This article talks about how companies use HRIS for implementing employee scheduling and how it provides key labor management tools. Using HRIS for scheduling can be of particular benefit to workplaces in industries such as retail, medical, food service, and hospitality where shifts may vary widely. Labor is the number one expense for most companies, so it is important to manage labor in the most efficient way possible. This can help you to optimize scheduling on a minute to minute basis so that your company is making the best use of every labor dollar spent.This can help you to optimize scheduling on a minute to minute basis so that your company is making the best use of every labor dollar spent. However, having to communicate with each individual employee as they move through varying shifts to relay schedules can be disruptive to work and difficult. Communicating schedules instantly through HRIS can help to reduce headaches and scheduling mishaps. Depending on the available features, employees may be able to submit feedback regarding preferences in regards to scheduling. The article talks about when scheduling is made easy, it is possible to focus on scheduling strategically so that employees can be cross trained through various departments or otherwise receive instruction that helps them to grow within the organization.

This articles talks about how social media has impacted the tourism industry and how it has changed the platform for the marketing strategy. It mentions how viral marketing is being used more often which is focused on online communities, blogs, social media networks and wikis. Social media, unlike traditional media channels, represent a unique way of transmitting information in all directions, not just "one-way" and "top-down". The article also specifies how sharing and promoting tourism related information through social media is a part of our mission. Understanding an importance of the viral marketing, our team is dedicated to spread your message by using knowledge and expertise over social media applied in tourism industry on both global and local levels. Social bookmarking is one of the fastest methods for internet users to organize, share, and manage web resources currently available as a SEO tool. Most of social bookmarking services support internet users to organize their bookmarks with informal tags such as tourism, travel, marketing etc

This article talks about how events constitute an invaluable source of information that can be utilized in a number of business processes such as fact finding and decision making. It talks about how various laws also mandate that logs have to be maintained and reviewed. Events are records generated and stored in specific locations by processes within a computer system. Events are triggered either by a user or by an automatic/background process. An example would be the installation of new software generates a wide range of events detailing the installation procedures and the file details. Events management is the management, analysis and reporting process involved in the management of computer and user generated events data and the logs within which the generated events are stored. A main purpose of events monitoring is legal compliance. The article talks about legal compliance which has current laws and regulations oblige corporations to assess their internal control architecture on a regular basis. As a subset of information system security, employee performance metrics can be used to measure employee resource use against configurable rules and rule sets. This article explains modern day card and keyless access systems, PABX or VOIP systems are all integrated to operate over the corporate network and most of them generate a log that can be used with GFI EventsManager. Reducing system downtime to a minimum is critical to organizations, since it leads to customer attrition, loss of brand reliability and revenue.

This article talks about how there is a serious concern in the hotel industry when it comes to credit card and identity theft. They talk about how all the major brands in the hotel industry were all victims of highly publicized, major breaches in the last year alone. Also, including airline and banks, hotels maintain a wealthy amount of database of personal and financial data. For example, with new technology systems being created, POS systems are a weak security point for many networks because they are constantly in use and are not always updated or even protected from vulnerabilities. The article talks about personal details for hotel guests are frequently stored in a variety of locations including restaurants, facilities, and government buildings, so hackers have a greater possibility to access your personal information. The bigger hotels are in more danger because of the volume of guests that come in and out of the location. Smaller hotels should be concerned not just about their security but also by ransomware, an increasingly favorable tactic to extort hoteliers by hackers who encrypt the hotels data making it inaccessible until ransom is paid for. I believe hotels need a toolbelt of various securtiy technologies that can be used to prevent future malicious attacks. I think by managing and implementing a firewall is essential which helps get rid of dangerous traffic from coming onto the network and preventing sensitive data from being hacked.

This article talks about how more than 200 new hotels spread across the country that nearly 50 brands are expected to be operational in the coming years. The article explains how investors are pinning their hopes on an economic revival to justify their investment commitments in the hotel sector. The article justifies how significant the mid-segment and upscale brands which are set to witness the maximum traction. Similarly, U.S based Starwood Hotels and Resorts has 35 hotels under development in addition to 38 operational properties spread across six brands. I believe the company intends to take the count to 100 hotels by the end of next year.

In this article I read about the growing significance of technology transformation of mobile and cloud technology which in the long run it will allow to be productive and proficient. The article explains how technology is the driving force behind today's existing account firms. Mobile has become the preferred technology utilized by Americans , according to the Pew Research Center. as technology improves, accountants can eventually move toward consulting on business information analysis, and provide high-touch service clients value and expect. Also, the article explains that accounting professionals expect to succeed in staying on top of emerging technology trends relevant to their business environments. The implication of new developments as starting points for learning to use and leverage technology. The Journal of Accountancy recently did a study that 90% of Americans own a cell phone and 42% own a tablet.

