The HOTEL Yearbook Special Edition - Technology 2016

25 November 2015|The Hotel Yearbook 2016 – Technology, its third Special Edition focused exclusively on the changing technology landscape in the world of hospitality. "Since its inception in 2007, the editorial concept of The Hotel Yearbook has been to bring together senior hotel industry executives and recognized experts and thought leaders from every part of the industry to write about foresight and innovation in the global hotel business," said Woody Wade, co-publisher. "Our latest edition on technology comprises 90 pages and covers a wide range of topics from Big Data and meta-search to revenue management, robotics and human capital management." Rapidly evolving technological innovations are reshaping every aspect of the hotel industry, from reserving and accessing rooms to improving guests' in-room experience and increasing profitability. The new publication covers these and many other topics.

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In this Edition

• Evolution of group technology towards a focus on profit
  By Ram Mohan, Senior Vice President at GroupRevMax
  
• Using automation to support sustainable success
  By Eric Rogers, Regional Head EMEA at FCS Computer Systems
  
• Can the Internet of Things make the travel and hotel industry 'smarter'?
  By Greg Abbott, VP Travel & Hospitality at DataArt
  
• How human is human capital management technology?
  By Bernard Ellis, President and Founder at Lodgital Insights LLC
  
• Reserve your place in the Cloud
  By Dr. Peter Agel, Global Segment Leader Hotels at Oracle and Sundar Swaminathan, Director, Hotel Solutions Marketing at Oracle
  
• Are travelers getting it all wrong?
  By Margaret Ady, Vice President, Marketing at TRUSTYOU
  
• Extended opportunities: optimizing revenue at extended stay properties
  By Sanjay Nagalia, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of IDeaS Revenue Solutions
  
• Independent hotelier’s Big Data vs. real-time data conundrum
  By Max Starkov, Adjunct Professor NYU Tisch Center for Hospitality, Founder & Director at NextGuest Digital
  
• Total profit optimization: Break free from the “room rut”
  By Tammy Farley, President & Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Group
  
• The end of the steely-eyed analysts? Business Intelligence takes center stage
  By Sherry Marek, Co Founder, Vice President at Datavision Technologies
  
• How technology can serve both hotel employees and guests
  By Manfred Osthues, Managing Partner at protel
  
• The continuing case for product integration and cross-innovation
  By Thomas Di Giacomo, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Swisscom Hospitality Services
  
• The demise of price parity and ascent of meta-search
  By Peter O’Connor, Chaired Professor of Digital Disruption at ESSEC Business School
  
• Should you move to the Cloud? The top six benefits of a Cloud-based PMS
  By Rehan Jaddi, SVP of Customer Support & Service Solutions at Agilysys
  
• Mobile access: the next step in guestroom access security and convenience
  By Tim Shea, President of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality
  
• Who dares wins
  By Ian Millar, Professor at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
  
• Tomorrow’s Guestrooms in Hong Kong
  By Dr. Basak Denizci Guillet, Associate Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  
• Augmented reality 101
  By Jim Novack
  
• My first one hundred days at HTNG
  By Michael Blake, Executive Vice President & CEO at Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
  
• Big Data in the hotel industry: a myth that still gets busted in 2015
  By Lennert de Jong, Commercial Director at citizenM
  
• The rise of robotics in hospitality
  By Galen Collins, Professor, School of Hotel and Restaurant Managment, W.A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University
  
• The new frontier of worry for hoteliers
  By Loren Gray, Founder of Hospitality Digital Marketing
  
• Personalization through communication
  By Dan Phillips, Owner of Dare to Imagine
  
• The new IT structure for Big Data: Will the PMS lose its central position?
  By Michael Toedt, Managing Director at Dailypoint Gmbh
  
• The apps we use
  By Floor Bleeker, CIO MEA and Global Accor Strategic Programs
  
• Solving the interface problem
  By Lyle Worthington, Technology Executive and Consultant & Past President of HFTP Global
  
• Four technology mega trends that will shape travel in 2016
  By Alan Young, President of Puzzle Partner Ltd.
  
• 2016’s key hotel technology trends: a view from the top
  By Ted Horner, Information Technology and Services Consultant
  
• Hotels and the digital marketplace
  By Cindy Estis Green, Co-founder and CEO, Kalibri Labs, LLC