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HRIS | HR Software for Hotels | Hospitality IT | Software for Hospitality| Immerauf - 1 views

  • HRIS has emerged as among the most crucial aspects of hospitality IT. No hos
  • . No hospitality management system can be considered complete without an effective HRIS system.
  • Greytip Software is a focused HR & Payroll software solutions company.
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  • An efficient HRIS system manages the recruitment, staff-shifts, time & attendance, and many other aspects of your hospitality HR requirements. It should be able to drill down to history files and provide e-leave application & training management.
  • Developing a product that caters to small and big customers, across industry verticals, needs a lot more experience, mature processes, and superior engineering.
  • Folklore HCM
  • Folklore Payroll
  • Folklore Attendance Software
  • Folklore Training
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        This website is a homepage of the company called Immerauf. This company is to provide network service and sell the technology products that are related to the hotels. Human Resources Information System is also a product of theirs.     As everybody know, without an effective HRIS, the hospitality management system could not be considered completely. The functions of the HRIS are managing the recruitment, shift, attendance, requirement and so on. They highly recommend their HRIS technology product. And they mentioned their partner Greytip Software. The partner is a focused HR & Payroll software solutions company.     They introduced a few basic own and partner's history and stated they had groups of customers, more experience, and superior engineering.     They list some products overview, such as Folklore HCM, Payroll, Attendance Software and Training. All of the products could help hotels to reduce the transaction costs, improve employee morale, communicate better, eliminate the fussy processing, increase productivity, save time and effort.
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What The Hospitality Industry Can Teach Facility Managers - Facilities Management Facil... - 0 views

  • I set my luggage on the bathroom's tile floor and head to the bed for a thorough bug check.
  • Next, I go to the thermostat and reset it to a higher, energy-efficient number.
  • Finally, I take a look at the room's layout: Is it maneuverable? Are desks/dressers/closets easy to access and use? And last, but of utmost importance, what's the evacuation route?
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  • we think that there's no better place than the NFMT Vegas Conference & Expo to discuss just how hospitality facilities can demonstrate best practices for all buildings in sustainability, energy efficiency, occupant safety and ADA compliance.
  • For the first time, this year's conference will feature a track dedicated to hospitality and provide perspectives from some of the market's most knowledgeable sources.
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        This article is a kind of blog, written by a traveler who formed by years of working in the facility management field. She described her ritual when she checked in a hotel room. She mentioned the National Facilities Management & Technology Vegas Conference & Expo and discussed just how hospitality facilities can demonstrate best practices for all buildings in sustainability, energy efficiency, occupant safety and ADA compliance.       Nowadays, more and more hotels try to address the energy efficiency initiatives. And they also know the importance of controlling the operational costs.     The technological facilities can highlight some key innovations and solutions for the entire facility management marketplace.
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The Power of Email Marketing in the Hospitality Industry - 0 views

