Corporate meetings and events are on the rebound after the recession, but many
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Tech-Laden Hotels Call for Modern Disaster Plans - 0 views
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I found an old article on Physical Plant and preparation for Y2K! The claimed that high tech hotels needed to check their flash light batteries, first floor grounding of elevators, back up generators and fuel tanks. Besides the fact that this is written for doomsday Y2K they have a valid point to have a disaster plan if an earthquake, hurricane or any disaster takes the hotel off line. Loss of power is a real threat especially in hurricane Miami. We need to know that data will be backed up, rooms can be accessed, and that people will not remain stuck in an elevator. Please read below With hotel systems growing ever-more tech-dependent, disaster planning extends well beyond protecting data. Proaction Better Than Reaction Computer Systems Demand Special Attention Just outside California's state capital, the Sheraton Sacramento Rancho Cordova Hotel is a magnet for business travelers in the high-tech and government sectors.
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High-tech meetings: Hot tools for planning corporate events | ZDNet - 0 views
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the online share of gross travel bookings for corporate meetings is anticipated to hit the 50 percent mark this year.
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Technology eases the event registration process, from room allocation to booking guests and handling online payments.
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Companies can save money and increase attendance with virtual meetings. It’s also possible to include participants who might have otherwise not been able to attend a meeting due to budgetary concerns or travel conflicts.
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There are even tools to help companies ensure that all details such as attendee seating and room arrangements are handled before the event begins.
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Commentary - Corporate meetings and events are on the rebound after the recession, but many organizations are also rethinking how technology can help them plan a more budget-friendly and productive business meeting.
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Since corporate meetings and events have been suffered recession for quit a while, new they are facing a revolution of high-tech event planing to be more cost saving and more productive. This article mainly introduces those tochnology tools like database tools, attendee registration tools, video/web conferencing tools and even room diagramming tools for event and meeting planing oever the Internet.
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Airline passengers face chaos across US as flight plan system fails - 0 views
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November 19th 2009, Planes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport in Atlanta, Georgia experienced numerous of delays. Airlines were cancelling and delaying flights all over the United States, due to problems with the airline system. The system that collects airlines flight plans was experiencing technical difficulty. During the time of the problem, safety in the air wasn't the issue; planes were still flying. Various airlines resorted back to manually processing flight plan. The biggest issue that the airport, and other airlines faced during this time; was the fact that so many flights were being delayed. I can only imagine the agony to plan and arrange flights manually. One of the most important factor, is that everyone safety wasn't threatened by the system problems.
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This article addresses the lack of technology being used in the event planning industry. In this article there is a company and women featured who saw the lack and the need for technology in the industry and took the initiative to take charge and began something called planner tech. Basically these are events all over the country to show local event planners how they can benefit from technology. I thought this was so innovative and interesting. It is nice for people who see a gap in our world and they can locate it and show this lack of tech to other people and help them use it to their advantage
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This article indicates benefits of events planner to use internet technologies to search event place. Technologies makes process of event planning more efficient and increases communication. The social media and internet application is very important for event planners. People can find proper ervent package for their requirement For instance, PlannerTech will showcase presentations from a selected group of Internet technology companies catering to the event industry, including Event Leadership Institute, Event Farm, Hashable, IML, and ShareSquare. The showcase will be followed by a networking event, where event planners will be able to socialize with peers as well as learn more from the company representatives. Attendees will be able to get their pictures taken at the TwitPic Photo Booth as well.
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Why Investing in Hospitality Technology is Investing in Good Business - 1 views
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In consideration of how investment in hospitality technology can support business growth, rather than being an added cost, or unnecessary financial burden, to a hotel – it is important to look at what operational efficiencies the technology can bring, including any improvements in staff activities and morale that can be delivered and how the technology will ultimately benefit the hotels revenue performance.
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In consideration of how investment in hospitality technology can support business growth, rather than being an added cost, or unnecessary financial burden, to a hotel – it is important to look at what operational efficiencies the technology can bring, including any improvements in staff activities and morale that can be delivered and how the technology will ultimately benefit the hotels revenue performance.
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Those hotel groups that fail to recognize the speed of change in technology and what this can bring to the business will find themselves significantly under prepared when the market starts to strengthen. While “its never too late” to act – there is a significant opportunity cost in doing nothing or worse still, cutting technology out of the day to day operations. For a hotel to effectively operate and ensure it is maximizing its incoming revenue, the right technologies needs to be in place. Through investing in the right technology at the right time, savvy hoteliers will be ensuring that their facility(s) are able to effectively maximize their ongoing revenue capability now and into the future.
