Thursday, 1 August 2013

Press Release - Binu Mathews takes over as Chief Executive Officer of IDS NEXT Business Solutions




Binu Mathews, Promoted to the post of CEO OF IDS NEXT Business Solutions



Bangalore, August 2, 2013 - IDS NEXT, global leader in ERP and total technology solutions for the hospitality and leisure industries, announces the promotion of Binu Mathews to Chief Executive Officer of IDS NEXT. This promotion comes after his three year stint with IDS NEXT where he led the effort to significantly grow the company’s revenue, steered the business to newer geographies, and deepen its presence in existing markets. IDS NEXT has also grown significantly in employee strength, and product offering.
Some of the major achievements of Binu Mathews leading up to his promotion have been his active role leadership in helping launch start-ups RezNext and RoomsTonite. He also leveraged his decades of experience to forge a host of strategic partnerships with international players like, global cloud computing company- Salesforce, revenue management software provider for the hospitality industry - Maxim, online reputation Management Company - TrustYou, and the single largest processor of electronic hotel transactions - Pegasus Solutions, and leader in innovative Business Intelligence solutions - arcplan. Read more

Published in: http://www.idsnext.com

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Right Property Management System is Key to Your Hotel’s Success.

Exclusive Feature: Ask any hotelier and they will all agree that a hotel management system plays a key role in their hotel’s success. 

 Good hotel software enables its users to store information about guests, retrieve it to personalize the guest experience, and on the whole, ensure the guest has a wonderful stay.

At the back-end, hotel software is even more important. The front office module, point of sale, accounts receivable, banquets and conferences, restaurant module, housekeeping, inventory, HR and Payroll, along with a host of other modules and apps in a hotel software must work in an interconnected and smooth manner.

Information stored in these modules helps the management of a hotel generate important reports that facilitate planning and decision-making. Read More


Published in: http://www.4hoteliers.com

By: Jacob K.I

Monday, 1 July 2013

IDS NEXT Advantage Academy Trains Brigade Hospitality Personnel on FortuneNEXT 6i Enterprise Property Management System

IDS NEXT, global leader in ERP and total technology solutions for the hospitality and leisure industries announce the successful completion of a customized training program for personnel of Brigade Hospitality Services Ltd.
The training was organized by IDS NEXT Advantage Academy and was designed to focus on features introduced in the newest version of the enterprise class solution, FortuneNEXT 6i.
The software training was organized at IDS NEXT’s global headquarters in Bangalore and offered instruction on FortuneNEXT 6i Enterprise, with focus on Membership module and MIS Reports. Product experts from IDS NEXT walked participants through the features of each module, how these features can be used, report generation, short cuts, tip and tricks of extracting information, navigation and more.  Over 50 staff of Brigade Hospitality attended the training, which was followed by an online test, evaluation and certification.
Speaking on the training program, Varadharajan Athmanathan, Vice President, Global Customer Engagement Group of IDS NEXT Business Solutions said, “The Brigade Group likes to be ahead of the competitive curve, and we were delighted to train their staff to optimally use IDS NEXT Software. Our comprehensive and large ERP offers numerous opportunities to automate processes, store information in an accessible manner, ensure greater visibility into hotel functioning and thus enhance top management planning. This training program for the hospitality team of Brigade Group was geared to do all this and more.”
“The week long training on IDS NEXT Software was a good learning for us. We now know how we can leverage numerous reports the software offers to access a drilled down view of the club functioning. We learnt how to access over 50 reports and we can already see the difference in faster decision-making” said Gurmeet Singh, General Manager – Banquets, Brigade Hospitality. 
Said Charu Ramaiah, Woodrose Club Manager, “I found the training on the membership module most interesting, as the membership module is feature rich and allows us to better connect with our guests. We are now using a host of features that we were unaware of, and this has enhanced member satisfaction”.
IDS NEXT’S Advantage Academy was set up in 2011 as part of our Customer Engagement initiative. “We are a market leader in Hotel ERP and empowering hotel/club staff to efficiently use every feature of our range of enterprise class software is our aim. We plan to continue training our customers to ensure, we have highly equipped software users, who leverage the software to the maximum and deliver value to both the hotel and guests.” said Mr Athmanathan.

About IDS NEXT
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 25+ years, we has earned the trust of
over 3200 customers globally, and have with a strong presence in 40 countries across South Asia, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. IDS NEXT’s clients include Ramada Hotels, ETA Star, Ramee, Choice Hotels International, SwissĂ´tel, Aitkens Spence, John Keells Group, Sarovar Hotels & Resorts, ITC Fortune Group, Royal Orchid Hotels, Pride Hotels, and many more.
Our portfolio of  capabilities include, Software Development, Mobility Solutions, Total Technology Solutions and a range of next generation software products that  address every segment of the hospitality industry, including independent hotels, chain hotels, business hotels, resorts, clubs, service apartments, limited service, spas, cruise liners and restaurants.

For more information about us visit http://idsnext.com/

About Brigade Hospitality
Brigade Hospitality Services Limited (BHSL) is a subsidiary of Brigade Group. It was established in June 2004 to focus on the hospitality industry. BHSL’s range of operations currently encompass professionally managed serviced residences, clubs, convention centres, hotels & resorts
Brigade Homestead Serviced Residences are located in prime locations across Bangalore city offering "a home away from home" experience with fully furnished service apartments. The lifestyle clubs - Woodrose, Regent, Galaxy and Augusta - are part of large residential enclaves, created to provide relaxing and rejuvenating facilities for all its members. The MLR Convention Centres, located in J.P. Nagar and Whitefield are ideal venues to host corporate, social and cultural events. The Grand Mercure and Sheraton brands have been launched in India for the first time by the Brigade Group. The company has also tied up with other world-class international hotel operators for its business hotels, luxury resorts and spas.
For more information, visit http://www.brigadehospitality.com/index.html

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Manager, Marketing

Friday, 19 April 2013

Can a Guest Identity Management Solution, Enhance Your Hotel’s Security?

Manually maintaining a guest’s identity is both cumbersome and time consuming. It also results in a longer check-in time for a weary guest who has in all likelihood spent many long hours traveling.

Here is a way to reduce your guest’s check-in time and welcome them into your hotel faster. Discover the many benefits of an identity management solution that works through an id or passport scanner. A small, neat device placed unobtrusively on your front desk can enable your staff to work faster, simpler and error free.It also enhances guest service and experience.


IDS NEXT Network Grouphas partnered with TTI Technologies to introduce the identity management solution in India. With 19 years in the industry, TTI Technologies is a veteran in identity management and their id solution is cost-effective and certified by major property management systems from around the world. Read more

Published in: http://www.idsnext.com

Monday, 15 April 2013

IDS NEXT Technical Support Center Celebrates 2 Years of Unmatched Customer Support

Hotel operations are often mission critical – guests check-in and out at all times of the day and night, services are constantly requested and management frequently needs quick access to a host of customized reports for planning. An enterprise class hospitality management system is vast and new hotel staff keeps coming aboard. What does staff do when they are new to the software at the hotel and do not know where to find a feature or how to customize a report? Connect with the software provider of course. But if you happen to be an IDS NEXT client, you truly have the luxury of calling up a technical support number and that too, 24/7.
This April, IDS NEXT technical support center completes 2 years of operation.The team has grown from 5 to 23, and it has extended its services from its 2000+ customers in India, to include its 1000+ international customers spread over 40 countries.
Heading this high pressure, critical service team is the ever smiling Deepali Aley.
As Senior Manager, Deepali explains how IDS NEXT TSC as it is popularly known plans to meet the ever growing clients’ needs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Read full interview>>