{"id":2049,"date":"2013-04-29T10:22:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mosio.com\/mobileanswers\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2019-03-13T07:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T14:04:44","slug":"hospitality-news-byte-new-plan-to-pay-hotel-bills-through-the-phone-the-smart-trend-in-hotels-a-tablet-for-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosio.com\/mobileanswers\/hospitality-news-byte-new-plan-to-pay-hotel-bills-through-the-phone-the-smart-trend-in-hotels-a-tablet-for-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality News Byte: New plan to pay hotel bills through the phone, The \u2018Smart\u2019 Trend in Hotels, A tablet for everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/multimedia\/dynamic\/01438\/25_mp_tablet2_jpg_1438233f.jpg\" alt=\"A tablet for everything.\" width=\"509\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>New plan to pay hotel bills through the phone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To help promote a cashless Kenya, hotels are planning to introduce a new system to allow hotel stayers to pay the hotel bills straight from their phone. This will help customers to enjoy the benefits of the hotel without forcing them to have cash in their pockets and will also help with fraud issues involving cash. Kenya has been chosen as a start point thanks to the countries quick adaption to new technologies, but plans have been made to move it out of Kenya and into other parts of Africa as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/Features\/smartcompany\/New-plan-to-pay-hotel-bills-through-the-phone\/-\/1226\/1755424\/-\/b02y8k\/-\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunities for the Hospitality Industry in Cloud Computing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By allowing hotels to share the cloud with one another, hotels will be able to do many things to help tighten their business practice when it comes to any computing involved within the hotel. By using the cloud, hotels will be able to make information accessible and allow for less costs spent on hardware because information can be accessed when needed from the cloud on any device. It will also allow for stronger, more tightened security helping to improve the safety of the business and the hotel&#8217;s employees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudtimes.org\/2013\/04\/17\/opportunities-for-the-hospitality-industry-in-cloud-computing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hotel Revenues Soar over 35% with the Introduction of Hotel Revenue Management and Sales Distribution Channel Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2013\/04\/23\/540578\/10029579\/en\/Hotel-Revenues-Soar-over-35-with-the-Introduction-of-Hotel-Revenue-Management-and-Sales-Distribution-Channel-Manager.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u2018Smart\u2019 Trend in Hotels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/23\/business\/electronic-smarts-at-hotels-attract-guests.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A <strong>Revenue<\/strong>\u00a0for everything<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/a-tablet-for-everything\/article4650849.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theday.com\/article\/20121229\/NWS01\/121229778\/-1\/NWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Compiled by\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosio.com\/biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mosio mobile messaging software<\/a>. 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