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 IMPORTANT IS ONLINE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT FOR HOTELS?

Guest reviews written across online platforms have become quite important these days. Due to its impact on a hotel’s brand value, hoteliers must have an effective online reputation management strategy. Adoption of online reputation management plan supports hotels to manage and respond to online reviews. Read More

Published in: IDS NextBy: Jacob KI

USING THE RIGHT HOSPITALITY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS? ASK YOUR GUESTS!

Hotel industry is undergoing a technology driven transformation. Today’s smart hospitality technology solutions not only helps hoteliers automate operations, it also helps them serve their guests better. Hoteliers can adopt various hospitality technology solutions to achieve required operational automation. Read More

By: Varadharajan Athmanathan 

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IDS NEXT ROLLS OUT GST CPMPLIANT HOTEL ERP

To help hotels in India to adhere to upcoming GST norms, hospitality technology provider IDS Next, as rolled out a GST compliant version of its Hotel ERP Software. “The Goods and Services Tax Council has already finalised GST rates for hotels and restaurants and as a leading technology partner for hotels, we have introduced FortuneNEXT 6.5 which is the latest version of our Hotel ERP that is GST compliant,” said Manoj Kumar Mohanty, senior vice president – sales, South Asia and Southeast Asia, IDS Next. Read More

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SIGNIFICANCE OF RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Be it a fine dining restaurant, F&B or QSR outlet, the restaurant industry in general has been impacted by many technology solutions. These solutions are essential to automate operations and to serve their patrons efficiently. Therefore, operators are now keen on adopting technology solutions including restaurant management system and e-menu app. Read More

By: Manoj Mohanty

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HOW DO SMART TRAVELERS FIND THE RIGHT HOTEL?

Today’s travelers are smart and they explore many options before selecting a hotel. They leverage the power of internet to find out accommodation options and to visit the hotels’ websites to know more about their amenities. Most importantly, they spend lot of time reading online guest reviews. Read More

By: Jacob K I

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TOP 4 CHALLENGES FOR THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM

Being a part of 24/7 guest facing service business, hotel industry world-wide faces many critical issues on daily basis. Right from handling operations to serving guests, hoteliers have to handle numerous bottlenecks. For example, they sometimes have to make their guests wait for longer time due to the absence of right technology to speed up the check-in process.

Here are top 4 issues impacting the performance of the hotel industry across the globe. Hotels across segments and offerings face these issues – Read More

By: Manoj Mohanty

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