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Technology for event has been rapidly grown so far. More event planners are have used crowdsource and crowdsharing via online community in order to obtain kinds of services, answers, and content from a large group of people. The prodess via crowdsourcing and crowdsharing benefits event planners such as lower costs, greater choice, and better input. Additionally, the mobile polling device would be necessary for real time feed back during the event, or conference event guidep apps are becoming essential.

This research article looks at how social media has been used in recruitment for the hospitality industry. It highlights that while it has become common practice, there are many layers of concerns including it violating certain legal rights of potential employees, generating biased decisions based on gender and race, and the practice not producing demonstrably better results than hirings done without reviewing potential employee Social Media Profiles (SMPs).

As this article mentioned, we are striving for the goals that makes the Internet available to our guests and environmentally sensitive. Because it does not produce many CPUs and can run fewer computers for conserving the energy. It can save resources. This article introduces a green system. With only one CPU instead of ten, you save a lot of resources and energy. In my opinion, I like this idea. It can provide more convenient and better service to customers and save resources and energy. In addition, if we can provide a reliable WIFI connection to our guest rooms, people can be more comfortable to use it.

Technology has a grand impact on the hospitality industry. Some of these trends include online travel agent bookings and social media influencers. Millennials are the largest demographic traveling and the focus must be on them.

This article takes a look at the future trends in facilities management. Including: technology, employee recruiting, data collection, & green buildings. All of which will create better solutions and client performance.

Cloud-based hotel software is able to host a property management system from a remote location which therefore allows hotel staff to access data from wherever they are in the world. It is showing positive signs of increased efficiency and overall cost-effectiveness.

A general trend is that hoteliers are considering to use cloud-based systems more. Data have proved that hoteliers will invest more in cloud technology. Cloud-based hotel software can provide its users with many benefits like cost-efficiency, increased accessibility, and user-friendly dashboards. Furthermore, it makes remote/offsite information sharing and real-time offsite management possible. With a cloud-based system, staff can spend more time on guests and improving service. For security issues, cloud-based systems upgrades often and therefore reduce the risk of being hacked. Cloud-based systems are also enough flexible to meet the future needs of users. In sum, cloud-based technologies can help the hospitality businesses to deal with the changes better.

Hotels are beginning to transition to cloud-based software because they are realizing the great impact it has caused on their business. The article mentioned, "in the next two to three years hoteliers are expected to invest 7-8% on cloud technology". This percentage exhibits how hotels are going to be ran in the future. Cloud-based software has brought positive impact to a hotel business such as "increased accessibility, greater profitability, and user-friendly dashboards". All of these benefits have caused hotels to run their business smoothly bringing back satisfied guests. This software allows check ins/out to be more quick and gives easy access to areas in the hotel for employees. Another gain received by using this software is that its cost-effective. It has been disclosed that a hotel has saved "60% on software costs". Using this software has saved a hotel a lot of money that can be used to satisfied guest more. Security on data is more secured using cloud-based software because the vendors take it seriously making it harder for hackers to retrieve information. Some hotels may halt to install new technology such as cloud-based software but with all the benefits it has given to other hotels, this is going to be the future for the hospitality industry.

This article serves to highlight the usefulness of Global Distribution Systems and their importance to the industry. GDS have evolved over the years to become a technological powerhouse that facilitates flights for nearly 2.5 billion people a day and collaborates with close to 1.5 million hotels locations. The central role of GDSs in today's environment is to assist not just OTAs but also traditional travel agents by being more efficient while simultaneously providing competitive pricing and better traveler interactions.

Wyndam has shifted to a cloud- based PMS system, being the first major hotel company to do so. This system will allow the hotel to deliver a better guest experience, enhance operational efficiency, and lower costs while making the hotel more competitive in the market.

Travelport+ the next-generation GDS platform.

This article illustrate how robotics help the oeprations of housekeeping, front desk and F&B in hotels during the pandemic. The examples demontrate that the technology of robotics improves guest experience, health and efficiency.

