Social Networking

Hoteliers increasing marketing spend in online and social media.

Launched as a Cendyn subsidiary in April, CendynONE made its HITEC debut with a cloud-based platform for creating integrated guest engagement campaigns across all platforms: email, web, display, mobile, video, social and search.

Lodging Interactive's 24/7/365 Social Customer Service provides hotels with the ability to offer guests always-on social listening and social customer engagement around the clock.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts has been presented an award for showcasing the best and most innovative uses of social media.

The 10th annual Hotel Technology Forum offered insights and valuable networking opportunities centered around the themes of loyalty, connectivity and integration. Here HT recaps just a few of the many highlights from HTF 2014.

In business there is now a clear realization that customer engagement,loyalty and innovation are intertwined and Influence over technology spending is transitioning rapidly from the CIO to the CMO. Dean Houden, CMO for TASK, talks about the role that marketing executives are playing in IT decisions. (Sponsored)

New services drive customers and sales for restaurants and deliver recurring revenues for local integrator.

New app allows guests to create and share digital souvenirs.