Hotel Web Sites; the missing link(s)... - By Keith Paulin
There's a Fifth Element to building online revenues from your hotel web site, and without it you will never appear on page one of Google, Yahoo or MSN for the highest volume search terms...a Fifth you say? And the first Four Elements are? ...more

Next wave of travel websites feels like MySpace
Exploring the mysteries of an exotic vacation spot can be part of the adventure. But for most travelers, the more they know before they go, the better they feel. ...more

Lodging Interactive Rolls Out A New Internet Booking Engine For Hotel And Resort Websites
Lodging Interactive introduced its new Internet Booking Engine (IBE) for hotels and resorts today. The Lodging Interactive IBE provides hotels and resorts with an efficient, cost-effective solution to online, real time booking capabilities for their websites. ...more

One-Screen vs. Multi-Step Booking Engines...Gibberish! - By Neil Salerno
You Have to Look at the Whole Picture ...more

Avoid Lines at Airports - Check-in At Home
According to a recent report from SITA (Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques), online plane ticket sales will make up 28% of all airline ticket sales in 2006, up from 20% in 2005. ...more

The West Paces Hotel Group Selects TIG Global as their Internet Marketing Partner for the Solís Brand
The West Paces Hotel Group, a premier international hotel and resort management company, today announced that it has selected TIG Global as its Internet marketing agency of record for the Solís Hotels and Resorts brand and its independently managed hotels. ...more

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ReServe Interactive Announces Multiple Software System Interfaces
ReServe Interactive has recently developed multiple system interfaces designed to enhance the functionality and reliability of its technology offering and meet the specific needs of its hospitality industry customers. ...more

Lanyon extends language capability to its industry content database
Lanyon, Inc. (www.lanyon.com), the leading, independent provider of content management and distribution technology to the global hotel and travel industries, today announced the planned implementation of multiple language capabilities in its extensive database of 35,000 hotels. ...more

How a Flattening World Impacts Hoteliers - By John Burns, Julie Keyser-Squires and Michael Squires
The recent Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) in Minneapolis focused hospitality's attention on using technology to add value to the guest experience and to increase revenue while cutting costs for owners. These are familiar goals. They are also very specific to the hospitality industry. A wider view is less obvious but equally vital, and could benefit our industry. Today, society in general is like a bubble floating in a sea of unprecedented cultural, technological and economic change. ...more

VingCard's Signature and Signature RFID Electronic Locks Draws Crowds at HITEC
Security leader generates BUZZ at premier hospitality technology event while showcasing the success and global installation of its design-centric lock and previewing its upcoming contactless, Radio-Frequency IDentification solution ...more

Three Buffalo firms see big future for allergy-friendly hotel rooms
If three Buffalo companies are right, allergy-friendly hotel rooms could be the tip of a giant health-conscious market that could push their products and services into homes, hospitals and even school buses. ...more

Certain Software(R) Celebrates Successful First Half of 2006 - Boasting Three Million Registrations, New Client Roster and Significant Company Growth
Company signs on industry leaders Wells Fargo Bank, Stanford University, US Army and others; doubles year-to-year revenue, hires key leadership, adds new financial security feature to Register123(TM), and introduces customer training program, Certain Academy(TM) ...more

Staying Wired On Vacation: Travelers Use Of Technology On The Road
While the point of a vacation may be to 'get away from it all,' travelers bring a surprising amount of technology with them in order to stay connected during their leisure trips, according to the latest Voice of the Traveler survey by the Travel Industry Association and Synovate. ...more

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