Globalisation

A new era is coming in the hospitality industry where chain hotels begin to restructure their property management systems. I feel that this huge break through in the industry because for guests. For example in the situation of Intercontinental group, owning six brand of hotels chains. It allows them to filter guests’ profiles across 500 hotels over the world, so whether you decide to stay in sunny Spain or relax in the Emerald Isle, check in to a hotel is never going to be the same again.

From a hotels point of view this gives them a competitive advantage like no other, it reduces cost by allowing hotel to complete audits world wide also it’s an insight to compare and contract Hotels performance across the world. Communication is extremely important especially in hotels that are in a chain and I feel that with this integrated system the service industry can go beyond guest’s expectations

Web Standards

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) fights for standards in relation to accessibility and long-term viability of any site published on the Web. They work with browser companies, authoring tool makers. Companies now must ensure that they are not ignorant of other people disabilities and that there web pages are design in the correct stanards that does not exclude any human being

My Experience in DKIT.

I have to admit that my experience in DKIT is one I will treasure forever. A major goal in my life was to complete college and better myself with an academic qualification. I feel that DKIT is a college like no other. When I compare my stories with friends from UCD and DIT, there is absolutely a major difference in the support level and student lecture relationships that DKIT provide. Another valid point I feel is the adaptability of the courses with the maturity of the students and current issues happening in the world today, for the hospitality industry I feel this is extremely important. If DKIT continue with this forward thinking they will have no problems in putting Dundalk on the map for quality in education

Oprah Winfrey

If I had to a person who has inspire through out my life it has to be Oprah. The woman by right is an influential leader and a credit to all women. Her talked show is the highest rated talk show in history and she is the only black billionaire in the world for 3 connective years.

The woman is the original true live stories from, rag to richest as she lived in poverty for most of her life. With a tragic childhood Oprah set on site on going to drama school then progress as a TV anchor were she got discovered for her talents and now it the host of the famous Oprah Winfrey Show.

Oprah herself never had children but open a university Winfery Leadership Academy for Girls, were she claim that the member are everyone of her daughters as the are either abandoned or without parents.

Personally she influence me to reach my goals in life and taught me that nothing on this earth is non achievable. Another thing she taught me is that the art of giving is more rewarded than receiving and most of all not to under estimate the power of women. I am sad that she is deicing to retire this year but I will make it my mission to attend one of her shows before she does.

Mobile Computing

This is the most extensive and up-to date product being used in the hospitality industry at the moment. Referring to the no strings attached device. These items are highly popular in the gaming properties and casinos. With the great success of the wire-less connection properties such as the Marriot have adapted the hand held devices as a competitive advantage. The hand held wire-less device has now replaced the hard copy version and now allows waiters to take orders on the floor and send the order by internet connection to the kitchen without leaving their guests.

I myself got the chance to use one of these hand held devices in a hotel. It was very practical as were I was based, was on the terraces gardens and the kitchen was based in the basement. It is great to see the hospitality industry moving with the advancement of technology and using it as an integrated system to gain competitive advantage. It also allows the service and your product to be move efficient and effective.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is all about how to increase targeted volume traffic to your website. To increase the quality of the search the selection of keywords is vital as this will allow your target market to see you first in the list of web – sites. As a marketing strategy for companies it allows them to track visitors to their and what key words they have used.

The most famous of all search engines to day has to be google. Take a look at how SEO work through this like when I enter “hotels in Ireland”

Man Made Islands

Ok I must admit I’ m a bit fascinated by the concept of a man made island. I suppose I can really put this down to as a childhood infatuation. I was a huge enthusiast for geography and loved learning how the world was formed by little micro organism. Being the girl I was and worrying about almost anything, I began to ponder what would happen when all the land was eroded away by water.

Then the solution came to like, Man made islands! So how are they made well its more simple than you think, they simply islands were construct the island using approx 600,000 tons of boulders and 3.2 million cubic yards of sand. The boulders, weighing up to five tons each, rest on the shallow harbor bottom and form a perimeter for each island.

The means of transport to these islands are either marine or air transport which literally may them the reminiscent of a “private island”. The most famous and extravagant man made island is the Palm world or Globe Island off the coast off Dubai. Such famous owners of different countries on the Island include David Beckham. The cost of countries on the Island range from 4million upwards, so you better get saving.

