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STX: Most Environmentally Friendly Large Cruise Vessel Ever Built » Ship & Bu... - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 05 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • A new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered cruise ferry entering traffic between Finland and Sweden on January 15, 2013 will be the "most environmentally friendly large cruise vessel ever built," according to STX Europe
  • anonymous on 05 Feb 13
     
    The M/S Viking Grace was launched in January 2013 and is considered the most environmentally friendly large cruise vessel to have been built. The ship travels between Finland and Sweden as a cruise ferry. The ship is powered by a liquefied natural gas (LNG). The shipbuilder says all emissions into the sea have been eliminated and emissions into the air are now lower than any other cruise passenger ship. Besides the lower emission the M/S Viking Grace also has passenger space that minimizes environmental impact and a new machinery configuration, which saves energy. I think this is significant that the M/S Viking Grace has basically eliminated a good percentage of emissions. I believe the cruise industry, from both luxury liners to cruise ferries, has a considerable amount of work to do to become more environmentally friendly. The use of LNG to power a ship is important for other ferries and cruise lines to look at for the future. Cruise vacations are popular worldwide and saving the sea for future generations is incredibly important. Even though this is just one ship that sails in the Baltic Sea, I think the M/S Viking Grace can have a large positive impact on the region.
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Digital Alchemy Honored with Silver Adrian Award for iNeed™ Mobile Concierge - 0 views

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  • iNeed is part of Digital Alchemy's Mobile Life™ platform of Cloud-based mobile suite designed to meet guest service and hotel marketing needs. The guest-facing mobile site makes it easy for guests to digitally submit service requests for common needs, such as housekeeping, room service, valet and maintenance.
  • Since iNeed resides in the Cloud versus a mobile app, it does not require a download, making it very different from other guest request solutions on the market.
  • its integration with hotel property management systems for quick access to guest profile information and the ability to tailor marketing messages.
  • alibaba0512 on 16 Feb 13
     
    The latest CRM system is not Mobile APP but a cloud service. Customer only need to log on line and can reach customized system. They can reach for all kinds of service that is connected to property management system. It can not only increase the satisfaction but also utilize the property system.  
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IHG Takes Meetings Online with Passkey's GroupMAX Technology | hospitalityupgrade.com - 0 views

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  • developed by U.S.-based Passkey, allows hotels, event planners and attendees to fully automate their group reservations process, offering more convenience, greater economic value and a more streamlined meetings process for all parties.
  • GroupMAX is designed for use by any standard Web browser or smartphone.
  • Online hotel booking:
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  • Live event tracking:
  • Automated room lists:
  • Increased pickup:
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  • yuzhu li on 30 Oct 12
     
    IHG is a key user of PASSKEY, a cloud based platform as one of the travel industry's de-facto standard hotel booking technologies for meetings and events. And the GroupMAX hosted entirely on line and provided a seamless way for MICE to book their hotel rooms more efficient and convenient process. The 23 IHG properties in Asian-pacific deploying GourpMAX will be equipped with a suite of tools that insure peace-of-mind and higher levels of service for clients, like online booking, live event tracking, automated room lists, etc.  In my opinion, the Group customers playing an important role day by day, as a trend, hotels cann't have the great advantage by only provide a meeting space but more software combined. 
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Homework Help: Maths, Physics, Chemistry | Online Tutoring: English, Science, Statistic... - 2 views

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  • Long Term Financing in Hospitality Industry
  • Renovations, upgrading and expansions are done through long term financing in hospitality.
  • Long term financing in hospitality industry gives a lot of investment potentials.
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  • Business plans in hospitality succeeds with expertise, experience and cost effective plans.
  • Qike Chu on 18 Oct 12
     
