Hotel Brand -- Business Class

Star Micronics America's lines of single and multifunction printers are compatible with the latest Mac Operating System-Snow Leopard.

From computer controlled hotel rooms to remote drive-thru ordering centers and everything in between, new technology is hot. So why have many operators been so slow to jump on the technology bandwagon? Phil Mott, assistant professor at Kendall College's School of Hospitality Management, offers three common reasons.

River Hospitality Management, the Concordia Hotel, and the Kirkley Hotel and Conference Center will install Profitvue for daily back office financial procedures and to provide 'flow through' analysis of operational data.

Netpresenter offers a free, no ads, full multimedia feature version of its professional digital signage solution for hospitality organizations.

VIZERGY's entire search marketing team is now individually Google qualified. The certification designates that these employees have an in-depth understanding of AdWords and successful experience assisting clients.

TabletKiosk introduces three new systems powered by Intel Atom Processors: the 7-inch eo a7330D Ultra-Mobile PC, the 7-inch eo TufTab a7230XD Rugged Ultra-Mobile PC and the 12.1-inch Sahara NetSlate a230T touch screenTablet PC.

Hotels can now directly transmit distribution data from their property management system, or from any other system linked to CultSwitch, to the GDS through an XML interface.

MSI and Libra OnDemand are among the industry vendors behind a hotel technology makeover contest that offers two lucky winners the chance for a complete technology overhaul. Contest ends October 20, 2009.