Running a Hotel Chain? Review IDS Next for All Your Technological Requirements to Beat the Competition

Hotel operation is always complex. Managing a standalone property nowadays have become quite a tough job. So, one can imagine how difficult it would be to deal with day to day operations at multiple hotels of a chain/brand spread across locations. In case of chain hotels, the management has to maintain the brand’s standard across all the properties. And the situation seems worse, when there is a lack of coordination and operational synchronization with the absence of smart hospitality software solutions. 

Here is how the management at chain hotels can address some of the issues – Read More

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By: Varadharajan Athmanathan 

Central Reservation System for Chain and Group Hotels in India

The Indian hotel industry is in its prime time. Foreign tourist arrival is likely to touch 15 million by 2020, and the country requires to a3dd over 180,000 hotel rooms. According to Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India (FHRAI), India currently has around 103,000 hotel rooms across categories. 

Growth of chain hotels and group hotels in India

Looking at the positive outlook, many international hotel brands are betting big on India’s hotel market. Cities including Delhi, NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon, Noida and Ahmedabad are attracting a major portion of the upcoming hotel investment. Read More

By: Ronnie Sarkar

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Are Luxury Hotels in India Harnessing Right Hospitality Technology?

The luxury hotel segment in India is growing at a steady pace. The country is attracting an increasing number of foreign tourists as the government has introduced e-visa for 113 countries. The country has a large millennial population too, who are enjoying new found adventure in travel and sightseeing.

Here is peek into some numbers

India had received over 7 million foreign tourists by August 2015. According to the World Tourism Organization, the country will welcome over 15.3 million foreign tourists by 2025. Now let us take a look at the accommodation sector, or the hotel industry. Do they have enough high-end rooms to offer the growing number of foreign nationals? The answer is ‘Yes’ and here’s why – Around 29,000 luxury hotel rooms are under development and they will be added to the existing nation-wide inventory over the next 6 years. Metro and tier 1 cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune and Gurgaon will grow to 6,500 hotel rooms by 2016. Read More

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By: Myra Allen

 

IDS Next Makes Impressive Growth Strides in 2015

For any company in the hospitality industry, each year brings new challenges and opportunities. The hospitality industry is currently bristling with innovation, and offers wonderfully interesting learning and insights to growing companies. These insights enable hotels to continuously set benchmarks of enhanced guest service. At IDS Next, we also go through the same process of improvement and enhancement.

In August, we celebrate our foundation anniversary and this year has been one of many achievements in terms of rolling out new products and initiatives. Here are some of the key highlights -

Acquired over 4000 customers

In FY 2014-15, we crossed the 4000 client’s milestone. We acquired new customers in all the geographies we are present in, namely South East Asia, Oceania, Indian sub-continent, Middle East and Africa. Armed with our world-class Hotel ERP and a seamlessly integrated Hotel 360 solution set, we look forward to aggressive expansion in the coming year. Read More

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By: Lilian D'Costa

Sell More Rooms with FortuneNEXT Central Reservation System

Central Reservation System (CRS) is an important booking tool as hotel reservations continue to happen via phone. The CRS is most valuable and cost effective when it is a chain of hotels or resorts.

Leverage FortuneNEXT Central Reservation System

IDS Next’s FortuneNEXT Central Reservation System seamlessly powers the reservation process across several distribution channels a hotel is connected to. A web based central reservation system, FortuneNEXT CRS helps a hotel to manage and store its rate and inventory across all channels including global distribution systems, internet booking channel/platforms and voice based reservation call centers.

An ideal centralized reservation solution for both chain and standalone hotel properties, FortuneNEXT CRS integrates seamlessly with a hotel’s FortuneNEXT 6i Hotel ERP, offering a real-time, best in class and end-to-end reservation system. This smart and centralized hotel reservation system from IDS Next shows real-time availability of accommodation, room rates, instant allocation checking for tour booking, audit trail for critical applications and more in the hotel property management system. Read More

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By: Lilian D'Costa