The Atlantic Paste and Glue Company (AP&G) has just release for consumer sale a new passive bed bug monitoring product. The product is called the Bedbug Early Detection System or BEDS for short and is a ingenious and inexpensive way for homeowners, apartment dwellers, hoteliers and property managers to monitor for bed bugs with a very unobtrusive footprint. This technology will help hotel avoid the embarrassment and potential lawsuit that would occur if bedbugs were discovered at their establishment.

The job of the event planner has become less stressful due the inception of event management software. This software helps the planner remain organized and also less stressed. This article highlights the many special features that are incorporated with this type of software and how it makes the process of event planning run much smoother.

Accounting is a very important part of operating a business and used to be the most tedious part also. Doing it manually can result in human error if not done carefully. This is why having the most current Accounting software is a very valuable thing to have in the operation of any business. This article is about the Syspro accounting software which is a very well known software which serves many functions. This software generates ledgers for two years as opposed to one and it even can balance the books for you observing up to date tax laws. It also can be modified by the user and is also user friendly.

This article talks about the pros of a restaurant having the e-menu. customers can make informed decisions on what dishes they would like to have because the e-menu includes so much information; from method of preparation and other information

This article is based off of a research done by a hotel school where they found that the PMS system is being underused and has more possibilities than it is used for. The author of the article is saying that hotel companies only use PMS for the basic functions but few hotels use it to its full potential, such as for HR management. Consequently, the only obstacle to fully using all that PMS has to offer is the cost; this, due the fact that each additional interface has to be purchased separately.

This article is about how starwood hotels are trying to become fullscale eco-friendly but some are hotels are only greenwashing. This article is stating that it is not enough to use one green practice and call yourself an eco-friendly hotel.

This article speaks to how the travel experience has changed due to e-commerce. Instead of relying on printed travel guides, there are many apps and website available that one could interact with people who have actually been to the destination you are interested in. Photos and experiences can be shared and also the best places to go in a particular area.

This article is a demonstration that technology is so rapidly advancing that there are machines communicating with machines; M2M communications. This article also brings to light that even though we are not aware it's happening, it is crucial to operating a successful hospitality business. M2M communicating makes many job functions normally done by humans and automates them to eliminate human error. Also M2M communicating can sense and monitor things that a human may not be able to catch in time. M2M is used in guestroom automation, energy management, pos and video surveillance. This technology can automatically respond to certain situations without waiting for a human to rectify the malfunction.

Kyle Duffy presented Revinate, an online tool to help hotels manage their online reputation and social media. Duffy is asking the question, why don't hotels have a good grasp on their on-line reputation? Revinate is 100% specialized for the hotel space.

Being that we are in an age where social media can either make you or break you, I find that this Revinate software should be implementing in all Hotel businesses. One bad review from a dissatified customer on a social media site can cost an establishment future customers and revenue. The way this system works is that the software picks up all posts from major review sites and different social media sites , good or bad, and compiles them for key people in charge can review and respond to them. This way a negative comment directed at the establishment can be quickly defused and turned positive.