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Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Bring a New Era of Choices to Hospitality

Could blockchain be the demise of the OTAs? Well, maybe that's a reach, but there is no doubt that bitcoin and the greater blockchain will be major disruptors. Advantages go beyond security and loyalty to HR, procurement, food safety and even a new era in reservations.

The Great Disruption

Siegel Sez

NEWS

Urgo Hotels and Resorts chooses VENZA® for InfoSec Training

Given the high propensity for data breaches within the hospitality industry, Urgo Hotels and Resorts recently chose VENZA to educate its associates on protecting guest data. read more

HSMAI Welcomes Nominations for Lifetime Achievement and Top 25 Minds Awards

Visual One® Property Management System Adds Mobile Guest Check-in and Check-out and Improved Global Features

AHLA Reacts to New York City Passing Strong Short-Term Rental Ordinance

Veturis Travel Partners with SiteMinder to Fuel Europe and Asia Growth

featured industry events

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September 05-07

CIO Summit, Seattle, Washington
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September 24-27

Lodging Conference , Phoenix, AZ
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October 08-10

Global Gaming Expo (G2E), Las Vegas, NV

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tech spotlight

Help Alert with RF Technologies

Today, the threat of workplace violence is greater than at any other time. Choose HELP ALERT® to give your employees peace of mind that help is on the way with a touch of a button.

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Check into the Next Generation of Hotel Security with ASSA ABLOY Hospitality

ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Mobile Access leads the way in providing hoteliers around the world with digital key technology that is convenient, efficient and fully secure.

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industry Hot shot

Wendy Mertz

VP, IT Applications and Strategy at Hard Rock International

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opinion

“We are now moving beyond the legacies of the industrial, electronic, television and information ages, and stand ready to embark on the age of vivit fere ('nearly alive') computing. We can realistically foresee the end of menial human labor; we stand poised at the entrance to Eden 2.0, our next-gen garden of the future.”

Michael Schubach

“All of us have heard it: we live in a connected world, we have a 24-hour news cycle, company email flows 24/7/365, and friends, and now strangers, seem to know our every move. Yes, of course we have become more productive, more efficient, and more communicative along the way; however, many of us may fail to realize remaining in a constant state of connection may actually negatively impact our effectiveness.”