Session 11: Meeting and Technology Links

Virtual Meetings by Marriott, AT&T and Cisco (Telepresence Studios)

Web Conferencing by Cisco WebEX

Audience Response Systems by Turning Technologies

Standard Event Planning Forms and Templates from Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Initiative

Session 10: Links to Explore

Activity Management System integrated with PMS

PMS offered via SaaS model (Software-as-a-Service)- click on Demo under MyPMS

MaitreD Restaurant Management System (click on "MaitreD' Flash Demo" under "Other Resources")

APEX Meetings and Events Industry-Wide Accepted Practices and Document Templates

Major Assignment Submission

Some students have reported problems when uploading their major assignment (Part 1 and 2) to SOUL.

If you are receiving an error message saying your file size is over the size limit of 97.7 KB, you may submit your assignment via e-mail to me first.

In your e-mail, include the following:

Subject:
I.T. in Hosp and Tourism Operations Major Assignment Submission

Body:
Your name, ID number, and no. of files being submitted

Attachments:
Your file(s)

Session 8: Electronic Distribution for Airlines and Hotels

Please visit these links to find out more about technology options available to hotels who wish to sell and market their properties electronically.

1. MyFidelio.net (there are two online demos available for connecting hotels to travel agencies and connecting hotels to a web site)
2. Siteminder Channel Manager (online tour available)
3. Siteminder Booking Button (web booking engine that can be included on a hotel's web site)

Visiting all your Blogs by the end of this Week !

I've started reading the blogs and just want to thank everyone for sharing their recommendations. I've lived in Hong Kong for 10 years now but I still feel like a tourist, so I've been enjoying all your sharing on new places to go, eat and shop from your blogs. Keep them coming !

To those who haven't posted yet, there may be a penalty for your late submission. According to the assignment requirements, you should have at least two posts by 31-August. Please talk to me in case you need a few days' extension.

HK Tourist Recommendations from Lee Lai-Shan

Olympic gold medallist Lee Lai Shan recommends that tourists visit Kwun Yam Beach on Cheung Chau, where she was born and raised.

(photo source: http://www.lovehaya.com/travel_guide/superlatives-our_people_our_pride.htm)

"Tourists can rent canoes or windsurfing boards to venture out to sea. They can appreciate the Mini Great Wall and some weathered rocks from another angle," she said. The Mini Great Wall is a headland walking track modelled on the original. She also recommends a visit to adjacent Tung Wan beach, not just for the swimming but the view.



(photo source: http://www.hongkongextras.com/_beaches_outlying_islands.html)

She is one of a number of islanders who have contributed their personal recommendations for tourist attractions in a new guidebook that will be available for free at ferry piers (Chinese version is already out now, while English version will be out in mid-September).

GETTING THERE – Ferry from Central Pier 5 to Cheung Chau. From Cheung Chau Ferry Pier just beyond Circle K convenience store follow Tung Wan Road (not the street along the harbourside) across the narrow central part of the island to Tung Wan Beach (about 5 minutes walk).

Kwun Yam Wan Beach is immediately beyond the Warwick Hotel and helicopter landing pad (about 2 minutes walk from the southern end of Tung Wan Beach).

(sourced from: The South China Morning Post)

MS ACCESS Exercise 3: Demo Video of Creating an Event Attendance List (Part 3)

We will use Report Wizard and Report Design to create a report that shows all events by Hibernian Event Management, and the attendees for each event.

Here's the third part of the exercise: