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For hoteliers, technology proves an important tool in order to streamline operations, automate processes, help with marketing, improve cybersecurity, and help reduce carbon footprint, among many other uses. 

Hoteliers now rely heavily on artificial intelligence to make better-informed decisions about prices and demand, and to interpret guest data in order to apply more effective marketing strategies and tailor-make packages to fit the guests’ needs.

AI hotel tools can also be used behind the scenes to make operations run more smoothly, by handling repetitive tasks and answering frequently asked questions so that your staff can focus on offering the highest quality service.

The healthcare industry often utilizes software as a service (SaaS) to increase software versatility and accessibility without installing and running applications on multiple computers and data systems.

Increased Attention to Security

Hanson said it’s important to remember that a hotel that looks new and fresh will outperform a hotel that doesn’t.

Curb appeal is No. 1

Hotels are adding new tech in lobbies, including directory boards with interactive screens and big-screen TVs, he said.

From cocktail-making to burger-flipping, many food and beverage businesses are beginning to discover the benefits of using robots to improve their productivity.

The automation revolution has begun.

make 10 loaves per hour,

technologies are making life easier for event planners, and attendee experiences are being elevated

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many planners to transition their live event into a virtual or hybrid event

transform their virtual event, trade show, expo, or conference into a full 360-degree experience.

If you have bedrooms, tables or leisure services then you know how important it is to manage them efficiently. Software is purely a tool a tool of the trade so to speak. However what is very important is that it is reliable and doesn't cost the earth. Without electricity it would be next to impossible to keep a hotel open and today with the increase in competition, the most efficient hotels are the ones that will prosper.

A hotel PMS is something that all people who own and run hotels should look into getting. The efficient manner in which the hotel may be run with the hotel PMS is only one of the many benefits you can get. Of course you do not have to buy the top of the range software as getting the core module may be enough to cover your needs.

Core features should include guest management, housekeeping, reservations, online booking and billing management.

acebook and videos finished second and third on the marketing list, followed by online paid advertising and paid search marketing.

Other digital tactics on the move? Mobile. Last year, 57 percent of marketers used mobile-optimized websites. This year that number will be closer to 80 percent, noted the Experian survey.

The company said Obama gained 22.million impressions compared with Romney's 4.5 million impressions

When comparing HRIS options, companies should consider the types of employee data and processes that will take place in the system.

main benefit is a reduction in maintenance cost and increased flexibility, and who can keep up with their customers' changing technology needs will see the benefits to their future business, Harris believes. 

cloud technology had made operations easier and more profitable for the hotelier

Point of sales systems in restaurants also eliminate, or at very least reduce, the rate of human error. Poor penmanship sometimes results in misinterpretations of handwritten orders.

When purchasing a POS system for a restaurant you will have the option to add a magnetic stripe reader to process credit cards.

One of the most popular benefits of a restaurant POS system among managers is generating detailed reports.

Between the arrival of mobile devices on the table, online reservations, social media, and new payment methods, technology has infiltrated the food and restaurant industry like never before. Some of the advances will serve to improve the experience — both for the industry and for the patron.

 According to a recent article in the USA Today, restaurants in San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and in other parts of the United States are starting to allow patrons to use iPads to place their orders. While this may be a welcome sign for the industry as a whole (which, according to the piece, has been flat due to the economic downturn since 2007), it might not work out so well for the servers who are displaced by a tablet.

Payroll is one of the largest controllable expenses in the industry, and keeping it as low as possible can have a huge impact on a restaurant’s bottom line.

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The Human Resource Information System (HRIS) is a software, an online solution for the data entry, data tracking, and data information needs of the Human Resources (HR) and management functions within a business. Normally packaged as a data base, hundreds of companies sell some form of HRIS and every HRIS has different capabilities.

New business intelligence technologies offer HR departments the ability to invest in Human Capital Management analytics solutions designed to yield the insights essential for making informed decisions on HR. Business intelligence allows HR departments to become a strategic asset within the organisation.

Future of human resources analysis has to be linked to other key performance indicators such as revenue and profitability. HR professionals must understand the organisation’s business plans and the operational, financial and customer-facing goals they are expected to achieve. Then they should associate these goals with the existing workforce metrics. In many cases, HR information is scattered, which leads to non-systematic hiring, training, measurement data which is essential these days, as globalisation, tight labour markets and an aging workforce are causing many businesses to more closely inspect the performance of their largest investment, i.e. the workforce whose compensation represents 60 per cent to 70 per cent of the entire expenses of the organisation. New business intelligence technologies offer HR departments the ability to invest in Human Capital Management analytics solutions designed to yield the insights essential for making informed decisions on HR. Business intelligence allows HR departments to become a strategic asset within the organisation. It helps the HR department make key decisions around recruitment, planning, and budgeting to support the strategic goals. More than ever before, HR professionals are being asked to show how their company’s workforce policies affect the overall business plan. Investing time and money in software solutions is the need of the hour.

EMSs can also hold down costs by making maintenance more efficient. “Our system is recording the run hours of the unit by the second. If we say after 200 hours runtime, that’s when we want to set our filter change, we can create reports for our maintenance staff [saying] that maybe these are the rooms that are occupied the most,

or the lighting control system, we would replace current light switches and receptacles and have that communicate wirelessly with the occupancy system.

Energy Management Systems have the ability to talk to Property Management Systems