    Long term financing in hospitality is often done for a period of more than one year. Such financing will have good impacts on hospitality industry like renewing its equipments and meeting operating costs with smooth cash flow. Therefore it is a cost-effective way to help hotels during their tough times in accounting and cash problems. Like we learned in accounting and financing classes, ratio analysis is the best  method to analyze finance in a hotel, which compares the current ratio with the past in order to make feasible investments in the future. What's more, long term financing in hotel industry gives lots of investment potentials. For example, by investing new sectors in F&B as well as accommodation, the job opportunity has also been increased. Besides the investments in hotels, hospitality investment also includes in airlines, cruise lines and tourism bureaus which can also bring profits. So long term financing help hospitality industry make a successful goal with experience and cost effective strategic plan in order to attract more and more tourists as well as guests.
  • Michael Anthony on 19 Oct 12
     
    I didn't agree with the pricing method of examining the past and the prices. What for? Prices, consumers wants and needs along with products constantly change. It's an unpredictable market at times. So examining the history would be a waste of time, the only thing you could possibly get from this would be to see how much your costs have gone up in recent years and plain your profit margins accordingly. But you can do this with out having to manage your previous records and histroy. You could just look at any expense report and go from there
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Royal Caribbean Guests Cruising in Style with Enhanced Technology Solutions from CA - 0 views

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  • "Our investment in technology has increased dramatically. Thanks to CA Technologies Business Service Innovation approach, we have transitioned our focus from maintaining IT systems to delivering new, innovative guest services with speed and agility."
  • "CA Technologies has enabled us to transform our IT organization and address the high expectations guests have as a result of the trend towards consumerization of IT,"
  • Yookyung Kim on 27 Oct 12
     
    Guests on 35 Royal Caribbean Cruise ships will now have an enhanced technology experience thanks to integrated and automated IT management solutions from CA Technologies. The goal of the new solutions is to give Royal Caribbean a competitive advantage through enhanced services for its guests. Now that Royal Caribbean can manage an increasingly complex IT environment with as few resources as possible, they may seek out new technologies to improve their guests' experience. The cruise ship line is using a variety of solutions from CA, including application performance management, infrastructure management, automation and project and portfolio management. They play a vital role in helping Royal Caribbean Cruise management in an efficient and effective manner.
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HNN - Hoteliers adjust to new accounting guidelines - 0 views

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  • One goal of the new guidelines was to recognize the increasing globalization of the hotel industry, Temling said.   “Many of the changes are reflective of what’s happening in the world in our industry,” he said. “Chains based in the (United States) have generally adopted the guidelines; that’s not the problem. But we also hope chains domiciled outside this country will accept the changes outlined in the book.”   Some of the changes are small, but symbolic, Temling said. In previous editions of the book, accounting for some employee benefits reflected terminologies used by U.S. companies.   “Up through the 10th edition, we called it FICA or social security for employees’ benefits,” Temling said. “This time around we call it social benefit contribution, which is more universally acceptable.”   Large hotel companies might have more difficulty adopting the new guidelines than will smaller ones, said Michelle Russo, founder and CEO of Hotel Asset Value Enhancement, a hotel asset management and real estate advisory company. She is a member of the financial committee that created the latest edition.   “It’s actually harder for larger operators because they often have many divisions,” she said. Examples she cited affect reporting of telecommunications, labor and segmentation data.   “We created a new (information technology) department, and in a large company that is worldwide that operates on multiple accounting platforms, the mapping process is massive,” she said, adding that some companies have decided to defer adopting the new IT department guideline until 2016.   The new guidelines created more detail in labor cost reporting, which is important for ownership but a daunting task for management, Russo said.   “Previously, the rooms department (category) had one line called ‘Labor’ and 43 lines called other things, and that included printing, stationary, stamps and other stuff,” she said. “While labor is 60% of that department, previously there was no breakdown of housekeeping labor versus front office, etc.”  
  • brittsengl on 25 Sep 16
     
    This article explains the changes and increasing globalization in the world and hotel industry. It explains the new guidelines and the procedures large and small hotels take.
  • brittsengl on 25 Sep 16
     
    This article explains the changes and increasing globalization in the world and hotel industry. It explains the new guidelines and the procedures large and small hotels take.
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The Best POS Systems of 2017 | Top Ten Reviews - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 31 Jan 17 - No Cached
  • Credit card processing is usually the biggest ongoing expense for a small business owner, and because of this, we scrutinized and compared processing rates as well.
  • anonymous on 31 Jan 17
     
