This article introduces a software called Shiftboard which helps to schedule events. There are a number of options and benefits of this software mentioned here. 

Hotel owners need to keep up with the pace of changes in technology. Not only costumers expect to have access to the latest technology related facilities  in their hotel room but also hoteliers can make fundamental changes in their property management with help of technology. since the hospitality market is very competitive, the hotel property owners needs to invest in technology related amenities. Three basic reason to invest in hotel technology are mentioned here which are revenue, operation and costumer service related issues.

The author begins the article with naming the terms which are often wrongly used as synonyms of Cloud Computing, terms like : Utility Pricing Mode, Scalable and etc. Though these terms are to soem extent technically true but they can not define "the cloud" concept. Then he brought up some of the benefits of cloud computing like : continual system currency, low-cost deployment and the rest. Also review some the major concerns like security and privacy, end-to-end service management, and some other issues.  Moving further, it is explained that how cloud computing can cut costs in a hotel property and have impacts on cost and staff control. 

This article gives some useful hints on how to choose an accounting software for your hotel business and what are the tips and tricks. There are lots of accounting software packages in the market which has a number of different options but the point is that each of these features will match a specific  need.  

Microworks PrISM WebOrder offers a solution that provides costumers with various paying and delivery options in its most convenient way, both for the costumer and seller. By being directly connected to the store POS system any changes to your menue or prices would be transfered to the web automatically and will keep your online costumers with upgrades information.

Here we see a couple of useful instructions on how to choose your property management software. These are some basic features but at the same time they are very important to guide you in the correct direction. As it is mentioned here the very first important thing you should consider is budget and the amount of money you want to and need to spend which definitely depends on size and kind of your business. You also need to be able to have a perception of the future of your business to buy a software which would fit your growing business. However, you need to be careful with wide range of options offered in the market so that ou won't need to face the supporting system problems which may happen after installing the software. 

In order to stay in market, hotels should present competitive services and keep up with the latest technology. Computerized and online systems are becoming more and more popular. A vital section in any hotel is front desk because this is almost the only channel through which the guests could be connected to the hotel. As technology improved the form of a front desk is going to be changed in near future though the importance of front desk would be the same. We may no more see any agent at the front desk and instead there are a couple of computers and machines which help you with your check-in and other stuff. Hotel front desk technology would help the hoteliers to take care of financial matters and costumer service in a much more accurate and convenient way.  

Having a content aggregation would be a great development in any industry specially in Travel business. At first place GDS  was ment to be  designed for airlines but as the time passed other sections of travel business got involved and took their share in this powerful content aggregation. Now one of the most powerful sectors of GDS is Hotel industry and reservations of hotel rooms which are made through this computerized system.  However, this improved system of GDS could not be much of success in rail industry. Because the railing system is much more sophisticated than air transportation system. There are numerous rail stations existing out there which would be hardly controllable and arrangeable to be collected under a single computerized system.  However, if every and each of the major owners of GDS consider the whole chain and don't look for their very own profit this system would not only work out but also improves and reaches higher standards. 

According to WTO more than %60 of the travelers take trip to United States every year. This huge percent though rises interest in the field of Hospitality but makes it a little bit challenging here . It's been quite a while that travelers regardless of their nationality, search for tourism destinations, reserve their hotel and arrange their trip schedule online. That is why the hoteliers should pay close attention how and where they are presenting and advertising their hotel online.This article mentions a number of strategies both short and long term. It is mentioned that you as a hospitality manager  should know that your website plays a very important role in introducing, presenting and encouraging international visitors to your hotel. One other important factor mentioned here is that your website should be user friendly not only as a matter of being simple to figure out what is what but also have different languages to satisfy different nationalities. Besides, it would be very useful for hotels to offer different packages for various tastes.No matter in what sector of travel and tourism you are involved in order to present your business you need to keep online! 

One of the hottest negotiation issues now a dyas is to stay green in whatever field of industry you're working at. That includes the Hospitality Management as well. In the hotel business one of the very basic, at the same time very important need is providing Hot Water. With the help of new sustainable hot water technology, the hotel properties can provide hot water without any trouble even during the peak hours while saving money!  These Solar Thermal heating Systems figured out to be very cost effective and practical that quickly began to rise interest between hoteliers.  In this way , they not only save energy and help our planet to stay green but also help them to save their budgets to be spent on some other parts.