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Equally as important, when considering whether to invest in new technology within the hospitality sector, is the need to recognize that technology is constantly changing and improving. Decision time frames are shortening. International hoteliers that have a good view on the future, realize that the technology decision they make today will only be relevant for the next 3-5 years at the most and are already planning next generation migrations.
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In consideration of how investment in hospitality technology can support business growth, rather than being an added cost, or unnecessary financial burden, to a hotel – it is important to look at what operational efficiencies the technology can bring, including any improvements in staff activities and morale that can be delivered and how the technology will ultimately benefit the hotels revenue performance.
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Whilst many international hotel organisations have used the economic downturn to adequately plan for the future through improved levels of technology and staff investment, many others are not heeding the warning signs and are instead shedding costs wherever possible – which can lead to disastrous consequences.
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Importantly, hoteliers also need to realize that the hospitality industry is constantly changing and a lack of up-to-date technology and older strategies will not always be applicable to new, unique situations.
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Whilst many international hotel organisations have used the economic downturn to adequately plan for the future through improved levels of technology and staff investme
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IDeaS experience in many regions to date is that there are many technology vendors in hospitality that fail to acknowledge the above reality.
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There are many technologies that tick all of the above boxes, including: Energy Management Systems Revenue Management Systems Property Management Systems In-Room Technology Sophisticated Telco Systems
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With the increase in the number of hotel, the technology in hospitality is more and more important. It is a good investment in this field. Because many of the facilities in hotel need the help of technology. Such as the energy management systems, revenue management systems, property management systems , In-room technology. To invest these technologies, it can increase the management level and increase the competition.
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As the wider hospitality industry continues to face a slow recovery, savvy hotel owners and managers should be looking inwards during this time with a view to ensuring that the technology they use to help run their facilities are best suited for the roles they have to perform.
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In this weeks reading, the article, "Why Investing in Hospitality Technology is Investing in Good Business", mentions how due to the economic downturn hotels have turn to cutting technology and staff levels as a method to minimize costs, yet this is a recipe for disaster, if not conducted adequately. Technology is continuously evolving, it is important to make decisions regards IT investment that will be useful in the coming 3-5 years. Technological infrastructures should operate to facilitate a process or procedure for the overall benefit of the hotel, rather than take a day-by-day approach. In an ever-demanding industry, it is critical for hoteliers to be adequately prepared with automated systems, reducing if not eliminating important manually conducted tasks which are damaging the operations of the hotel due to the lack of real time information which will help revenue maximization. In moments of recessions, companies minimize their cost reducing what is foreseen as unnecessary such as IT investment, yet is important to maintain a level of preparation and not losing the opportunities presented by the market.
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This article mainly talk about the benefit of investing in Hospitality Technology to hotel business.The author emphasizes the importance of looking at what operational effciencies the technology can bring ,including any improvements in staff activities and morale that can be delivered and how the technology will ultimately benefit the hotel revenue performance. We can conclude from the passage that in order to keep competitive in the hospitality industry, the managers should be aware of the dynamic market and technology changing and update the techonlogy in an efficient way.
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The hospitality industry is developing faster and faster. The hoteliers should be with a view to ensuring that the technology they use to help run their facilities and best suited for the roles. They lead to a rapid economic recovery but they also need improve their marketing. The hospitality organizations have taken the time to update or invest in the right technology and training. In consideration of how investment in hospitality technology can support business growth, It is important to look at what operational efficiencies the technology can bring. As the hotel industry continues to move towards a more dynamic and inter-connected environment it is vital that the correct technology infrastructure is in place to meet this challenge. The revenue management technology itself can be maximized by educating staff in the most effective ways to use it. The hotel groups should recognize the speed of change in technology. And they will be ensuring that their facilities are able to effectively maximize their ongoing revenue capability.
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As hospitality industry is now under recovery, many owners and managers are preparing using technology to help them run the facilities. Nowadays, there is a big requirement for investing the right technology and training to operate business in the market of 2010, 2011 later. Actually, hospitality technology investment can bring operational efficiencies instead of added cost to a hotel. Then the author takes revenue management technology as an example and points that a seamless flow of process of technology is a trend. All in all, in order for a hotel to adapt to the future trend, the right technology needs to be equipped.