    Point of sales systems are a business main tool for processing transactions. There are so many different software that business are using around the world. In the top ten reviews of 2017 some of the best POS systems will include new software updates. These system updates will be easy to set up and wont cost the business a fortune. The POS system in this years line up will be all formatted to suit a general retail business. With the exception that some businesses have specialized POS solutions for example restaurants POS systems have options to manage tables and deliver complicated orders to the back of house. Then you have retail systems that are equipped with the tools to help owners keep up with inventory. It's not easy ranking the best POS systems they are all compared by their choice of credit card processors since finding credit processors is the most difficult thing a business owner will make.
  • acarter001 on 03 Feb 17
     
    POS systems are very individualized and the businesses need to be careful to select the best one for their needs. It is such a large investment that making the wrong choice could have big consequences. It is best to choose the one with the most features for reporting, user support, and ease of use/programming.

How Much Should a Restaurant POS System Cost? - 0 views

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Checking Back in With iPhone Hotels | Cult of Mac - 0 views

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shared by Craig S. Wright on 19 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • The California hotel offered guests loaner iPhones or iPod Touch devices to order room service, set wake up calls, request dry cleaning, extra blankets or replace forgotten toothbrushes, check messages or set “Do Not Disturb” notices plus shopping, eating and cavorting info.
  • Hotels love it because of the data that we collect and report to them and how it continually helps improve service and know what their guests want
  • control their experience at their own pace
  • Craig S. Wright on 19 Feb 12
     
    Interactive apps are more effective than tradional ones, because they allow guest's to be more informed. This Hotel Evolution app is also a point of sale, as guests can order things with ease of a touch. Apps like this enhance guest expereinces and drive sales, ultimately increasing the bottom line!!
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Hotel H2O selects Amadeus Property Management System - 1 views

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shared by olaya5 on 17 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Amadeus is the chosen technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry. The company provides distribution and technology solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car rental companies, railway companies, ferry lines, cruise lines, insurance companies and tour operators), travel sellers (travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and travellers).
  • Implementing the Amadeus PMS is Courtesy Point Technologies, Inc., a local partner that specialises in providing IT solutions and services to the growing leisure industry.
  • operates under a transaction-based business model that offers IT solutions to virtually all players in the travel industry. The Amadeus system processed more than 670 million billable travel transactions in 2009.
  • Te Gu on 17 Feb 12
     
    In the highly competitive hospitality industry, it is the intangibles that encourage guests to spend more, provide positive feedback and return to the property in the future. The most powerful of these intangibles is service. No amount of hiring, training or incentives can ensure top-notch service if employees don't have appropriate systems providing information at their fingertips. In addition, as properties incorporate more services and amenities, the need to integrate these functions becomes increasingly challenging - and important. Here more and more hotels use the PMS, Property Management System. As we know, the PMS also has the function that developed to administer a seamless process in the management of a hotel's room inventory and audit, customer relations, as well as invoicing and billing, the Amadeus PMS features inter-hotel communication capability for hotel chains and an email confirmation facility. We compare PMS to the other system webrezpro. We find that the PMS is more and more comprehensive now. The functions of PMS are useful and improve day by day. Another important thing is that PMS links to GDS technology, which means PMS should collect the data more and more effective and quick. From the GDS system, the materials that GDS provides are in details which are very useful for PMS to deal with and save the time for hotel. From the view of manager, it means more gross profit for hotel.
  • olaya5 on 13 Feb 13
     
