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

Wow Your Diners With Easy Dine

Easy Dine is the newest and coolest e-menu app for restaurants and fine dining outlets. Apart from helping your staff to save time and reduce errors while taking orders from guests, the app plays a major role in enhancing guest experience at your outlets. Take a look at the latest illustration: 

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

IDS Next rolls out two new mobility apps

Hospitality technology solutions provider IDS Next has rolled out two new mobility apps - Easy Dine and Easy Check-in, as part of it’s strategy to invest in developing futuristic solutions for the Indian market. Easy Dine is an intuitive app that allows hotel staff to take orders quickly and accurately, and raise a KOT even while standing by the guest. The Easy Check-in app enables hotel staff to complete check-in formalities even while escorting the guest to their room.
“This year has been very encouraging and full of actions for IDS Next in terms launching new solutions, entering new geographies and acquiring new clients. Both our new apps, as well as our small hotel software, PAX, have received good response from the market. We also entered newer markets and installed our software in Myanmar and Turkey,” said Binu Mathews, CEO, IDS Next Business Solutions. Read more

Published in: Travel Trends Today

By: Maansi Sharma

IDS Next Celebrates 27 Years of Innovation in Hospitality Technology Domain

IDS Next Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, a global leader in providing Hotel ERP and software solutions to hospitality and leisure industries, today announced the commemoration of their 27^th anniversary on 27^th August 2014.

In 1987, IDS Next began its journey with a vision to transform the hospitality industry by introducing cutting edge software and technology. In the last 27 years, the company has pioneered many path breaking solutions and made this vision a reality. In keeping with its endeavor to develop smart and futuristic software, the company will celebrate this anniversary by adopting a new tagline ‘Stay Ahead’.

“IDS Next is still driven by the vision and entrepreneurial essence of our founders Mr. Suresh John and Mr. Vissal Mathew. This has enabled us to develop a 360 degree approach to a hotel’s technology requirements and deliver an expanding and high quality solution set. Over the last 27 years, we have fostered a culture of innovation and our incredible bouquet of products range from a comprehensive Hotel ERP to a host of centralized solutions, integration to distribution channels, online reputation management, revenue management and business intelligence,” said Mr. Binu Mathews, Chief Executive Officer, IDS Next Business Solutions. Read more

Published in: IDS Next Press Release Section

Innovative Hotel Software for Personalized Guest Experience

In a 24/7 guest facing industry like hospitality, positive guest experience holds the key to success. However, hoteliers can find themselves pushed to the edge to provide personalized guest experience while keeping costs in check. It is here that a good hotel software can play the role of a reliable partner.

Importance of personalized guest experience
In an era when competition is so stiff that hotels find it extremely hard to distinguish their offering. Personalized guest experience can be a key differentiator. Guests increasingly view their hotel as a home away from home. They like to be recognized and addressed by name, if they have visited a hotel before, they expect the hotel staff to know they paper they like to read, how they like their coffee, and the type of pillow they use.

This need not be a difficult process for a hotel. Good hotel software, with a robust guest history and a few other solutions can do all this and more. Personalizing a guest’s time at the hotel is a fantastic opportunity for a hotel to brand itself for quality service and ensure they build loyal repeat customers. Read more

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Hospitality summit on transforming guest experience

With a view to discuss real-time distribution, RevPar, KPIs and use of technology to enhance guest experience, some of the leading hospitality industry professionals came together to deliberate on industry challenges and technology automation benefits during the recently held hospitality industry empowerment summit titled, 'Transforming Guest Experience and Improving Revenues' held in Mumbai.

Organised by IDS Next and RezNext, the summit witnessed an engaging panel discussion on the hotel distribution business wherein the panelists highlighted the need for establishing an efficient rate strategy and not allowing competitor pressures to dilute the rates, offering value added services, using opaque channels and real-time seamless connectivity in the distribution system, to name a few. Read more

Published in: Food & Hospitality World

By: Rituparna Chatterjee

IDS NEXT Hotel ERP, FortuneNEXT6i Becomes PA DSS Compliant

Bangalore, February 5, 2013 - FortuneNEXT6i, the newest version of IDS NEXT’s Hotel ERP, gets PA DSS Compliance Certification.

IDS NEXT is a global leader in ERP and total technology solutions for the hospitality and leisure industries, and has been pioneering hospitality technology in India for the last 25 years.

With the Payment Application Data Security Standards (PA DSS) v2.0. Certification, IDS NEXT’s Hotel ERP becomes the first Indian Hotel ERP Solution to receive the certification.

Says Binu Mathews, President and COO, IDS NEXT, “We are absolutely thrilled to receive the PA DSS Certification as this means our 3000 customers can now offer greater security to their guest. The PA DSS certification is not currently required by regulation; however as an industry leader IDS NEXT felt the need to raise the benchmark on security.” “Hotels investing on technology like to ensure their technology is futurist and IDS NEXT likes to stay ahead of the curve. We expect regulations like PA DSS to catch up soon in our markets. As required by PA DSS certification, FortuneNEXT6i offers users AES 128 and SHA 512 bit encryption, which allows a hotel to move closer to being fully PCI DSS Compliant” he added

PA DSS was formerly known as Payment Application Best Practices (PABP) and is a global security standard created by the Payment Industry Security Standards Council for software vendors who develop payment applications. The standard is designed to enable software vendors to develop secure payment applications and prevent third parties from storing sensitive data such as credit card numbers beyond a stipulated time. The PA DSS is an effective method to protect cardholder’s data.

