Restaurants

Captain D's, operator of more than 580 seafood restaurants is installing QSR Automations (qsrautomations.com) ePic Kitchen Management Solution, with 30 stores planned for completion by the end of 2004 and continued implementation efforts to occur throughout 2005.

A new report published by The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell is challenging executives to rethink their hotel discounting strategies.

Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announces the appointment of Douglas C. Rice as Executive Director.

McDonald's is now accepting MasterCard (mastercard.com) PayPass, a new "contactless" payment option utilizing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts revenue per available room (RevPAR) to increase by 6.3 percent in 2004, the largest increase in 20 years.

Following up on its new travel distribution guidelines, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), has certified Travelocity (travelocity.com) as a third-party distributors of its more than 3,500 hotels worldwide.

According to many analysts, international travel will continue to strengthen the U.S. lodging market despite security concerns and greater restrictions.

With its vision fixed on growth, Jason's Deli recently selected the Siva iSIVA suite POS and back office solution.