    This article talks about Hotel H2O and Amadeus, they have come together in order to operate the Amadeus Property Management System. This system was developed to manage the inventory of room and audit of a hotel, as well as customer relations, invoicing and billing. The General Manager of the Hotel H2O mentions "We have conducted an extensive survey of the various hotel property management systems available in the market and have come to the conclusion that the Amadeus Property Management System (PMS) best meets Hotel H2O's requirements. With the growing sophistication and demands of hotel guests, the Amadeus PMS will enable us to properly cater to our guests' needs and provide them with the unique experience that only Hotel H2O can offer". Amadeus is the system that global travel and tourism industry chose to partner transactions processor. The company delivers distribution and technology solutions to assist its customers in the fast changing industry.
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Green Hotels - Marketing and Profitability Advantages of Environmentally Friendly Pract... - 1 views

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  • Yanique Coach on 13 Mar 12
     
    Hotels and restaurants that have gone green, try to analyze how to effectively market the facet of their operation or how to market themselves going green. Some factors they would have to acknowledge about going green are how the practices can affect them and also where these supplies come from. Hotels can follow concepts of restaurant that focus on supply chain and local sourcing which might be an effective way of communicating environmental priorities. Front line employees are the best way to start with convincing customers that the establishment is committed  to being green.
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Disney, Biometrics and the Department of Defense - 0 views

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  • The Department of Defense (DOD) has been interested in Disney Amusement Parks for decades. Known as Operation Mickey Mouse, the DOD has been studying Disney’s use of technology and coercion techniques. The DOD has also been working in conjunction with Disney to collect information on Beta testing operations that the popular theme park uses on their customers.
  • Through the Freedom of Information Act, the Disney Corporation hands over to the DOD all data on their customers. The DOD has an overabundance of information on the general public going back decades thanks to their relationship with Disney. After the DOD analyses and profiles their data from Disney, it is ready to be used to the US government for whatever purposes they deem fit.
  • The small cities Disney has created through their compound, although seemingly harmless, can harness quite a bit of private information on unsuspecting customers. All movements of patrons are tracked and traced through a myriad of cameras strategically placed throughout the theme parks.
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  • Photos, regardless of whether or not they are sold to passengers, are entered into a data base for future use. Because the photographs are legally property of Disney, they can be used at the corporation’s discretion
  • Gerardo Collado on 26 Jun 12
     
    The arising topic of biometrics in the class in combination with Disney Amusements Parks has lead me to further explore details regards the topic. Disney is the first theme park using biometrics for their operations, prior to entrance in the Disney Parks; a digital fingertip is copied of the pointer finger of their customers. The justification for Disney implementation of the biometrics is in order to reduce or eliminate fraudulent and ticketing crimes. The Department of Defense (DOD) is working in cohesion with Disney in a focus to collect information, through the Freedom of Information Act, after Disney provides the excessive quality and quality of information to the DOD, which is after property of the United States' government able to use the information in their discretion. As well, Disney has implemented facial recognition technology in their cruise lines and private island, Casteway Cay, which is tied to a digital voucher card in the event that the customer would like to purchase photographs of their vacation, with or without permission the pictures are property of Disney.
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Hampton Inn and Hilton Properties Adapting Ozone Laundry - By Chris Lewis :: Hospitalit... - 4 views

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  • Ozone systems are one of the most proven technologies offering a sustainable alternative to traditional sanitation and cleaning in green hotels.
  • These systems reduce energy consumption, water usage and virtually eliminate the reliance on harsh chemical additives and detergents that can potentially shorten the lifespan of expensive linen products
  • Providence Hampton Inn and Suites had a total combined cost savings of 25% on the new Ozone Laundry system when compared to their original laundry protocol.
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  • Ozone systems allow for an unprecedented opportunity for cost savings on the property level while also contributing greatly to the reduction in carbon emissions and utility usage
  • dawn davis on 27 Aug 12
     
    This article highlights 2 properties that were part of a study to show the benefits of installing an Ozone laundry system. An Ozone laundry system is one way a hotel can reduce its carbon footprint by reducing the amount of hot water used verses traditional laundry systems which in turn will reduce utility costs. These systems also reduce the amount of chemicals used and claim to extend the life of fabric. This system installed at a Hampton Inn in Rhode Island and as a result they were able to reduce their carbon footprint by 70,000 lbs and they also received a 79% return on investment in the first year! This article demonstrates how much of an impact a change can make on the environment and the bottom line.
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Hotel Room Rates Undergo Closer Inspection by Corporate Buyers - 4 views

