LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BOOST DIRECT BOOKINGS AT YOUR HOTEL?

OTAs help hotels sell more rooms to a wide-range of travelers from across the globe. They connect millions of travelers to hotels via online booking platforms every year, which is good for hotels. But, hoteliers feel the heat while paying out a huge sum of their earnings to them as commission charges. This surely impacts their profit margin. In this case, hotels must consider adopting various ways to get more direct bookings without paying commission to OTAs. Read MoreBy: Nandika UdupihillaPublished in: IDS Next 

How to Select a Smart Hotel Management Software Vendor in Malaysia – Part 2

Our last blog was all about how to select a hotel management software vendor in Malaysia. We also walked you through the features of IDS Next’s integrated hotel management software. Now in this concluding part, we shall discuss about how hotels in Malaysia can leverage a host of value added solutions by adopting IDS Next’s hotel property management software.

We have integrated our FortuneNEXT 6i Hotel PMS System with many operationally imperative value added solutions. Here they are – Read More

Published In: IDS Next ASEAN

By: Sandeep Menon

Integrated 360 Degree Hospitality Solution Vendor in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is famous for its pristine beaches, romantic landscapes, lush green forests and many natural splendors. This tiny island nation’s warm hospitality has its own charm that attracts tourists from around the globe. As the country is a globally renowned tourism destination, it also has become a choicest spot for hotel development. In order to make smart business while beating the competition, hotels should adopt smart hospitality technology solutions. And for this, they need to look for a 360 degree hospitality solution vendor in Sri Lanka. 

In today’s highly competitive and complex hotel business environment, a hotel’s technological needs do not end with adoption of hotel software or hotel property management software. Implementation of a smart Hotel PMS System is a must in order to automate operations across various hotel departments. But, today’s smart hotelier expects more from the software. Apart from streamlining daily operations, a new age integrated hotel software should help hoteliers in many other things including attracting guests to boost occupancy and revenues. This has led IDS Next to offer a smart 360 degree hospitality solution to hotels across Sri Lanka. Read More

By: Nandika Udupihilla

Published in: IDS Next Sri Lanka

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

Published in: IDS Next

By: Myra Allen

 

Is Your Hotel Ready for the Millennials?

Exclusive Feature: While the hospitality industry is clambering out of the recent economic downturn, a relevant question to ask your hotel or resort is, are we ready for the Millennials?

Yes the Millennials and you may choose to add them to your dictionary. Also known as Gen X or Gen Y, these are folks born between 1980 and 2000, and are becoming a force to reckon with - be it in the workforce or as consumers.

According to Global Hospitality Insights Top Thoughts for 2014 by Ernst & Young¹ in the next 5 to 10 years Millennials are projected to account for 50% of all employees worldwide. 20% of them are entering their peak spending ages and their potential continues to be high as 40% have yet to enter the full-time workforce. Read more

Published in: 4Hoteliers
By: Manoj K Mohanty

Drive Direct & Increased Booking to Your Hotel with Web Booking Engine

In today’s time, when a sizeable percentage of hotel reservations are done online, your hotel cannot ignore its website which is unique and exclusive to you. Your website has all the information about your facilities and is just what your potential guests need to make a booking. And if recent statistics are to be believed, your website has to potential to cost-effectively generate a significant amount of room bookings for your hotel.
Despite being an important channel for generating room bookings, hotel websites still fall short on getting the visibility they need and rely heavily on third party booking agents to get room bookings. As the market gets more competitive, is it time for hotels to go back to basic and relook at how they can leverage their website as a revenue channel. A smart web booking could hold the answer.

What is a Web Booking Engine and how does it work?

A Web Booking Engine (WBE) is an application embedded in a hotel website that allows potential guests to view availability of rooms and make booking. Besides facilitating guests to make hassle free bookings, the biggest benefit of a web booking engine is that it enables a hotel to accept bookings for as much as a year in advance. Due to its ability to generate revenue for a hotel, a web booking engine is considered the single most powerful and important element in a hotels website. Read more

Published in: IDS NEXT Blog