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This article talks about how GDS for hotels is a great way to connect with customers thanks to the internet. Hotels prefer to create websites to allow their customers to access their services from wherever they are. Travel agents play an important role on the hotel business, since they know and can recommend hotels to the customers. Most hotels with the help of GDS reach out to millions of travel agents all over the world, allows easy accessibility to them and also to the customers. The online system gives advantage of easy accessibility to the travel agents worldwide who are connected with the same system of global distribution. This is why GDS helps businesses to increase their profits.

Global Distribution Systems are slowly taking over our industry, but this does not mean that travel agents are out of work. There are still some benefits that travel agents can provide that Global Distribution Systems cannot. That is to say, that there are still travelers who prefer to have their own travel agent who already knows the travelers preference and will make the booking of their next travel that much easier. Global Distribution Systems are being used by hotels to reach travel agents all around the world. In addition to the fact that travel agents are that third party travelers look for when booking. They want to know the truth about their travel stays and accomodations.

Here BusinessWire, via The National Post, discusses the Inaugural Conference for the travel industry's leading travel advisors. The conference was hosted by ULTRA Luxury Exchange, which is led by a staff of global travel industry experts with decades of experience in the luxury travel industry and event management. Behind the ULTRA Luxury Exchange, is Questex Hospitality + Travel who developed and curated the conference. Questex Hospitality + Travel is the world's largest multinational media, event and eCommerce company which serves the global and hospitality industry. The multi-day conference brought together the "greatest minds in the luxury travel advisor community," according to Ruthanne Terrero of Questex. New travel trends were discussed through key-note speakers, presentations and moderated panels. Topics included, "Capturing and Capitalizing on the Millenial Luxury Travel", "The Art of Customer Service", and "The Rising Trend for Butler Service in Luxury Hotels." The millenial generation was the main topic for discussion with a growth in buying power in the luxury travel industry. The privileged conference attendees will have exclusive access to the formal research presented in the conference to reference for the future.

This article is about the new marketing opportunities mobile apps are bringing to the restaurant industry. With half of mobile users carrying at least one restaurant-specific app, companies see the potential of directly connecting with potential clients. The most popular apps are "multi-restaurant" search tools such as Yelp! that provide users with recommendations. According to Anna Bager, VP and general manager of Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, restaurants should invest a good portion of their marketing budget on app advertising. The best ways restaurants can entice users to their apps is by offering discounts and loyalty points. This article brings up the point of incorporating technology into restaurants. I think it's an issue that companies need to look at, especially if it's a small mom-and-pop restaurant. Not only does the internet level the playing field, but by being the first to incorporate technology in innovative ways, small restaurants have a greater chance of standing out. Mobile apps are the perfect venue for customer loyalty. It will constantly keep the restaurant in the mind of users. Investing in technology, regardless of how small a budget might be, is a smart choice that will pay off in the end.

With both individual sites like American Airlines or bundle sites like Travelocity; everyone is jumping on the eCommerce train. And what better way to grow customer loyalty than with your very own app. Want to buy a plane ticket or rent a hotel room do it from your smart phone. Problem is how do you get people to down load your app. Well Facebook has figured that out for you. Advertise on their site and customers can install your app with a click of a button. No jumping to other websites and hassling with tricky downloads; just click and your off.

As technologies are evolving at all times, providing a good and reliable high speed Internet for hotel properties has become a challenging task. The ultimate goal of every hotel is to provide exceptional service to guests therefore the expectations for having a fast and reliable Internet are high as well. According to the Internet Access article by Jeremy Rock, there are a few factors that need to be considered when a hotel is planning to partner with an industry solution provider. The first factor is a hotel needs to consider is understanding the providers. As stated in the article, "the key difference between many of the providers come down to the backend solution, technical capabilities and overall support." The second factor is bandwidth management, which discusses is the number of devices that can be attached to the network. It is critical for a property to have the right amount of bandwidth to serve their guests. The next factor regards the usage of Wi-Fi. As we are moving forward with our technologies, more of our systems are connected to wireless network in a hotel and service providers have to ensure a secure storage and access of all of our data. The last key factor is the infrastructure and overall network design to ensure effective coverage throughout the hotel to ensure all of our guests can easily access the network at all designated areas. As we look at all the factors important in providers' selection, whom should we choose? We can either select guest Internet service providers, who provide consistent Internet service in guests rooms which is connected to the PMS for charging purposes. We can also select IPTV solutions providers who "have the ability to combine video and Internet access into single packages" as stated in the article. The last choice would be audiovisual companies that deliver solution between meeting spaces and guest rooms. In my opinion, this article was extremely educating and interesting. When we come to a hotel nowa

