leader in the growth of smart stadiums are Europe, Middle East, and Africa. There are six factors contributing to the growth of smart stadiums. However, there are two factors that are hindering the growth of smart stadiums. One of these factors is the investment. There are at least ten major corporations that are offering smart stadium solutions. Five of the ten corporations are based in the United States. However, there are some smaller companies that are forming partnerships to help stadiums implement the new technology.

In this article, we can learn some cases of hotel green computing. The advantages of smart computing are showed clearly through these cases. Hotel with green computer technology has a better developmental prospect in the future.

This 2016 article discusses the implementation of smart controls (smart phone apps), beacons for Bluetooth-enabled smart phones, and virtual reality technology in the hotel industry, and how they have modified the way hotels compete.

E business strategies like Smart Apps, digital keys, virtual concierge services, smart energy management systems, IoT technology etc. have shown to fulfill effectiveness and efficiency in business operations and achieve customer satisfaction. The hospitality industry is being transformed in this digital era and it is important that hospitality businesses implement E business strategies or solutions to achieve better results in doing business.

This article spoke about Marriott's new luxury smart hotel, which may actually be the first fully smart hotel in the U.S. The hotel is powered fully by Power of Ethernet which allows it to save about 30 to 40 percent on energy consumption. The hotel also has OLED TVs in every guest room, which consumes the least energy among televisions. Furthermore, the mirrors in the bathroom are smart mirrors which means that there is no need to remove the mirror to fix it, you can simply fix it online through the software.

Smart rooms provide efficiencies with the use of less wasted water or electricity. The smart room can self adjust to help guest that have been on long trips avoid jet lag by changing the color or tinting the glass of the room. The guest room is connected to a smart phone app allowing the guest complete control of the room

This article is about technology trends in the event industry. It talks about what event planners are doing to implement more technology in their events; it gives examples such as audience using smartphones to interact during the meeting, events, conference, etc. Now event planners use technology to collect information in real time, which helps them to adjust their event at the moment, this is a very smart strategy.

This article contains information about the expected event trends this year that will possibly increase ROI. The list of expected trends all surrounded the technological advancements that are enhancing event planning. The advancements include the increased use of smartphones to conduct business. This technological increase will also reduce company costs. It is also expected to improve company value. I agree with technology improving company value. Technology is advancing majorly throughout the world. It is also making it easier for companies and consumers to interact. Smartphones, alone, are very popular in today's economy and are a great example of technological advancement. Being that people already use their smartphones to check emails, save event dates and contact other people (whether over the phone or by video), conducting business will be somewhat simple to adapt to. Increasing company technology to reduce costs is a good move. However, the companies should keep in mind that losing one cost will only open the door for another one. When dealing with technology, there are always risks (usually malfunction risks). So, companies should keep in mind that there is a possibility that expenses will incur for the technological maintenance that will be needed to keep the technology operating.

The Great Recession has been come to end point; therefore, expected corporate and event spend will begin to rise from 9 to 20 percents in next two years. The author has scooped out 5 major trends that will rapidly increase Return on Investment (ROI) for 2013 and future. 1. Smart Events will take center stage: in 2011, 205 million people attended 1.8 million events cost more than $263 billion in direct spending in the U.S alone. But only 25 percent of organizations see its effective, in 2013 organizations will choose smart event technology to help them operate more effectively 2. Automation will help event planners reduce expenses: Strategic meeting management ( SMM) technology can help event planners adapt to new methods to identify event-related functions and reduce costs. 3. Planners will achieve greater efficiency through solution consolidation: In the future, organizers will lay out their workloads by choosing consolidated solution, saving time and freeing up event planners to focus on making event better and well organized. 4. Event  organizers will engage audiences with smartphones: New all-in one apps will help organizer to provide all the information needed for attendee about the event. 5. Meeting planners will leverage technology to gather in-dept attendee information: focusing on the need of attendee is a crucial part of event planner, to be able to get requirement of attendee in real time will help organizer to adjust their plan, strategies on the fly and increase ROI. Increasing the need for events in 2013 and future requires event planner to be able to get familiarize with new event trend and technology to minimize the cost and maximize the ROI for an organization.

One of the most important technological trends within the hotel industry today is the rise of smart hotel technology. This technology has the capacity to benefit both hotel owners and guests alike, potentially improving financial results, as well as the customer experience itself.

In this article from Hotel Management, Lisa Haude discusses the positive advantages smart technology has in the hospitality industry. She shows how smart technology can not only improve the guest experience but can also be cost-effective as well.

This article tells us about 10 new innovations in the hospitality world. Mostly it is talking about some innovations in the hotel industry such as face recognition at the registrations, voice-controlled rooms, and smart amenities.

This study was about adoption and automation of AI in hospitality. It gives great insight on the process as well as what people think of AI and their opinions. In addition to that, this study goes into different techniques that were used to understand how and why AI should be implemented. Human interaction cannot be beat, along with personal touch and humans can't remember everything a computer can, but if you have robots and humans working together you can get the best of both worlds. Smart technologies are now and the future.

Optima Go Green allows hotels using the Optima Hotel Management Solution property management system to go the extra mile and reduce the total amount of paper used by implementing Optima green solutions. The Optima Go Green solution includes features such as advance up to 24hours before using a smart phone; guest checkout allowing the guest folio to be viewed via an iPad; scanning of IDs to save time and ensure accuracy, managerial reports being able to be directly sent to the appropriate manager without having the need of being printed; allowing managers to check rate strategies and availability online on their smart phones. The maon concept of Optima goGreen is a cost effective solution which is all about managing documents without wasting time and space. This article tied in with the previous weeks discussion about green initiatives. A hotel's priamry office expense is paper and toner. By printing less we are drastically saving money by not having to waste paper. Storage is also cut down because the need of storing paper is eliminated. In such a tech savvy world, this is definitely the way to go.

This article informs us on the anticipation and expansion of the smart guest experience. This explores more than an app. This experience would seamlessly connect all software and technologies to provide the smart guest experience. This would allow guest to communicate, personalize, maximize and enhance their overall experience .

Thank you for sharing this. I think it is important for hotels to accurately anticipate guests' needs and provide them with services that will make their stay more comfortable. As the article stated providing our guest with remote check-in and -out, mobile key, direct messaging and in-room technologies will increase guest engagement and satisfaction.

It is an interesting approach to the guest experience, social media relations and use of mobile technology. The option to stay in touch with the guests via direct message will improve the guest experience by far and expedite guest requests. This will also set hotels apart from one another.

This article talks about the 5 ways can make the technologies will go green in 2015. We all know solar panels, electric cars, high-efficiency washing machines. Those technologies can negative effects the human activity on the earth but there are so much lesser known tech devices out there designed to help human to save the energy of the earth. Firstly, smart homes, it's hard to see the smart homes, being green is not that hart just makes your electric things to connect the internet. For example, connect your refrigerator to your smartphone, this way can allow the people adjust the temperatures all the time instead of walk to the refrigerator. Thus, being green only need to move your finger. It can help people to track that how much energy they use in their home, office or school. Therefore, they can reduce their bills in order to save the energy in the world. The article mentioned the most popular one is smart thermostats. Smart thermostats can "remember" the temperatures you prefer and can sense when you are not in the home. Thus, they can turn off the AC which's can save an of electric because that connect to the Wi-Fi and you can control it use tablet or smartphones. Second, the most important thing is smarter homeowners. The smart owner will maximize the energy efficiency of your home with smart technologies, using the website such as BuildingOS. This app gives the users the tools they need to analyze the efficiency of the office. The data that they provide all of from the central hub building's systems include water, electric, gas and so on.