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with the increase in the number of hotel, the technology in hospitality is more and more important. It is a good investment in this field. Because many of the facilities in hotel need the help of technology. Such as the energy management systems, revenue management systems, property management systems , In-room technology. To invest these technologies, it can increase the management level and increase the competition.
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This article is explaining why investing in hospitality technology is a good idea. Market changes from year to year, therefore it is important to know what the technology operations can offer to the business. It is vital to know how efficient it is in the workplace, and in what ways in can help the staff. The interest cost of having all this money invested should benefit the hotels revenue activity. Especially in hotels, there has to be a strict decision making, because of how technology is advancing so fast and how efficient the technology will be for the hotel. The correct technology is a challenge. Training the staff with the system is also a test because how fast can they learn and be connected to the operations. It is crucial that hotels manage systematically all information with the technology; instead of having the staffs do all the work by hand. Hotels need to invest in the correct technology so that they can collect their ideal revenue-for the future of the business and to ease the work flow inside the hospitality industry.
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"Equally as important, when considering whether to invest in new technology within the hospitality sector, is the need to recognize that technology is constantly changing and improving. Decision time frames are shortening. International hoteliers that have a good view on the future, realize that the technology decision they make today will only be relevant for the next 3-5 years at the most and are already planning next generation migrations. There is an onus on the vendors to also re-invent themselves and re-invent their technologie"
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Hotel owners and managers are putting eyes on technology in the hospitality industry slow recovery period. All pundits agree this method can bring some recovery. The international hotel organizations have made many plans of improving investment in technology and staff. Progressive hospitality organizations have updated and invested in new technology and training, change the industry requirements and market. Before investment, the most important is to look at what operational efficiencies the technology can bring and how the technology will benefit the hotels. There are many technologies are good choices for investment, such as Revenue Management Systems. This technology is efficient and can help hotels track historic data, forecast future demand and so on. We also need to technology is changing all the time. So this is a big challenge of managers to make decisions for a long development. We also need to realize that the hospitality industry is changing, strategies will not always be applicable to new, unique situations. It is important for hotels to increase advantages in the competition.
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Those hotel groups that fail to recognize the speed of change in technology and what this can bring to the business will find themselves significantly under prepared when the market starts to strengthen. While "its never too late" to act - there is a significant opportunity cost in doing nothing or worse still, cutting technology out of the day to day operations. For a hotel to effectively operate and ensure it is maximizing its incoming revenue, the right technologies needs to be in place. Through investing in the right technology at the right time, savvy hoteliers will be ensuring that their facility(s) are able to effectively maximize their ongoing revenue capability now and into the future.
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StarwoodMeetings.com is a new simple website that can provide all the useful information about the meeting planning in Starwood hotels. This website can give the planners full property details such as the hotel feature, integrated maps, photos and floor plans, on-site meeting service, and meeting management tools for event planners to plan their events easier. A compare view tool which provided by this website can helps planners to compare hotels and their special offers. This new site also includes information on signature services like Starwood Preferred Planner and On-site Specialty Event. The Starwood hotel listens to customers' feedback and tries to provide all the useful information which needed by the event planners throughout the planning cycle. What's more, planners can get special offer which available at more than 350 Starwood properties in North and South America when they book event through this website. In order to encourage planner to book meeting on this new web, hotel provide bonus for those planners. Those bonuses include a welcome reception, percent off master-billed rooms, or complimentary room upgrades.
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This is a great tool for event planners and a very smart move on Starwood's part. By giving the event planners access to this software they avoid unnecessary phone calls asking basic questions and save valuable time that could be used for something else. If it enhances Starwood's productivity and does not frustrate the event planners (user friendly/ user acceptance) it should become more prevalent in other hotels as well.
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Biggest meeting industry trend is increasing use of technology | ehotelier.com News Arc... - 1 views
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This article tells us some important factors in meeting planning. One of the most important ones is technology. Event and meeting planners regard meeting technology resources as one of the top five vendors they are going to seek. They author gives some data, which are very good and useful. 57.5% event and meeting planners are incorporating technology into the meetings with using "online registration", "video conferencing" is 20.4%, "social networks" is 17.7% and "blogs" has a proportion of 14.2%. Besides technology, there are other factors in the meeting planning. They are economy and sustainability. They economy results in the increasing costs that have cut into budgets for other meeting items. Sustainability lets event and meeting planners to focus on recycling such as reducing waste and decreasing on-site materials. This relies on technology as well. If the technology is good, the event and meeting planners will accomplish their goals of going green.