" Quadriga's new Personal Media Network™ has been awarded the prestigious Equip'Innov Award for the most innovative product in the technology category at this year's Equip' Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition in Paris."

This article shows us Quadriga's new Personal Media Network, which is one of the most innovative products at this year's Equip' Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition in Paris. PMN™ is a new technology in in-room entertainment environment. This new technology will help the hotel in developing a 360-degree relationship with guests, before, during and after their stay. PMN integrates various forms of and the various forms of content into a single application to create a unified network of services. PMN bases on flexible building blocks, providing a new platform for hotel. With PMN, guests can access and shift content subscriptions from their own mobile device to in-room television for play. Everything from videos, movies, etc. can be get anywhere via hotel Wi-Fi on any device at any time. There are also PMN, FTG can be used in WIFI area. It makes hotels has more opportunities to increase revenue from meetings and event communication. This new technology creates differentiation in marketplace, and meets guests' demanding of WIFI and devices. Quadriga is the single partner to the global hospitality industry, integrating TV and Mobile communications platforms, Internet, Network. The company aims to create the latest technologies and meet every customer needs and guest expectations.

These days, it's very common to find free or inexpensive Wi-Fi connections at many hotels when you travel. The connection's stability and security had become a big issue for Hotel. Rezidor Hotels in order to provide a batter service to guests rolling out superfast internet connections across its hotels and office. And they use SaaS technology to ensure the network reliability. The hotel focus more on the internet speed, the bandwidth were split two separate services ensure the hotel's staff won't share the internet with guests. As we can see this hotel puts a high value on their guests' experience, but it does not seem to mention in the article on how to ensure the safety of Internet. That is another big issue we need to concern.

High-tech can really make life easy.

this article is talking about the sustainability development in hotel industry. every year the waste of water and energy in washing machine is huge. this behavior violates the mind that builds a green industry. in the help of the Green Hotels Association the hotel companies make some measures to save the water and energy like putting a card which ask guests to consider not having sheets changed every day. it is simple word but really playing an important role in developing sustainable vision.

We all know that a lot of hotels leave little cards in the room claiming that they are environmental-friendly and initiate protection of the environment or reducing waste. They encourage customers reuse towels and linens, and so on. This article use Marriot and Four Seasons as examples to describe that this kind of behavior is indeed helpful. Water, waste and cost reduction is resulted. So hotels should keeping doing this and lead to green life-style and reduce waste.

This article discusses how GDS is declining with Travek agents but GDS bookings within the hotel industry is increasing. GDS allows the hotel industry to reach bigger markets to increase hotel bookings. This article has very good facts it states that in 2012 GDS "fell to 72 % in 2012 , down from a high of 90% in 2005" GDS is great because you reach cover more ground allowing to reach more future clients then traditional target markets.

According to in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Green Lodging Program, Rosen Hotels & Resorts are the first hotels in Central Florida to achieve the Two Palm status certifies. The state provides technical assistance, with which hotels can reduce waste, conserve natural resources and improve the bottom line. Harris Rosen said they will do everyday effort to continue the green standard, to increase sales, and it is right to do this for every company. Some green practices of Rosen hotels & resorts are various, simple and effective, such as, the water conservation measures, energy efficiency measures. They provide the more chances to recycle, purchase items in bulk, recycled materials and recycle ink and toner cartridges to reduce waste. The three Rosen hotels' special measure is to introduce several other eco-friendly programs. And also, they use a programmable energy management system to control temperatures in meeting rooms, after the using of meeting rooms, the lights would be turned off. They also emphasize the green materials. The hotels and Harris Rosen play a role in conservation of the area's natural resources. He made the Expedition Headwaters, An Everglades Journey to Remember, which aims to increase awareness of the ecological connection of the Orlando metropolitan area with the Everglades ecosystem. The team also invited students from elementary and middle, taught them about watersheds, wetlands and aquatic ecosystems.

