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Human Resources Information System (HRIS) - 1 views

  • With an appropriate HRIS, Human Resources staff enables employees to do their own benefits updates and address changes, thus freeing HR staff for more strategic functions.
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Event Planning: Requirements to Be an Event Planner - 0 views

  • event planners need a certain set of skills, and one way they may be developed is by completing a bachelor's degree program in hospitality, communications or public relations.
  • event planners must have phenomenal communication skills.
  • Event planners must also have excellent organizational skills.
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    This article introduces the requirements to be an event planner. For the education requirement, although the BLS reported that an event planner does not need the universal education, event planner needs some skills from the bachelor's degree program. As a professional event planner, they should get many skills from the special program in the hospitality university. On the other hand, event planner should at good at communication. As they always communicate with clients that need good ability of oral and writing. And the event planner should have excellent organization skills to handle different clients simultaneously. In addition, more experiences the event planner have that will attract more clients or events.
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The Most Effective Online Marketing Strategy for Independent Hotels (Part 1) | E-Market... - 0 views

  • The best online marketing strategy is one that effectively enhances each online marketing component to its fullest potential.
  • The best way to fully augment a hotel’s web presence is to keep all of its online marketing components updated and consistent.
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    This article introduce a new online marketing product that not only can help the hotel reduce cost but also improve the hotel's online presence which results in an increase in direct bookings, less reliance on 3rd party intermediaries, and the best ROI. This new product can up-to-date the hotel's information that will attract more guests that put a hotel miles ahead of the competitors. It also offers an option for guests to choose the phrases that they are interesting. In addition, this product provides the freedom to make convenient updates for hoteliers. The hotel management team does not need the outside support team to manage the e-marketing system.
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Hotel Security: Evolving Security Threats - 0 views

  • Ensuring the safety of your guests is of paramount importance and it is essential to have robust hotel security measures in place.
  • Hoteliers should consider the utilisation of board-certified security consultants and vendors as they will have critical security insight about your property.
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    This article analyzes the importance of hotel security by asking the questions to Farina and Associates hotel security expert, Philip Farina. It shows the key security threats that hoteliers currently face: it include fire, weather, food poisoning and tampering, fraud, data theft and of course, the terrorism element, to name a few. It also shows the nature of threats changed in recent years and the impact of security threats for the hoteliers. In addition, the expert suggests that the hoteliers should consider the third-party companies to improve hotel security. And it also lists the steps that the hoteliers can take immediately to improve their hotel security.
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Investment in Hotel Technology Pays Off with Increased Group Revenue - Charmed by Hospi... - 5 views

  • To increase group business, hoteliers are comfortable with this investment knowing there’s a return on investment with generated buzz/venue marketing and satisfied guests.
  • Technology is just another way hotels are winning group business and marketing a hotel or conference center.
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    This article introduces some new technology applied in the hotel. Nowadays, the hotel will adopt some new technology to attract more and more guest. Like the article said, "technology is just another way hotels are winning group business and marketing a hotel or conference center". The article introduce the Hyatt Hotels adopt the virtual concierge service on guest room TVs that offer a good service for guest and try to appeal to new markets and drive group business. The article also involves the revenue management system that the hotels are investment can help the hotel deal with data effective and increase revenue for properties. The new technology that the hotel applied will not only improve the guest experience but also can increase the revenue of the hotel.
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Boosting finance with Accounting software for Hotels - 0 views

  • There are several functions in the finance team of hotels, each serving a different purpose in hotel financial management. Whilst some of these may overlap, they include: financial accounting, cost accounting, tax accounting, auditing and managerial accounting. With the advent of technology, hotel accounting software has gained a significant role in helping these finance function of hotels.
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    This article introduces the different functions of the hotel accounting software. In hotel financial management, the financial accounting, cost accounting, tax accounting, auditing and managerial accounting that has different purpose to help the hotel effective manage the financial data. Financial accounting records and reports the financial transactions of the hotel. Cost counting records and reports the hotel's expenses. Tax accounting records the data related to the taxes transactions. Auditing checks all the financial data and information. Managerial accounting analyses the financial data and information to make decision. All these accounting is necessary for the hotel. With the hotel accounting software, the manager of the hotel can manage the hotel easily and more convenience.
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POS Software Trends 2012 | Top Stories | | Hospitality Magazine (HT) - 10 views

