The reason for my choice is because, this system is so user friendly and till date I have never heard of a system such as Delphi, that tracks, records, books, practically does anything and everything for you.

Yes, in todays world, there are so many choices of PMS and really at the end of the day it depends on the organization as to which one they would like to choose based on what they really want out of it and moreover which one has gained popularity interms of user friendliness and back up support.

This goes to show how big is emarketing is, in todays modern world. This link give a good understanding on what are the must haves in order to have a successful E Marketing. As today, consumers buy what they see in terms of design, fonts etc...and a special kind of direction needs to be addressed in order to advertise to the right crowd.

What it does With Infor SunSystems, you get a comprehensive, global financial and business management solution that manages key areas like general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial reporting, and sale, inventory, and purchase management, along with operational reporting and analysis. SunSystems' unified ledger lies at the heart of the solution. We use this currently in our hotel.

This goes to show, that Opera till date is well considered by properties worldwide. Apart from the various PMS systems i have used such as Fidelio, Galaxy UX, Galaxy Light Speed, I felt Opera to be the best so far in terms of reports, streamlining items, effecient and reliable.

The reason for my choice is to show that GDS is still preferred in this age. No matter what evolution takes place with direct booking, GDS would never fade away. It is proven that via GDS, the occupancy in hotels are greater than direct booking, once again due to the fact that people have used this before and are comfortable with it and will not want to change.

The reason for this post is that i am currently using Linkedin part of my networking tool and i am sure many are using this as well. With this tool, you can really use it to its maximum capacity including, having discussions on certain topics, posting job vacanies, getting to know people of your own field of work, creating a group and inviting people to join the group.... the functions are endless. I really use this effectively on a daily basis trying to find candidates, posting jobs and i do get a lot of responses as well.

In my career within hotels, what struck me the most was the GDA that the St Regis adopted and now is part of the brand standard for the St Regis hotels worldwide. Just with a touch a button you can practically do anything and everything you would like to in your room, without moving from your bed. You can even order In room dining using this feature. This is something ultra luxurious and has taken a liking by many guests who has used this before. Now with this being said, Starwood in Middle East is coming up with the GDA for guest rooms that are voice activated to do everything for you

Unfortunately, i was unable to find any article on this since this is an internal procedure for Starwood Associates.
But the reason i would like to post this is because, when i used this it was really user friendly. Basically this online tool is linked to our Starwood preferred vendors and when you order something, this goes directly to the vendor eliminating the use of papers, and emails.
As well this has a function to input your budget for that month say for "guest room supplies and as soon as you order it, this reflects in your declining budget thus prevents you from over spending and as well cost controlling thus making it easy to achieve your rooms flowthrough.
The way this works is after the originator places the order, it goes directly to the department head for approval. Once that is done, it goes to the Financial Controller for approval and ther after the GM. This is all online and the respective person gets an automated email informing them that a new purchase order has been generated and that it needs their approval.
I feel that this system should be implemented as well in other hotel companies across the globe for reasons of cost saving, eliminating the use of paper and more importantly nothing is lost in the process for the signing of the purchase order.
Since i am currently in Japan, i a trying to install such a tool in my current hotel.