This artical discribed some ot the most popular HR managment softwares. It also give discriptions how the HRIS is going to fit the need of daily operation of a hotel.

Using social media for event promotion. And it could be beneficial to assign a person to be in charge of these media. It could bring better confidence of customers of the company.

It is very important that all the agents and their workers always stay in touch. An ordinary cell is not usually sufficient nowaday for an even planner. They need more sofisticated tools for more effective communication.

Wired Media, a full-service digital agency has seen a huge growth in the requst of digital marketing services. Recent technique includes social media, e-mail, digital advertisement, etc.

No-one understands security like the Israelis, that's why some of the world's best new innovative airport security technologies are being developed in Israel.

The uniqueness of human has been used for security tech in many ways, such as finger print, movement pattern, blood veins etc. And facial recoginition system is used by Hilton Americas-Houston now. It can be used to track guests, employees and even suitcases. However some customer feel unconfortable for the survillance everywhere and don't want to be on-camera all the time.

MenuPad is a mobile POS system designed to operate with existing POS systems, making the system easy to incorporate into a restaurant's operations. Customers can place orders and pay bills with this appilication on iPad. Carmel Café & Wine Bar in Sarasota, Florida, now has this app for the restaurant. The server's traditional role of order-taker is replaced with technology when a mobile POS menu is implemented. However, the still server plays a crucial role in introducing guests to the iPad itself and the software it is running.

Procure Wizard, the Scottish e-procurement company, has secured a major deal to supply its software to Beacon Purchasing, the leading provider of purchasing solutions to the UK hospitality industry and one of the country's largest purchasing companies.

This article introduced a new kind of property management system. The hotelier Bill Murray could not find any platform in the market to fit his need to enable all the managers at Intergral's various properties to have the same capabilities. So he built his own-- ILink. ILink is an online system that collects the accounting information, revenue data and sales reports of all 40 Integral properties with daily updates. But the is system does not interface with reservations or execute much in the way of customer relationship management。

Luxury hotel is a hotel group in British. It use a more environmentally friendly way to reduce their costs instead of raising bills. Several eco-attempts have been made.  Five years ago, Swinto Park installed a wood chip boiler and made the hotel carbon neutral from a heating perspective. It also use a highly efficient laundry system, which reduces the energy and water use by 30 percent.  The article also mentioned the US group of hotels called Green Hotels Association(GHA), an organization of hotel managers who dedicate in energy saving in hotels. 

People with more buying abilities are will to pay for more to be environment friendly trips. There are several benefits for hotels to install solar.  1 Saving environment- reduce CO2 emissions.  2 Cut expenses- save running costs.  3 Marketing- it enables the hotels to attracts guests using only eco              energy.

Solar Powered Energy Management for Hotels "Hotels consume massive amounts of energy and use 50% more energy than a similar sized residential building despite having only 55% occupancy rates on average. " "Energy costs are the ghighest fixed expenses for hotels fafter salaries. It is very important for hotels to save energy  The article started by mentioning the most widely used sensor system. And smart energy management solutions are quite expensive and sometimes even impossible to be retrofit old hotels.  ZENROS is a new solar powered energy management system. It is believed  to be able to save at least 35% in HLP costs. It is connected to the room controller and use Zigbee Smart Energy, a panel wireless communication system to control all the electrical devices. This combination of solar energy and wireless enables restoration in most hotels, even the ones without electrical grid nearby. 

This article analysis the future of the GDS for airlines from both the airline company's perspective and the marketing perspective. The conflicts between airlines and GDS and the agencies is a recycling battle. It has been back and forth with the airlines withdraw from the system and ended up renewing contracts. The most recent war initiated by American airline pulled its inventory from Orbitz in December, 2010, in order to force GDS Travelport to drop the distribution cost. The two parties need each other and it is time for them to reach common ground and have mutual benefits.Delta has done something for that by adopting three second-tire OTAs. http://www.tnooz.com/2010/12/22/news/delta-cites-apple-experience-exits-cheapoair-bookit-com-onetravel/ But those are the short-term issues. In the long term is that " airlines' long-term strategy to advance distribution from fare- and schedule-led selling to merchandising. " The article also give a marketing perspective. It shows the intention of American Airline to build a system that link directly to the airline that don`t have to obey the searching rules of the agency. It also listed nine unanswered questions and wild cards, which indicates the risk of this strategic shift.

Hotel wifi connection can be an easy access for identity thieves to stole personal information. Several surveys have show that there are many potential risks to get attacks through hotel internet.  WiFi Hacking Crimes Are Easy to Commit The security of hotel witless networks is a big issue and can be easily attempted by hackers. People may illegally use the internet access by staying in the nearby area of a hotel. Fake access point can also cause consumers in the hotel to lose their personal information such as credit card, banking or other confidential information.  The article also offers some solutions to avoid hackers. 

FBI issues warning to people traveling abroad that free Wi-Fi systems can pose a threat. Malware and other attacks on hotel wi-fi has become a bigger and bigger threat for hotel internet users.  This artical introduced 9  tips to use wi-fi safely.  1. Update Before Leaving 2. Block Pop-Ups  3. Handle Free Wi-Fi With Caution 4. Read Hotel Wi-Fi Directions 5. VPN Tunneling Secures Free Wi-Fi  6. Download Software Updates Directly From Vendors 7. Beware Wired Hotel Connections 8. Consider Using A "Burner" Laptop  9. Don't Be Afraid To Hibernate  All these tips indicate that to use internet safely, we should be alter to potential risks, be wise and have a good habit when access internet. 

This article introduced the result of a survey for the adaptation of cloud computing global wise. 68% of the global organizations want to adapt this new tech but 51% have concerns that their old system may not be enough for the adaptation.  Then the article describes the pros and cons with cloud computing and solutions for hoteliers.  The pros are : no need to buy many expensive hardware, lower maintenance expense and software installing and updating fee, Cons: security, which is the biggest concern, redundancy, and other things. 

This article introduced De Santos, a high-end restaurant runs completely off iPad 2. It is the first restaurant in NY to do so. This is considered the future of restaurants. Servers in this Italian-American restaurant use tablets to take orders and swipe credit cards. Although this is very expensive comparing the $1.5 notepads with $500 iPad. The owner claims that it actually help to save money. And it is much cheaper than the traditional POS system. The tablets are used in every aspects of the business. Take ordering as an example. All the menus are stored on the tablets. Waiter just select the orders and send it to the kitchen and bar wirelessly. It enables waiters to save time.

This article presented the possibilities of  the usage of smartphone as the single control device in hotel guestrooms in the near future.  "The newest trend in the hotel space is allowing guests to control everything in the room with one device". Hotel Technology Next Generation(HTNG) recently published a new standard for single remote control to support multiple devices. There already are technology that use television remote for this function. And because of the popularity of smartphones and tablets, guestrooms are now expected to have these devices. HTNG is also working on standards for these devices, they are believed to be able to replace the television as the focal point of control in the future. Although the offering tablet devices in guestrooms is still new to the industry, only several high rank hotels have done. And the usage rates of tables stand much higher than the usage rates for television, These devices have multiple functions vary from ordering room service to turn off the light.   The article also discussed the necessity of television for guestroom control. Many hotels use products that enable guests to connect their own devices onto television and make these devices the remote control for televisions or other devices in the room.