Is Your Hotel Ready to Attract More Tourists Arriving in India?

It is a good time to be part of the impressively growing hospitality and tourism industry in India. With the visa-on-arrival policy propelling this growth, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) sees an above average growth for this sector in India. WTTC's Annual Economic Impact Report, 2014 says that Travel & Tourism's economic contribution is set to grow by 7.3% in 2014.

Growth snapshot:

While talking about travel and tourism, India has all the aspects needed to become a preferred tourism destination globally as the total market size of tourism and hospitality industry in this Asian country is soaring to touch US $ 418.9 billion by 2022. Additionally, medical tourism in India is also projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of around 20% during 2013 to 2015.

What is in store for hotel sector?

In a country like India, travel and tourism sector is set to witness new growth. Several studies indicate that the hotel industry has been registering growth at a cumulative annual growth rate of 14% every year.
Looking at above mentioned positive growth trends of the industry, we can surely conclude that good days are ahead for hospitality industry in India. Read More

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IDS Next & RezNext Organise Hospitality Industry Summit

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Hospitality Industry Summit titled 'Transform Guest Experience & Improve Revenue' was recently organized by IDS Next and RezNext. Watch the video to know more about the event

IDS Next has grown its customer base and its Hotel ERP is now used by 3500 Customers

We are excited to announce that we have now 3500 customers globally using our Hotel ERP. Our customers are spread across 40 countries in geographies including South East Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Middle East and Africa. And our customers range from large hotel chains, independent  hotels, resorts, boutique hotels, service apartments and clubs.

Software for the Growing Hospitality Industry in Middle East

To work smart, hotels need robust software that automates maximum hotel functions, optimizes use of manpower and raises the benchmark on service.

IDS Next is a pioneer in providing hospitality software. Our Enterprise Class Solutions are used by 3500 hotels in 40 countries. We also have a large presence across Middle East regions including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and CIS region. Read More

Published in: Top Hotel Middle East 

IDS Next Clients in ‘Top 25 Most Preferred Hotels to Conduct Business’

Bangalore, 20 May, 2014: IDS Next Business Solutions, a leading provider of technology and software solutions for the hospitality and leisure industries has today announced that two of its clients - Fortune Landmark, Ahmedabad and The Pride Hotel, Ahmedabad have made it into the list of ‘Top 25 Most Preferred Hotels to Conduct Business’ compiled by Hotelier India Magazine in its April, 2014 issue.

While The Pride Hotel has been leveraging the power of IDS Next Hotel ERP since 2004, Fortune Landmark has been using IDS Next Hotel ERP since 2006.

The Pride Hotel is part of The Pride Group of Hotels that has successfully positioned itself as a hotel chain with fully owned 5 star luxury hotels. Apart from Ahmedabad, the group has hotels in Nagpur, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore, Goa, Jaipur and Sriperumbudur.

The Pride Hotel, Ahmedabad is a 164 room hotel located in the elite business area of Satellite. The lavishly appointed property also offers a fine-dining restaurant, swanky 24 hour coffee shop and banquet and conference halls.

Fortune Landmark is part of Fortune Park Hotels, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd. Fortune Park Hotels has emerged as the fastest growing, first class full service Business Hotel Chain in India with 5632 rooms in 55 cities. Currently, the group has 43 operational properties. Read more

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IDS Next clients featured in the list of ‘Top 25 Hotels to Do Business In’

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has ranked India as the world’s 10th largest business travel market and predicts that the country’s business travel spending will grow at an annual rate of 13.5%. Additionally, a 2013 joint survey conducted by Expedia and Egencia indicates that around 44% Indians undertake a minimum of 5 business trips a year.

Taking a cue from this positive growth trend, Hotelier India Magazine in its April 2014 issue compiled a list of ‘Top 25 Hotels to Do Business In’.

Fortune Landmark and The Pride Hotel are both located in Ahmedabad and use FortuneNEXT 6i Suite, A hotel ERP Software from IDSNext. Though both hotels have state of the art business centres, meeting rooms, banquet and conference halls, and a wide variety of cuisines that have helped them make it into the list, credit also goes to the robust and integrated Hotel ERP which plays a critical role in ensuring smooth operations at the hotel property. Read more

By: Myra Allen

Published in: IDS Next Blog

Sophisticated Software Solutions for Hospitality

Like numerous other industries, hospitality industry of post-modern times also needs to bank heavily on a slew of software technology solutions to automate and streamline hotel operations, which include optimising or at least systematising the use of manpower, leveraging multiple distribution channels to grow occupancy, and eventually increasing the profitability of a property.

Bangalore-based IDS Next Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is one of the

reputed names which have been technologically facilitating hotels across the globe. IDS Next's hospitality technology solutions cater to the needs of hotels across various market segments, ranging from large hotel chains and independent hotels, to resorts, restaurants and clubs. Swarnendu Biswas from Hotel Business Review spoke to Binu Mathews, CEO of IDS Next Business Solutions about various aspects of hospitality technology solutions offered by their company. Below is the excerpt of the interview. Read more

Published in: IDS Next / Hotel Business Review Magazine