IT+in+hotels

=Hotels=

How IT is used in hotels:
**Visitor Reservation**

Information of the guests are kept on a database that includes their name, gender, room number, check-in time, check-out time etc.

**Social/ethical issue:**
 * Security** of the personal data kept on their database.
 * Privacy** of the guests could be under threat because of possible misuse of information.
 * Reliability** of the database, a poor database could be corrupted and guests are placed in the wrong rooms.

Staff records
Staff details, work period, rotation are all kept on their computers.

**Privacy** of the staff is very little because the hotel keeps track
 * Social/ethical issue: **

Website
Most reputable hotels have a website containing contact information, on-line reservation etc.

**Social/ethical issue:** The website needs to be reliable so that guests and potential guests can easily depend on the site.

Sensors
Used to control temperature of the pool (Temperature sensor) Used to switch off/on lights when people leave/enter a room (Motion sensor)

**Social/ethical issue:** **Reliability** of the sensors to detect what they are supposed to detect.

Security
Safety of the visitors are essential, so security cameras are placed all over the hotels to monitor visitors, staff and any unwanted trespassers.

**Social/ethical issue:** **Surveillance** of staff and guests. Everyone is always being watched.


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 * Hotel connects Facebook with tech wristbands for social media crazy clubbers || media type="youtube" key="iPnktJ0lKKE" height="315" width="560" || The hotel offers its customers access to their Facebook accounts through "Facebook pillars" and the use of RFID chips || Mohammad Ezmir ||
 * Social Media marketing hotels || media type="youtube" key="hyhmiY03zZ0" height="315" width="560" || The use of social networks in advertising hotels. || Mohammad Ezmir ||
 * Germans pioneer hotel heaven || BBCNEWS || German scientists assembled an experimental room in a giant laboratory
 * Integrated light-changing sequences
 * Talk to computer on the wall
 * Energy bed
 * Intelligent floor
 * Check e-mail on bathroom mirror
 * Mini-robots
 * Changeable windows || Mohammad Ezmir ||