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  • Corporate buyers will be able to gain greater control over hotel room rate negotiations and compliance with the inclusion of intelligent rate parameter data in their benchmarking reports. RateTiger’s introduction of rate filtering technology to its award winning rate data product, RTCorp, will provide direct hotel pricing comparisons in line with hotel product type.
  • Corporate buyers will be able to gain greater control over hotel room rate negotiations and compliance with the inclusion of intelligent rate parameter data in their benchmarking reports. RateTiger’s introduction of rate filtering technology to its award winning rate data product, RTCorp, will provide direct hotel pricing comparisons in line with hotel product type.
  • orporate buyers will have the business intelligence to match travel expenditure to their budgets and give travelers greater flexibility of hotel choice based on Best Available Rates (BAR).
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  • Corporate buyers will have the business intelligence to match travel expenditure to their budgets and give travelers greater flexibility of hotel choice based on Best Available Rates (BAR)
  • “Corporate travelers are noticing fluctuations in Best Available Rates (BAR) online and need to compare these public prices to their negotiated contracts to ensure they are getting the best deal
  • “Buyers need to shop rates that are comparable to their purchases, by setting simple filters that identify room types and meal plans, etc therefore making more accurate price comparisons. Crucially all filters are shopped regardless of the specific view defined. This allows the user to change the parameters after the shop without the need to shop again, making more detailed data available faster.”
  • Jenan Williams on 09 Sep 12
     
    As technology continues to advance, companies are looking into what works well for what kinda consumer. RateTiger is targeting corporate consumers, who want to be in control of room rates and have the ability to negotiate better deal based on services provided. RTC uses RPS, rate parameter shopping that searches thru hundreds of travel sites, hotel brand sites and GDS offeres corporate buyers, OTA's and travel companies the opportunities to build a rate around the best room rate for the perks and services, in comparison to what the public pays.
  • Nelson Placa on 09 Sep 12
     
    Excellent Article!...While corporate travelers are noticing fluctuations in "Best Available Rates (BAR)" I can only imagine that hotel owners and stakeholders are seeing a decrease of revenue caused by the ADR (Average Daily Rate). During the recession hotels had to re-shape their thinking and lower Corporate Room Rates to stay afloat; these changes caused the ADR to be lower than usual. As the economy improved, it has been harder for companies to re-negotiate corporate rates in an attempt to increase the ADR and profits for owners/stakeholders. http://www.bcdtravel.com/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaadsveg
  • Manali Rabari on 14 Sep 12
     
    This technology will provide business travelers the ability to compare hotel prices based on the type of rooms. This will help the customer in customizing their own needs during travel, while being price savvy. The traveler also has the ability to have default settings that will meet their own room specifications.
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GDS Overview | Hospitality Distribution Experts - 0 views

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  • The Global Distribution Systems (GDS) have long been the main tool for travel agents bookings in the world.
  • The GDS systems are a huge network of thousands of computers set up originally by companies like Sabre, WorldSpan. Amadeus, Galileo and Pegasus. They provided Computer-based Reservations services (CRS) to all travel agents long before the Internet.
  • To avoid delays and errors, many large hotels with  their technology providers now integrate the GDS information with their own reservations and property management solutions.
  • Qianlin Wang on 11 Sep 12
     
    Nowadays global distribution systems interconnect almost everything within the hospitality industry, from hotels to car rental companies and travel agencies. There are four major GDS available: Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and WorldSpan. Some of the advantages provided by GDS are their availability (99,9% of the time), their response times (up to a fraction of a second), their multiple booking capability, as well as their top of the line architecture. On any given day, a GDS will be capable of accessing over 50000 hotels and approximately 1000 airlines. Through GDS systems, people are able to book various hotel rooms, tours, airline seats, cruises and even limousines.
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eCommerce Strategy for 2012: Top Five Trends You Should be Acting on! |GrooveCommerce.com - 0 views