This article talks about how there are new technology systems that are altering how restaurants of all sizes operate from food trucks to five-star dining. There is a tremendous upside for restaurant owners to capitalize on the latest trend capabilities to run their business better. An example of new technologies in how to revamp your business is to have immersive customer technology in which using tablets and smart-screens can help interact with customers more effectively. Using POS systems directly, browsing menus, ordering food and drinks, and entertainment are examples of immersive strategies. Also, a new concept is the reservation and pre-payment technology which enables the customer to do pre-paid or pay for table reservations to sell non-refundable seats to a dining experience. Mobile payment technology is fast and convenient, and consumers are now becoming accustomed to the idea of paying online or through a mobile service. Finally, restaurant management are using cloud operated based technology in which not only cloud POS systems reduce costs, but offer many benefits over traditional hardware based systems.

There are many different systems to evaluate, each has particular strengths and weaknesses in relation to your hotel. The article talks about in order to ensure the best system for your property you need the right PMS to make sure its run properly. It also talks about how performing a thorough needs assessment in advance of any hotel PMS demonstrates. Also, hotel now a days do more cooler things than in the past which can open opportunities to exploit new and more efficient ways of operating than you maybe accustomed to with your current system. You also need to trust a company before choosing a new hotel PMS for evaluation purposes. Providing hotel property management systems is a unique and specialized endeavor with many particularities for the hospitality industry. How will I properly use a PMS system and what happens if something goes wrong is a problem issue. The complexity of your hotel operation will help dictate the extent of training needed. As you increase the complexity of your operations, the number of your staff, and hotel PMS requirements you can expect the amount of training needed will increase.

The article talks about Green initiatives on a global scale. The hospitality tourism industry sees a possible path of development in building a tourist environmental friendly location. The companies are increasingly aware of the great potential lying in the relationship between tourism and the natural environment within the cities. The article also explains how urban green tourism is greatly responsible in making the city enjoyable to all citizens, tourists and investors to spread the benefits of urban tourism to its surroundings. This will impact the relevance of cultural resources, minimum environmental impact and maximum environmental sustainability. In reading the article, I believe the ecological and landscape values are a significant part of their endogenous capital which could stimulate their socio-economic development in which urban green tourism would play a vital role.

This article is very interesting to me and what stood out was when it talked about how today's society, travelers rely more on travel apps and websites to handle their own research and compare prices. The upside for the hospitality technology industry is that there are more companies selling directly to the consumers. Their is an increase in competitive e-commerce environment industries which offers extensive applications to offer everything from owner-listed accommodations to discounted flights. A strategy a company would use is by standing out by offering a wider range of localized content assets in multiple languages. In the article the role of content in e-commerce travel is the research of travelers to conduct an extensive background check and research when creating travel plans and making bookings. In the years to come e-commerce companies plan to grow extensively and serve the International markets . I believe that hospitality sites that offer significant amount of information in the consumers native language and have applications and websites that are responsive on mobile devices are more likely to stand out from their direct competition.

Knowing the social networks hotels use is key to to keeping track of guests off line. Knowing where your guests communicate online will help you provide a better customer service experience while enabling you to reach the right people at exactly the right time. To be successful in your business, you'll need a better understanding of the demographics of each of the major platforms as well as those of your target audience. In fact, according to a USA Today survey, the No. 1 reason guests contact hotels on social media is for local information. By providing travelers with useful tips about the area, you're demonstrating that your interest in them doesn't disappear the minute a guest steps foot outside the lobby doors. I believe social media in the hotel industry is huge to keep in maintaining the hotels customer service reputation. Usage spans the entire travel process, so it's important to develop and maintain strong relationships with your guests. This is something you should start doing before your guests even arrive.

Property Management System functions are commonly used in the hotel and hospitality management software. These functions are responsible for conserving room inventory, maintaining housekeeping status of rooms, checking out guests, and maintaining guest portfolios. PMS has not only started its new software but has also been establishing great doubt and confusion in the minds of IT managers and the decision makers. In evaluating hotel hospitality software they focus on ROI and Total Cost of Ownership. The ROI provides the cost and motivation for investing into the software and also carries intangible assets associated with such decision. The Total Cost of Ownership is basically used to help businesses assess the direct and indirect costs associated with information technology purchases. Consequently, having a lower TCO and a higher ROI are the true defining criteria for the right software choice, which emphasizes not only the benefits but also the intangible need to be considered before making big IT decisions. With this rapidly changing industry, hoteliers should always look for property management tools that will assist in the operations, automate procedures, reduce the risk of human errors and give hoteliers ample time to attend guests.