Restaurants

More than 70,000 guests have already used the Radisson Hotels & Resorts Express Yourself online guest check-in service in the United States and the program is being expanded internationally.

Hyatt Hotels and XM Satellite Radio announce a multi-year agreement to provide free XM Satellite Radio service in guestrooms at Hyatt hotels nationwide.

Your guests may be ready for self-service, but are you? According to Self-Service Takes Off, the Hospitality Industry Self-Service Technology Study (the study can be accessed and downloaded at htmagazine.com), consumers interest in self-service options at quick-service restaurants is growing, even as interest lags among restaurateurs.

IHOP is teaming with Wayport in a pilot of multi-purpose connectivity solutions and applications, including public Wi-Fi Internet access in select IHOP restaurants across the United States.

Hotels are spending up to 74 percent more online for website design, e-mail marketing and search engine optimization.

In Technology Strategies for the Hospitality Industry (Pearson, 2005) authors Peter Nyheim, Francis McFadden and Daniel Connolly take a comprehensive look at the technology choices that now confront the hotel industry.

According to a new study released today by IHL Consulting Group, the point-of-sale (POS) terminal market for North American restaurateurs and hospitality providers continued to boom in 2004 with 11 percent annual unit growth and spending of $2.3 billion on POS hardware, software and services.

Marriott International announces that hotels now have the option to install flat-panel, digital HDTVs in guest rooms and lounges.