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For the past year, most businesses have been forced to operate in survival mode by focusing on internal operations while significantly reducing, if not altogether abandoning, external marketing and customer engagement efforts. But according to a Hospitality Technology readership poll, this tide is turning.

Hospitality Technology's Editorial Advisory Board members discuss PCI compliance and Twitter over breakfast at the 2009 Restaurant Executive Summit.

One group of individuals from across the retail technology industry is embodying the spirit of lessons learned from the fallout of the global economy, to rally around a singular cause of providing opportunities and resources for the 143 million vulnerable and orphaned children across the world.

Headed by a growing group of technology vendors who support integration and communication among suppliers, The Ultimate Hotel Technology Makeover offers two winning hotels the chance for a complete technology overhaul.

Despite hardships faced by the lodging and event industry this year, 2009's Hotel Technology Forum proved to be its best yet with powerhouse presentations from MGM Mirage's CIO Scot Campbell and more.

In an time when work-related travel is limited, and executives are working with shrinking budgets and resources, MURTEC 2009 proved to be a powerful indicator that technology innovation is alive and well, and that the hospitality industry will survive and thrive in the months ahead.

NexGenSelfService.com offers IT executives an outlet to read and then discuss their ideas or challenges related to self-service solutions on the social networking community, Engage.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance is not an issue in the United States alone, as global merchants are now required to adhere to it within the next two years.