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This article is talking about wireless internet becomes more and more important in the hotel industry. They provide some of the key considerations for the hoteliers that help the hotel to ensure they can meet the demands of their customers. There's a big demand for wireless access to hotels. Every customer would like to choose a hotel with a Wi-Fi service. Wireless become very necessary in the hospitality industry. The best wireless service that can help the hotel create the loyalty customers. Wi-Fi has become a standard amenity, therefore, the hotel has to find affordable and non-disruptive solutions to meet customers wants and needs. Currently, customers would like to use the smart phone and their computer to watch videos rather than watch TV. They are not just sending email and web surfing anymore. There have a strong needs of the best internet from the hotels. The articles showed us couple challenge of wireless in the hotel. First of all, weak cellular signal strength. In many hotels, for guests, it's not always can find the signal of their cell phone, especially in urban area. The customers can't have a good voice communication with others. Maybe because the location of that room in the corner and there have something will disturb the signals or building construction that will interrupt the signal as well. The solution of the cellular signal strength is "Make provision for both voice and data signals to be amplified." To installing that equipment that always needs the hotel to run a new cable in order to provide the good signals for the guest used. The second challenge for the hotels is "Cellular Network Capacity Issue". Since cellular companies continue selling the device for many years without expanding their network to meet their demand. For example, AT&T is the first company that realized this issues when there are sell iPhone and another cellular. Thus, it's very important that each device support connection to the internet by use Wi-Fi withou

The topic mainly implies on how well POS system integrate and how useful it is in the industry from small to large business entities. The market growth definitely rely in the point of Sale system as they adopt the flow and the advancements which is mainly beneficial to hospitality industry. As it has been pointed out on the demand for enhancement applicable to the industry's tech savvy customers. It features it's functionality, convenience, as well as the use of different type of devices. It also entails a well detailed information with all the product types, components, application and geography. Although the research gives us a standard basis on its uses and functions but it gives ideas that the system is a demand as technology evolves quickly in business. POS function so well that it helps boost the market, and the hospitality's revenue. It also focuses not only for the easy use, but also assist associates when it comes to accuracy and efficiency to improve customer service. It is also good to know that implementation of the compliance requirements to ensure safety and security will not be disregarded as they enhance further.

The article "How technology Will Reshape the Hotel Industry Post COVID 19 Pandemic" talks about how this industry is taking necessary measures in order to promote safety and security within their companies while implementing new technologies. It states that this pandemic has impulsed the implementation of new technologies into hotel operations. Contactless solutions, hotel check ins, mobile room keys, etc.. are just some of the examples hotels are taking in order to minimize contact and enhance customer experiences

This article mainly describes how the hotel industry can use technology to help it recover after COVID-19, and how to enhance the confidence of employees and customers. With the development of the epidemic, the hotel industry and even the entire hospitality industry are widely promoting contactless technologies. Therefore, various mobile and self-service AI technologies are integrated with hotel operations. In the future, with the development of this normalization, reasonable monitoring technology, non-contact communication technology, location detection technology, super sterilization, and robotics technology will all become important aspects of the future development of the hotel industry.

This article provides insight on three various types of IT providers and there methodologies. It definitely emphasizes the benefits of specialized companies that focus on cloud computing as their IT service and business model and their ability to b=continually adapt to the changing environment and their desire to create long term relationships. It also talks about how larger IT companies are more focused on strategy rather than implementation of systems. It also talks about how the larger IT companies are much more focused on their own profit than providing services to the client and how cheaper off shore IT companies basically provide the same services at a lesser quality

It sounds so easy to use NDC, but the reality is: Not too many bookings are being made. Why? GDSs won't just give up the battlefield of simple bookings (call it 'easily earned money') and only deal with the complicated PNRs. While I am critical of the global distribution system "oligopoly", the sustainability of the redrawn commercial and technological landscape that NDC could produce has to be questioned. The proposition of NDC means that a "formerly relatively lean distribution chain will become a complicated commercial landscape with numerous airlines, numerous TMCs (or corporations) and several technology providers - all being connected to each other on a technological, as well as commercial, level."

This article explains the emergence of self ordering kiosks and provides some statistics as to how popular they are and lists their pros and cons

Unattended POS systems are being utilized in spaces beyond vending and self service. Many industries are leaning towards changing to self serve kiosks and this article explains why and shows for benefits to this system. I have seen this system move from grocery store checkouts to the McDonald's located in a busy beach side town.

the article highlights the benefits of using unattended pos systems and how there is a growing tendency for self service and less face to face interaction in retail and hospitlaity business

"Lower labor costs Fewer order or cashier errors Better space utilization with fewer checkout counters Reduced risk of employee theft due to less cash handling"

How technology will help kitchen in the UK.

This article is about the National Institute of Standards and Technology providing hotel owners in the hospitality industry a new practical cybersecurity guide, to reduce risks of high vulnerability that attracted target for hackers in areas such as hotel's PMS that is used to store guests' personal information and credit card data.

