Hotel Brand -- Boutique/Lifestyle

Nickelodeon Family Suites will utilize InnLink Central Reservation to manage its voice reservations, website booking engine and GDS/ADS connectivity.

Despite the down attendance at the 2009 National Retail Federation trade show, two very important observations stood out: people are still dining out despite the economy, and the overwhelming presence of self-service tech offerings continue to validate the solution as a cost center cutter.

Hotels are fighting the battle against lost entertainment revenue with the implementation of multiple entertainment must-haves. High-end audio/video technology, entertainment packages, and access to the latest video game systems are just some of solution that keeps guests coming back for more.

A new environmentally sustainable dashboard for Microsoft Dynamics AX enables midsize businesses to track their environmental impact and energy consumption from within their ERP solution.

Cell phones are no longer a means of traditional communication practices. New applications and capabilities are making these prevalent devices an integral solution for operators as they search for new ways to create operational efficiencies.

How much of an impact does technology really have on a hotel guest's experience? Learn how environmental, room control, entertainment and comfort technologies sit with guests when tested at the University of Delaware's X-Room: Experimental Guestroom.

Peninsula Hotels is known for its in-room technology, delivering a customized and comfortable hotel experience to guests across the globe. In this exclusive interview, HT infiltrates Peninsula's research and development facilities, the nerve center for more than half of the hotel's custom-built and modified guestroom technologies, to examine its technology differentiators and to preview the next big innovations to come.

A recent report compiled by Amadeus and PhoCusWright, sheds light on the travel and tourism industry in China to revel the limited use of IT in this market.