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Event Management Giant Cvent Scoops Up Seed Labs To Help It Go Mobile | TechCrunch - 0 views

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  • Cvent, which offers web-based software for meeting selection, online event registration, sourcing, management, email marketing and web surveys to corporate and government clients, has been looking to expand beyond B2B.
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      yan xie on 30 Jul 12
       
      Event B2B e-commercial in event field. It like the eved that discussed on blackboard, it also do the online event registration, sourcing management, email marketing and so on, but the different is Cevnt is web-based software, the Eved is cloud based.
  • In 2012 alone, Seed Labs created 82 apps for 38 events, all of which include interactive schedules, maps, calendars, bios, image galleries, videos, and notifications — features that aim to enhance the consumer experience of events. Cvent wants to take these features and Seed Labs’ mobile infrastructure and carry it into new markets.
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      yan xie on 30 Jul 12
       
      In the current e-commercial business, the technique development is the dynamic for business developing. Seed labs created 82 apps for 38 event, this will increase the customers using experience than others. I used the Cvent, and I also checked the Eved, I think the Cvent is better than Eved.
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Choice Hotels makes multi-million dollar IT investment to accelerate growth in Europe |... - 0 views

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  • The investment is designed to strengthen Choice’s technology platform, automate back and front office processes at franchised hotel properties and drive increased central reservation system (CRS) delivery to Choice-branded hotels which will position the brands for future growth.
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      yan xie on 23 Jul 12
       
      From this information, the goal of Choice hotel making this investment in I.T. is improve the central control for franchised hotel properties. It will increase the CRS delivery ability for future's growth. So the I.T. investment will be always improve the ability about controlling for a big company in the development period.
  • The multi-million dollar IT investment will include the international roll-out of choiceADVANTAGE, the company’s web-based Property Management System (PMS) which automates front and back office hotel processes such as check-in, invoicing and inventory management, starting with testing in the UK market later this year.
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      yan xie on 23 Jul 12
       
      In the hotel, the most important part is the PMS and CRS, which include the connection between two of them. The web-based PMS improve is a necessary and foundation of all of technology improvement.
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Top 5 Benefits of Restaurant Accounting Software - 1 views

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  • Thus, before choosing software, consult a restaurant consulting firm to know which particular software will suit your needs. This will be determined on the basis of the size of the business and the nature of the restaurant.
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      yan xie on 16 Jul 12
       
      Although the accounting system has some benefit, how to choose a suitable one is more important than using a system. As article showed, the POS give general idea about ongoing business scenario of the company, then information will be transfered to financial system, it will give the management a clear picture of the ongoing business. As these three steps of information transfer, restaurant will determine on the basis of the size of business and the nature of the restaurant to fit the demands and operation quality, because every number is important and not just only the profit and loss accounts. And the addional task of software is also important in highly competitive market.
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How Is Information Technology Used in Accounting? | Small Business - Chron.com - 0 views

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  • For example, spreadsheet programs are highly efficient at helping accountants with calculations and reporting. There are accounting programs in the market that are easy to use and affordable, making them very popular with small businesses.
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      yan xie on 01 Jul 12
       
      the most important part in Information technology applying accounting is software part. spreadsheet programs can increase the accountants efficient and make their tasks easily and accurately.
  • Information technology is used widely in accounting security. Identifications and passwords limit access to confidential information.
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      yan xie on 01 Jul 12
       
      instead of binders and papers as old time. the information technology can use identifications and passwords limit access to confidential information. it will make security for the content of report avoid stolen or other problem. At the same time, it can be tracked by using security software when there is stolen or misplaced action.
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Mobile Restaurant POS Technology Helps Payment Flexibility - QSR magazine - 0 views

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  • yan xie on 24 Jun 12
     
    People use Smartphone more frequency, the Mobile POS system will bring more convenient for the customers. In this article, through mobile POS, the waiter can log orders on a smartphone that zip back to the kitchen at 4G speed-the technology also has service-oriented benefits for quick serves. The mobile POS will help restaurant to get some data from customers, and get the customers' spending and buying habits. And restaurant also can send the coupons to customers based on their habits and interests.In the future the mobile paying will be a lot faster than plastic card.
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Property management systems - 4/26/2005 - Caterer and Hotelkeeper - 0 views

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  • yan xie on 17 Jun 12
     
    This article discuss how to choose the best PMS to fit the business there are traditional PMS, hybrid hotel and web-site only. the web-site only is the new PMS as we discuss on class, it is the cloud based PMS system. Althought the Web-only system can reduce IT support costs and capital investment as this article said and the theingd we discussed on the class. the huge problem is the hotel will have risk for failing to access the internet. and some hotelier do not want to have their private guest data located at a third-party location, and there is always danger that the hotelier lose the internet and there is no backup system to continue the business, or consider about hack attack.Furthermore, the hotelier need to consider other things when they choose the PMS system such as yield management function and guest relationship function. these additional function will help hotelier to gain more benefit from their PMS.
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Green Information technology (IT) ~ Sustainable-Sphere - 0 views

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  • The whole purpose of creating such a purchasing request is to look at the whole life implication of the product,including the opportunities of reusing and recycling of the products after their usage.
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      yan xie on 10 Jun 12
       
