This article is about a research that has been done to support the hypothesis of the importance of Human Resource Information System in organizations, especially in the hospitality industry. It shows why the human resource information system (HRIS) are perceived today as an internal e-commerce. It clear points saying why the HRIS are not being used in their full potential, thus should be addressed at the managerial level. It provided a potential contribution of HRIS to the hospitality & tourism industry.

This article gives guidance on how to turn traditional into green hotels. It is about energy efficiency and how it can be improved in many ways affecting direct the physical plant of the company. It contains data with charts to explain in detail how energy efficiency affects expenses and costs structures, and how a business impact the environment. This article shows that improvements are estimated to yield savings in all areas, but the three most important are: 1) Heat and air conditioning; 2) Hot water; and 3) Lighting.

This article highlights the email marketing as one of the most important and best advertisement tool for the hospitality business. It tells you how to get started when your company wants to reach consumers electronically, advertising their deals, products, and services. It talks about the limitations, such as the restrictions on the number of emails send per day giving the right solutions and the channels to get the right service. This article is very interesting! It shows you how to build an effective electronic marketing strategy that leads to success, from the very beginning to the very end.

This article is about migration, tips for companies when transitioning from the old to the new event management software. It talks about the steps that companies should take in all stages of migration. It shows what to consider when thinking about an upgrade for a better system. It guides event planners in the migration process since the beginning, step by step. This article gives tips and guidance helping to identify the perfect software for your company when the company is ready for changing to a better event management system. This article is very helpful!

This article talks about the weakness and vulnerability of POS systems involving safety. It mentions the security breach that few companies, such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (including their Westin, Sheraton and W Hotel brands), Hilton, Hyatt and the Trump Hotel, faced last year (2016) involving credit card fraud and identity theft through their POS systems. It mentions how point-of-sale (POS) systems are not complete safe and how vulnerable they are because they are constantly in use and aren't always patched, updated, or protected from vulnerabilities as frequently as required. It suggests that enterprises should outsource their cyber security management to minimize costs, considering that is extremely expensive to hire and retain IT security team.

This article focuses on technology investments related to restaurants. It talks about decisions made and experiences shared by restaurant operators and executives that gathered together at the Hospitality Technology's 2016 Restaurant Executive Summit. They discussed the top technology investments for the following year, 2017. Analytics, loyalty programs, and mobile payment were the key focus area. I believe that all restaurant operators should adopt and implement the latest technologies or will fail behind the competition.

This article provides an overview of the importance for hotels to have a centralized function and not outsourcing the hotel accounting, meaning that hotels should not use a third party provider. Companies are compelled to change, to innovate, and in need to keep up with the competition. It says that some hoteliers are choosing to outsource because is trendy, but not always function in their best interest. This article emphasizes the pros and cons, but mostly all the negative results of outsourcing, using other companies to do the work that should be centralized.

This article gives you 8 of the best choices of POS systems linked to their websites, so you can explore the options and compare. It suggests recommendations on choosing the proper POS system based on experts' reviews. It shows the many reasons why businesses would benefit when choosing a POS system over a traditional cash register. It says that any business would benefit from POS systems, but it suits better the retail and restaurant industry. I think POS system is perfect for restaurants!

This article is concise, yet very informative. It refers to at least 5 of the advantages that Property Management System brings to a hotel. The web-based software provides support to any kind of hotel: small, medium, and large. Cost effective solutions is number one benefit. It is easily acquired and fit any budget. It talks about other benefits, such as web based system, graphical interface that is easy to use and easily located, multiple module modes that enhances the features of the PMS, and multi-language and multi-currency support. It is persuasive showing that acquiring PMS is the best and right thing to do!

This article emphasizes the positive and negative aspects of the hospitality industry adopting to sustainable practices. It recognizes that this industry is in the business of making money, while appoints the importance of doing so conscientiously, respecting the environment. It shows the steps that the organizations should take on its journey to action. I believe that sustainability should be a business imperative and not a lifestyle choice, as the sustained interest among consumers in tourism products and services are continuously increasing. That should be beneficial for the organization, positively affecting the operating revenue.

This article talks about the importance of electronic business and the new advances that affect the way that business is done; the growth of sites is changing the way consumers buy travel and hospitality services. As a result, marketers are changing strategies to become successful in this very competitive environment, differentiating themselves offering a wider range of localized content assets in many languages to reach consumers globally. Smart planning and optimizing mobile applications to serve the international markets are the keys that lead to success.

This article talks about how IoT (Internet of Things) can be effective and efficient on hotels operations. It mentions many ways that the hotel can improve the guest experience while lowering the costs. Many hotels are already using IoT. I believe that all hotels should use IoT to improve customer satisfaction while reducing the costs. That shows how telecommunications can advantage the hospitality industry.

This article emphasizes the importance of SaaS (Software as a Service) to the hospitality industry. This model allows companies to deliver services via the internet, thus decreasing the costs and the failure rate in the software services and the product distribution. This application is creating a new model of customer interaction and relationship building as the mobile usability is constantly increasing into the hotel and travel industry. The SaaS solution distributed via the internet eliminates the physical need for indirect distribution because it is not physically distributed and can be delivered almost instantaneously. This article talks about the impact that this system causes to the hotel's operation. This system can anticipate problems and proactively addresses and fixes the issues via the support and monitoring team that is immediately available investigating and rectifying the issues promptly. Among the many benefits that SaaS brings to the hotel's operations, one very important benefit is that the executive team can keep an eye on the operations and even make changes when they are off-property through cloud-based access. The SaaS implementations would give hoteliers more control on the relationship with their technology provider and SaaS gives this to them. I feel this program is really valuable for people in the hotel industry.