The article discussed how three main things are expected from a fully functional Human Resource Information System. Employees expect the system to be easy to use, desired, and easy to access. The author believes that the employer has to place themselves in the employees shoes in order to design a HRIS that is fully functional and extremely useful to an employee if they are unable to do this then the system would be of no purpose to the employees.

The article discusses how the physical plant of a hotel is important to consider during the early phases of building the establishment because it can get much more expensive later on if it is not dealt with from the beginning. The author believed that this simple detail is what separates a prosperous hotel a part from a retired hotel company. They also noted that trying to take care of the physical plant during a remodeling phase or a major renovation project would be a good alternative to ensure that the physical plant is thought out appropriately.

This article is interesting because it discusses how Bed Bath and Beyond placed an internet advertisement marketing their offline shopping experience which is what drove the customer to actually visit the store in order to purchase the item that they have been searching for on the internet. Which made me rethink how I viewed in person retailers because I thought it would be a matter of time before they ceased to exist but in reality it just depends on how they market themselves to consumers on the internet, just by marketing their "offline experience" on the internet as an ad persuaded someone to actually visit the store to gain the experience and the product they were originally looking to purchase online.

The article discussed four things that makes an event successful in the hospitality industry. These items are based on the perceptions of the person that booked the event, the guests of the event, and the person that owns the business. Ensuring that the client is happy, the guests are pleased and that the owner was able to make a profit and also allow the client to feel as though they received more than what they paid for are important aspects in determining whether the event is successful or not.

The article is more of a study that was conducted to determine where there may be a gap between the understandings of security for the managers of a hotel and the actual guests. For example, guests believed that the physical appearances of the hotel of where they stayed determined whether the hotel was an actually safe place to stay and managers are more capable of understanding the things needed behind the scenes that guests do not normally see that truly determines whether their hotel establishment is safe or not.

The article basically discusses the differences between investing before and investing now since the internet has been born. Previously, people had to try and gather as much information about the company they were interested in investing in by going to the library and reading as much as possible but now it is easier for investors to search a company up and gain all the information they need and more to invest in that company just by entering keywords. Therefore, the internet has changed the investing game completely and even lowered the amount in fees that brokers pay immensely.

This article compares the advantages and disadvantages of having a computerized accounting system and then also completing the task by hand. When looking at different factors it is clear that it seems like an owner would run a risk going either way because where the computer would lack in areas, the human touch would prevail and then where a human touch would lack in other areas, the computer would prevail. Therefore, I would conclude that it is probably better to have a little bit of both to help make the process smooth but not over bearing on a human or even on the computer.

Since we spent time discussing both the positives and negatives of utilizing an electronic restaurant menu, this article primarily focuses on six positive things about utilizing electronic menus. One positive thing I did not even consider is that it allows for people that speak different languages to communicate what they want better since they would have a menu that is in their native language. It also makes updating the menus much easier on the restaurant owners because everything is online which makes adding and deleting items much easier overall.

The article basically discusses six different ways how PMS's help shape and make the lives of hotel owners much simpler because they take a way most of the behind the scenes thinking action that is needed to run a fully operational hotel. Which ultimately gives the hotel owner more time to consider ways to satisfy their guests to persuade them to keep coming due to the exceptional customer service that may be given.

The article expands on the topic from this week because it discusses how there are other technology throughout the world that adds to the pollution on the planet. For example, cars contribute to the poison getting leaked into the atmosphere because when they are discarded and not used they tend to melt from the sun and then rain water washes it into the ocean and lakes where it gets consumed by animals. Also adding technology to farming has made life useful but also added to the pollution on the planet because of the toxic chemicals being used to repel insects from the plants and China has deliberately decided to ignore health standards just to mine and sell rare-earths cheaply.

This article was mainly about the growth of ecommerce businesses due to the fact that the world is changing into a more technological environment. It stated five trends that would begin to show up more as time goes on such as interactive chatbots on store websites to help with customer complaints and even answer questions about products. It also stated that physical stores are going bankrupt but will try to accommodate with the change by providing smaller and more intimate customer service experiences in store because even though the internet is great it still does not provide the entire customer service experience for customers most of the time.

This article is about how a lot of business are relying on the online platform to keep their businesses running. This article touches base when Instagram and Facebook both experienced an outage and prevented businesses from using their resources to reach consumers at a large scale. Which is why having different resources and not trusting one party to hold all your information is important when running a business especially if it is primarily online. Therefore, the article was just bringing the overall situation to light and heeding companies to explore different options as a whole so that if an outage ever occurs again, then they are prepared and their business will not suffer completely.

The use of facial recognition software within the hospitality business can be used to determine the age and mood of individuals in a picture. This software can be used to monitor age restricted products from certain age groups, which can also be monitored by their parents. Facial recognition is 30% more reliable and the app is still under maintenance to ensure that the results are a bit more accurate because some times the app can be off by 13 years.