  • arketing power of the Internet in terms of reach and frequency. Nowhere is this better illustrated than through email marketing. Following the lead of the airlines, many hospitality managers are evaluating email marketing for its low cost, rapid dissemination, and measurability.
  • Following the lead of the airlines, many hospitality managers are evaluating email marketing for its low cost, rapid dissemination, and measurability.
  • Email marketing is a crucial component of the hotel eMarketing and online distribution strategy.
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  • Email gets the most attention of any hospitality eMarketing effort because intuitively it makes sense—since email can create direct revenue opportunities with past, present, and future customers.
  • By category, travel relate
  • Low cost
  • ssion-based email marketing is the second-generation email approach that goes well beyond guerilla email marketing, known as email spam.
  • Permi
  • Precision e-mail marketing is the next, third generation email approach that dynamically "reads" customer profiles, purchasing habits and history to create highly personalized emails.
  •   Reach:
  • Hotels must employ new strategies to take advantage of these opportunities to capture this Internet market. 
  • Protects brand integrity:
  • Personalization:
  • Instant gratification:
  • Rich Media:
  •   Results: Outcomes based, from knowing who opened the message, clicked on which links, how much time spent viewing each page, completed a transaction, or forwarded the email.
  • There are three main groups of email audiences: consumers (leisure or business), travel intermediaries (travel agents, wholesalers) and corporate clients.
  • Hoteliers are in a unique position to build a robust list from existing customers. Using a list built from existing customers, the conversion rates can be ten times greater than any standalone rented mailing list because the targeted group already knows and has experienced the product first-hand. In addition, the hotel can stratify the customer list by specific characteristics, communicate and offer value in the message, and send targeted and rele
  • vant mailings frequently to the intended audience, an audience that even anticipates these messages announcing hotel specials.
  • d email marketing retains a loyal audience, especially if it offers the recipient value, accurate communication, relevance, and familiarity.
  • Travel agents that use the Internet and email are exactly the travel agents hoteliers must reach.
  • Collecting the right information is essential to not confuse long-term marketing plans
  • Recent trends in email technology and services include:
  • A total email strategy addresses every aspect of the email marketing process. It's organized to leverage a hotel’s existing and future client base for ongoing and upselling opportunities. This includes matching the right messages with the intended audiences for ongoing customer relations.
  • In conclusion, a total email marketing strategy serves as a springboard to launch various email campaigns, to boost ongoing customer acquisition, relationship management, and increased bookings on and off line.  An experienced eBusiness hospitality consultancy can help you navigate and utilize the Internet to its fullest potential.
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    Email marketing is a crucial component of the hotel eMarketing and online distribution strategy. The website is a key to establish interactive relationship with customers and capture client email profiles by the company. In hospitality industry, especially the travel agency frequently use the emarketing to retain the loyalty, and offer accurate communication. The permission-based email marketing is very useful and practical for sending the promotional emails. And the precision e-mail marketing used by the airlines has generated up to a fivefold increase in response rates and tenfold lower conversion costs than direct mail. The email marketing provides some benefits for hoteliers, such as low cost, accessibility, protecting brands integrity, hommization, timeliness, good visual sense and positive results. The consumers, travel intermediaries and corporate clients are the significant customers for email marketing. The hotel can stratify the customer list by specific characteristics, communicate and offer value in the message. Hotels must employ new strategies to take advantage of these opportunities to capture this Internet market.
Linfan Cai

Hotel Security and Confidence:hotel safety - 1 views

  • he safety and security of property, lives and assets are ensured and less complicated. As regards to property, the security ensures the safety of the building, plant, machinery and other supplies in the hotel from pilferage and damage by intrusion of outsiders as well as from those within.
  • As regards to property, the security ensures the safety of the building, plant, machinery and other supplies in the h
  • otel from pilferage and damage by intrusion of outsiders as well as from those within
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  • Modern technology adopted for hotel security are surveillance cameras, scanners, metal and substance detectors. With the technology, the management, staff and guests are protected from theft and disruption of the peace and calm.
  • A guest lost is revenue lost. As such, hotels should take every precaution possible to ensure safety of the guest, and the stay would be with minimum of inconvenience
  • Research has proven that safety and security of the hotel, has resulted in guest repetiti
  • ons thus the hotel gaining more revenue, and publicized as a safe haven to be utilized.
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    As hoteliers, the development of hotel is very important. While, as the premise of development, the security is the first consideration whatever you work in the industry and also when guests stay in the hotel. As the development of society, hoteliers are constantly renew their new technology for the safety and security of property.     The security staff should have confidence to build a secure environment for employees and guests. But they often are challenged to the hilt to be professional in distinguishing between the real guest and con-men.     To the guests' point of view, before they choose the hotel, the security of the hotel is an important aspect the guest would require. The travelers also stay with confidence for their stay. So an important factor that should be seriously thought of is the web-site in which you market and sell your hotel.
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Why Investing in Hospitality Technology is Investing in Good Business - 1 views

