Hotels

Ember and Bartech team up to provide hoteliers with remote monitoring of real-time changes to in-room mini bars and cooling units. The Web-based software can monitor the shelf-life of products and notify staff of cooling malfunctions.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide will implement Vituvian event gratuity management software, Evention.

Merchant Warehouse's new PCI compliant solution, MerchantWARE eliminates the internal theft of unencrypted credit card information that is transferred through POS networks by encrypting data at the card reader.

Hilton Hotels Corporation announces a list of environmental goals and objects targeted at improving the brand's sustainability performance. To be completed by 2014, the list includes reductions to Co2 emissions and energy consumption.

In an effort to optimize total customer value for their 5-Star, 5-Diamond resort, Wynn Las Vegas announces the implementation of Rainmaker's revolution Product Suite.

Property management systems are essential to the operation of any hotel. In this first-ever peer review, HT asked a selection of its readers to informally discuss how their systems meet their unique needs.

As the hospitality industry embraces new technological trends, HT helps its readers stay abreast of changes in the industry with several new targeted tools. Look for the POS Zone newsletter and the PCI: Roadmap to Real World Security supplement in coming months.

The annual Hotel Visionary Awards recognize hotel companies on a basis of innovation, thought leadership, and forward-thinking vision. Peninsula Hotels, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and MTM Luxury Lodging take top honors in 2008.