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Irrespective of size or business volumes, having a proper Property Management System is crucial for every hotel entity. There are numerous property management systems designed to help automate the operation process at large hotels, but we can't really use those property management systems to streamline daily operations at small and budget hotels as most of the features will be redundant and it also involves heavy pricing aspects.
Do small and budget hotels really need a Property Management System?
The answer to this question is 'Yes'. While a big hotel can go for a robust property management system to take care of operational aspects including guest bookings, online reservations, food and beverage costing, accounting, report generation, sales and marketing, HR and payroll, maintenance management and quality management, a small hotel needs to find out a PMS which would help automate some basic operations core to its day to day business. Read more

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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

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IDS NEXT Helps Lords Hotels & Resorts To Increase Operational Efficiency

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.

Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software. Read more



Published in: Voyagers World

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpuf

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpuf

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpuf

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpufv

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpuf

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpufv

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpuf

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpuf

Today, when hotels face extreme competition, right technology adoption can enable them to stay ahead of their competitions in the long run. And technology implementation becomes inevitable when a hotel group is on a rapid expansion mode. It is mostly because of the fact that a hotel or hotel group needs to have all required technology platforms to streamline and automate all its operational aspects. So that it can free up its personnel from mundane tasks and engage them with guests to serve them better and witness enhanced guest satisfaction which is core to its success.
Here is an example on how Lords Hotels & Resorts witnessed a higher guest satisfaction by increasing its employee productivity and operational efficiency across its 19 properties by implementing IDS NEXT Software.
- See more at: http://voyagersworld.in/article/ids-next-helps-lords-hotels-resorts-increase-operational-efficiency#sthash.wN28PgQ5.dpuf

Industry must ally with academia

Ronnie Sarkar, Senior Vice President, Sales, IDS NEXT Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, talks about the need to strengthen the hotel management education in the best interests of the industry.
Growth and future of hotel management education in India
The future of hotel management education looks quite bright and promising and there are several factors behind it playing big roles. The Government policy aiming to boost the level of technical education is one of the main reasons as hotel management education falls under this category.
Additionally, another main reason is that tourism in India is poised to grow and as per the World Trade Organization, India is set to receive 25 million foreign tourists by 2015. In proportion to this, the country is also gearing up to have more hotels to accommodate the growing number of tourists. It has been observed that many more hotel brands are coming to India to tap the vast market and they will all need skilled manpower who can add value to their operations. This is where exactly the need for quality hotel management education draws attention.
Besides, the good news is that property management system is now a part of the curriculum and hoteliers; the market leaders, especially, want people trained on property management software as they get a ready resource.Read more

Published in: Voyagers World

Previous IDS NEXT: Redefining the Hotel Management Education in India

Tourism in India is set to grow and as per the World Travel Organization, the country is getting ready to receive 125 million tourists by 2015. In proportionate to this, India is also gearing up to have more hotels at all categories to accommodate the ever growing number of tourists.

Take a look at the below mentioned statistics:

• India has over 200,000 hotels rooms across categories and is expected to have more 114,000 hotel rooms in next five years.

Now, the next big question is – Does the ever growing Indian Hotel Industry have access to extremely talented pool of personnel to run the show at various levels? No doubt, the growth in tourism and hotel hospitality business has led to a sharp increase in the number of institutions providing quality education in the field of hotel management.

Some of the reputed institutions are always a step ahead than their competitors in terms of introducing several new elements to their curriculum. Apart from teaching the regular stuff, some of them have also introduced technical education in order to provide their students a high class training session. The motive – these institutions take every possible step to make sure that their students get recruited by big hotels as soon as they finish their course. Read more


Published in: IDS NEXT Blog

By: Ronnie Sarkar

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

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