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shared by yuzhu li on 12 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Dynamic Site Experience
  • eCommerce websites have the ability to collect and store behavioral data on user sessions.
  • put any emphasis on the customers in the middle of that sales funnel
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  • Social Integration
  • social media pendulum swing
  • to integrate social media into your ecommerce website in order to offer a social shopping experience
  • convert your fans into loyal customers and impact your bottom line.
  • Mobile Shopping Tablet Shopping
  • Customers are more likely to convert on a tablet than any other device (3% for PC shoppers vs. 4 or 5% for tablet shoppers according to Forrester).
  •  Product Experience
  • An important ecommerce strategy is to optimize product imagery by either leaning on manufacturers to provide better, more consistent product images or to hire professionals to photograph all products.
  • visualize the product
  • Site Search
  • mind-blowing statistics around site search that prove it’s importance to ecommerce conversion.
  • yuzhu li on 12 Sep 12
     
    Social integration and tablet shopping is quite new. I understand what the author's point that a lot of shops just left a twitter sign or face book sign on the page, but that is not enough. If the shop brought a fabulous dynamic site experience to me, I definitely would share with my friends. And these shops need to focus on the potential customers by reading them. For tablet shopping, I personally love it because it is easy and convenient to shop, and I can get a lot of information from it quickly. Most important is it is portable, I can check it anywhere, any time.
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Rak signs with Travelport : TTR Weekly - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 14 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Travelport confirmed that the deal formed part of its ongoing strategy to offer the broadest range of airline content through its GDS channel to its travel agency customers worldwide.
  • “It very much forms part of our strategy to work with the country’s national carriers to maximise growth in this important travel region.”
  • “The deal will enable RAK Airways to widen its distribution base considerably,
  • anonymous on 14 Sep 12
     
    RAK Airways of the United Arab Emirates Travelport, service provider has just announced their GDS partnership. RAK Airways inventory and fares will now be available to Galileo and Worldspan connected users. I personally am shocked by the fact there are still some air lines that are not part of a GDS. I think that this new agreement will increase RAKS presence in the rest of the world and help them expand to other regions. 
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POS: Emerging Technologies | HotelierMiddleEast.com - 3 views

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  • increase revenue
  • New technologies can only enhance these qualities, so suppliers are quick to incorporate new technologies into their POS systems as soon as they emerge in a bid to stay ahead of the competition.
  • shifting towards empowering the customer through iPad-based interactive systems and kiosk-based self-service systems
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  • More importantly, a good POS system is capable of improving the efficiency of the F&B operation and increasing the productivity of employees.
  • A good POS system should let you focus on your customers, not your POS system,
  • Theodore Moore on 14 Sep 12
     
    This article discusses how new demand of customers within the hospitality industry is driving current point of sale systems such as micros to re-term their systems to focus more on customers. It includes several factors that are potentially driving POS systems to be revolutionized. The possibility of POS systems becoming more "from the palm of your hand" is growing each day as more POS systems are converging with wireless devices. As other outside factors influence hoteliers to emerge and update their POS systems, the development and progress of having the most profitable POS systems requires close examination of what works best for each company. One example the article touched on was the change from regular cashier systems to IPad based interactive systems and interactive kiosks. In addition, the enhancements of POS systems overall seem to be increasing F&B profit-a section of the financial statement that was historically less profitable. As with all technology, It is best to refrain from making a large capital investment into emerging systems, starting slow and monitoring how the bottom line is increasing and specific areas such as Room revenue or F&B revenue is the ideal choice.
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  • Theodore Moore on 14 Sep 12
     
    *This article has 3 pages* Once you scroll to the bottom you select 2,3, and 4
  • Jenan Williams on 14 Sep 12
     
    Such a great article I forwarded it to my client. Working in the corporate food service industry, my location lacks the technology of a POS system. Yes, we still use a Sharp cash regristar which makes sales tracking nearly impossible. The potential to drive sales with the use of a POS system and other technologies that continue to develop would be of great benefit. A POS system that tracked, sales, comps, discount, high and low seller would be great from the management side but a cashless system or a intergrated CC machine would increase speed of service thus satisfying the customer.
  • Nelson Placa on 16 Sep 12
     