Hotels are using robots more and more. They find that robots are able to to the job more effectively and efficiently. We see this in housekeeping with automated vacuums and virus-killing robots, in room service deliveries, etc

Robotics is the new future, they are transforming the Hotel Industry with all this new technology that not only will be better for the business, but for the costumers will be and extraordinary experiences. This articles talks about that the robots are not here to replace jobs, they are here to make their jobs more effective and efficient. Guest wants"personalization and information at the touch of a button "so business have to meet the demand of the customer,

Travel advisors are more important than ever for a successful trip. Such advantages like priceless advise on your destination. The advisor becomes an advocate on your travel and time. This is especially helpful for delayed flights and cancelations. They will make adjustments as these unexpected snags can happen during a trip and most of all, they can save you money.

This post helped me better understand cloud computing and the benefits associated with doing so through an industry-focused lens.

Cloud computing continues to transform the hotel industry by providing the opportunity to reduce cost, improve experiences, build responsive infrastructure and personalize guest offers. Cloud-based software can save the industry money and seamlessly implement a new system without the lengthy installation process. A great way to meet hotel objectives and increase guest experience.

Cloud computing contributes to many different factors in hospitality. From the moment the guests arrive cloud computing is already playing a role in providing a better experience. By saving guest information and make it readily available to all members of staff, personalization is provided form the start. Cloud computing will also keep previous stay information which allows employees to see customer preferences. "Predictive maintenance can handle by cloud computing to reduce downtime, especially during peak seasons.The cloud offers a true end-to-end solution for hospitality, restoring the thrill of travel."

This case study talks about how an innovative hospitality company needed a solution that could bring in better customer analysis and have a one-stop-shop that could integrate all their current data sources. These are the types of problems cloud computing solves in today's world. Companies and businesses are getting innovative and they need innovative solutions.

This article explains some of the trends most relevant to the topic of cloud computing, as well as explains some of the benefits and disadvantages of cloud computing currently. The top four trends include artificial intelligence, cloud delivery models, security and compliance, and new cloud technologies. The article further explains each of these trends and the impact they will have on the industry. The main concern when it comes to cloud computing is the safety and security, following dependence on the internet. The new and incoming innovations within cloud computing aim to eliminate theses challenges and improve overall efficiency and adoption. Cloud computing is expected to grow over 22% this year alone and adoption rates are expected to remain increasing.

To summarize, the article talks about how cloud use has been increasing for over a decade, forcing many employees to embrace digital and adapt to the work-from-home concept. For continuity and expansion, the workforce transformation strongly relies on the cloud model. Given the extensive development, acceptance, and cloud deployment in corporate IT in recent years, the anticipation of stronger and more robust automation and AI has grown and should expect cloud delivery strategies to shape the cloud ecosystem in 2022 and beyond. Also, the demand for cybersecurity is rising, as is the desire for cloud-native programs that are quick, efficient, and robust.

With technology advancing hotels are taking advantage of that and introducing new things that will make the guest experience more personal. For example, the chatbots can assist guest and answer frequently asked questions 24-7, as well as doing direct booking. Implementing the new technologies it saves money for the hotel and a better experience for their guests.

This article details the increasing and already abundant role that AI technologies are playing in the day-to-day operations of hospitality companies. It goes into depth about how these advancements are using analytical data to provide a better guest experience while also taking information from outside sources to focus on aspects of the operation that need improvement or things that are being well received. The process of AI implementation has also allowed for the customization of guest experience allowing guests to be catered to 24/7 offering insights and calculated suggestions.

The hospitality industry is beginning to employ robots to perform many of the tasks we'd typically expect human employees to perform. They are programmed to perform tasks such as fulfilling guest requests and responding to guest inquiries. Some hotels, however, have taken it a step further by replacing half their staff with robots and attempting to program them to perform other tasks such as assisting guests with their luggage. This turned out to be more of an issue than it was helpful as guests found that these robots could not climb stairs or go outside. Guests staying in hotels where robots' tasks were simpler tasks such as vacuuming, and room delivery had better reviews than those tasked with more complex tasks such as customer service interactions.

This article from the CEO of PayBright discusses the many ways that restaurants can make their POS better at serving its employees. Options such as pre-calculated tip suggestions, flexible ordering options, cash discounts, and gift card management are all ways that more (tip) money can flow into servers' pockets. An intelligently managed POS can lead to happier (and retained) employees and a more efficient operation.