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The HRIS solution - Express Hospitality - 0 views
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New business intelligence technologies offer HR departments the ability to invest in Human Capital Management analytics solutions designed to yield the insights essential for making informed decisions on HR. Business intelligence allows HR departments to become a strategic asset within the organisation. It helps the HR department make key decisions around recruitment, planning, and budgeting to support the strategic goals.
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The article described how HRIS is important and useful to a company. Usually, it can help manage kinds of HR related information; it can help with hire, training and measuring. But this article also referred that it can manage the money spent on benefit plans. Today's CEO need to know how much the HR can contribute to the shareholder.So future of HR analysis has to be linked to other key performance indicators such as revenue and profitability and investing in new HRIS software is need of the hour.
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FAA will review security and plans after big Chicago air travel problems - The Washingt... - 1 views
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“I do understand the traveling public’s frustrations with flight delays and cancellations,” Michael P. Huerta, the FAA administrator, said in a speech Monday morning. “The air transportation system is vital to our economy and people rely on it to function 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I want to make sure that we have the most robust contingency plans possible.”
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This review, which will take 30 days, will encompass the way security is managed at facilities, said Huerta, who was speaking to the annual Air Traffic Control Association conference outside of Washington, D.C. It will also cover the ways air traffic control operations can be resumed “as quickly as possible,” he said.
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“This is one of the most challenging situations that air traffic controllers and other FAA employees have faced since 9/11,” Paul Rinaldi, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said in a statement. “The damage to this critical facility is unlike anything we have seen before.”
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In the wake of the recent fire that wreaked havoc on Chicago area airports this past weekend the FAA is planning to review its security measures. On Friday, an employee at a radar facility in Aurora Illinois set fire to a telecommunications room in an attempt to commit suicide. The fire caused thousands of departing and connecting flights bound for the Chicago area and around the country to be canceled and grounded. Not only were flights canceled on Friday but many continued to be canceled on Saturday and Sunday as well. Chicago's O'Hare Airport is the second busiest airport in the nation and an issue in security can disrupt not only the Chicago area but also flights around the country. It was noted that this incident was one of the most challenging situations air traffic controllers have had to work through since 9/11. Air travel is incredibly important to most Americans and a breach in security can be devastating. It is most important to keep travelers safety in mind especially when it comes to traveling by air. Although it is very important for travelers to make it to their final destination it is much more important that they get there safely and this is a topic the FAA is going to review as a result of this incident.
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I think the question to be asked is "Can we do anything at all when a crazy person is in our midst?" If he was working at the center, he must have had some sort of vetting or clearance that he had to complete for employment. Did no other employees see any signs that he was suicidal (someone ALWAYS does)? What kind of measures were being employed to secure this clearly critical piece of infrastructure? How long did it take for anyone to respond? Clearly, lots of questions need to be posed. The effects of this one fore will ripple for months to come.
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If Expedia Was Too Powerful for Hotels, Consider Booking.com's Plans - Skift - 0 views
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Fresh off its acquisitions of Buuteeq, Hotel Ninjas, and OpenTable this year, the Priceline Group is in the process of integrating Hotel Ninjas’ property management system with hotel digital marketing company Buuteeq, according to a report, Google’s Travel Plans in a Post-Atomic Era [embedded below], written by Ken Sena of Evercore. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1390432568424-0"); }); With the integration of the two cloud-based systems for hotels, the Priceline Group “has the ability to handle property management, channel and rate management, and CRM, all of key consideration to hotelier,” the Evercore report states. “In return, Priceline receives subscription revenues on some of the services provided in addition to keeping these hoteliers’ semi-tethered to its Priceline traffic channel from the standpoint of ease an efficiency, given Priceline’s leading scale as an OTA.”
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Recently, the Priceline Group has acquired Buuteeq, Hotel Ninjas and Open Table. They are looking to merge Hotel Ninjas' web based PMS with Buuteeq's digital marketing software. Integrating both of these programs would mean that Priceline would be able to offer hoteliers a well-rounded system that could keep track of customer folios and housekeeping processes through cloud based web interface. The Priceline Group has plans to integrate their two cloud-based systems for hotels. Many properties are concerned with the security that Priceline may have in place and they do not want their information getting out to competitors. While the new processes that Priceline Group is offering seem very worthwhile and efficient many properties may buy into it and ignore the security concerns. One of the main considerations of this new venture is that Hotel Ninjas is a young company and the Priceline Group does not have much experience on this end of the industry. These changes could start a fast growing trend with the way online travel agencies and properties are communicating and doing business.
