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Best HRIS software | Human Resource Information System in 2016 - 0 views

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    A HRIS Software, also know as Human Resource Information System is the integration of information technology into human resources with the help of HR software for small and medium size of businesses, allowing electronic operations of HR activities and processes. An information system that provides means of acquiring, storing, analyzing and distributing information to forge a centralized view of the data that an HRM or HCM requires.
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The Growth of e-Commerce and Hospitality Marketing | Smartling - 0 views

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    The growth of e-commerce has had a dramatic effect on travel and hospitality marketing. While consumers once relied on travel agents and other intermediaries to help book and research trips, a number of developments from the growth of sites, such as Airbnb and Google's high-ranking display of travel results for specific geographic terms, is leading a change in the way consumers buy travel and hospitality services. Therefore, marketing techniques are changing too.
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E-marketing in the hospitality industry - Digital Doughnut - 1 views

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    E-marketing is also known as Internet marketing, web marketing, online marketing or digital marketing. It is growing at a dramatic pace in the hospitality industry and is significantly impacting the business behaviors since it drives more revenue than traditional marketing.
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Seven Meetings Technology Trends to Watch for 2017 - 1 views

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    These are exciting times. The rate of technology change is accelerating with thousands of ideas, apps and innovations bubbling up to help meeting planners, exhibitors, venues and other meeting participants to do their jobs better and improve the attendee experience. This annual review covers many of the major events technology trends to watch for this coming year.
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Marriott CEO weighs impact of terrorism on hotel industry - 0 views

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    In the span of just one week last year, a Russian airplane carrying tourists crashed with ISIS taking credit, 130 people were killed in Paris, and gunmen took hostages at a Mali hotel that ended with dozens of people dead. And the State Department has a worldwide travel alert issued until late February 2016.
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Information technology applications and competitive advantage in hotel companies - 0 views

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    Information technology (IT) investments play a critical role in managing hotels strategically. Efficient and timely deployment of new IT applications may offer opportunities for enhanced guest services to meet increasing customer expectations,improved cost control, more effective marketing strategies, and expanded opportunities for hotels.
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Accounting for Hotels | Small Business - Chron.com - 2 views

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    Hotel accounting is not simply about managing revenue and expenses. Independent hotels and hotel franchises have unique financial needs that demand competent staff and an accounting system that will ...
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Frictionless POS: 2017 POS Software Trends Report - 0 views

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    Some call it the Uber Effect, some might say it is just a natural shift in generational practices and preferences, but all businesses - and therefore the point of sale - have been disrupted by the transformative power of mobility.
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Top 5 Trends in the Modern Hotel PMS - StayNTouch - 0 views

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    The past decade has seen the rise of a new generation of hotel PMS with the introduction of agile, flexible and cost effective cloud-based solutions - but as many hoteliers prefer to stick with their tried and test, if not a bit out-dated, PMS systems, IT spend and investment in the hospitality industry has been relatively low when compared with other industries.
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Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires Enhances Guests' Experience with New Digital Newspaper ... - 0 views

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    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina , Sept. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Guests staying at Four Season Hotel Buenos Aires have a new, complimentary digital amenity to keep them connected during their stay. The hotel now offers a digital, all-you-can-read newspaper and magazine service from PressReader, treating guests to more than 3,000 local, regional and international publications by using their laptops, tablets or smartphones.
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    Four Seasons Miami also just took another step in "going green" and now offers the press reader application to our guests. We don't buy hard copies of newspapers anymore to reduce the amount of paper being used to save the trees and rain forest. Guests don't have to pay any extra cost for this technology and have thousands of newspapers to choose from.
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Website, GDS and OTA: the right mix in distribution channel investments - 1 views

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    This article summarizes the three different online distribution channels used in the hospitality industry. "Investing marketing dollars in these online distribution channels is becoming essential if hoteliers want to retain customers, improve hotel positioning, and gain a competitive advantage in markets that are sometimes saturated with hotel supply" states the author about expressing how important it is to get this marketing decision right for today's hoteliers.
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What's New in Hotel Telecommunications? - Fourteen IP Communications - 1 views

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    Fourteen IP Director Neil Tolley joined a distinguished group of experts in commenting on The Future of Hotel Telecommunications for hotel technology consultant Dan Philips, in an article for Hospitality Upgrade magazine.
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    A distinguished group of experts talk about the future of Hotel Communications. They talk about why many hotel are moving toward using the cloud and that many hotels should be flexible and adjust to the needs of new tech savvy customers but updating the guest experience with applications.
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Hospitality Net - 10 New Hotel Technologies for Modern Rooms - 0 views

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    Hotel rooms are changing. New technology for the global hotel industry has debuted at a staggering rate, and experts say they expect many of the new devices created in the past decade to be standard soon.
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    There are many new technologies for hotel rooms and this new software allows the guests to have more control and personalized service then they ever have before. From using an app on your smartphone to open hotel rooms doors to texting the concierge, it totally gives the customer many more options and make the experience that much more enjoyable then just staying in the room. I myself would love to order room service through an app, or stream Netflix from my mobile device.
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