    Excellent Article! POS systems are becoming more user friendly than before. The systems allow companies to track revenue and inventory at the same time. The Walt Disney World Resort tested a POS system that allowed hotel guests to simply flash their room key and the charges would go directly into the POS system then PMS. Hotels have added POS systems to spas, recreation locations and retail stores...(http://www.restaurant.org/nra_news_blog/2012/04/pos-systems-must-accommodate-new-secure-payment-technology.cfm).
  • Gaby Belardo on 16 Sep 12
     
    Theodore your article proves a great point on the benefits of POS technology. Having a POS system adds more value that will cover its initial cost. Handles greater product volumes. Makes complex business logic possible. Provides more management possibilities of your daily operations such as sales tracking, refunds, time clocks, menus, pricing, revenue maximization, etc.Provides advanced functionalities such as reservation and table management for restaurants, hotels, bars, and any business in the food service industry. Realizes enhanced savings with greater efficiency. Delivers better workflow for staff. Improves customer service and increases customer through-put. Easily manage large numbers of customers and groups. Allows restaurant businesses to combine multiple services into a single invoice (hotel room, meals, events, services). Graphical management of store assets such as table, rooms, bar, etc. Delivers superior reporting and analysis features. Streamlines inventory management. Back Office integration. The purpose of POS system is to accommodate your employees and your customers. If you have happy employees this results in customers having a smile. You have to spend money (POS SYSTEM) in order to make money.
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TripAdvisor CEO discusses fake reviews, Google#.Txg1IKe1ZQ8.diigo - 0 views

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  • Wei Ding on 19 Jan 12
     
    Nowadays, TripAdvisor play an important role in tourism industry. Most of people will review TripAdvisor ranking and then make their own holiday arrangements. On-line user review rankings are important in contemporary society. As the TripAdvisor president said, trip advisor is a honest person's opinion. TripAdvisor website plays the role of trusted intermediary for the independent traveler. However, some hoteliers concern about their personal reputation. I read another article that hotel owner Duncan Bannatyne complains the consumer resource is bad for business. For example, if a hotel was reported for bad bug exist, this definitely is a fatal effect on hotel reputation even this hotel already take proper action to kill all bad bugs. On the other hand, as TripAdvisor CEO stated, "Ninety-eight percent of our audience when we surveyed 'Do you trust the reviews,' the answer was 'yes' because they read the reviews, they go and they stay and it matched expectations. The system works." TripAdvisor also take '"most of hoteliers" concern into their consideration, they have a decade of expertise at catching people who are try to spam their system.
  • Mirta Echazabal on 20 Jan 12
     
    From my experience in the industry. I know how much people really depend on trip advisory to help them decide on where to stay when they choose the destination they will be traveling. But I have heard stories on how the Owner of the hotel I used to work for would write on trip advisor amazing comments of the hotel to bring more crowd in and then he would invite his friends to write in trip advisor as well. This makes me question how real are all these comments posted in trip advisor. If you think about it, anyone can make up a profile and fill out a comment about a specific hotel. What makes us so sure about this website overall?
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Contributing to a hotel's bottom line in 2012 as a revenue management specialist - 1 views

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  • Jennifer Beatriz Hernandez on 15 Jan 12
     
    For the hotel industry, Revenue Management is able to steer the overall revenue activity reporting efficiently on For the hotel industry, Revenue Management is able to steer the overall revenue activity reporting efficiently on all segments and channels at the hotel level. Complicated pricing situations within each market and the variations from day to day have made Revenue Management rely heavily on the assistance from systems to price correctly. I can see this every single day as I work for the Sales department of a hotel in South Beach and our prices have been fluctuating tremendously in the past few months. This article covers: - The evolution of analytics for hotels - Expertise in the industry - How hotels deal with the uncertainty - How crucial these IT systems are going to be in 2012
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