Restaurants

Most travelers would not return to a hotel where the Wi-Fi Internet service was unsatisfactory according to a BT survey of regular hotel users across North America.

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.

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.

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.

Caesars Entertainment selects The Rainmaker Group and Manugistics to provide a hotel gaming revenue management solution for Caesars' domestic casinos.

The ranks of Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG) continue to swell.