Building a Mobile Hospitality Management Information System – A Case Study of Restaurant Reservation, Ordering and Payment

[[abstract]]It is necessary to make a reservation or an order first before eating at a restaurant. But there’s some kind of problems about getting the information of the restaurants or meals, even waiting for paying in the line. Now, it’s more and more usual to use a mobile phone for the convenience around our life, so people concern much more about the related research of application. “Near Field Communication”, also called NFC, it’s very simple to operate. As long as holding the mobile phone with NFC function and launch the sensor of the device, you can do any function and operation you like. Take the system of information management for dining for example, customers are going to enjoy convenient and fast service following through the technology of NFC. This assay is talking about how we can use the technology of NFC for applying in the restaurants. From now on, people don’t have to bring a lot of credit cards, member cards with them when they are going out, one NFC mobile phone will take the place instead of all the credit cards and member cards. The technology of NFC will improve the procedure of making reservations and orders and reduce the expenses of personnel. Otherwise, the customers will own a better environment during their eating period, pay the bills through a safer measure and solve the problem related the restaurant returns the changes