Here's a link to find out More:

PALM WORLD

Virtual Communities

Welcome to my fourth blog. This blog give me the opportunity to introduce to you the value of social networking and demolished the stereotypical image, of them being used to those who are some what “virtual geek”. The main reason for these misunderstanding is mainly due to the fact that these communities were establishes for the more professional associates, like scholars and scientist, to discuss certain matters which intrigued their society. Howard Rheingold gives a more about the evolution in his book.

However we have seen the renaissance of virtual communities hit the extreme in recent years. To enlighten you more on the subject I will give you my own personal view on the matter. I began my own exploration on the matter when one night I happened to be watching the Richard & Judy show and they brought up the topic of Second Life. I was fascinated to hear the wonders of this world and the illusion of this second chance in life, in my opinion virtual community is a bit of an understatement is more of a “Virtual World”.

I decided to investigate my desire to learn more, so joined up without a second taught. I chose my Avatar (human image) and begun my journey straight away. To my amazement I discovered that you were able to establish a full working business and make real money using the exchange of the Linden Dollars. At present there is a woman who is making millions on selling clothes to Avatars in her virtual store. Taking to thinks to a different level a read an article in the paper weeks after to find that these two people meet on Second Life married their Avatars and then married in real life.

There is so much more amazing fact to discover to join up and lets hope i see you there.

Video Demo

The Pranksters!!!!!

I'm sure at some point in your life you have pulled a prank on someone that you are truly proud of, well here is my proud moment!

I was living with 3 girls in a compact apartment in Dublin that you couldnt even swing a cat in. We nick named our landlord 'Big Wills' because his name was Willie and he was extremely tall.

Girl A was a bit of a weird nut perhaps a macadamia or walnut, with habits I couldnt even dream of, for example spelling her name on the shower wall using her hair to illustrate. Needless to say i found my niche to extract the urine.

With the help of girl B and C I devised a plan that would put her at deaths door. Girl B leaked a bit of information to me that Girl A was terrified of the day that there would be a pervert in the house to steal her underwear.

With the help of girl B and C we lodged a pair of girl A's underwear in the attic door in the ceiling which was accesible through another door outside the apartment door. Over a glass of wine or two I constructed a conversation about all our underwear going missing and made a joke that big wills must be stealing them. As the saying goes 'she fell for it hook, line and sinker', and the dramatics begun!

This debate carried on for quite a while until she felt the need to drag me to the attic door to show me the possibilities of a pervert getting into the apartment. She let out a yell that wake the dead, went into evactuation mode and almost called the Gardai. Girl B calmed her down while Myself and girl C almost passed out with laughter. Girl B consoled her with tissues and the I told her it was a prank!

It's not all a bad ending, we are still friends!

Hotel Babylon

Everyone has to have some idea to either the book, or the series on BBC of “Hotel Babylon”. If not the following blog will give you an insight of my own personal experiences on Hotel Babylon.
Let first talk about the subject of infidelity. I witness a love triangle that came to close to being exposed for comfort. In a hotel I worked before which will become nameless I witness a guest book himself and his wife into a room and moments later returned to reception and book himself into another room the opposite side of the hotel. At first I taught this was a lover’s tiff that just hit an extreme, but what was even more suspicious was when he later came back to reception to book another room located in the middle of the two rooms. Approximately an hour after this strangeness the man explained his mistress would be booking into the other room to take care of his “personal business”. To my amusement I watched the CCTV in amazement, to see him scramble for two days between one room to another, and cringe at the closeness of how the two ladies nearly crossed paths. To say his bill was colossal is an understatement!

If you want to hear more leave your comments and I reveal more gossip stories.

If you want to find out more here is a few links that might interest you! Enjoy!

Hotel Babylon

Valentines Horrors

Welcome to my first blog

Ok as you can see from the heading I'm not too keen on the idea. Well here our some of the reasons. For all you single ladies do you ever notice you can't moan about how ridicules the day is, because you're seen as a grumpy old spinster. If you're in a relationship it's even worse because people think you're on the verged of breaking up. The lead up to the day is heart breaking to those ladies in a relationship because you spend the whole day waxing, washing, moisturising and plucking as if your womenhood depended on this whole night.
To be honest I feel even sorrier for men. I mean most of them haven't a clue when it comes to romance and when it comes to the day if they spend time actually being romantic we complain and if the don’t there dumped there’s no winning.
To top things off women become extremely competitive and compare what their partners got them to others. Your friend got the most expensive flowers, while you went to the most expensive restaurant. When will the madness end?