Hotel eMarketing - Beyond Rooms! - Jitendra Jain
'We've come a long way, baby' claimed a high-spirited pop idol not so long ago, following up on the claim with an equally upbeat track. And so we have...in the world of Internet Marketing too. ...more

Hitwise May 2008 Travel Category Report
The Hitwise Travel Report provides marketers an understanding of the competitive online travel landscape in terms of competitive clickstream, including traffic sources and referred destinations. ...more

Cornell Roundtable Focuses on Marketing Challenge of Social Media
Hospitality marketers must rise to the challenge of determining how to use web-based social media to support marketing objectives, according to participants in the fourth annual Marketing Roundtable. Chaired by Lisa Klein Pearo, a faculty member at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, the roundtable explored the relatively uncharted marketing terrain created by social media. ...more

Food & Beverage - Hospitality Education in Second Life - By Joe Dunbar
My HP Vista Notebook finally loads the Second Life viewer without crashing and I have been touring SL using my Inworld avatar, Limerick McMahon. ...more

Wyndham Hotel Group Launches Multibrand Web Site for China Hotels
Wyndham Hotel Group has launched a multibrand booking Web site in the Chinese language that is designed to promote bookings at its Wyndham(R), Ramada(R), Days Inn(R), Howard Johnson(R) and Super 8(R) hotels in China. ...more

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TeleAdapt announces the MediaHub HD with Bluetooth, the next generation in connectivity
The MediaHub(TM) gives hotel guests the ability to experience their music, photos, videos and other multi-media content from their own personal portable electronics device through the hotel room's flat screen HDTV. ...more

Technology in HFTP's GUESTROOM 2010 Serves as an Industry Point of Reference
Only at GUESTROOM 2010 - a model hotel room - will one find a voice recognition alarm clock set by speaking to it instead of punching buttons, a virtual library of the latest best-selling books, a bed without a mattress, a closet that generates electricity, a 3D golf course tour, a bath that gives a massage to the beat of your favorite music, a transducer that turns almost any surface into a speaker and an art gallery with thousands of choices. ...more

The OpenTravel Alliance Publishes Specification Version 2008A
Featuring New Messages for the Tour Operator Market ...more

MGM Grand at Foxwoods(R) Selects MICROS 9700 Enterprise POS Solution and MICROS RES 4.0 POS Solution
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions to the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that the MGM Grand at Foxwoods(R) has selected the MICROS 9700 point-of-sale solution for its food and beverage operation. ...more

Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Launches GalexiTM Content Management System for Hospitality and Travel Market
Milestone Internet Marketing announced today the launch of its state-of-the-art, hosted Content Management System - GalexiTM, targeted at the hospitality and travel segments. ...more

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group installs Datavision Business Intelligence System Worldwide
Datavision to consolidate information from PMS, POS, Spa, Sales & Catering and Back Office at each Mandarin Oriental hotel ...more

Nexus will launch HotelworX(TM) to US market at HITEC 2008
Nexus today announced that HITEC 2008 will be the platform for the US launch of HotelworX, a new Sales Force Automation (SFA) system designed specifically for the hotel industry. ...more

Newmarket Launches Delphi with the Interactive Open Network
Newmarket launches new version of its leading Delphi sales and catering application ...more

Wingate by Wyndham Brand Chooses MICROS OPERA Xpress PMS
Wyndham Hotel Group has selected the MICROS OPERA Xpress(R) property management system for installation throughout the 155-hotel Wingate(R) by Wyndham system in North America, a process that is expected to be completed within the next two years. ...more

Marriott Goes Underground
CIO Magazine Honors Marriott with 2008 CIO 100 Award ...more

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