"The Future of Social Media Series is supported by Gist. Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work details. See how it works here." This article is about the evolution of event planning and how it is taking over in the hospitality industry.Now it is all about having the right network and making a difference in planning an event. Event planning is becoming the next big evolution in the hospitality industry and revenue is becoming higher and higher in this industry.

According to this article the Electronic commerce name as :e-commerce, has been allowing the information to fallow a course through the Internet on a worldwide web without any barriers. The fact that it has an enormous cost saving, It is also consider as an advantage for most companies around the world in the hospitality industry. This article also point how IT has become a trend in the Hospitality industry. Most people tend to look-up and travel information and destination online because it is a faster way, cost effective, time consuming most of the time more reliable than other ways. And with the evolution of the technology nowadays, software, hardware, information management, and telecommunications systems have facilitated the process between companies in the travel industry.

"REPORT FROM THE U.S.-There's a potential new powerhouse poised to jump into the travel sector. Search engine behemoth Google announced 1 July it plans to acquire ITA Software in an all-cash deal for US$700 million, subject to adjustments. A Google spokesman said there was no timetable yet for the closing of the deal." This article is about Google trying to create a software that will be in charge of organizing a system were they would be able to provide travel information. It will be a great way for them to generate revenue. It is a long term project that will require a lot of information on the pros and cons that it will bring to Google and the hospitality industry. and since ITA does not currently have a search capabilities for hotels that change could be advantageous to customers. But will it affect other browsers? Definitely BING in my opinion.