The Skyware Property Management Software (PMS) uses a single-screen format to provide users with predefined and user-defined fields, account information, and marketing data. The software utilizes quick check-in and check-out, as well as soft check-in and check-out features such as kiosk check-in. Using quick keys, the interface allows fast access to function or guest information … Read More
Whether you’re located in an area with a high crime rate or settled in a quiet, friendly neighborhood, you’ve seen surveillance systems in use. The systems have come a long way from your closed-circuit video recordings that would run on an unending loop, turning all footage into a fuzzy display of shadows. Despite what CSI … Read More
Has fitness been a priority in your hotel? With the prevailing awareness of adult obesity and the need for healthier lifestyles, business travelers are looking more and more towards hotels with available fitness facilities. With sites like athleticmindedtraveler.com and hotelgymreview.com rating hotels exclusively on the healthy-lifestyle options, a fitness center is no longer simply one … Read More
The focus of this year’s World Travel Market, which took place November 8th through 11th in London, was social media. During the session titled, “Reputation, Reputation, Reputation – How to manage and respond to what is being said about your hotel online,” Pamela Carvell, vice president of the Hotel Marketing Association, cited a World Travel … Read More
The 15-story Ark Hotel in Changsha, China was built in six days using factory-built parts brought to the site by a convoy of trucks. Completed on June 11, the finished building had triple-glazed plastic windows, heat insulation, LED lighting, and HVAC systems in place, while using no stationary cranes. The level 9 earthquake-resistant building was … Read More
Revel Systems and Network Intercept recently announced a partnership to develop a restaurant POS iPad system based on Network Intercept’s Secure-Me technology. By encrypting payment information, the system aims to provide POS functionality on the iPad while reducing the risk of identity theft. Read the full press release here.
Hotel News Now recently posted an interesting article about the future of “super WiFi” technologies. With the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently opening up “white spaces”—unused TV channels freed up with the switchover to digital earlier this year—hotels and restaurants now have the potential to provide high-speed internet access over the entire property. The TV … Read More
The use of smartphones to research and book travel plans is sharply on the rise, according to a new study by the analytics firm Compete. Conducted in first quarter of 2010, Compete polled 1246 smartphone users and found that: 38% of the participants conduct at least some of their leisure travel research on their mobile … Read More
All levels of hospitality industry professionals met recently at Distressed Hotel Summit2: Stress Test, One Year Later on November 1-2, 2010 in Washington DC. Owners and buyers of distressed hotels, lenders, management companies, and special servicers, met to discuss the state of current and future distressed hotel assets and recovery strategies. Focusing the show on … Read More
A recent survey conducted by JDA Software Group, Inc at the Pricing & Revenue Management Conference on March 16, in London, claims users of revenue-management systems in hospitality, travel, and transportation systems saw returns as high as 3% in 2010. The “2010 Pulse on Pricing and Revenue Management” polled 120 travel-company executives and found that … Read More
