Event organisers are continually appreciating the benefits of an online event management system such as an event management software. Organising an event is not an easy task, especially if the target audience is of a substantial size and if there are many teams involved during the execution phase. For this reason, automating the processes found in the event planning life cycle is a godsend to organisers who are still using old school methods. An online management system practically automates the organising process and leaves lesser room for human error. You may want to know the latest technologies and focus on an event planner software.

Modules of Online Event Management System An event organiser should be privy to the following modules of online event management system: 1.) Event Website

4.) Event App Fourth, a highly effective system is customised for mobile use. Many event organisers are currently looking into the benefits of a dedicated event app or an onsite check-in app that facilitates faster registration and attendee entry into the venue. 5.) Online Payment Fifth, a good online event management system will also allow for online payment collection. Gone are the days when event organisers have to process checks and money orders paid by confirmed attendees. Today, with the use of debit or credit cards, attendance confirmation becomes a matter that can be settled in a few minutes.

Police and hotel security members spend a lot of time talking about what to do and who will do what if an incident like the shooting in Las Vegas breaks out. After at least 59 people were killed and more than 500 were hurt in Las Vegas, it's possible the discussion will seriously ramp up. Visitors can't bring a gun into the MGM Grand casino or any other Detroit casino unless they are an on-duty police officer.

"I think you'll start possibly, just like going to an airport, they'll have magnetometers," Wilson said. "You could have other types of security sweeps on the application of technology to try to identify someone who was smuggling in weapons." This type of increased security would mean a more expensive hotel rate, because security is costly.

"The big hotels usually put up signs that say weapons are not allowed on the premises," Wilson said. But signs aren't enforcement, and Wilson said it's not out of the question that hotel entrances need to be treated like a TSA stop at the airport.

The Keys to Marriott's Success Long before the economy went south, Marriott had a reputation for finding creative ways to wrest the most value from every IT dollar.

The devil is in the details—success is in the system.-The Spirit to Serve Metrics drive Marriott. Talk to an IT associate on any given day, and he can tell you exactly how much business the company processed via its systems that week per second ($3,568 when this reporter visited).When implementing the PeopleSoft enterprise service automation module for project tracking and time reporting within IT, for example, programmers developed a tool so that project and productivity metrics are automatically computed after time is entered. Another rule for metrics is to make sure that the right people get the right data in a form that’s meaningful to them. "You need to measure a lot of things, but the trick is to publish the right information to the relevant audience," says Melnick. "Having Marriott.com up and running is not as important as the dollars running through it," explains Keppler. Melnick adds, "For each system we try to focus on the core metrics. And that changes. What might have been important the day you go live becomes a nonevent a few weeks in." For example, five years ago the critical metric for Marriott.com was uptime. Today, it’s how much business the website books. Last year, metrics fueled the IT department’s decision to invest in an upgrade to the site that would make it easier to reserve rooms. Today, more than 75 percent of rooms booked online come through Marriott.com, saving the company $12 million annually.Keeping its eye on the numbers lets Marriott revisit business cases for IT projects each quarter. "The project itself may not change that much, but something external may happen—something like SARS, something from the competition," Melnick explains. "Just because you start a project and it’s on track doesn’t mean you want to keep the same pace. There may be something that comes up that’s even better." Success is never final.-The Spirit to Serve Though the IT department’s resourcefulness is helping keep Marriott afloat during hard times, Wilson and his peers aren’t taking anything for granted. They say they can’t let their culture of resourcefulness wither away when the economy turns around. They’re reminded of how easy it could be to let their guard down each time they flip through Mr. Marriott’s book in which he quotes Somerset Maugham: "The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones."But Wilson believes the principles and procedures put in place for prudent and resourceful IT decision making should keep the company on the straight and narrow and ahead of the competition."I have a firm belief that the only real sustainable competitive advantage we can get with IT is making sure our people understand conceptually what IT can and can’t do and apply it better than competitors," Wilson says. "Anything we do in IT, a competitor can install. What they can’t capture that quickly is having a team of people throughout the company that really gets this and follows it all the way through. That’s sustainable."Marriott has valued resourcefulness—on paper if not always in practice—for decades. But resourcefulness is not an end in itself. It’s a tool one uses in the ongoing construction of value, a project that’s never finished. Or, as Mr. Marriott says succinctly in his book, "Success is never final."

