Articles about Microsoft in the Hospitality industry

Updated: December 20, 2006

Articles about the lodging, gaming, and entertainment industry

•	The 5 hottest hospitality tech trends From the perspective of a hotel, casino, or restaurant, these important advances have the potential to create more efficient and profitable businesses, and make your business more appealing to guests.
•	Integrated IT platform innovates, personalizes guest experiences This series talks about innovative technologies and how they can help hoteliers create unique, positive guest experiences.
•	IGT Systems helps casinos play for keeps Read how the company’s gaming management systems use Microsoft’s SQL Server to help casinos hit the jackpot.
•	Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for hospitality Learn about new and enhanced business intelligence features and see how companies like Hilton Hotels are leveraging them.
•	Business intelligence in hospitality: Adding value to daily decisions See how Microsoft BI solutions have helped companies such as Hilton and Expedia save money, provide superior customer service, and improve business performance and the bottom line.
•	The promise and opportunity of RFID in hospitality Advances in RFID technology and supporting software offer hoteliers substantial new opportunities to create a superior guest experience, enhance revenue, and reduce costs—a catalyst for positive change.
•	Hotel Technology Next Generation makes the hotel room more personal HTNG integrates DVD players, MP3 players, and Smartphone devices with existing in-room hotel systems to create a better guest experience.
•	Concierge solution lets hotels deliver highly polished service any time of day Experticity from Nextprise helps hotel offer automated concierge service over the Internet.
•	Keep tabs on the kids—RFID to the rescue Guest Technologies’ locator tag solution can help guests find each other and can add up to big savings and new revenue streams for companies using an RFID system.
•	This is your hotel, how may I help you? Microsoft Speech Server—which helps hotel operators reduce the cost and complexity of managing in-house communications—is helping to transform the hospitality industry.
•	In-room entertainment: Much more than fun and games Microsoft technology gives hotel guests the entertainment they've come to expect.

Articles about the foodservice industry

•	Business Intelligence in restaurants: Put your data to use This article discusses how the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform can help you streamline operations and reduce costs in a competitive marketplace.
•	Infrastructure optimization: Enable technologies, drive business success Solutions from Microsoft partners can help you optimize your food service infrastructure and implement new technologies that help drive business success.
•	Taco Bell's X appeal Read how XFormity and Microsoft helped one fast food franchise pump up profits and improve service.
•	Turning the tables on slow service ESP Systems' guest customized service system gives guests the dining experience they want.
•	Microsoft Technology gives leading German restaurant tasty data to savor A reporting system based on a Microsoft-powered data warehouse is giving NORDSEE access to sales data in real time for improved management decision making.
•	Wireless dining solution satisfies guests at worldwide hotel chain IHG deployed a wireless solution that lets guests place dining orders and perform other tasks from the comfort of their table.

White papers

•	Food services standards (378KB Portable Document Format file) This paper talks about the importance and benefits of standards and some of exciting work done in the food services standards area.
•	Microsoft operating systems for point of service devices This paper includes a list of frequently asked questions and a comparison chart that can assist you in making a decision about what operating system is most appropriate for your POS devices.