Hotels are always abuzz with activity. It’s almost a Broadway play, with acts including conference and guest reservations, catering and room service, meeting room scheduling, housekeeping, event management, facility maintenance, custodial, security and more. Yet guests don’t care why the elevator works or how the hotel ballroom booked a headliner, just as they might not […]
Features Real Estate
Colin Joynt – Kite Realty
During a wide-ranging interview with Toggle earlier this fall, Colin Joynt fielded dozens of questions relating to his role as senior vice president of IT for Indianapolis-based Kite Realty: about the gamut-running career that preceded his 2015 arrival and about the bevy of big-ticket initiatives he and his team are now spearheading. There was one […]
Chris Murray – KETTLER
The future is now, and it looks bright if gadgets are your go-to. Think: smart homes with security, heating and cooling systems that can be managed remotely with the tap of an app; evolving control hubs such as Alexa, Amazon Echo and Google Home; appliances that connect to the internet and lights that dim depending […]
Josh Epps – Fickling & Company
After nine hours of bathroom breaks and arguments over which kid gets to use the iPad, you’re finally here: a beautiful beachfront rental house on Florida’s St. George Island. A four-digit key code quickly gets you in the door, where you’re instantly greeted by automated lighting. Too drained to figure out the sleeping arrangement, you […]
James Kurek – Liberty Property Trust
High-tech oversight of more than 600 properties in the United States and United Kingdom needed upgrading. In-house, legacy software was an impediment to efficiency. So last year, Liberty Property Trust looked to bring aboard an info-tech boss who could help on all fronts, settling on James Kurek, an IT veteran of a quarter-century, whose background […]
Teresa Duran – John L. Scott Real Estate
If you’ve tried looking for a house or apartment in the last five years, chances are you wound up on Zillow or Redfin, two of the world’s biggest real-estate websites. Here, with just a few clicks and field-fills, users can scroll through hundreds—even thousands—of listings, each with a profile of the property. Such functionality sure […]
