Lodging

In a rapidly evolving e-commerce landscape, hotels must continually evaluate their websites to remain relevant and convert site surfers into overnight guests. HT offers best practices to optimize websites by combining design basics with technology that integrates social and mobile components.

InterContinental Hotels Group analysts now spend less time gathering data and more on value-driving analytics for faster insights and peak performance.

The Twitterverse was buzzing at HT the last few months with two out of three major events taking place in March and April. Here we recap some of the best social buzz that had attendees at MURTEC and the Hotel Technology Forum talking, posting, liking, and re-tweeting.

In this annual round-up of new POS hardware, HT gathers details and tech specs on many of the latest releases to hit the market, from terminals and mobile tablets to printers and customer displays. New releases focus on compact, energy-efficient and durable design.

Capterra has released an infographic offering insights into the top twenty property management software solutions that are utilized by the industry as a whole.

Fortinet's Kevin Flynn talks about the impact that consumer mobile devices are having on networks, and it's not all about bandwidth. There's a growing security threat that the industry will have address. Flynn shares strategies that can provide secure networking for customers with simplified more affordable management for businesses.

With the ever-changing payment landscape, security is a top concern for hospitality operators. In an increasingly mobile culture there are more touchpoints than ever that need protection from data breaches. This report highlights several of the latest additions to the security landscape that run the gamut from wireless networks, tokenization, encryption, and PCI requirements.

Cornell Center for Hospitality Research identifies 48 behaviors that help hoteliers max-out investment returns.