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Make it Work : The Zen of Event Planning - 0 views

  • There are a lot of misconceptions about the meetings and events industry.  To outsiders, event planning must appear be too much fun to also be hard work
  • The meetings and events industry is responsible for $458 billion of the country’s gross domestic product
  • Even in the digital age, business keep circling back to the importance of face-to-face contact with their prospective customers and clients.
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    This article is about event planning is how its not what people think it is. Many don't realize that this is a $450+ industry and there is no room for mistakes. It is still important to have face to face contact even in digital age. A smile and a promising handshake can seal the deal. This is a blood, sweat, tears industry and there is no part time working its all about the passion and drive. Determination and attention details is very important.
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The Importance Of Internet Marketing to Hotels | Digital Media Buzz - 0 views

  • Marketing your hotel is necessary if you want to book more guests. When it comes to online marketing, the goal for any business is to attract customers and make sure to offer your services and make them accessible to a larger audience.
  • Developing a strategy that will make your business more visible to search engines and your target market is essential
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    This article is about how important e-marketing is important to the hotel business. Since technology is evolving hoteliers are marketing their businesses on the internet. Building a brand is important but what is equally important is understanding what the consumer is looking for and their online behavior. Developing a plan on how to catch the attention of a consumer is very essential. The internet have made the distance of reaching new consumers easier. This will help anyone run a successful business because you have a worldwide audience.
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Hospitality & Tourism Investment: Forces for the Future - 0 views

  • Chinese investors have quickly become a major force to reckon with in the global hospitality industry.
  • Since 2014, Chinese buyers set their sights on corporate entities and brand/operating platforms,
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Can You Go From Hating Your POS To Loving It? - 0 views

  • "How many of you hate your point of service (POS) system?"
  • "How many of you love, or at least like, your POS?"
  • cloud-native programming languages and models, which allow much faster development, testing and iteration.
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  • One big change that cloud POS offers is the ability for the cloud POS vendor to be more responsive to you and your needs.
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    This is article is about how many merchants either didn't like or liked their POS system. There are different options that allow many merchants to transition to the new cloud based POS. With the development of cloud-based POS systems, it allows the vendors to be more responsive to the merchants and their needs. Instead of paying for different hardwares, the cloud based POS help businesses save money by having a fixed monthly charge that they can later invest back into their business.
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E-commerce Brings Tourism with New Opportunities - 0 views

  • E-commerce, which takes the world by storm in recent years, is bringing new business opportunities to global travel and tourism industry.
  • people who expect global communication and access to instant information also have the same demands for tourism and travel data, and that they will soon want to obtain this information from their own living room and even their mobile phone.
  • "The beauty of inflight Internet access is that is serves a dual purpose. It serves as a form of inflight entertainment, and as a bridge between travelers and travel service providers
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    This article is about how e-commerce is being new opportunities to global and tourism travel. America are the biggest group online buyers. With internet being the prime source of shopping, in no way will it tourism portion will be left behind. It has been reported that 1.5 billions passengers has travel with computers and this is an extreme market to capitalize on. Adding inflight internet will replace the tradition means of entertainment like, magazines and newspaper in which will create a bridge between travels and travel service providers. With this new technology passengers will be allowed to make purchases and have it waiting at the gate at arrivals or even at the hotel. The passenger can also visit a site before they reach their destination and explore activities and places to go. Going electronic is not cheap, but it is a necessary investment. And as technology advances so will it in the tourism industry.
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Will guestroom telephones ever be replaced? | Hotel Management - 0 views

  • Imagine walking into a hotel room that had no phone,
  • By contrast, present-day landline phones have a proven record of reliability,
  • Security is a primary concern.
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  • “Some hotels will be on the front end of throwing out the phone for a new technology, but others will be slow to adopt. This will in great part be driven by guest preferences and demands, and generationally there are still millions of travelers who expect a phone in their room.”
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    This article is about the possibility of hotel replacing the tradition landline telephone with digital personal assistant like the Amazon's Echo. Like with any technology, there will be concerns with security. Because with a landline phone, a guest can location can be pinpointed in case of an emergency. The technology that improves the guestroom phone will like replace the telephone with an Alexa/Siri-like device that will meet the guest service needs. This new technology will adhere to every traveler's needs, allowing the guest to have products that they normally uses at home. Eventually, the telephone will be quickly replace by hotels that are jumping at the chance while some hotels will slowly adapt to the ever-growing trend. But at the end of the travels still want a landline phone in their room. Most newer hotels are using VoIP which is saving hotels a lot of money for not running cables. Some hotels still prefer to use a traditional analog telephones that are connected to the internet or a router. With the newer telephones guest will have the ability to place the telephone anywhere in the room whereas with the older that is primary stationary in the nightstand connected by the a cable. At the end of the day, the main goal should and always make things easier for both the guest and hotel.
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The Power of Cloud for Food and Beverage Operators | Oracle.pdf - 1 views

shared by takesharolle on 25 Aug 18 - No Cached
  • Equipped with the proper enterprise management platform powered by cloud, hoteliers can tackle a full spectrum of tasks, including managing staffing needs, accelerating hotel check-in, improving kitchen operations and providing mobile devices that enhance guest service anywhere, anytime.
  • One of the most attractive elements of cloud solutions is its ability to adapt and grow for the future.
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