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Integrating Technology to Improve Event Production - 0 views

  • GPS technology is a huge time- and money-saver.
  • Barcode scanners make credentialing and other tasks much easier.
  • automated external defibrillator (AED), which can restore a normal heart rhythm in cases of sudden cardiac arrest.
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  • Google Earth is the most accurate tool for route planning and site scouting that we've tested.
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    There are countless forms of technology that can help event professionals do their job better. GPS technology is a huge time- and money-saver. In the old days, we had to print out hundreds of pages with directions to rest stops along our events. Barcode scanners make credentialing and other tasks much easier. Participants can print their credentials in advance and check in to the event faster. Checking participants in and out of rest stops and main sites is faster, too.Another potential lifesaver is the automated external defibrillator (AED), which can restore a normal heart rhythm in cases of sudden cardiac arrest.Besides being free, Google Earth is the most accurate tool for route planning and site scouting that we've tested.
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Advantage & Disadvantages of E-marketing - Marketing - 0 views

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  • An e marketing effort supports the customer base almost round the clock.
  • In e-marketing, the cost of establishing your presence and networking with identical bloggers is nothing compared to offline business.
  • disadvantages of Internet marketing
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  • Hardware safety and quality assurance, software that facilitates the unique business requirements, setting up or tagging with online payment channels, online distribution costs, maintenance of site and upgrading are all the requirements for a successful sustaining business on the net.
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    Most of the marketing efforts that cater to the organized sector are open 24 hours and 7 days a week. Moreover, the reach is global and customers feel convenient to shop/communicate anytime they want to. The clients are updated immediately about any new modifications and alternations in information through RSS feeds.
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Volante | Pizza POS Software: Restaurant POS Software Solutions - 0 views

  • Linux POS software solutions are very attractive to many restaurant and hospitality operators these days, due to the ease of use and definite cost advantages that Linux offers.
  • "Volanté enterprise allows us to see a repository of dates and to see everything we want to see from each of the stores." Stoll explains. "This information is very useful to have. I can tell you already that Volante has really improved on our data reporting functiona
  • now we're working towards two way communications between the store and the call centre. It also really helps with inventory control on a store level, for instance if the store is running out of cheese, they can communicate that to us right away and we can act on it immediately."
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  • "We're now able to set up the same screens across all our stores, and keep them consistent."Says Stoll. "We've found the menu management feature to be quite user friendly.
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    This artical is main talking about a pizza chain use the POS software run on Linux. According to Merrilee Stoll, Director of Information Technology for Pizza Nova, the driving force to replace their former pizza POS system was to improve communications between the various stores and head office, and to take advantage of the cost savings offered by a point of sale system that was able to run on Linux.It could improved theur data reporting functionality. Future plans for Pizza Nova include the utilization of Volanté's wireless POS technology through it's mobile hand held devices.
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Benchmark Powers Expansion with Centralized Accounting Platform :: Hotel News Resource - 0 views

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    The way a property is designed, managed, and positioned in its market all contribute to solid operation makes a great hotel, resort, or conference center. Benchmark invested in the hospitality industry's first 'private' cloud platform to host its propertys' systems and data. Its strategy means that we add properties on a regular basis.The system is Internet-enabled, so the only back-office hardware the hotels need is a PC.It could have the new property up and running quickly without the usual hardware and software installation, and staff training. This saves time and money, and it can turn the property around much faster.
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Why trust the Cloud to manage your hospitality business? - 0 views

  • revenue-maximization
  • Hotel management solutions offered on the Cloud are often referred to as PMS (property management system) or HMS (hotel management system). Whatever might be the nomenclature, the benefits of using a web-enabled solution on the Cloud remain largely the same. This includes the ease-of-use, scope for customization and assurance of any-time, anywhere availability.
  • When the Cloud first arrived, data security-related concerns were prominent. What many people don’t realize is that these apprehensions were quickly dissolved.
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  • survival or safety of a Cloud-based data management system can be eliminated if you understand the dynamics of Cloud computing.From handling data management in Fortune 500 companies to driving millions of transactions across business process outsourcing companies, the Cloud is literally, everywhere.
  • This is just a form of temporary glitch that is as common as struggling with a slower broadband connection or power outage for a few minutes. This doesn’t compromise the security of your data in any way!
  • Hotel owners have realized that investing in new IT infrastructure or manpower just isn’t practical. A better solution lies in using an on-demand, flexible solution, i.e. a web-based hotel management system.
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    In this article we could check lots pros of the cloud PMS.This includes the ease-of-use, scope for customization and assurance of any-time, anywhere availability.When the Cloud first arrived, data security-related concerns were prominent. This is why computing solutions offered on the Cloud have risen as a dynamic solution for businesses handling the most sensitive kind of data, including financial/banking institutions and workplaces handling large volumes of personal information.Hotel owners have realized that investing in new IT infrastructure or manpower just isn't practical. This helps to raise the recall value of hotels and provides them with the most influential form of marketing recommendations from happier, more contented customers
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Hotel Industry Adopts Solar to Save Energy · Environmental Management & Energ... - 0 views

