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HT's annual Lodging Technology Study reveals that hotels plan record-high technology spending in a push to enable mobility, upgrade systems and boost security. Sponsored.

HT gets input from Task Retail Technologies and Paytronix about how technology can be used to engender loyalty, and how brands can better manage loyalty data.

Hotels and restaurants are starting to think with a “mobile first” mentality for both processing transactions and personalizing the consumer experience. Inside this supplement, restaurants and hotels can evaluate the hottest mobile solutions in the marketplace to find ones that are the right fit for their businesses.

This annual report tracks the use and effectiveness of mobile, location-based, and social technologies in hotels and restaurants. What mobile engagement solutions are your competitors rolling out in 2016? What are the top five potential uses for location-based solutions? Which solutions are winning out in the mobile wallet war? These insights and more are inside!

In this Thought Leadership Q&A, "Hotel Tech for the Future Guest," three leading technology suppliers, Comcast Business, Skytouch Technology, and TTI Technologies, offer their predictions on must-have tech for future hotel guests. They share input on what hotels should be looking at both near- and long-term to cultivate great relationships with consumers; and they offer input on a range of trends, including IoT, mobile check-in, loyalty, free WiFi and more.

The point of sale is a top investment areas for restaurants with a third of foodservice IT budgets allotted to POS tech. HT's annual POS Showcase updates buyers on the latest hardware and software releases. This year's installation highlights new offerings in mobile, cloud-based and integrated solutions, plus much more. Sponsored.

Hospitality Technology's annual New Tech Showcase is the must-read supplement that covers new hardware, software and services for the lodging and foodservice industry. Download the 2015 New Tech Showcase for more information on these innovative solutions which include: the latest introductions in mobile POS technology; tablet-based solutions, new customer engagement platforms, cloud-based solutions, cross-platform mobile innovations, and more. Sponsored.

HT's annual Lodging Technology Study tracks budgets, business objectives, and investment allocation trends in hotel IT. This report incorporates feedback from hoteliers to produce a comprehensive and useful set of findings, diving significantly deeper into top goals and challenges for IT teams, the role of IT leaders in business strategy and planned investments for in-room, guest-facing and property systems. Sponsored.