  • Hospitality operators were also asked to share their POS purchasing plans for the year ahead . When comparing 2012 purchasing plans to last year’s survey results, a trend emerges: more investment in the year ahead. This is positive news for industry, as it shows that purse strings have loosened for IT budgets. In fact, it’s also a full reversal of the results of this survey from one year ago when, across the board, hospitality operators reported far less POS investment plans
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    This article introduces the trends of POS in hospitality industry. It lists some data to show the hospitality operators consider mobile phone-based POS instead of tableside ordering devices. It also list the information about the hospitality operators plans to add new functionality and features to their current POS software.
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Is a Hotel PMS Right for Any Company Involved in the Hospitality Industry? - 0 views

  • Core features should include guest management, housekeeping, reservations, online booking and billing management.
  • With a good cloud based PMS suite, you should be able to manage your own reservations without paying commission
  • No matter the size of your hotel it is best that you at least get the core product. Keeping an electronic record of all your hotels workings is always a good idea.
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    This article introduces the importance of the PMS in the hotel. When the hotels choose the PMS software, the simple and smart one is a better choice. For most efficient system, it always includes guest management, housekeeping, reservations, online booking and billing management. The advantage of the PMS is less cost. The hotels choose a good PMS will not only save money but also manage the hotel in a wonderful condition. The PMS can help the hotel store data and keep track of the housekeeping that the manager will solve some problems between housekeeping and customers. In a word, choosing a good PMS is necessary for the hotel.
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Green Business Initiative - Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland - 0 views

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  • The Green Business Initiative is an inter-linked suite of projects, specifically aimed at helping enterprises save money and help to reduce their environmental impacts.
  • The projects aim to actively help enterprises to become more “resource efficient”. This means that they will use less energy, less water and less raw materials, in turn producing less waste and costing the business less money. It’s a great example of the Green Economy in action and a real win-win situation. 
  • The Green Hospitality Programme (GHP) is a range of projects specifically aimed at the tourism and hospitality industry. 
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  • Utilising the capacity and techniques perfected in the Green Hospitality Award and greenbusiness.ie project, the National Waste Prevention Programme is working with healthcare providers to look at water and energy use and waste production, with a special emphasis on food waste. By investigating areas where efficiencies can be made, often through simple "no" and low cost procedures, real savings can be generated for hospitals.
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    This article introduces some green business initiative that is the projects to help enterprises use less resource to make money. With the development of the society, it is more important for us to protect the environment. The green business initiative is a good example to protect the environment. The article shows the greenbusiness.ie project offer an effective tool to help the company not only reduce the cost but also reduce the pollution. It also introduce the project that aimed to help hospitality industry solve the save resource problem. It list some projects like Green Festivals, Less Food Waste, More Profit to prove these program already save more money and resource. The Green Healthcare and SMILE (Saving Money through Industrial Linkage and Exchanges) are the other two examples of green business initiative.
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E Business Strategy -e commerce business strategies | Economy Watch - 1 views

  • E Business Strategy can be summarized as the strategies governing E Businesses through calculated information dissemination.
  • E-business diverges from the traditional sphere of business by speeding up the business activities and giving a totally new dimension and definition to businesses worldwide be it whether partnerships, joint ventures or large corporations.
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    From this article, the-business plays an important role in today's world. By the e-business, the trade can be made on the internet. It is very convenience for the global businessman who can reduce the cost and make more profit. The supply chain management and email marketing are the essential features of the e-business. With the help of the e-business strategies, the wholesalers and retailers can handle with different products. They can discuss the price, quantity and other detail information on the internet. Else, the trade can be observed by the internet that will offer a good environment for the businessman. In addition, the effective e-business can make sure the customers will have a good service. And it also can avoid the unnecessary purchase steps and expenditures.
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Telecommunication networks - parts of telecommunication network - types of telecommunic... - 0 views

  • Telecommunication network has many types like wide area network, metropolitan area network, local areanetwork, campus area network, personal area network, virtual private networks, client server network, peer to peer network, network computing
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    This article is definition of telecommunication network. It introduces the basic segments of telecommunication network, and lists the types of telecommunication network. At the last, it also offers some example to show the telecommunication network. From this article, I can know the function of terminals, channels, processors, computers and control soft wares. And there are three main components in the structure of telecommunication network. According to the different geographic area, the telecommunication network has different types.
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New technology brings added luxury to hotel stays | Gulf Tourism and Aviation | AMEinfo... - 1 views

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    From this article, I can get some information that the new technology bring convenience both hotel and customers. The customers just press the simple button to control everyting in the hotel room that is a good experience difference from home. And the hotel can utilize the high technology to satisfied the customers and thus improving the competitiveness in the industry. However, high technology means high cost. The hotel that adopt the high technoloty should has the ability to maintain and update which will become a huge cost. So keeping up with the development of technology is the biggest difficulty problem in the hotel industry.
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