IDS Next to Provide Real-time Connection with Best Western International Central Reservation System

IDS Next Business Solutions, a global leader in providing ERP and total technology solutions for the hospitality and leisure industries today announced an agreement with Best Western International, Inc.

In this agreement IDS Next will implement a Two-Way interface between FortuneNEXT’s suite of enterprise software which is widely used by Best Western hotels in India, and their Central Reservation System (CRS).  With this interface, bookings from the CRS will seamlessly log into FortuneNEXT property management system. This will do away with the manual effort of feeding reservation data into the property management system, and avoid errors as well. Read more

Published in: IDS Next

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

Hospitality Industry Summit Discusses Need for Scientific Approach towards Rate Strategy

Panel Discussion at the Hospitality Industry Summit in Mumbai organized by IDS Next and RezNext

The recent hospitality industry empowerment summit titled “Transforming Guest Experience and Improving Revenues” held at The Mirador Hotel on Feb 20 2014, saw several hospitality industry leaders come together and deliberate on industry challenges and technology automation benefits. 

Organized by IDS Next and RezNext, this summit had distinguished hospitality leaders participate in an engaging panel discussion on the hotel distribution business. The panelists were Rakhi Purohit - Regional Director of Revenue and Distribution (India), Absolute Hotel Services India, Vivek Pathiyan - General Manager, Fortune Select Exotica, Ameet Wagh - Corporate Head-Sales & Marketing, Sun-n-Sand Hotels Pvt Ltd and Don Wilson - Senior Vice President, Revenue Management Development, Maxim RMS . The panel discussion was moderated by Mike Kistner, Chief executive officer, RezNext Global Solutions Pvt Ltd. Read more

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Spend Less on Your Hotel’s Hardware Infrastructure

Most hoteliers find it rather confusing when it comes to the technology requirements for their hotel. Numerous types of hardware –telephones, switches, point of sales machines, servers, UPSs can require an hotelier to develop a technical expertise. It is here that the Networks Division of IDS NEXT Business Solutions comes in handy. 

If you are a hotel and buying our software, we can provide you hardware based on your requirements. The hardware will also seamlessly integrate with our software and work effortlessly.  If you would like to purchase hardware alone from the IDS NEXT Networks Group, that is great as well.

The Networks division offers solutions to new hotels as well as those looking to upgrade their technology. Read more

Published in: IDS NEXT Blog

RezNext and IDS NEXT to Hold Hospitality Industry Empowerment Summits

RezNext and IDS NEXT announce a series of hospitality industry empowerment summits titled “Transform Guest Experience & Improve Revenues”. The summits will address issues related to distribution, online reputation management, revenue management, business intelligence and more. These summits are scheduled to be held in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore on 18^th, 20^th and 25^th February 2014 respectively. Read more

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Transform Guest Experience & Improve Revenues - A Hospitality Industry Empowerment Summit

IDS NEXT in association with RezNext to hold a series of hospitality industry empowerment summits titled - Transform Guest Experience & Improve Revenues in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore on 18th, 20th and 25th February, 2014.
Happening in your cities, these summits will bring together hospitality industry experts to discuss and address issues related to hotel distribution, online reputation management, revenue management, business intelligence and how to use technology to transform guest experience and improve revenues.

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PAX Xotels helps budget hotels in handling operational bottlenecks

Developed by IDS NEXT, PAX Xotels is a compact and user-friendly property management system to help budget hotels in handling operational bottlenecks such as lack of skilled manpower, high attrition, revenue leakage and pilferage etc.

The economic downturn has impacted the hospitality industry and the guests’ buying capacity in a big way in recent days. And this has led both business and leisure travelers to become extremely cost conscious and they are increasingly turning towards budget hotels. This trend definitely indicates that the demand for budget hotels is rising. But, the big question here is: are these small or budget hotels really capable enough to handle this demand? Read more

Published in: Travel & Hospitality / IDS NEXT