It seems that airports are busier than ever before. In a recent story run by Forbes, the ten busiest airports were identified with photos often showing a hectic environment. I could not help but wonder about the types of asset management issues this level of activity brings and how they can be managed better. So [...]
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Meet Mintek at HITEC
Mintek is please to announce that it will be in attendance at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference (HITEC) in Minneapolis from June 24-27, 2013. We welcome all our clients and any hotels interested in better energy and asset management to stop by booth 849. Mintek, a leading provider of hotel EAM CMMS solutions [...]
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The Heart of Hotel Energy Management
Welcome back! In the first article of this series the relationship between hotel energy management and asset management was examined. The results revealed the necessity of having a good asset management program in place if a hotel is to lower energy costs. This article will pick up where Why Hotel Energy and Asset Management Got [...]
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Why Hotel Energy and Asset Management Got Married
Keeping a hotel or hotel chain competitive in a global economy is much more than having nice rooms, outstanding services, great restaurants and expensive marketing. Although all of these are important to a hotel’s success, they are all short-term influences without a well-thought out and executed asset management program. Hotel asset management is the short, [...]
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Is Microsoft the Future of Facilities and Maintenance Management?
I was reading an article on Microsoft’s development of a smart building system for it’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington and was struck down by its potential. One has to wonder if the future of facilities and maintenance management has arrived or is it just a glimpse of what can be? For there part, Microsoft engineers [...]