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Complementing the Cisco® Connected Hotel solution, Cisco Connected Real Estate solutions use the power of the network to deploy building intelligence, deliver collaboration and mobility services, and allow building owners and managers to easily develop new services and revenue streams.

At Hotel 1000, a single IP network, based on the Cisco Smart Business Roadmap, enabled the management team to reduce the costs normally associated with deploying multiple hotel networks and services, simplify operations, and enable a wide range of innovative voice, video, and data services throughout the property

Hotel 1000's IP telephony solution is based on Cisco Unified Communications solutions and Cisco 7900 Series IP Phones, which are integrated with call accounting, voice-mail, and the hotel's property management system. In addition, Percipia developed innovative features that make it easy for members of groups staying at the hotel to communicate with each other.

CCRA Travel Solutions - a leading provider of business-related Solutions for the travel professional – is pleased to announce a series of online enhancements to help travel agents boost their income in 2012.

The company’s new, online CCRA Preferred Hotel Directory allows agents to quickly search for detailed information at over 32,000 hotels around the world that have agreed to offer negotiated rates through the GDS

KY assessed several performance management systems to identify a financial system that best supported the company’s expanding needs. “We felt the Profitvue solution and Aptech’s support and service team were superior to the other systems we evaluated,” says Bush. “SKY will have Profitvue and Execuvue fully deployed in nine Microtel Hotels by the end of the first quarter 2011.  We will interface Profitvue with our property management systems for a seamless data exchange and greater efficiency.”

Texas Western began evaluating a cloud-based business intelligence system to take a load off its accounting staff by automating its property data gathering and reporting. The effort paid off – and produced some surprising results.

The company"s hotel software requirements included automatic downloading of property performance metrics from its Hilton OnQ and Marriott PMSes daily, as well as merging the data with labor numbers, Smith Travel Research output, and a variety of other information from TW"s corporate accounting system.

Texas Western selected Aptech Computer Systems, Inc. and implemented its Execuvue® hospitality Business Intelligence (BI) solution. Aptech built TW"s data warehouse and worked with Marriott and Hilton to identify, gather the data, and create the report formats TW needed for better performance management

Designed for any operation size, TSR enables even the smallest operator to access the same advanced capabilities that large chain restaurants have. TSR’s technology is structured around a boundless customer-centric approach with an integrated design to every aspect of guest service – wherever they are. The open and flexible architecture makes it easy to extend revenue generating opportunities beyond the restaurant to reach out to new customers or increase the loyalty of your existing customers. In addition to providing an end-to-end solution within the four walls of your restaurant, TSR offers sophisticated enterprise management for your operations which simplifies centralized support of remote sites. The enterprise tool set that lets you know what’s happening in your operations today, so you can manage it before tomorrow.

A new relationship between the hospitality industry’s hotel marketing automation provider ZDirect and global travel technology company Sabre Hospitality Solutions is helping to make eMarketing as simple as possible for Vantage Hospitality Group. The 8th largest hotel company in the world with more than 1,000 locations has relied on ZDirect and its ZMail® electronic communication platform since 2007

ZDirect’s patented dynamic content engine uses guest behavior and preference data to create individualized confirmations, pre-arrival emails, customer satisfaction surveys and more to up-sell a hotel’s profitable amenities.

Energy cost is witnessing a sharp rise year-on-year in India. Like every other industry, the hotel industry is also deeply concerned and taking measures to introduce energy management solutions to keep energy cost under control.

:Like every business establishment, hotel properties also need to keep a check on all expenses so that they can minimize costs and maximize profits. In a hotel, the energy cost can be high enough to be the second highest expense and heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) can make up to 50% of the total energy consumption. So, this is where the hotel needs to look in order to minimize energy consumption which would ultimately help them reduce energy bills. In simple words, when a hotel is able to control energy costs, they actually add to their bottom line. 

the Energex system is based on passive infra-red technology. Once installed, the sensor in the solution detects the presence of the guest in the room as it captures the thermo radiation emitted by the human body. When our system determines that there is a guest in the room, it gives him/herfull control over the HVAC system. This means, they can set the temperature as per their requirements. But, once the guest steps out of the room, our smart sensor detects the room as unoccupied and automatically sets-back the temperature in the room to a preset energy efficient mode. The solution also has a quick recovery method where-in the temperature returns to that set by the guest when they return to the room and this ensures guest comfort. 

Whether you are into hospitality & housekeeping, guarding & security or maintenance & engineering services, you actually put the smile back on customers’ faces. However, this is no easy task. You need to manage major roadblocks like attrition, disconnect between operations and payroll, service continuity, on-time and accurate billing, compliance, etc., which hamper your day-to-day operations and strategic growth. Allow Abaris to transform your business process, to accelerate your success.

We cater to different segments in this industry, namely: Hospitality/ Housekeeping Services – Hospitality/ Housekeeping Service Providers can manage all aspects of their business including lead management, sales, operations scheduling and billing, to contract termination. They can benefit from special features such as zone-based deployment to sites, and Rostering to improve employee-wise plans.

