Restaurants

Bingtravel.com from Microsoft is the latest travel planning search engine, and it has functionality robust enough to compete with the major online travel booking sites. Bingtravel.com aims to significantly simplify the planning process for travelers through smarter selection tools, including a price predictor, rate indicator, travel deals for flight and hotel, comparison flight and hotel search, fare alerts and original travel articles.

In a study recently released by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research, three researchers found that restaurant customers place a higher value on some types of technology than they do on others. Find out how customers ranked pagers for table management, online reservations, Internet-based ordering, kiosk-based payment and more.

The Arby's franchise, United States Beef Corporation, partners with EMN8 to install self-service ordering kiosks that seamlessly integrates with the operator's POS for real-time, high volume order processing.

LaPiazza Italian Restaurant in Lititz, PA is using Star Micronics TSP650 thermal printer to aid in improved kitchen efficiency and communication between the wait and kitchen staffs.

PBworks' Project Edition combines hosted collaboration and project management to dramatically improve productivity and client satisfaction for professional services.

With the rise in consumers' desire to be online 24/7, management for the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf thought that it was time to offer free WiFi connectivity in their stores to create local buzz and to keep store lobbies full during non-peak periods. Learn how this decision has led to an increase in consumer spending and the technology partners that are making it so.

The release of VeriFone's PAYware Transact Version 3.1.4 includes the addition of new certifications, processing network support, and additional features.

Restaurateurs looking to let customers order online can now get a free Web site when they choose BigHoller as their online ordering solution.