      The opportunities o reusing and recycling or the products after their usage still is a good way to make the information technology greenly, Althought I have seen the video about how corperate was fraud the customers. However, I think the government need to add the recycle charge in the price of production. And the supervision of recycling of IT products are necessary. Society needs to stop fraud recycling.
  • Server virtualization allow multiple servers to run on a single server, dramatically reducing energy use.
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      yan xie on 10 Jun 12
       
      This way will help to reduct the heat from the IT facilities. So the less enegy will be used by the servers. In the company, it will also help for save the costs. It will be good with environment directly.
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E-Commerce for the Hospitality Industry | The Moscow Times - 6 views

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  • We forget that the human brain can only consume limited information. It is important to take a holistic approach and prioritize information. Good web site architecture and organized content improves site usability and its efficiency when used with search engines.
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      yan xie on 03 Jun 12
       
      It is true that we always forge how many information the human brain will take at once. Although the e-commerce is the good way for customers to know the new products and new service from the hotels, sometimes the hotels provide so much information to customers. It lets customers confused and does not know what the specifice products can meet their requirements. And sometimes, they feel some hard to understand your service so that they give up hotels service or new products to choose the one they are familiar. So how to make e-commerce usability and efficiency is a new point, which the hospitality industry company need to consider.
  • make sure your ad groups are made up of tightly knit keyword themes and that those keywords are reflected in your ad copy; ensure that your landing pages clearly reflect the offer promoted in the ad copy and includes clear calls to action and conversion factors.
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      yan xie on 03 Jun 12
       
      As the point two mentioned, the customers cannot get so many information at once, and they also cannot search lots of information at once. So the keyword themes is also another important thing for company to do the promotion and ads. This ads need to have the keywords to clearly reflect the offer promoted for customers. In this way, the customers will catch the information as possible as they can.
  • Top e-commerce sites are continually testing new things. It's the only way to achieve continual improvement.
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      yan xie on 03 Jun 12
       
      To do the continually testing new things is always a best development way for the developing company. If the company cannot test the new things in their e-commerce sites and e-commerce process, the e-commerce of this company will be far away from other companies. Company need to have the innovation to make some new things for their e-commerce and do the test all the time to select the best way for the business and customers' expericence.
  • yan xie on 03 Jun 12
     
    This article mentioned why the ecommerce important for the hospitality industry. And also there are more things they hospitality industry companies need to know. Although the e-commerce is the good way for customers to know the new products and new service from the hotels, sometimes the hotels provide so much information to customers. It lets customers confused and does not know what the specific products can meet their requirements. And sometimes, they feel some hard to understand your service so that they give up hotels service or new products to choose the one they are familiar. So how to make e-commerce usability and efficiency is a new point, which the hospitality industry company need to consider. As the point two mentioned, the customers cannot get so many information at once, and they cannot search lots of information at once. So the keyword themes is also another important thing for company to do the promotion and ads. This ads need to have the keywords to clearly reflect the offer promoted for customers. In this way, the customers will catch the information as possible as they can. It is true that we always forge how many information the human brain will take at once. To do the continually testing new things is always a best development way for the developing company. If the company cannot test the new things in their e-commerce sites and e-commerce process, the e-commerce of this company will be far away from other companies. Company need to have the innovation to make some new things for their e-commerce and do the test all the time to select the best way for the business and customers' experience.
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Time is ripe for hotels to embrace cloud computing, says HTNG | Hotel Management Asia - 0 views

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  • more than 80% of the participating IT executives were willing to share such applications as guest-room device management, concierge, point of sale, housekeeping, facilities management, and applications for several back-office and human resource functions.”
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      yan xie on 27 May 12
       
      According to survey, there are more than 80% of the participating IT executives were willing to share applications which are the initial efforts. However, they do not have these kind of are to share these application. The cloud computing may be the new option for the hotels. The HTNG is pushing this idea to come true. If these ideas can be used in practice, the hotel business will be easier and develop faster than it did before. It can push all of hotel to work hard and find out the new idea or application to improve hotel business, but this will also increase the competition in the industry. However, the guests will get the benefit from these competitions.
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Nivid Biometrics Hotel Management System offers hotel security using biometrics fingerp... - 0 views

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  • These locks keep a log on who has accessed the locks
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      yan xie on 20 May 12
       
      This function will help to inestigations for room attendants or other service providers who enter the guests rooms.
  • The locks are equipped to store multiple fingerprints hence the lock can cope with multiple guests occupying the room. This also allows the house keeping staff to be registered with the locks for them to access it for house keeping duties.
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      yan xie on 20 May 12
       
      The multiple fingerprints solve the access problem for double rooms and family rooms. However, sometimes the loss will happen because of the room attendents. If these system can record the people who and when come into room, it will be perfect.
  • This also eliminates the need to have any kind of keys to be issued to the guests or staff for the room. (No misuse of keys, no lost keys and no hassles!!!)
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      yan xie on 20 May 12
       
      This eliminated the need to have any kind of keys. So the guests do not need to worry about losing the key when they have some fun outside, or forget their key in the room when they go out. The hotel will not need to worry about the responsibility for guests' important things loss before redo the key for the guests who lost the key. In additional, hotel do not need to worry about that others will make the fake key for steling.But, there is a potential risk, this biometric key will make a serious injuries to guests when some people want to break into guests rooms.
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