A successful corporate event will be down to many factors including location, food, atmosphere and, of course, the all important entertainment. This article gives a short guide on how to make your corporate event a success.

M3 Accounting Services, the national leader in hotel accounting software, is providing hands-on training to several universities across the United States, thanks in part to a partnership with the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. This software is designed to simulate a 100-room hotel and offer differet scenarios to provide training exercises for hospitality students. I think this is a great idea since application of exercises is what really drives the information home.

The quick-service industry will continue to evolve in 2013, and these five trends will have the biggest impact. Last year was marked by continued economic uncertainty, the rapid expansion of the fast-casual segment, a devastating drought, and innovative new menu items and promotions. The five top trends that will affect restaurants in 2013 are: 1. Competing with Fast Casual: The Quick-Serve Empires Try to Strike Back 2. Labor Costs: Uncertainties Create New Opportunities 3. Pricing: The Conflict Continues 4. Mobile: It's More Than Following Food Trucks 5. Technology: Ordering in HD While this article does not only talk about POS systems, it addresses the topic, as well as, the trend of mobile apps.

This article discusses the wish-list for hoteliers when they are considering cloud-based systems.Tthe most in-demand mobile PMS functions include GM access to KPIs, CRM and room availability, and front desk staff access to guest information such as comments and special requests, room/work order status and consolidated messaging among staff. It would seem that with all of these personal apps that are appearing on the market, that mobilizing a PMS would be easy, but that is not the case. The code is not universal; i.e. code must be re-written for each one, although there are tools like service-oriented architecture and html5 to help. There will naturally be concerns when considering adopting a mobile PMS across properties. Before investing in a roll-out of new technology, decision-makers must ask the right questions dealing with security, data storage, and functionality.

This article touches on the progression of recycling, as well as wether or not the products we think we are recycling are actually being recycled. As it turns out, most of the stuff consumers send out for recycling does in fact get recycled. The reason the materials that are recylclable are labled as such is because the materials they are made of have some value. It was interesting to read however that when we recycle ink cartridges, for example, they are shipped to China where the cartriges are suked dry of the remaining ink, and then the plastic casing gets shipped to the electronic wasteland to be disposed of. The ink that remains in the cartriges is what is of value.

Cloud computing may work very well for small busniesses, but not necessarily for a large company that already has an in-house IT staff.

This article discusses the importance of having a user-friendly GUI. As a person who always books my trips online, I can't agree more. There is nothing more frustrating than a website that is very hard to navigate or understand. It is very important to remember who is going to be looking at your website and how they are going to be using the resources you provide. Make sure you listen to what they want and work hard to give them just that, with the most ease of use.