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Information Security Is a Serious Problem for Hospitality and Other Industries | .TR - 1 views
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it is of the utmost importance that we constantly and actively evaluate and update security plans, strategies, and practices to keep up with threats today. Without this flexible approach, companies will be ill prepared for a security attack or threat. These attacks are becoming increasingly more effective, complicated, and damaging for companies.
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the top three obstacles blocking improved security were insufficient funding, a lack of future vision for business needs, and a lack of support and leadership from the top executives.
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Gary Loveland, another Cybersecurity lead with PWC Advisory, noted that you cannot keep up with today's threats and challenges if you are using yesterday's technology
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Bob Bragdon, publisher of CSO, noted that with today's increasing threats, all organizations including the hospitality industry must be ready with new technologies and plans that will keep an eye on their network. They must watch all applications and data for odd or anomalous activity that may point toward a security threat.
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According to the global survey, which reached over 9,600 executives, security incidents that were detected in the past year have drastically increased. At last check, the estimated percentage was 25 percent. On that note, it was seen that those who were unaware of the volume of security incidents doubled.
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Many hotel executives are beginning to increase security spending and safeguards, processes, and strategies. However, modern day foes continue to outrace the upgrades, according to the Global State of Information Security Survey 2014, as released by PWC US in conjunction with CIO and CSO magazines.
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This article talks about the difficulties surrounding information security in the hospitality industry. Many hotels are increasing their spending on this security but they are falling short of what hackers can accomplish. A survey of 9,600 hospitality executives revealed that security incidents increased by 25% in one year. It is essential for companies to renew their security policies and increase their security budgets if they want to get a handle on the threats that are out there with cloud computing and more smart phone and tablet use the technology is just waiting for hackers to have fun.
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I liked this article because of how clear it discussed the possible issues that can and have occurred in the hospitality industry with security. It mententioned strategies and plans that must be taken, along with discussing how to be prepared for new technologies.
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I liked this article because of how clear it discussed the possible issues that can and have occurred in the hospitality industry with security. It discussed strategies and plans that must be taken, along with discussing how to be prepared for new technologies.
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I liked this article because of how clear it discussed the possible issues that can and have occurred in the hospitality industry with security. It discussed strategies and plans that must be taken, along with discussing how to be prepared for new technologies.
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Security is something that must be worked on all the time. It must have funding and support of management. The threat has grown because of smart phones, tablets and cloud technology. Hackers will always try to find a way to circumvent the security so it must be updated and reviewed.
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The Ins and Outs for Travel Agents in Planning Billionaires' Honeymoons – Skift - 1 views
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Summer is wedding season. Celebrities aren't the only one spending a ton of money willing to spend on their honeymoons. Billionaires have honeymoons almost as extravagant as their wedding itself. With all that money, but tends to be complicated. Ovation Vacations have become experts at planning honeymoons for billionaires. This company is known for planning leisure travel consulting for 'ultra-high net worth' people. This team consists of 30 employees which plan nearly 200 honeymoons per year, averaging about $50,000 each trip. This results in $1 million in revenue per month. The CEO is considered to be the Olivia Pope of the travel industry. An interesting request of travelers who book with Ovation is that they like specific cuts of meat during traveling. It's very common to have meat sent from the U.S. to where ever they are vacationing. This is very interesting to me because you would expect one of the main attractions of traveling is to try new cuisines. Seems a little over the top. It gets a little more extreme -- one guest even requested an al dente pasta cooked for a certain amount of minutes. A celebrity requested dragon fruit for their "pink smoothie". This gets tricky when other countries have rules when it comes to importation. JLo wanted Ovation to pick our green M&Ms for her. In addition, another guest wanted a crate of Fiji water bottles delivered nightly. It gets even better, one guest paid $40,000 for her 5-night stay in order to have her sink filled 7 inches in order to not bend over to wash their face. Another husband spent $80,000 to have a yacht carpeted so his wife can wear her stilettos instead of being barefoot. Sometimes inevitable things happen such as natural disasters. Not a problem for Ovation. They spend $50,000 for one couple to still enjoy the beach, which had been destroyed due to weather. What they did was hire a truck to move sand from one part of the island to the other for them to enjoy a private beach. Something simple, yet
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Final Four a lesson in large-event planning | MN Spokesman-Recorder - 1 views
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The seven-course objectives include creating and implementing a volunteer management plan for the Final Four.
