Hotel Brand -- Business Class

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts will showcase Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 in more than 50 North American Link@Sheraton hotel lobbies prior to its official public launch on October 22.

The Hilton Garden Inn Minneapolis Downtown has installed a real-time airline flight information and boarding pass printing lobby kiosk to aid hotel guests with travel plans.

ResortSuite Dashboard is a powerful business intelligence tool that provides ResortSuite users with immediate access to hundreds of key performance indicators, data and metrics.

After being sold by its parent company in 2007, Red Roof Inn was challenged with setting up its own IT infrastructure and updating many of its core business applications including budget and planning software. Learn how a cloud-based budgeting tool helped in a pinch.

The availpro.com integration with MICROS-Fidelio Suite8 means that availability is automatically distributed to the major third party booking sites each time it changes in the Suite8 PMS.

As more and more consumers come to rely on their smartphones for day-to-day tasks, hospitality operators are quickly learning how to tap into this craze to market their own businesses and provide consumers with additional service touch points.

Implementing environmentally-friendly practices throughout an entire hotel brand, or even in a few properties, is exciting and will produce long-term financial benefits. Yet, it is not without its challenges. Overcome common sustainability challenges through good employee communication and solid energy management.

When it comes to guest room amenities, some technologies are considered "must haves" by your guests, while others are considered a nice added benefit. Hotel guests identify the top two amenities that are important to them.