 In This Issue
July-August 2011 |
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| What Are You Worth? |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Abigail A. Lorden, Editor-in-Chief |
| It its first-ever salary survey, HT polled a sample of 275 executives from across the hotel and restaurant industries, representing a variety of sub-segments, departments, and titles, to find out how much they're earning, plus insight into the education level, length of work-week, and benefits packages that are common among hotel and restaurant executives. |
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| Platforms: |
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| IT Gender Gap |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Abigail A. Lorden, Editor-in-Chief |
| Are women working in hospitality subject to disparities in compensation? HT's 2011 Salary Survey offers some answers. |
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| Front Burner: |
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| Are Printed Menus Destined to Fall by the Wayside? |
| 08/03/2011 |
| Hospitality's love affair with tablets continues, as the past few months have ushered in a bevy of applications that are making printed menus obsolete for many. |
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| Property Wide: |
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| PMS in the Cloud |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Tammy Mastroberte, Contributing Editor |
| What are the benefits and challenges of operating a property management system in the cloud? Hoteliers debunk cloud-based PMS myths and reveal some of the payoffs they have experienced by moving to a cloud computing model. |
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| Speed & Service: |
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| 8 Steps to Better Bandwidth |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Lisa Terry, Contributing Editor |
| Guest media and entertainment consumption is driving demand for more bandwidth in hotels at a rate that is much faster than in many other locations offering Wi-Fi. Get the most out of the bandwidth that you have with these top strategies. |
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| Killer Apps: |
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| Menus Meet iPad |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Christina Volpe, Associate Editor |
| iPad app helps the Columbia, Md.-based, 300-plus seat Victoria Gastro Pub turn 60-page drink menu into a multi-qualifier, searchable sales tool. |
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| Last Words: |
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| Location-Based Services Show Potential |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Cihan Cobanoglu, Ph.D., CHTP |
| Location-based services represent a new revenue stream for hospitality, just make sure you avoid the one major pitfall. |
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| Vantage Point: |
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| QR Codes 101 |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Carrie Copeland, Director of Interactive Marketing, Fontainebleau Miami |
| Fontainebleau's director of interactive marketing lays out campaign management and integration strategies for quick response bar codes. |
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| Point of Sale: |
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| 2011 POS Innovations: Mobility on the March |
| 08/01/2011 |
| Author: Tim Clark, Contributing Editor |
| The point-of-sale supplier marketplace is getting serious about mobile offerings as established technology vendors, as well as a number of new startups, are entering into the mobile fray. HT recaps eight mobile POS releases from 2011. |
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