Network File System introduces a room layout software which can help event planner to maximize use of space and get the very best layout. It does not need the planner to draw himself, once you enter the data on a simple form the software requires, it will automatically generates an accurate and professional diagrams for planner. This software is simple to use, and also simple to customize. After it automatically offers the primary layout, planner can use the convenient shape toolbar to change the basic layout. It is just several clicks of the mouse. You do not need to master comprehensive plotting skills. Even thought the physical barriers or your real event rooms are some strange shapes, this software can use its room schematic feature to avoid all such barriers. Also it can automatically change the units of measurement if you plan overseas. And if the layout you want violates the fire regulations, it will warn you.

E-Marketing emerged because of the Internet, today, there has an app called 'Hotels with Me' lunched by Hotels.com as an affiliate program in Facebook. Owners of Facebook information pages in the UK, Italy, France, Sweden and Germany can now install this app and earn commission on bookings made through it. 'Hotels with Me' is a hotel search engine run entirely through Facebook. This app has been launched on UK Facebook page in 2010 and grows strongly across APAC and Europe. It enables people to browse, choose and book hotels from almost 140,000 properties worldwide. It is easily to install which just needs a few seconds. And Josie Shah, director of partner marketing at hotels.com regards the app as a unique innovation for them. He thinks the app will be interest to championing sports events, bands or concert tours. And this app is not only convenience for users but also a market expend for owners. Also a video explains how the integration works through a link. http://www.choosewithme.com/affiliate-marketing/

This article introduces brief suggestions about how to select a hospitality call accounting system. And the best way is to have a checklist identifying requirements in descending order from mandatory through to "nice to have." Such as, (1). A call accounting software package must be proven and specific to the hospitality industry. (2). Because of the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) PBX (private branch exchange) has now superseded the TDM (time-division-multiplexing) PBX, so the solution needs to be compatible with hotels' existing PBX and whatever comes along in the future. (3). Hotels should choose different call accounting systems based on Single-site or multi-site businesses they have. (4). And the hospitality call accounting systems should integrate seamlessly with all major accounting software packages. (5). Software updates should be provided regularly (6). Competent 24x7 support is essential to assure hotels cost recovery and protect against revenue loss. (7). Software is easy to use and clearly but succinctly documented due to the high turnover of staff in hotels. And a web interface is a nice to have, but not an essential feature. Of course the best choice can vary because of different operation in hotels.

This article shows us the initial stage of web-based PMS launched by BookingCenter. It integrates Property Management Systems, Central Reservations and Global Distribution together, which is a simple yet smart application which minimizes the investment and common risks of PMS software and hardware. It displays most benefits, such as Flexibility * Transparency * Immediacy * Customization* Simplicity * Savings * Fixed Cost * Deployment * Standards* Security * Centralization. MyPMS makes it easy to manage rates via channel, tiers, sources, and room type from anywhere for the revenue manager. Besides, it is useful and easy to learn so widely, from front desk staff, to property owners, management companies and franchisors, to global distribution partners and individual and group guests.

Yeah，it just focus on introducing the advantages of the system. Actually in this software it accomplishes the following tasks: Reservations Guest History Group Bookings Guest Accounting House Accounting (house folios and reporting) Night Audit and Automatic billing Content and security control Inventory Sales and Packages Invoicing for Direct Bills Distribute corporate/AAA/AARP rates, net rates, Consortia rates, through all 4 GDS systems, Pegasus, and other networks Maybe I should have bookmarked two links.

This article identified some factors that happening in the market which drives a trend for increased bookings through non-GDS hotels. Business travel buyers are increasingly looking at newer opportunities to cut travel costs. Business travel slowdown imminent, The Global Business Travel Association forecasts that the business travel growth is expected to slow in 2012. And business-travel growth will outpace anticipated GDP growth, despite uncertainties in the economy. Rate negotiation process is getting increasingly tougher With a declining market demand, hotels try hard to remain profitable, and have toughened the rate negotiations with buyers. Many are exploring alternative strategies to generate savings from their hotel programs. Some buyers are considering alternative negotiating strategies to derive savings. Due to the demand for wider range of rates to aid policy compliance, corporates are looking for a better value proposition in using hotel aggregators. Hotel aggregation offers key value proposition The latest versions of HotelHub indicate that hotel aggregation offers a major advantage in corporate hotel reservation process. GDS firms and non-GDS are realizing the gap, and aggregation makes Travel Managers save lot of time and cost in servicing booking requests. This article identified some factors that happening in the market which drives a trend for increased bookings through non-GDS hotels. Business travel buyers are increasingly looking at newer opportunities to cut travel costs. Business travel slowdown imminent, The Global Business Travel Association forecasts that the business travel growth is expected to slow in 2012. And business-travel growth will outpace anticipated GDP growth, despite uncertainties in the economy. Rate negotiation process is getting increasingly tougher With a declining market demand, hotels try hard to remain profitable, and have toughened the rate negotiations with buyers. Many are exploring alternative strategies to gener

This article is talking about current situation of how green concepts influences hospitality industry. Become more and more green and sustainable is the goal of many hotels, they've tried to achieve the goal through many ways in recent years. The hospitality industry is recognizing the compelling need to adopt sustainable operating practices for the sake of efficiency, cost savings and green building requirements. And also they are considering whether green can drive greater returns. Corporate travel executives set the rewards to encourage sustainable purchasing by reward. In fact, different people have different opinions of "green". Mostly, hostels chose to become more sustainable through strategic selection of products and services. Such as they use the conserving energy coverlets, shower, window, toilet and so on. Besides, hospitality managers want a consistent guidelines and performance targets to be used by purchase influencers and decision makers to make solutions for cost saving more effective. Now there are more and more people realize this concept and there already has a preliminary guideline for prioritizing actionable, practical solutions to achieve long-term growth of having a "green forest in hospitality".

Reservation Nexus is a reservation system for bed and breakfasts and inns. It has quickly become the system to beat in the hotel software arena with a fresh approach to online reservations, guest management and automated marketing, bed and breakfasts, inns, hotels and lodges will have many advantages such as increasing reservation, more time, freedom and profit. It helps hotels to offer customers a better service when feedback, such like sending a blessing email for customer's birthday, a thank letter after customer check out, and offering the travel map before customer come to hotel. All of these are automatic. In other words, this is Automated Marketing, which revolves around capturing and utilizing guest information. Reservation nexus holds a spirit of Red Carpet Service, a popular service spirit in US, they treat hotel just like hotel treat customers, kindly, patient, and professional. Besides, it can save money for hotels, it updates itself instead paying to update. It is providing on-line non-downloadable software to store, manage, track, analyze, and report reservation data. By some settings, Reservation Nexus can eliminate time consuming tasks for hotels to manage business and customers. Making it easy for guests to book online means more reservations, Reservation nexus did this.