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An estimated 1,000-plus volunteers participated in an orientation session Sunday afternoon at Williams Arena and the Gopher football stadium.
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With Minnesota slated to host more such large-scale events in the next few years, Schull said similar classes could well be offered in the future.
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“This is much more experience-based, so their grades [nearly 70 percent] are based on training the volunteers,” the professor said.
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If [the class] wasn’t partnered with the Final Four, we would still look at similar content as far as marketing and planning events,” Instructor Dr. Vicki Schull told the MSR in her Cooke Hall campus office. She taught a similar class last year at Mankato State in which her students worked with Super Bowl volunteers at the same Vikings Stadium where the Final Four will be held in a couple of weeks
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The Final four is, logistically speaking, one of the most important events in the U.S from a sports perspective. The final four takes place in football stadiums as opposed to basketball stadium which poses many challenges from the seating to the idea of getting a football stadium to double as a basketball stadium
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Her was among the event’s scheduled speakers who included top officials from the school’s athletic department, the NCAA, and others who spoke to her class, Schull said.
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“With this class, we are more integrated with behind-the-scenes [hands-on experience] and learning from industry professionals.”
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Hotel Security: How to Protect Your Hotel and Your Guests from a Data Breach - By Kevin... - 0 views
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Information thieves are increasingly targeting hotels due to the large amount of personal information collected from guests.
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Failure to take precautionary measures can ultimately affect your hotel’s bottom line, and lead guests to feel unsafe and not wanting to return.
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A Ponemon report shows that 63% of organizations have had a data breach as a result of employees using their mobile devices to access the company’s sensitive and confidential information.
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Despite the fact that 86% of companies have document destruction procedures in place, only 40% of businesses have a system followed by employees.
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With technology changing hotel operating systems, it is important for the hotel industry to re-visit information security procedure and continuously educate themselves on data security protocols.
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This article talks about the increasing cyber threats in hotels and its consequences for the guests. The hotel guests are paying more attention to how their data is being stored, pushing hotels to make some much needed changes in their data security plan. Despite these pressures, many hotels do not have any proper protection measures. "The Hospitality Technology's 2017 Lodging technology Study showed that a surprising 74% of hotels do not have proper protection measures in place". Steps to prevent such breaches and avoid millions of dollars in loss and reputation damages are mentioned in this article. Some practical ways highlighted in this article are: Provide on-going staff training, implement mobile security plan etc.
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Make it Work : The Zen of Event Planning - 0 views
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There are a lot of misconceptions about the meetings and events industry. To outsiders, event planning must appear be too much fun to also be hard work
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The meetings and events industry is responsible for $458 billion of the country’s gross domestic product
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Even in the digital age, business keep circling back to the importance of face-to-face contact with their prospective customers and clients.
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This article is about event planning is how its not what people think it is. Many don't realize that this is a $450+ industry and there is no room for mistakes. It is still important to have face to face contact even in digital age. A smile and a promising handshake can seal the deal. This is a blood, sweat, tears industry and there is no part time working its all about the passion and drive. Determination and attention details is very important.
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More hotels are going green, and not just to save water or money - Los Angeles Times - 2 views
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The Intercontinental Hotels Group plans next year to give all 4,700 of its hotels access to an online tool that lets managers track how much energy and water they are using.The group hopes to use the system to cut water use by 12% over the next three years in water-starved areas like California.During a multimillion-dollar renovation three years ago, the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles installed a filtering system to reuse bathroom water from a dozen hotel suites to irrigate its 12 acres of gardens.The Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel plans to install a system to recycle about 70% of the water used for its laundry operation. The project, which is expected to be installed by mid-December, will cost about $96,000, after water and gas rebates, according to hotel officials.Hotel officials expect the investment will pay for itself in 17 months.
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Nearly 60% of travelers say they plan to make eco-friendly choices when booking hotels, with half saying they would pay extra to stay at an environmentally friendly hotel, according to a 2012 survey by the travel website TripAdvisor.
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The best thing hotels can do is say 'look at what we are doing'" to help the environment, said Patricia Griffin, founder of the Green Hotels Assn., a Houston-based group that promotes green policies for hotels.
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ow-flow shower heads and other in-room measures are common in hotels because local utilities and government agencies offer rebates for water-saving equipment.
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Bathrooms are the biggest drain, accounting for about 30% of hotel water use, followed by landscaping and laundry, each with 16%, and kitchens with 14%, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Typical water-saving measures can reduce operating costs at hotels by as much 11%,
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The water saved from the drained fountains was "insignificant," but it sent a message about the hotel's environmental efforts, said Kathleen Corchran, the hotel's general manager.
