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Technology allows hoteliers to promote rooms for sale on many different platforms simultaneously, but we should be striving for rate parity, says Peter Hancock, chief executive of Pride of Britain Hotels.
Posted: 24 September 2010 | 12:44
One of the challenges to opening a new property is ensuring you get the right technology - and getting it wrong could cost your business dear, says Daniel Thomas.
Posted: 27 August 2010 | 16:33
The hospitality industry is lagging behind when it comes to using the latest multimedia promotion tools. Daniel Thomas looks at how to use technology to get your message across.
Posted: 02 August 2010 | 17:36
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: rise in female breadwinners; postcode discrimination "a myth"; and take your stress on holiday,
Posted: 02 August 2010 | 16:05
With the cost of card payment processing continuing to rise, how many traders are aware that better deals can be found for such essential business overheads?
Posted: 08 July 2010 | 15:38
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Scottish health campaign likens NHS malnutrition to euthanasia; Inverness to host UK's first social enterprise hotel; Gloucestershire schools banned from 'spying' on pupils' lunchboxes and more...
Posted: 05 July 2010 | 10:39
All the fantastic things you can do with your internet-enabled mobile phone - not to mention your computer - mean that there are some slick tools for making your business run more smoothly about to reach the UK. Nick Huber reports on the latest technologies on show at last month's NRA show.
Posted: 25 June 2010 | 14:58
Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza have invested £5m in a technology upgrade throughout their 64 UK hotels, in time for the World Cup. The investment has seen the installation of 50in HD TV screens throughout the hotels' lounges and restaurants for the football tournament.
Posted: 11 June 2010 | 18:01
Enabling your security, in-room entertainment and climate control systems to "talk" to each other could save money and improve the guest experience. The buzz words for this are "IP convergence", as Daniel Thomas explains.
Posted: 01 June 2010 | 16:12
Choice Hotels International is hoping that the rolling-out of a new $11m (£7.6m) technology infrastructure plan in Europe and other markets outside the USA will encourage more properties to sign up as franchisees to one of its four brands - Comfort, Quality, Sleep Inn or Clarion.
Posted: 20 May 2010 | 11:13
Apple's iPad is yet to go on general sale in the UK, but fans of this latest piece of clever kit will tell you that it's odds-on to be a favourite in hospitality. Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 30 April 2010 | 17:31
Hotel, café, pub and restaurant customers all face the risk of being unceremoniously shunted off the information superhighway by a heavy-handed piece of government legislation passed hurriedly last week. The Digital Economy Bill was given Royal Assent as part of the parliamentary “wash up” process ahead of the pre-election dissolution of Parliament,
Posted: 14 April 2010 | 15:43
A controversial bill that could threaten free wi-fi connections in restaurants and cafes could be rushed through Parliament, as it heads for its second reading in the House of Commons today. The 24,000-word Digital Economy Bill contains a clause that would allow internet service providers to suspend...
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 11:51
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: InterContinental concierges to be equipped with iPads; Punch does not need new chairman, argues shareholder; EasyJet boss raises £17m for EasyHotel in London and more...
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 10:40
Pub and restaurant operator Orchid Group is to install 3D televisions in 85 of its venues ahead of Manchester United's game against Chelsea on 3 April.
The move comes after Orchid Group’s Manchester pub, the Sawyer’s Arms, was selected by Sky as one of nine pubs nationwide to show the Arsenal ...
Posted: 31 March 2010 | 11:50
Good customer service and fresh, innovative products are at the heart of any successful hospitality business. Daniel Thomas looks at how new technology is helping operators gain a competitive advantage
Posted: 26 March 2010 | 14:34
Potential hotel guests may soon be able to use Google Maps to search for properties to stay at and check room rates. Google has begun testing a service which will enable users to search for a hotel for specific dates and see the range of prices available. There will also be the opportunity...
Posted: 23 March 2010 | 11:26
The era of businesses maintaining their own IT departments will soon be over as companies come to appreciate the advantages of cloud computing and the pay-as-you-go systems model. Daniel Thomas reports
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 10:39
Sky is to hold the subscription rates it charges pub licensees, while it conducts a review into the way in which it decides on prices. The move follows a debate in Parliament earlier this week when Tory MP Nigel Evans pointed out that it costs £594 a month...
Posted: 25 February 2010 | 15:08
Aristel Hotels has signed up to a new purchasing system designed to streamline and simplify its purchasing. BeaconOnline is a new e-procurement service from Beacon. It is one of the largest purchasing consortium for the independent hospitality industry.
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 16:38
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