  • In consideration of how investment in hospitality technology can support business growth, rather than being an added cost, or unnecessary financial burden, to a hotel – it is important to look at what operational efficiencies the technology can bring, including any improvements in staff activities and morale that can be delivered and how the technology will ultimately benefit the hotels revenue performance.
  • Whilst many international hotel organisations have used the economic downturn to adequately plan for the future through improved levels of technology and staff investment, many others are not heeding the warning signs and are instead shedding costs wherever possible – which can lead to disastrous consequences.
  • Importantly, hoteliers also need to realize that the hospitality industry is constantly changing and a lack of up-to-date technology and older strategies will not always be applicable to new, unique situations.
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  • Whilst many international hotel organisations have used the economic downturn to adequately plan for the future through improved levels of technology and staff investme
  • Consider Revenue Management Technology: This technology is u
  • sed in a wide variety of industries.
  • IDeaS experience in many regions to date is that there are many technology vendors in hospitality that fail to acknowledge the above reality.
  • There are many technologies that tick all of the above boxes, including: Energy Management Systems Revenue Management Systems Property Management Systems In-Room Technology Sophisticated Telco Systems
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    The hospitality industry is developing faster and faster. The hoteliers should be with a view to ensuring that the technology they use to help run their facilities and best suited for the roles. They lead to a rapid economic recovery but they also need improve their marketing. The hospitality organizations have taken the time to update or invest in the right technology and training. In consideration of how investment in hospitality technology can support business growth, It is important to look at what operational efficiencies the technology can bring. As the hotel industry continues to move towards a more dynamic and inter-connected environment it is vital that the correct technology infrastructure is in place to meet this challenge. The revenue management technology itself can be maximized by educating staff in the most effective ways to use it. The hotel groups should recognize the speed of change in technology. And they will be ensuring that their facilities are able to effectively maximize their ongoing revenue capability.
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Hospitality Accounting, Hospitality Accountant, Hospitality Accountants Melbourne - 0 views

  • Sothertons Chartered Accountants are your hospitality accounting specialists;
  • Unlike traditional accounting practises, Sothertons is not divided along business lines; our industry sector practices means we understand your business operations in every area.
  • Sothertons specialist hospitality accounting services include:
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  • see clearly the relationship between decisions and performance and stay ahead of your competition.
  • Our niche accounting practices combined with our hotel, food and restaurant accounting staff will deliver reliable expertise and long-term cost saving opportunities.
  • Working with Sothertons Chartered Accountants will add value to your existing accounting process and improve your hospitality business profitability.
  • ensuring sales and profits are maximised.
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    This web is about a group named Sothertons  Chartered Accountants. Its major meaning is researching the new hospitality accounting management. They provide experienced accounting services to those in this industry.     It is not like the traditional accounting practices. In this company, everyone in every area, must understand their operation very much. They have some specialist services such as Industry benchmarking and KPI management, working capital management and so on.     They could analyze their competitors when you see clearly relationship between decisions and performance. They could help you to solve the accounting problem and satisfy your business needs. For example, their accounting services could cover many areas like hotel, restaurant, catering and food and wine businesses.     The Sothertons Chartered Accountants have influence for the accounting process and could improve your hospitality business profitability. They have the professional ability to cover clients' profits.
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POS Systems for Hotels and Inns - 0 views

  • A Point of Sale system is effective in hotels because it is a way in which hotel and inn owners would be able to record all transients while at the same time record all the services rendered per room.
  • Most POS systems can also be connected to the kitchen so that the chef would be able to deliver the products at a fast pace and there would be no confusion in delivering the food.
  • The key to Point of Sale Applications is the use of various operating systems for recording and registering the items rendered per room.
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  • Today, most hotels have even applied a membership connection through internet so that hotel customers would be able to register to a room that they want simply by accessing the hotel's website.
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    Nowadays, the Point of Sales system is very important not only in hotels but also in any kind of business. The popular reason is that the POS is convenient, fast and promptly. The POS could be changed neatly. It will make the cashier compute for the expenses and costs more efficiently. The data used by the POS has been applied connection through the Internet. The customers could register by their private computer quickly. The POS also connect many kinds of service aspects that include restaurant, housekeeping, receiption and so on. It will make the whole system operate more integrate.
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Hotel Software Advantages, Hotel property Management System Advantage - 0 views