This is an article simply introduce the basic function of the point of sales system. The author explain the reason it is useful in restaurant business,including reduce employee theft,keep track of sales.What is more, it plays an important role as a bookkeeping system since it help prepare payroll, keep track of food usage and so on. However,more attention should be paid to their drawback because it may result in information losses related to the business transaction. The restaurant manager should be aware of these potential problems and take actions to make it better serve the property.

POS system simplifies communications between the kitchen and the wait staff, tracks production procedure. It is a effective tool to organize profit and save cost. However, POS system has the common drawbacks of electronic technology that is the restaurant may lose data if it happens to crash. In addition, restaurant manager need to replace parts of POS system, update software or buy a new one.

Hey all, Here is an article I found about a POS system that is supported by either an IPAD or an Iphone device. There are many pros to buying a system like this for a company that is just starting out. If someone is having problem you can call and the ISISPOS system will provide 24 hours a day customer service. Because the world is getting faster and more demanding, it is becoming necessary to find other ways of pleasing the customer in a more efficient manner. With this technology, one has the ability to be completely mobile and is not restricted to conventional forms of typical POS problems. It is affordable and easy to use. With cloud computing, your business can save an enormous amount of money versus sticking to the traditional infrastructure. Instead of buying new hardware and software every so often, one can now rest easy with cloud computing technology because it updates on its own and has the ability to be accessed from anywhere, even home! It is literally like having your business in the palm of your hand.

Great Post! Two days ago, I had the opportunity to visit a restaurant where the staff utilized an iPad to take the orders. This was a non-franchise restaurant; I can't imagine how much money the owners spent on such technology. The food came out quickly, I am not sure if the utilization of the iPad helped expedite our order, however it was done quickly. Once we asked for our check, the server was able to send the request to a printer and brought the ticket very fast. I wanted to play with it, but didn't feel comfortable asking the server.

I really enjoyed getting to know more about these POS systems that are supported by Iphones and Ipads. They seem to be very advantageous to restaurants, and I agree with your point that they do not provide the typical POS problems. I feel that the cloud computing technology has really made these systems entirely beneficial. These systems are getting closer to becoming virtually perfected.

This article explains the many questions surrounding the GDS or global distribution system. More importantly, the article explains how smaller hotels can use the GDS system to their advantage. The GDS system is more commonly used by larger entities such as the airline industry, larger hotels, travel agents, etc. However this does not mean that the GDS system cannot be used for a smaller hotel. Using a GDS may be able to greatly benefit those smaller hotels.

This article was very interesting to read about sustainability and how companies are trying to adapt. These companies are trying to cut greenhouse gas emission so that they can help out the environment but most importantly to save money. Due to the advance in technology, it is a little easier for CEO to make their companies sustainable. What is motivating these companies even more is that it really helps them save money and make more profit. I really think it is a good thing that companies are trying to be sustainable, if it was up to me I would have been try to make my company sustainable because it's just a win-win situation. You are helping the environment big time and also your profit becomes even bigger. I learned that software plays a major role in creating a more sustainable supply chain. At the end of the day going sustainable will benefit the environment, company and customers.

The article points to the fact that energy is a major issue for hotels, which can be solved by going green and by implementing 3 energy-saving factors. 1. Using low energy devices and replacing all incandescent bulbs with LED-based lightning. 2. Adopting renewable source of energy. 3. Using connected devices, which make it possible for managers to monitor the power consumption. So today going green it's the long-term option for companies who want to save their prosperity.