The new version of IDS NEXT’s Hotel ERP, FortuneNEXT6i was launched in September 2012 as a robust hospitality solution with a strong architecture. It has since been installed in India and Middle East. Some of the high points of the Hotel ERP are its in-built report writer, which allows hotels to create a host of complex, yet visually appealing reports through a simple drag and drop method. The ERP also has an interface to RezNext, the online real-time distribution platform. FortuneNEXT6i is packed with options that allow hotels to leverage the latest technology to enhance efficiency at their property, enhance guest satisfaction and thus grow revenue. The ERP also has an interface to a Feedback and Loyalty Management solution – Guest Dynamix, and a mobile restaurant e-menu application Envy Dine.

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About IDS NEXT Business Solutions

IDS NEXT Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. “IDS NEXT”, is a global leader in providing ERP and total technology solutions for the Hospitality and Leisure industries. With a track record that spans over 25 years, we have earned the trust of over 3000 customers globally with a strong presence in 40 countries across South Asia, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. IDS NEXT’s clients include a host of prominent hotel chains including Sarovar Hotels & Resorts, ITC Fortune Group, Royal Orchid Hotels, Pride Hotels, Ramada Hotels and others.

IDS NEXT’s portfolio of  capabilities include Strategic Consulting, Business Outcome Services, Internet and Mobility Solutions, Total Technology Solutions and a range of next generation software products that  addresses the hospitality industry, such as independent hotels, chain hotels, business hotels, resorts, clubs, service apartments, limited service, spas, cruise liners and restaurants.

For further information please visit http://idsnext.com/

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Lillian D’Costa

Phone: +91.080.23538042

Email: easy@idsfortune.com

IDS NEXT Announces Launch of Hotel ERP, FortuneNEXT 6i at ‘The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia 2012’

 

Dubai, November 16, 2012 - IDS NEXT, global leader in providing ERP and total technology solutions for the hospitality and leisure industries, announce the launch of our newest Hotel ERP,FortuneNEXT6i at The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia 2012. 

The largest hospitality show in the country, The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia is to be held at the Jeddah Centre for Forums & Events. It is planned as a unique exhibition which brings together leading regional and international manufacturers and suppliers from the Hospitality, Catering, and Food & Beverage Industries. The event will cover 8,500 sqm of space and have over 5000 invited buyers, daily gourmet food competitions, seminars and conferences. 

Slated as a 3 day event from 17th -19^th November 2012, IDS NEXT will be participating actively and launching new products to this market.  Speaking on their presence, Mr. Brijesh Surendran, Vice President, Middle East said, “The Middle East Hospitality industry is on a strong upward trend and IDS NEXT hopes to consolidate its presence there through events such as The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia”. 

To be showcased at the Saudi Hotel Show is IDS NEXT’s Hotel ERP - FortuneNEXT 6i. The application has been re-architected to be robust, feature rich and comes with its own report engine. The ERP is also PCI DSS Compliant, has a two-way GDS connect, and offers a distribution solution through RezNext.

Also interfaced with FortuneNEXT6i is IDS NEXT’s recently launched mobility solution - Envy Dine. This e-menu application for restaurants is visually rich, has in-built intelligence and is intuitive to use. Envy Dine’s unique selling point is its ability to enable hotels to upsell, cross sell and enhance revenue while optimizing use of manpower. 

FortuneNEXT 6i also offers a SAAS based connect to Guest Dynamix, their newest Loyalty and Feedback Management solution for hotels.

“Our products have been thoughtfully designed to empower hotelier, leverage business intelligence, ease the pressure on hospitality staff and grow revenue of our customers. We believe our products will attract a highly interested audience at The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia”, added Mr Surendran.

IDS NEXT has 25 years of experience in developing products for the hospitality industry, and a 15 year presence in the Middle East. Some of our well-known clients include Ramee Group, Savoy Hotel Apartments, ETA Star, Oman Hotels, Delmon International Hotel,  Marcopolo Hotel, Safeer Group, Holiday Villa, Tulip Inn, Best Western, Euro Village Compound, Kiran Suites, Royal Casablanca and others to name a few.

Besides a full-fledged office in Dubai, IDS NEXT also promotes its products through a partner in Saudi Arabia - Clutchi Consultancy Service. CiCS specializes in IT & Consultancy Services and provides comprehensive and sustainable solutions to customers by blending modern technological intricacies with its custom-made technical solutions.

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About IDS NEXT

IDS Softwares Pvt. Ltd. “IDS NEXT”, is a global leader in providing ERP and total technology solutions for the Hospitality and Leisure industries. With a track record that spans over 25 years, we have earned the trust of over 3000 customers globally with a strong presence in 40 countries across South Asia, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. IDS NEXT’s clients include a host of prominent hotel chains such as Ramee Group, Savoy Hotel Apartments, ETA Star, and others.

IDS NEXT’s portfolio of  capabilities include Strategic Consulting, Business Outcome Services, Internet and Mobility Solutions, Total Technology Solutions and a range of next generation software products that  addresses the hospitality industry, such as independent hotels, chain hotels, business hotels, resorts, clubs, service apartments, limited service, spas, cruise liners and restaurants.

For further information please visit http://idsnext.com/

Media Contact

Lillian D’Costa

Manager, Marketing

Email: easy@idsfortune.com