  • As consumers demand more eco-friendly vacation choices, the tourism industry is responding with energy-efficient and carbon friendly resorts and hotels.
  • solar power system uses SunPower’s high-efficiency solar panels with its patented PowerGuard roof tile technology.
  • the system will help reduce New Jersey’s CO2 emissions by 10,000 tons over the next 30 years, and will help lessen oil dependence by at least 749 barrels annually,
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  • The energy savings guidance for design of new hotels provides a first step toward achieving a net-zero-energy building, reports Green Lodging News.
  • more businesses moving to solar energy and this is just one of the opportunities to make hotels and other accommodation type operations more environmentally friendly.
  • Note: the Marriott Residence Inn in West Orange NJ was the first NJ hotel to install solar panels.
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    More businesses moving to solar energy and this is just one of the opportunities to make hotels and other accommodation type operations more environmentally friendly. Technologies best use is when a totally new development is engineered for the lowest environment impact but excellent results are achieved by refurbishing existing hotels. As consumers demand more eco-friendly vacation choices, the tourism industry is responding with energy-efficient and carbon friendly resorts and hotels. The hotel says the output from the system will help reduce New Jersey's CO2 emissions by 10,000 tons over the next 30 years, and will help lessen oil dependence by at least 749 barrels annually.
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Future trends in hotel e-business - 0 views

  • One of the top strategies for hotel e-business is evolving from selling to engaging the customer
  • To succeed, hoteliers need to fulfill the experience expected by customers, not just think of them as heads in a bed
  • Another strategy is engaging the customer through social computing, which Harteveldt calls the fifth generation of electronic distribution.
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  • in Europe, online travelers are “more likely to consume than create social computing content
  • Tomorrow will look very different from today
  • e-business succeed
  • To truly engage digital travelers, hotel e-business must evolve from channel to gateway, from single purpose to all encompassing, and from functional to fulfilling
  • “Travelers are an ideal group for mobile-based services and activities
  • more complex distribution channels
  • more demanding consumers
  • changing business models where companies must give more but expect less in return
  • an emphasis on technology and richer content
  • a change in the structure of hotel e-business
  • strive to simplify; put distribution at the heart of your planning process; recognize the need for capital expenditures on new technology; and add the social agenda to your agenda, before the environmentalists and regulators do it for you.
  • globalization and localization
  • Any business needs to think about both
  • A globalization strategy needs careful planning
  • Shaping customers expectations is becoming crucial as customers look for an ‘experience’ rather than just a room
  • The traveler’s experience was very much the focus of the Web 2.0 panel. Consumer generated conten
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    This artical is takling about future trends in hotel e-buinsee. In the artical one of the top strategies for hotel e-buiness is evolving from selling to engaging the customer, the way is hoteliers need to fulfill the experience expected by customers. What's more, they can engage the customer through social computing. Then this artical is talking about how to get succeed in hotel e-business, to truly engage digital travelers,hotel e-business must evovle from channel to gateway, from single purpose to all encompassing, and from functional to fulfilling. What's more, this artical show five important trends affecting hotel e-business. They are more demanding consumers; more comples distribution channels; changing business models; emphasis on technology and richer contemt; change in the structure of hotel e-business. Last this artical is talking about we need to think about both globalization and localization in any business.
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How To Test and Increase Your Internet Speed - 3 views

  • and reliable Internet access can make all the difference between a good and an excruciating web experience.
  • first step is to test your Internet connection download and upload speeds at a site like Speedtest.net or DSLReports.com to see if you're actually getting the rated connection speed from your ISP.
  • free public DNS services
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  • your ISP's DNS servers are set by default in the router or your computer
  • you can change the settings to a faster, more reliable, and more up-to-date DNS server.
  • How quickly you access websites and online services is determined in large part by the DNS servers settings on your computer or network router.
  • call your Internet service provider or visit their website's help section to find out how to get the speed you are paying for.
  • You may also be able to increase your broadband speed by adjusting your network device settings or using web accelerators,
  • speed tweaks can cause system instability and may only provide small speed increases that may not make all the effort worth it if your current online connection speeds are acceptable.
  • What's an acceptable speed?
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    This article is talking about speed up people's internet access in life. When people want to speed it up , they need to test their internet access speed at first, such as they could go to the DSLReports.com. People also could chanfe their DNS settings to a faster, more reliable DNS server. Like Google and OpenDNS have free public DNS serviecs that can greatly increase their web browsing speeds and offer features like improved security. What's more, people can contact their ISP if their have slower than expected speeds. Last way is to tweak their DSL or Cable Settings by adjusting their network device settings or using web accelerators.
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Seoul hotel loans smartphones as room key | Hotel Management - 0 views

  • The idea of using smartphones as hotel keys has been picking up steam of late, especially as near field communication becomes more prevalent in mobile devices.
  • hotel launched the smart-key service on December 26, changing the locks and room controls in 16 of its rooms.
  • LG CNS and Hotel Skypark Central say this is the first time this particular technology has been used in a hotel anywhere in the world. 
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  • "Smart Green Platform
  • But some questions may make this possible trend less likely to spread
  • most importantly, how will guests who are less tech-savvy handle the new concept
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    It's cool for me to use smartphones as hotel keys.I think it's easy to make guests understand what the new technology is and to use it in each check-in.In the end of the article we may face some questions from the guests. Such as will guests want an extra smartphone to carry, and will the rapid development of new smartphones and apps make any product the hotel purchases obsolete within mere ounths, and will the guests who are less tech-knowledge accept the new concept.
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