Security/Guarding Services – Security and Guarding Service Providers can use Abaris ERP on Cloud to mount hurdles specific to their industry, often characterized by unorganized departments spanning multiple sites & customers, and complex processes. Apart from a complete view and integrated management of their business, they can also improve resource deployment and timely billing.

LBA Hospitality Partners with M3 Accounting + Analytics to Enhance Accounting Processes and Increase Efficiencies July, 31 2013 M3 Accounting + Analytics Seeking to update and streamline accounting processes for its 70-plus Southeast properties, Dothan, Ala.-based Larry Blumberg & Associates, Inc. (LBA Hospitality) recently announced an expanded partnership with M3 Accounting + Analytics, the national leader in hotel-specific accounting software, operations reporting, and business analytics. “If we are to continue to be an industry leader, we must have the ability to meet the requirements of our stakeholders and provide accurate, real-time and relevant information for our management team and owners,” said LBA President Beau Benton.  LBA sought the ability to swiftly handle budgets, forecasts, and reports, and to dissect business data, all while insuring that the back-office accounting platform functionality was state-of-the-art and industry-specific.  In choosing M3, Benton cited how the company integrates accounting, business intelligence, and reporting, while eliminating most redundancy, software investment and annual hardware/software maintenance. In addition, Benton and LBA were looking for continual and automatic upgrades, backup and disaster protection, and minimized downtime.  LBA is implementing the full suite of M3 products: accounting through the AccKnowledge platform, time, attendance and labor management through the newly released RightTime solution and LaborWatch, and payroll services through RightPay. The company will also continue to use M3 Link business intelligence reporting, as LBA will be expanding it to bring financial data, operating stats, Smith Travel feeds and guest satisfaction data (including verbatim responses) into one completely customizable dashboard. LBA, which launched its business by developing a Sheraton Inn in 1973, is rapidly growing its management business and securing more and more agreements from sophisticated owners and investors.   Scott Watson, M3 Vice President of Sales & Marketing, said, “While our core product remains our accounting solution, we’ve continued to evolve and offer new products and services that meet the current and future needs of the hospitality industry. It is truly exciting that our product platform will help Beau and LBA achieve the aggressive growth they are anticipating over the next five years.”  The implementation and training process for all LBA properties is expected to be complete by December 1.  About LBA Hospitality Based in Dothan, Ala., LBA Hospitality is a hospitality management company focused on maximizing return, safeguarding assets and enhancing value. Founded in 1973, the company now manages 70 properties throughout the Southeast, from Texas to Virginia. More information is available at http://www.LBAHospitality.com.  About M3 Accounting + Analytics M3 is the national leader in hotel-specific accounting software, operations reporting, business intelligence and analytics, processing more than $8 billion in financial transactions for more than 3,000 properties. M3’s integrated suite of hospitality accounting products includes: AccKnowledge, Link, payroll and labor management services, and document imaging and retrieval – all designed to help provide hotel operators, owners and managers unsurpassed access to the information they need in the most integrated and cost-effective manner. The company was founded in Gainesville, Ga. in 1998, and also has a base of operations in Tampa, Fla. More information is available at www.M3AS.com. 

“If we are to continue to be an industry leader, we must have the ability to meet the requirements of our stakeholders and provide accurate, real-time and relevant information for our management team and owners,” said LBA President Beau Benton.  

continue to be an industry leader, we must have the ability to meet the requirements of our stakeholders and provide accurate, real-time and relevant information for our management team and owners,” said LBA President Beau Benton.  

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.

Information technology assists HR in managing both a sea of information and the money spent on benefits plans. Today’s CEO will want to know what percentage of the HR department is contributing to shareholder value in a clear and unambiguous manner just as he does of other departments. In order to achieve this, HR will need to become far more clear about how to measure their contributions and will definitely need a different level of sophistication in its tools to achieve this.

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.

The company is in prototype on a social media integration project that would, among other things, let guests book a room through Facebook and then send a confirmation text to their mobile device.

The company is in prototype on a social media integration project that would, among other things, let guests book a room through Facebook and then send a confirmation text to their mobile device.

“If I look at it from a city hotel perspective, absolutely; there’d be no downfall to cloud.”

Collaborative integration of finance and employee scheduling withcloud-based POS software brings the best- in-service to independentretailers and restaurants

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Facial recognition and customized software-as-a-service solutions are taking center stage.

But, as with any new technology, registration advances also come with a need for improved data security.

there is no question that these technologies—including facial recognition, thumbprint/grid and tracking by cameras—greatly increase the quantity of data that is being held. Event technology is evolving to meet these data concerns.”

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Since HBR is built on the Android platform and features hybrid-cloud architecture, the software adapts easily to both traditional POS workstations and mobile tablet solutions. In addition to the core software, various value-added modules are available such as tableside ordering via tablet, online ordering and online reservations.

The software is connected to the cloud for remote reporting and POS management through the company’s powerful Lighthouse portal.