Social Networking

Members who join Pizza Hut's free online shopping network will be eligible for discounts from more than 400 major retailers and offers members a fully customizable homepage featuring access to web mail, social networking, news, videos, music and games.

Hospitality Technology's Editorial Advisory Board members discuss PCI compliance and Twitter over breakfast at the 2009 Restaurant Executive Summit.

The social media optimization tool, CheapTweet, aims to enhance hospitality organizations' social media presence and drive traffic to top restaurant and lodging deals.

When the Hard Rock Cafe's new flagship location opens this summer, it will also debut Hard Rock Interactive, a series of touch-enabled technologies aimed at enhancing the guest experience, and showcasing Hard Rock's world-renowned collection of rock and roll memorabilia on larger-than-life displays. HT gets an inside look at these technologies in an exclusive interview with Joe Tenczar, sr. director of technology/CIO for Hard Rock International.

Whether it is in a lounge, the lobby or a convention center, technology is slowly but surely creeping into hotel common spaces. From touch-enabled table tops to digital signage displays and everything in between, operators share the top technologies that can boost customer satisfaction and foster guest interaction in a public way.

Twitter, the youngest tool in the social networking revolution, is already changing the face of the hospitality industry. Hotels and restaurants share their top tips on how to leverage this tool to build guest connections and drive business growth.

The luxury hotel is leveraging the power of TravelCLICK's new service, social media optimization, to build communities on Facebook, Twitter and more.

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts will soon roll out PCs using Windows 7 that will give guests in the hotels' Link@Sheraton, a new way to stay connected and find information about local attractions, restaurants and more.