Hospitality was ranked third in the top five industries to be comprised by cybersecurity breaches in 2019. Over half the breaches were attacks on on site property servers. NIST offers a guide to hotel owners to reduce risk of cyber attacks. Their guides addresses cyber and privacy risk on PMS. The PMS design protects data moving in the environment and prevents user access. Zero trust architecture requires authentication and authorization of both subject and device to access a network's resources.

PCI Compliance for HOTELS: What you need to know (PCI-DSS)

Thanks for the summary. It's comforting to know that countries in Europe are getting on board with being PCI compliant, one less thing to worry about when using credit cards internationally for booking, shopping or entertainment.

This article points out that hotels are still a huge target for hackers. Hotels need to make sure they reduce the temptation on standalone point solutions. Hotels should focus on having a security framework that stops data from moving outside of he country. To limit hacking as well, hotels should not store information locally. It was surprising to read that 74% of hotels lacked breach protection.

Social media is an ever-increasing platform for marketing a business. New features on Facebook and Twitter allow for easier interaction between a business and potential consumers. Marketing managers need to know how to best utilize these tools to optimize ROI for their companies by responding to messages quickly and tagging all content.

Cloud computing is ever-evolving and I wonder if it's just today's hype and a trend. As this article shows, cloud computing has a huge impact on PMS. Imagine this: If your hotel is using a cloud-based PMS and you lose your internet connection. What do you do? Hoteliers need a strong case indeed before they entrust their valuable operations and data into these cloud computing providers. In the perspective of a hotelier, I'd be worried.

I found this article interesting for this week because it is about Property Management Systems being on the cloud. The author states that many hotels chose to use internal servers because of the convenience, security and the economy. "Cloud-based property management systems know that a major security breach would be fatal to their business, so they have to invest constantly in security upgrades." As a future manager, this is comforting to know because at least these companies know the amount of hackers out there and how important security is for hotels. Another important concern mentioned on the article, is the maintenance and updates. Whenever, the internet goes away and you are on a cloud system, there goes your system. "Investing in a PMS before you invest in rock solid data infrastructure is therefore not the best decision." In conclusion, the cloud based systems are slowly increasing but they have a lot of pros and cons, especially due to the hacking and chaos it may cause a hotel if the internet goes down.

Having the property management system in the cloud might be a useful concept but it does bring up a lot of security concerns. Maybe the change should be implemented once a security software has been created that can withstand a breach. But then we know that is not something most companies would wait for. Especially when using the cloud would save them money in the long run.

This article talks about what is different between cloud POS and traditional POS. And what innovation about future POS is. The future POS is the system combine traditional and cloud POS, which decreases the risk of both negative sides.

This article discuss how both new software and hardware is being utilized in the hospitality industry to expedite the process of guests checking in and out of hotels. The article is about NORTHWIND, a company well known for having developed "Maestro" a property management software suite that enables hotels, resorts, and multi-property organizations to manage their facilities. Specifically the article mentions how NORTHWIND is introducing "Xpress Check-In" an tablet specific software that will increase the speed and ease with which guests are able to enter and exit the hotel. This goes to show how the company is keeping abreast with the recent and growing trend of portable tablet/touch screen hardware devices. This software and hardware combination enables desk agents to operate away from their desk allowing for more intimate and personalized service with guests. I think the most unique and amazing feature of this system is that it will allow hotel agents to check in and process large groups such as conference attendees quickly and efficiently. The "Maestro Xpress Check-In" system can not only check guests in, but also encode their room key card, as well as process credit card transactions and capture their signature. All of these things can be completed even before conference attendees disembark from the bus and enter the hotel. I believe that hotels who choose to invest and employ technologies like this will distinguish themselves from other establishments because their service will be much better and smoother, both for guests and the hotel. These unique services will also be key in driving revenue and increasing productivity. NORTHWIND is well recognized in the hospitality industry for providing real-time technology solutions that help users control and manage their business effectively.

Maestro, a company specializing in property management and hotel software is launching a new face in property management productivity by introducing the Maestro Ipad Xpress App. With the popularity of tablet computers such as IPads and android platform tablets rising, Northwind has decided to launch a system through Maestro to make the check-in and check-out process in a hotel as simple and efficient as possible. Northwind ultimately hopes that the Xpress check-in app will not only be more efficient for guests but also optimize revenue and productivity in the hotel. The new app allows guests to complete the check-in and check-out process anywhere a wireless signal is available. Lets say for example, a large group of employees are attending an out of state conference and when they arrive at the hotel, there are over fifty of them that have to go through the check-in process. With the Xpress check-in app, these individuals could check in on their way to the hotel and by the time they get there they will save time and effort by not having to wait in line and go through the entire check in process one by one. For this reason the Maestro Xpress Check-In App is perfect for handling large groups of people arriving at the same time. The Xpress app creates a more personalized service for the customer making the entire check-in and check-out process much more convenient for the guest and productive for the hotel. 

The article states that the hospitality industry has specific requirements in the area of accounting systems and that conventional accounting systems are therefore not appropriate. The author then outlines the 8 key features that a hotel accounting system must have. Finally, the author lists 4 "impossible to ignore" benefits of hosting the accounting system via cloud computing.

the article highlights how companies can benefit from sustainable design and gives tips on preventive maintenance