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The group hopes to use the system to cut water use by 12% over the next three years in water-starved areas like California.
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The Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel plans to install a system to recycle about 70% of the water used for its laundry operation. The project, which is expected to be installed by mid-December, will cost about $96,000, after water and gas rebates,
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Since then, hotel officials say they have avoided additional fines by putting an end to washing down sidewalks and parking lots, installing low-flow shower heads and limiting landscape irrigation to evening hours, among other water-saving measures.
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With California in the worst drought in state history, some hotels have gone beyond simply installing low-flow shower heads and urging guests to reuse towels. The goal is not just to save water or money. It's about creating an eco-friendly image to appeal to environmentally minded guests.
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With the demand for sustainability initiatives by consumers, hotel are having to make major changes in order to oblige. Sustainability has become a major concern for many consumers and businesses have taken notice. As a result, major hotel chains across country have begun to put in order plans to make changes to their daily operations. As noted in the article by L.A. Times, changes have been made to features such as water usage, machinery operations and even landscaping design . These changes and updates are in the hopes to attract a wider consumer market which now includes Eco-friendly travelers.
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This article discusses how many travelers look for environmentally friendly places to stay. Also discusses what some things hotels will and are doing to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable.
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The LA Times article, "More hotels are going green, and not just to save water or money" highlights how an "earth-friendly image" is important to many corporate travel managers. Research suggests that having an environmentally friendly hotel not only aids in decreasing operational cost and avoiding city or county fines but may also be a way to differentiate a firm's brand and compete more effectively in the market. With travelers specifically seeking out eco-friendly choices and demonstrating a willingness to pay extra to accommodate a hotels ability to provide these services; going green could be a strategic solution implemented in a manner that allows for increasing market share while reducing operational cost.
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Good Afternoon, It good to see hotels are being proactive about being environmentally friendly. It also great they mentioned that corporate travelers are looking for Eco-friendly hotels. I know a lot of companies require corporate travelers to seek out hotels that meet certain green levels and along with there corporate rates. Hotels are demonstrating that they are willing to invest in green technology not only for money but because it the right thing to.
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Features and the Importance of a Property Management System | Blog - DJUBO - 0 views
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Your property management system is and should be, well equipped to handle the entire guest journey – from the minute they start searching for a room on a website to the moment they check out from their room.
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Your property management system is and should be, well equipped to handle the entire guest journey – from the minute they start searching for a room on a website to the moment they check out from their room.
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Having a framework that makes frontdesk work processes simple, will make a consistent visitor experience
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It is now an important system that enables hoteliers to deliver a faultless guest experience.
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It further helps the hoteliers to stay in touch with their guests even after they have checked out to make a good brand image into the minds of the guests, guaranteeing repeated visit and thus helping in developing the business.
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he most integral function of a property management system is to help the hotelier in managing the bookings that he gets, right from the point where a customer is searching for a hotel to the point the customer checks out from the hotel.
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An efficient hotel PMS will allow you to get listed on and manage multiple online platforms.
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Larger online presence will consequently reap bigger revenues for the hotels. Also, it will increase a hotelier’s online presence and help a guest during their journey of booking a hotel.
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You can limit the measure of time spent on authoritative errands. The correct hotel PMS will complete a great deal of the work for you, enabling you to focus your attention and your vitality on the more important tasks
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With a Property Management System in place, you will have a great flexibility in deciding what rates you want to throw in market for your property at any given point of time.
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It gives the hoteliers, the ease to see their reservations and availability in a very convenient and different way.
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A decent hotel PMS will enable you to make rate designs and inferred rate designs and afterword effortlessly appoint them to reservations. Not only this, the most advanced PMS will allow you to plan multiple rate plans for deep into the future so that you don’t have to manually interfere every now and then to throw new rates.
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Feature of PMS: Rate Planning - A decent hotel PMS will enable you to make rate designs and inferred rate designs and afterword effortlessly appoint them to reservations. Not only this, the most advanced PMS will allow you to plan multiple rate plans for deep into the future so that you don't have to manually interfere every now and then to throw new rates.
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A channel manager is a platform wherein a hotelier can update the inventory and prices on each OTA from a single place.
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A propelled property management system will make sure that the hotelier gets daily/weekly/monthly reports like the sales reports, manager reports, account receivable reports, inventory availability reports etc.
