Restaurants

U.S. consumers are largely satisfied with making travel plans online, but fewer are using the Internet to meet their travel needs than two years ago

In an effort to push online reservations, during July Wyndham Hotels and Resorts offered free Motorola i836 walkie-talkie GPS-enabled cell phone to guests that booked online provided they activated a new line of service on the selected rate plan and commit to a two-year service agreement with Sprint Nextel.

Casual restaurants adopt wireless POS with service in mind.

The Ambassador Conference Resort in Kingston, Ontario, is now combining both mobile phone and cardkey technologies over a wireless network, allowing guests to use either a mobile phone or room keycards to purchase Coca-Cola products from vending machines.

In restaurants, the point of service is the place where guests, employees and technology converge. Managing that interaction is a central challenge and concern for growing restaurant companies.

Great Wolf Lodge in Poconos, Pennsylvania, is providing resort guests with enhanced services including hotel room keyless entry, cashless payment options, automated access to lockers and arcade token dispensers.

Restaurant chains Carl's Jr. and La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill are optimizing system-wide food purchasing by implementing Instill's Food Spend Management solution in its locations.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts recently introduced a new way for its hotels to go green.