 In This Issue
July-August 2006 |
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| Magazine Sections |
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| Cover Story: |
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| The New Service Frontier |
| 07/01/2006 |
| Author: Reid Paul • Editor-in-Chief |
| The state of the online restaurant industry |
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| Platforms: |
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| I Smell a Rat |
| 07/01/2006 |
| Author: Reid A. Paul • Editor-in-Chief |
| I smell a rat. I can't help it, I do. |
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| Front Burner: |
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| GPS-Enabled Phone By Request |
| 07/01/2006 |
| In an effort to push online reservations, during July Wyndham Hotels and Resorts offered free Motorola i836 walkie-talkie GPS-enabled cell phone to guests that booked online provided they activated a new line of service on the selected rate plan and commit to a two-year service agreement with Sprint Nextel. |
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| Research: July 2006 |
| 07/01/2006 |
| U.S. consumers are largely satisfied with making travel plans online, but fewer are using the Internet to meet their travel needs than two years ago
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| Ruby Tuesday Secures Guest Data |
| 07/01/2006 |
| Guests have always visited Ruby Tuesday for its food and hospitality, and now the company is providing data security for its guests as well. |
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| McDonald's Partners With Microsoft for Global POS |
| 01/01/2006 |
| McDonald's will now be using Microsoft Windows XP Embedded as the foundation for its new point-of-sale (POS) platform. |
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| On Property: |
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| Integrating Next Generation Technologies |
| 07/01/2006 |
| Author: Nicole Marie Richardson • Contributing Editor |
| Hotel Technology Forum panel discusses emerging integration challenges |
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| Intelligent Biz: |
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| Wising Up to Business Intelligence |
| 07/01/2006 |
| Author: Lisa Terry • Contributing Editor |
| The right data, in the right amount, in the right place, at the right time may well be the new mantra for hospitality organizations using business intelligence (BI) tools to gain insight into their businesses. |
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| Killer Apps: |
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| Wi-Fi Now, WiMAX Later |
| 07/01/2006 |
| Author: Ed Rubinstein • Contributing Editor |
| Long-distance networks may change the shape of wireless Internet access |
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| Vantage Point: |
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| The Wal-Mart Effect |
| 07/01/2006 |
| Author: Greg Buzek |
| If you're not worried worry about the retail giant, maybe you should be. |
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