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A good POS will enable you to keep the guest satisfaction in mind and help you settle their dues from any service shop at the stage as preferred by them.
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good cloud-based software will have customer databases in place to help the hoteliers keep a record of all the customers that have at their property and what their preferences are. This lets them help those return customers with their choices and build a good relationship with them.
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Feature of PMS: Databases - good cloud-based software will have customer databases in place to help the hoteliers keep a record of all the customers that have at their property and what their preferences are. This lets them help those return customers with their choices and build a good relationship with them.
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This article is helpful in understanding property management systems (PMS), while providing beneficial features that they provide. A PMS should be "well-equipped to handle the entire guest journey." These systems enable hotels to provide a faultless guest experience throughout. A PMS offers features that facilitate processes for the hotel. For instance, this system provides a smart calendar giving hotels easier visibility to their reservations and availability. This system also provides reports and analytics for the hotel, such as sales reports, manager reports, and inventory availability reports. This system facilitates the jobs of the hotels employees, in turn creating a more consistent experience for the guests.
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What is Network Redundancy and Why Does It Matter? - 0 views
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Network redundancy is the process of adding additional instances of network devices and lines of communication to help ensure network availability and decrease the risk of failure along the critical data path.
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Redundancy in networks helps to eliminate single points of failure to ensure better network stability and uptime in the face of events that would otherwise take th
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A fault-tolerant redundant system provides full hardware redundancy, mirroring applications across two or more identical systems that run in tandem
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fault-tolerance redundant systems are complex and often expensive to implement.
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If something goes wrong with one server, the backup servers take over and restart applications that were running on the failed server.
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it does tolerate a certain amount of downtime in that there is a brief loss of service while the backup servers boot up applications.
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create a network strategy that reviews existing infrastructure.
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Well-maintained UPS systems can ensure that servers can switch over from electrical power to backup generator power without losing any data or applications.
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the best places to replicate and store data so it can be easily accessed in the event that other redundant systems fail and the main network goes down. By using more than one data center, companies can ensure that even if some disaster occurs, they will be able to carry on with minimal disruption.
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They can test different connections by physically disconnecting hardware to make sure failover occurs as anticipated. If things do not go as planned during testing, data center managers then create an after-action report that lists the items they need to fix as a result of the testing.
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creating incident response plans that can counter them is crucial for ensuring network resiliency in the face of modern cyber threats. Network redundancy can be a crucial aspect of many cyber incident response plans.
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attacks are a type of cyberattack where the goal of the attacker is to render a target network or service unusable
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By blending a variety of ISPs, data centers can leverage their connectivity to help reroute network services when a DDoS attack is underway. vXchnge’s vX\defend, for instance, uses diverse traffic routing options to identify and bypass volumetric attacks without compromising bandwidth or increasing network latency.
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Network redundancy is the process of enhancing network devices and lines of communication to help safeguard network availability and decrease the risk of failure along the critical data path. Redundancy in networks purpose is to help eliminate specific areas of failure to guarantee better network stability and availability when the network would otherwise be offline. Optimize network redundancy by backing up data offsite and conductions frequent test to measure its durability and maintain it. Protect the network from malicious attacks is also important. By creating plans for when attacks occur by rerouting network services.
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Is Travel Booking Ready to Fully Embrace Artificial Intelligence? - 1 views
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Conventional wisdom has been that planning travel, whether for leisure or business, is still too personal and confusing for artificial intelligence (AI) to replace the travel shopping experience.
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Answers may lie in Natural Language Processing (NLP). NLP is a subfield of artificial intelligence focused on the processing and analysis of both spoken and written languages. An NLP application could provide the mechanism for planning and booking a full travel experience. Only with exceptions and errors being sent to an experienced travel agent for analysis and discussion.
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With NLP’s prediction modeling capabilities, the conversational chatbot could inspire a unique experience during the travel planning process.
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As NLP better understands the requirements and dependencies of travelers, a solution to book a complete trip with your voice assistant will become available.
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Artificial Intelligence is not widely used for booking travel with multiple complexities such as a hotel, car rental and activities however this is becoming more of a possibility with the advancements of Natural Language Processing (NPL). Over the past year there has been major advancements with NPL due to the pandemic and when combining NPL technology with other AI such as chatbots or voice assistants, these systems become more powerful and will be able to assist in planning more complex travel. These systems can also help a travel agent with more complex bookings by gathering the information needed such as date, locations and points of interest.