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"The Big Upgrade" competition provides a chance for operators to turn in old, outdated data capture equipment into new technology, with the winner receiving a new handheld computer from Psion Teklogix.

The social media optimization tool, CheapTweet, aims to enhance hospitality organizations' social media presence and drive traffic to top restaurant and lodging deals.

All Level 4 businesses using First National Merchant Solutions services will have access to TrustKeeper, Trustwave's on-demand compliance management solution.

Your peers have already read them, but have you? Hospitality Technology looked at its website data from the past six months to compile a list of the most read headlines on htmagazine.com. Although the POS tops the list, multiple articles dedicated to budget-cutting solutions and strategies, next-gen pizza ordering technologies and more are among readers' top interests.

U.S. consumer participation in rewards programs is on the rise across multiple demographic segments, according to COLLOQUY's latest white paper, After the Meltdown: Consumer Attitudes and Perceptions about Loyalty Programs in the Post-Recession Economy. Examine the loyalty trends across six different consumer segments, and learn why participation in loyalty programs has jumped nearly 20 percent since 2007.

Seventy-three percent of consumers surveyed in the United States, France and Great Britain say that more stringent standards are required before they will trust the security of their credit card transactions.

The Coffee Club's enterprise-wide deployment of MICROS Simphony to more than 200 of its locations in Australia and New Zealand will occur over the next six months.

The new company will provide operators with a comprehensive suite of payment solutions and new service offerings such as prepaid programs, mobile commerce and more.