Looking for an Ideal PMS for Your Budget Hotel Business? Review PAX Xotels!

Irrespective of size or business volumes, having a proper Property Management System is crucial for every hotel entity. There are numerous property management systems designed to help automate the operation process at large hotels, but we can't really use those property management systems to streamline daily operations at small and budget hotels as most of the features will be redundant and it also involves heavy pricing aspects.
Do small and budget hotels really need a Property Management System?
The answer to this question is 'Yes'. While a big hotel can go for a robust property management system to take care of operational aspects including guest bookings, online reservations, food and beverage costing, accounting, report generation, sales and marketing, HR and payroll, maintenance management and quality management, a small hotel needs to find out a PMS which would help automate some basic operations core to its day to day business. Read more

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Drive Direct & Increased Booking to Your Hotel with Web Booking Engine

In today’s time, when a sizeable percentage of hotel reservations are done online, your hotel cannot ignore its website which is unique and exclusive to you. Your website has all the information about your facilities and is just what your potential guests need to make a booking. And if recent statistics are to be believed, your website has to potential to cost-effectively generate a significant amount of room bookings for your hotel.
Despite being an important channel for generating room bookings, hotel websites still fall short on getting the visibility they need and rely heavily on third party booking agents to get room bookings. As the market gets more competitive, is it time for hotels to go back to basic and relook at how they can leverage their website as a revenue channel. A smart web booking could hold the answer.

What is a Web Booking Engine and how does it work?

A Web Booking Engine (WBE) is an application embedded in a hotel website that allows potential guests to view availability of rooms and make booking. Besides facilitating guests to make hassle free bookings, the biggest benefit of a web booking engine is that it enables a hotel to accept bookings for as much as a year in advance. Due to its ability to generate revenue for a hotel, a web booking engine is considered the single most powerful and important element in a hotels website. Read more

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