IDS Next CEO Mr. Binu Mathews' elaborate Q&A featured in Curiosity Middle East magazine. Read on to know more about IDS Next's wide range of hospitality technology solutions for hotels across Middle East. 

Tell us briefly about IDS Next?

We are a globally leading hospitality technology solutions provider with decades of domain authority. We understand the technological requirements of hotels across segments/categories and offer them the right solution to increase revenues, decrease costs and above all provide enhanced guest experience. Be it a large independent hotel, chain hotel, boutique & resort or small hotel, we have solution for all of them. Read More

Published in: CuriosityMiddle East

USING THE RIGHT HOSPITALITY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS? ASK YOUR GUESTS!

Hotel industry is undergoing a technology driven transformation. Today’s smart hospitality technology solutions not only helps hoteliers automate operations, it also helps them serve their guests better. Hoteliers can adopt various hospitality technology solutions to achieve required operational automation. Read More

By: Varadharajan Athmanathan 

Published in: IDS Next 

SIGNIFICANCE OF RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Be it a fine dining restaurant, F&B or QSR outlet, the restaurant industry in general has been impacted by many technology solutions. These solutions are essential to automate operations and to serve their patrons efficiently. Therefore, operators are now keen on adopting technology solutions including restaurant management system and e-menu app. Read More

By: Manoj Mohanty

Published in: IDS Next

Changing trends in Hospitality Technology in India

The importance of technology in hospitality business is rapidly evolving. Hoteliers are no more looking at technology adoption as a choice. Rather, the whole thing has become necessity for them. Because, technology has an immense impact on guest expectation and in which hotels do their daily business.

Hotel Industry in India 

In India, foreign tourism arrival is expected to touch 15 million by 2020. And to accommodate them, the country needs to add around 1, 80, 000 hotel rooms across category to its existing inventory. This means, hotel industry in India is set to grow big. However, this growth in hotel number is not enough as hoteliers should consider implementing cutting edge Hospitality Technology to streamline various daily operations while serving guests efficiently. Read More

By: Ronnie Sarkar

Published in: Smart Tech Today

An Efficient Hotel PMS Software Goes Beyond Managing Just the Property

Today, hoteliers don’t want to adopt a Property Management System only just to manage their properties by automating daily operations. They surely expect the Hotel PMS or the Hotel Management System to do more for them. They want the application to be robust and smart enough to help them increase revenue and improve guest experience so that they can stay profitable and have competitive edge.

Sometimes, it could be little challenging to select the right Hotel PMS especially when the market is flooded with products that have more or less similar features. So how does one look for a power-packed and feature-rich Hotel PMS? Read More

Published In: TECHSTORY

By: Binu Mathews

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

Published in: IDS Next

By: Lilian D'Costa

Wow Diners & Grow Your Restaurant Business with an e-Menu App

Rapid development in restaurant technology has played a decisive role in changing customers’ dining experience. Technology is becoming an important strategic asset for restaurants to improve services and maintain competitiveness in the market.

Restaurants are also experiencing the positive impact of several hospitality technology solutions in many ways. Today, they are not only adopting restaurant management software to automate their operations, but also looking forward to newer technology enabled solutions to take guest services to new heights. Read More

Published in: IDS Next Blog Section

When Easy Pays

The Easy Dine app from IDS Next app enables your restaurant staff to focus on customer service rather than running around on the floor taking orders from diners and taking the KOT to the kitchen. With Easy Dine, your steward can take order and feed it directly into the mobile, while sending out a KOT without moving away from the guest's table. Easy Dine has been designed to ensure your hotel staff is more attentive to the needs of your diners, enhance efficiency, better manage service, and wow your guests. This obviously has a positive impact on your revenue too.

The Easy Dine app not only enables the taking of orders, but takes guest feedback too. “Easy is an intelligent, and user friendly range of solutions that has been developed to increase revenue, reduce costs and enhance guest experience for our customers" says Binu Mathews, CEO, IDS Next Business Solutions. He adds, "The tablet based Easy Dine solution comes equipped with artificial intelligence to ease restaurant operations and enhance guests' dining experience." Read More

Published in: Food & Hospitality World