Digital conference facilities Besides being able to offer high density Wi-Fi for conferences and meetings, hotels also need to be able to offer access to audio-visual (AV) and digital facilities for conferences. While the amount of AV and digital equipment that goes into a typical conference room is fairly minimal, staging companies are often hired for various projects in order to equip the facility as required.

Mobile communication and automation In many airports, it’s no longer necessary to stand in a queue to check in and people are expecting the same kind of easy, technology-driven check-ins at hotels. Guests want to be able to do everything from checking in at a venue’s automated kiosk to ordering room service with a digital device instead of standing in queues and moving around the hotel premises to order food.

Cloud services Being able to provide entertainment on tap and mobile content has led to the trend of hotels investing in cloud services. While hotels want to be able to offer digital content, they don’t necessarily want to invest in IT infrastructure and IT staff, making cloud computing the ideal solution.

The answer is you’ll need the advantage your competitors and travel agents have – a Global Distribution System (GDS). More than 600,000 travel agents plug into a GDS every day to book flights, hotels, car rentals and destination activities.

“It seems that every week there’s a new channel or emerging trend for hotel operators to keep up with, and decide whether there is a real opportunity or if these are just distractions.” He adds, however, that a GDS is “definitely a significant opportunity” for hotels.

If you want to be visible and bookable … your hotel needs to be on those supermarket shelves whenever and wherever your guests go shopping for a hotel booking,”

Make a Green Choice (MAGC) Make a Green Choice (MAGC) is our guest-facing sustainability and loyalty program in which our guests can choose to help reduce our environmental footprint. Any guest at a participating SPG hotel can Make a Green Choice by forgoing full housekeeping for up to three days in a row (excluding their check-out day). For each night a guest opts into MAGC, they receive 250-500 Starpoints or a $5/5€ Food & Beverage voucher, while helping to reduce the use of water, energy and chemicals. Sustainable Food & Beverage We aim to integrate leading sustainable and social practices and principles into our core Food & Beverage strategy and operations. We are working to reduce the negative impacts of our business while supporting locally sourced ingredients and their suppliers. View Sustainable Food & Beverage Policy (PDF) Sustainable Meeting Practices (SMP) Sustainable Meeting Practices (SMP) includes a globally aligned collection of initiatives that integrate environmental and social concerns into the meeting process. This includes a Meeting Impact Report that calculates the carbon footprint of a customer’s meeting, tracks the sustainable practices incorporated during the event, and provides the ability to offset the meeting’s carbon footprint.

Demand for Enhanced Services from Savvy Consumers Boosts Mark

The rapid growth of the retail and hospitality sectors in developing economies have had a profound impact on the growth of POS terminal market. Small and medium sized retailers and quick service restaurants in the emerging economies of China and India are increasingly adopting POS solutions for enhanced customer experience. With the entry of retail giants such as Wal-Mart to emerging economies, the demand for POS solutions is further expected to rise. Therefore, Asia Pacific is expected to display significant growth with the leading CAGR over the forecast period. The growth of the market is further supplemented with the rising adoption of mobile POS in retail and hospitality sectors as they are more systematic and allow prompt processing of credit. Further, it offers ease of use, as any tablet or mobile can be remodeled into mobile POS by simply fastening a reader to it. Thus, mobile POS terminal are expected to experience high growth over the coming years. Furthermore, advancements in POS terminal systems, in recent years, such as real time analytics features is working in favor of the growth of the market. Last but not the least, compliance requirements such as Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) are driving the growth of POS terminal market as they are ensure enhanced security of payments. The information presented is based on the findings of a report by Transparency Market Research, titled “POS Terminal Market (Product Type - Fixed POS Terminal, Wireless and Mobile POS Terminal; Component - Hardware and Software; Application - Restaurant, Hospitality, Healthcare, Retail, Warehouse/Distribution, and Entertainment) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2017 - 2025.”

The global POS terminal market is segmented as follows: POS Terminal Market, by Product Type Fixed POS Wireless and Mobile POS POS Terminal Market, by Component Hardware Software POS Terminal Market, by Application Restaurant Hospitality Healthcare Retail Warehouse / Distribution Entertainment Others (Field Service, Government, Transportation, etc) POS Terminal Market, by Geography North America Europe Asia Pacific MEA South America