  • by using the Hotelogix web-based PMS
  • This ensures that the ROI equation is tilted in your favor from the time you install the system. Within months of installing the system, you will start reaping good business returns
  • Hotelogix not only provides increased freedom to hotel operators but is also extremely reliable as a technology solution. It is both quick and dependable.
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  • There are no hidden costs or infrastructure requirements.
  • Hotelogix is extremely affordable.
  • no investment is required on training, as the implementation is via the telephone or the web.
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    As some small size hotel, inn, or resort, they also need some convenient technology to manage their business operations. The online bookings, marketing sales and the housekeeping, all of them are important for a hotelier. They could choose the cheaper and more flexible property management system. This article shows some advantages of the Hotelogix web-based PMS. It has five outstanding feature. Because the investment is very low and it will spend less time in installing, the return on investment could receive quickly. And the Hotelogix not only provides increased freedom to hotel operators but is also reliable. It is very simple to use even for the first-time users. The investors could not worry about the hidden costs or infrastructure requirements. Moreover, the pivotal point is low pricing. In addition, its most valuable feature is no required investment on training because using and accessing the system is easy and having 24-hour support. This is a smart hotel operational system in the modern cities.
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Green Lodging News | Short description of the blog - 0 views

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    This article is written by a publisher and editor. It is based on what he saw and heard. The main contents are around the LEED Volume Program. The leadership in energy and environmental design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods. Marriott group opened their first hotel as part of Marriott's LEED Volume Program. The senior design manager indicates the program saves owners about $100,000 in upfront costs and six months of construction time. And it provides a competitive advantage for Marriott. Depending on his article, it is easy to know what is unique about the hotel from a green design and operations perspective. For example, the pool uses salt water to reduce the need for chlorine. Or the windows are high performance and reflect heat. Especially, the shower facility is for employees who ride their bicycles to work. Hoteliers pay much attention to the green development will help them to reduce the cost and pollution. Moreover, the staff prefer working in a green hotel because it helps motivate them daily. The following link is about the detailed of Marriott's LEED Volume Program. http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=8146
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Hospitality eBusiness Strategies, Inc. (HeBS) | Hospitality-Industry.com - 0 views

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    This is a full-service hotel internet marketing firm. The workers in this firm are responsible for hoteliers to take full advantage of the direct online channel. Customers could connect the hotel's main distribution channel by HeBS' websites. They could provide crucial advice, recommendations and solution for the hotel or travel company. The hotel Internet marketing experts could increase Internet presence and online business while capturing new valuable online markets by using all kinds of methodology and tools. The Internet-based business models and techonologies are achieved. The marketers could be the guests' speakers and presenters. Guests could preferably gain more distributions and informations about hotel events, conferences or tourism events. The hotel internet marketing firm is able to build the better joint.
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Three companies partner for hotel technology packages | Hotel Management - 1 views

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    The three companies AutoClerk, Inc., Technology At Work and PhoneSuite. They provide complete techonology packages for hotels. The packages mainly include software, hardware, IP-based Private Branch Exchange phone system and network design. The package could use the same computer to run the hotel's Property Management system. It is able to offer could-based and premise-based property management solutions. The AutoClerk could interface to many standard systems, such as Internet reservations or restaurant Point-of-sale. The PhoneSuite developed a server-based hotel phone system called Voiceware. It coud run both administrative and guest room Session Initiation Protocol phones.It can be hosted "in the cloud" as a server.
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LA Tourism to Offer Housing Management Services with Passkey's GroupMAX ME - Google Cus... - 0 views

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    The Passkey's GroupMAX ME is a big progress during the housing management service area. It major effect is promoting the efficiency of management in meeting, convention or event. It makes the meeting management become more professional. LA Tourism managers can organize the conventions and meetings that were more safe, consistent and portable by using GroupMAX ME on their hand. The technology could make participants easily and efficiently find hotel reservations in office. And meeting professionals could be easy to track inventory online. GroupMAX ME could help meeting professionals to avoid an excess of reservation fee because it could directly connect hotel property management system or central reservation system.
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LA Tourism to Offer Housing Management Services with Passkey's GroupMAX ME | hospitalit... - 1 views

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    The Passkey's GroupMAX ME is a big progress during the housing management service area. It major effect is promoting the efficiency of management in meeting, convention or event. It makes the meeting management become more professional. LA Tourism managers can organize the conventions and meetings that were more safe, consistent and portable by using GroupMAX ME on their hand. The technology could make participants easily and efficiently find hotel reservations in office. And meeting professionals could be easy to track inventory online. GroupMAX ME could help meeting professionals to avoid an excess of reservation fee because it could directly connect hotel property management system or central reservation system.
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