PA DSS Certified Hotel ERP to Help Middle East Hotels Prevent Data Breach

Hospitality technology has helped manage hotel operations in many ways. Right from ensuring higher degree of operational automation to reservation, check-in and checkout, technology has extended its support to every aspect of hotel processes. While hotels across the globe are increasingly turning to implementing smart technology, hotels in Middle East are yet to catch up with this trend. 

According to Chiheb Ben Mahmoud, Executive VP and Head of Hotels & Hospitality (Middle East and Africa), JLL, hotels across Middle East have been slow in implementing technology. According to him – hoteliers believe that their data will not be in safe hands and might get stolen (if they adopt hotel software).Read More

Published in: IDS Next Middle East

By: Dinker Elayadath 

Tourism Arrivals Increasing in Sri Lanka

The tourism industry in Sri Lanka is looking sunny. According to a recent study by HVS, a prominent hospitality research organization, approximately 1.1 million visitors have been into the country till September 2014. International arrivals to Sri Lanka were an impressive 22% up from the same period in 2013. The increased number of tourist was from regions like Eastern Europe, the Middle East and countries like China.

The single largest growing feeder market during this period was Indonesia. Tourists from this country increased almost 500% from 2,900 to 17,300 arrivals. With a target of 2 million international arrivals in 2015 and 2.5 million in 2016, Sri Lanka is slated to become one of the region’s premier tourist and leisure destinations. In response to the increasing demand of quality accommodation on the island nation, many international hotel brands are expected to enter the market in next few years.Read More

By: Nandika Udupihilla

Published in: IDS Next Sri Lanka Microsite

IDS Next Featured in CIO Gold Book 2014

Technology is evolving rapidly and hoteliers need more solutions to keep up with their customers. With a strong vision of connecting with developing technology and added spirit of innovation, IDS Next has been expanding its solutions to make the Hotel ERP more comprehensive and empowering.

Bangalore based, IDS Next is a global software provider offering world-class Hotel ERP and a host of value-added solutions to hospitality and leisure industries. With 27 years of unparalleled domain proficiency, the company has gained the trust of over 3500 hotels across market segments in 40 countries of Oceania, South East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and Africa. They majorly cater to the hospitality industry that cover large and independent hotels, chain hotels, business hotels, resorts, service and limited service apartments, clubs and restaurants. Read more

Published: CIO Gold Book Review / IDS Next Media Section

IDS Next Timeline

IDS Next is celebrating its 27th Anniversary on 27th of August this year. Take a look at the evolution of IDS Next during these years to become a Global IT Major in the domain of hospitality technology solutions

 

Is Your Hotel Safe from Hackers?

The PA DSS Standard is an internationally recognized enforceable set of guidelines that requires all organizations and businesses including hotels, that processes or all type of payment cards. The primary objective of adopting this standard is to protect guests’ or customers’ payment card details from being stolen or compromised by hackers. Interestingly, for hotels, neither the size nor the number of transactions happening through payment card processing can determine whether a hotel should adopt PA DSS Certified ERP Software or not. 

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