The problem with hotel rooms: Where's the innovation?
527586
Blog: If the hotel industry is lagging behind, is that a solid indication of where we are in terms of innovation?
34677
Feel like watching a movie? Need an extra blanket or some food? For years, guests at hotels have gotten these amenities with a phone call or a few clicks of the TV remote.
681849
The hotelier's strong quarter isn't enough to please investors.
208473
Fast company It&#146;s a familiar tension in business. Business people think designers are mere stylists; designers think business people are Neanderthals who forfeit quality for profit. That&#146;s because traditional business runs on logic that is inductive (using observation to prove something works) and deductive (using principles to prove that something must be). But designers rely on abductive reasoning. Huh? It&#146;s ...
768364
Two years ago, at the height of the housing boom, developers realized that hotel property had fallen out of favor. Residential property was worth more, and travelers weren't willing to pay top dollar to stay in fancy hotels.
360021
Hotel ratings are often a maze of confusion, aggravated in recent years by online travel booking sites that often use customersâ comments to rate accommodations.
496442
Should businesses replace post-mortems with âpre-mortems?â Adopt âcounterintuitive management practices?â And more...
74227
(Source: Liebert)  With technology needs changing rapidly as this midsized hospital transitioned from paper-based to electronic systems, insufficient data center cooling threatened both growth and system reliability in this midsize data center. A new cooling strategy eliminated heat-related problems and provided a roadmap for future growth.
305986
Timing is the bane of those who would be innovators. Get it right and youâll be toasted. Get it wrong and youâre just plain toast.
203566
The next twist in TVs might be the ability to navigate through on-screen menus with a wave of your hand. Look for them in hotel lobbies.
680340
By San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 23--HIGH-TECH TRY-ON ROOMS   Technology from IconNicholson allows shoppers to try on virtual garments in their dressing rooms. Here's how it works:   Dressing rooms are equipped with "magic mirrors" with interactive screens.
197389
Coastal resorts are to get a spate of new hotels next year, it has been announced.Hotel chain Travelodge said it planned to open 10 new establishments at seaside resorts, creating 800 new rooms.The  34 million ...Comment
718112
Outsourcing has yet to really penetrate the travel industry. Local needs and travel infrastructure tends to require local people on the ground.
553207
Aligning technology and business â what a concept. Everyone is talking about it, but to put things in perspective, I imagine the day after the wheel was invented the wife of the inventor got sick and tired of watching her husband roll it down the hill all day. She probably said, âCyxny, honey, why donât you make another one and put them on the cart?â
298388
Whether humans will embrace or resist an innovation is the billion-dollar question facing designers of novel products and services.
367071
Restrictive hardware and convoluted rights management crimp consumer choices.
606984
Innovation and lawyers never used to be comfortable bedfellows, but there is growing evidence of radical change in the legal market. No longer is it unusual for law firms to talk of diversity, for in-house lawyers to be thinking of creating economic value for their companies or for UK barristers to focus on putting their clients first. In every branch of the profession, across Europe, lawyers are driving change and being creative for their clients, their colleagues and often the wider community.