Event planning may seem like it's easy, but it takes a lot of work. In the article, it gives four points of view of how event planning is defined. The industry view explains that it can be a convention, meeting, ceremony, or etc. Each of these events includes specific aspects that makes the event. These aspects are budgeting, venue, food, transportation, timelines, and putting together activities. As it is broken down, we gain a better understanding of how much work goes into planning. It is much more than the finished product. It is days, weeks, months, or sometimes even years of planning and making sure everything is fulfilled. Sometimes things happen and as a planner you must improvise. This article really opened my eyes to how much goes into events.

The article brings up how biometric security is being used greatly in travel. In the recent years, there has been a lot of casualties, which has prompted the use of more security measures. The article predicts that there will be about a 50% increase in international arrivals by 2030. The KTDI project will bring about changes in travel. These areas are a distributed ledger, cryptographer, biometrics, mobile interfaces and devices. Biomterics is not only used by airport personnel, but consumers as well. CLEAR is a service that provides people with the convenience of checking in with fingerprint scan and allows you to skip lines. This is just one example of how biometrics is being used in travel.

In the hospitality industry, there are many issues that may arise. A main issue is the enterprise resource planning. The article mentions that companies will like their back system to be efficient, in order to manage accounting systems. The issue is finding a common ground, where there are affordable solutions that match with owner expectations. The article goes on to give us a solution to this problem. The solution would be monthly subscriptions which would leverage accounting and financial technology that is cost effective for owners.

The article expresses that this new technology is able to diagnose PTSD in veterans. The article states that this artificial intelligence will be able to make this determination through voice. The machine is taught to learn how to classify individuals. Researchers were able to record diagnostic interviews of veterans, both with and without PTSD. It linked PTSD and specific voice features to determine if someone has PTSD.

Google has decided to increase user privacy. This comes after it was said that Google Assistant software was listening in to user conversations. Google also says that they are changing the way they handle recordings as well. In this way, Google is listening to customer concerns and making their way to changing some aspects. Google aims to be transparent with their users, which is why they are willing to make these alterations. Although they are changing some stuff, they still have agents that are listening into recordings and there is no definite date when or if this will change.

The article introduces the green technology. It also takes out the time to explain that it is not only the work of individuals, but the government as well. The overall purpose of the green technology is to create a cleaner planet for future generations to come. This organization is non profit and is focused on sustainability and having a forum, in which government and private sectors could work together on this initiative.

The hotel industry is facing a lot of competition with Airbnb. Most people are using it as their go to instead of hotels. They found that they are cheaper and it has a more personal feel to it. The article talks about how 42% of people have replaced their hotel stays with Airbnb.

I think that it is interesting that robots are being integrated into hotels. After I read the article, I realized that it is not such a bad thing to have robots. The robots are able to check guests in and out, and answering questions guests may have.