Hotels

In an effort to increase sales of unused small meeting rooms, Starwood Hotels & Resorts is listing its meeting room inventory online through a recent partnership with Worktopia.

A new service from Cvent offers meeting planners a comprehensive database of over 75,000 hotels, restaurants and special event venues.

As point of sale technology becomes more and more advanced, many argue that technical client support is not keeping pace with the increase of technological advancements. Service level agreements that lay out the detailed specifics of a support offering are one way that operators can combat the delays associated with system problems...and here's why.

Situated in the Allegheny Mountain at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia sits the Greenbrier Resort. Facing the need to update lagging technological services, the Greenbrier decided on a major upgrade starting with the deployment of an in-building wireless solution to eliminate cellular coverage gaps. A year later, their system is flawless.

Interactive courseware is now available as part of RedPrairie Workforce Management (WFM) for Supply Chain. The program assigns bundled job and role-defined courses to staff learning new technology, products, processes or responsibilities.

The Royal Resorts Group is now able to support high-speed wi-fi, video security and POS systems resort-wide through the recent installation of WLAN gear from BelAir Networks.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts launch an enhanced version of its award-winning website. New features include mobile device compatibility, destination itineraries, 360 degree virtual tours and more.

For any operator who manages multiple properties, maintaining distributed applications, user files and operating systems has always been a challenge. By implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure, operators can not only reduce the amount of time it takes to upload applications to multiple remote computers, but allow staff to store and access files safely from anywhere.