This article talks about the hotel property management systems and point of sale solutions. Especially in the hotel revenue management.

One of the most critical elements of becoming an environmentally friendly hotel is the adoption of a new culture that extends throughout the hotel organization, and between the hotel and its guest, local community, and even its vendors. We call this an environmental management system (EMS). An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a comprehensive organizational approach designed to incorporate environmental protection into the operation of any organization.

What is GDS?Today the travel marketplace is a global arena with hundreds of thousands of buyers (travel agents) and sellers (hotels, resorts, airlines, car rental companies) working together to reserve and deliver the services to the ultimate buyer - the traveler.

mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing.

In this article, it speaks four technology trends. First one is budget reductions. It means that more and more hotels pay less attention on IT. The second trend is criminal targets. It means that the golbal hotel undustry increasing has become a target for attacks by terrorist and cybercriminal instaces. The thirs trend is guests want to be in control. Customers want the hotel to be a natural extension. The last trend is cloud computing.