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- Surface tabletops debut at select Sheratons
- Nine or more months later than expected, the first Microsoft Surface tabletops have gone live inside select Sheraton hotels. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Hotel Creates Experience for Guests to Connect Digital Work and Social Lifestyles
- To help differentiate Sheraton Hotels & Resorts from its competitors, Sheraton developed a new initiative for its guests and then teamed up with Microsoft to enhance the experience. The "Link@Sheraton experienced with Microsoft" transforms underused lobby space into a destination within Sheraton hotels - a digitally connected, social gathering spot...
- Case studies 2008-07-01
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- Hotel Improves Guest Experience and Revenue Through Innovative Use of Technology
- Located in downtown Philadelphia, Sheraton University City Hotel is in the midst of a major university and business center served by several hotels. To stay competitive, the hotel continuously improves the amenities that it offers its customers. The hotel wanted to provide more than just Internet service; it wanted to...
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed until spring 2008
- If you were holding your breath for the first Microsoft touch-screen tabletops, originally due to debut in November in selected Sheraton hotels, Harrah's casinos, and T-Mobile retail locations, you can exhale now. Microsoft is delaying delivery of the first Surface shipments until spring 2008, officials told News.com...
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock
- The Los Angeles Times reports that some companies that have opened virtual presences on Second Life have closed their virtual doors or are letting them rot through lack of attention.We're talking Dell, Best Buy Geek Squad Sun Microsystems, American Apparel, Starwood Hotels (Westin, Sheraton, etc.) In fact, that's the Los...
- Blog posts 2007-07-15
- Microsoft provides first public demo of the Surface tabletop
- On Saturday, June 9, at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, Microsoft let the public see, touch and test-drive the Surface interactive tabletop system that the company unveiled at the end of May.Surface -- the product formerly codenamed "PlayTable," and later "Milan" -- is a hardware-software bundle that Microsoft...
- Blog posts 2007-06-09
- D-Link Wireless Networking Turns Four Points by Sheraton Into Hot Spot Haven for Business Travelers
- Since Starwood's aggressive marketing campaign was launched while some of Sheraton's hotels did not yet have high-speed Internet access, three popular Sheraton resort hotels located in San Rafael, Monrovia, and Culver City, California were in urgent need of finding reliable, cost-effective networking solutions. When it came time to decide which...
- Case studies 2007-04-25
- Rochester Hyatt's outsourcing of WiFi to T-Mobile is unforgivable
- Rochester Hyatt's outsourcing of WiFi to T-Mobile is unforgivableWhat were you thinkingYour First mistake was thinking that Rochester was a Hi-Tech town, being originally from the area I can for a fact that it really isn't that hi-tech of a town, hence the reason I'm not located in the area...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Fortune 500 target Social Web: investing millions in 'boring' Internet
- For Mark Cuban, “The Internet is Boring. Its old news.” For America’s Fortune 500 mega-corporations, however, today’s Social Web is the “coolest” thing around.As I discuss in “Corporate marketers to 48 million Internet users: 'share your stories'”:Web 2.0 Social Web start-ups, move over. From hotel chains to sports broadcasters, established...
- Blog posts 2006-07-13
- Corporate marketers to 48 million Internet users: 'share your stories'
- Web 2.0 Social Web start-ups, move over. From hotel chains to sports broadcasters, established top tier corporate marketers are aiming for the Social Web.Sheraton Hotels & Resorts is no longer a hotel booking site, it is a “global community” where travelers can “connect with others.” In the Fall, the sports...
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- Starwood moves to SOA
- Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. is investing heavily in the promise of SOA. The company, which controls 750 properties around the world (including Sheraton, Westin and the "W"), is migrating its reservation and Preferred Guest applications away from a Cobol-based, IBM mainframe system. Starwood's biggest act is...
- Blog posts 2005-07-25
- Starwood shines
- Starwood Hotels-- which operates the Westin, Sheraton and W hotel brands -- is intent on leveraging the power and potential of service-oriented architecture. It is now in the midst of an architecturaltransition that will make datanow stored in its legacy mainframe reservationsystem accessible in dynamic, Web services applications. Working...
- Blog posts 2004-12-08
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