Restaurants

Dave Thomas, chief operating officer of Boston Market, will present the opening keynote address, "Roadmap to Guest Driven Profitability," to attendees of the Multi-unit Restaurant Technology Conference (MURTEC) on March 15 in Las Vegas.

Reliability, speed and scalability at the POS

Global Hyatt Corporation is deploying the NCR EasyPoint Xpress Check-In kiosks (www.ncr.com) throughout its recently launched Hyatt Place chain.

Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $537 billion in 2007

In a few short years, payment options such as debit cards have gone from foreign to familiar to U.S. consumers. That's why it's important for hospitality operators to keep up with -- and even try to get a jump on -- innovative payment technologies as they emerge.

Embassy Suites Hotels has announced the launch of its 20/10 brand evolution program with the completion of EmbassyDirect registration kiosks.

PricewaterhouseCoopers research, supplemented by Smith Travel Research (STR) and Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) data, indicates that telecommunications revenue in hotels has declined an average of 16 percent since its peak in 2000.

These days, more and more restaurants are taking advantage of point-of-service (POS) technology, replacing cash registers with fully integrated, PC-based systems. In many cases, the technology is staying well ahead of customer demand, as most users report they are utilizing only a percentage of the available features, but talk excitedly about moving forward in the future with the introduction of several of the additional features being offered by providers.