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Contactless Dining Menu with QR Code: The Future of Safe Dining in Restaurants

  Almost every country in the world is affected by corona virus pandemic forcing most of the countries to declare emergency lockdown and have urged their people to follow WHO guidelines and take safety precautions such as 1.        Wash hands with soap and sanitizers regularly to maintain hygiene 2.        Avoid touching your face without washing your hands 3.        Avoid unnecessary travel and social gatherings 4.        Get medical advice immediately in case of symptoms and much more Because the COVID-19 virus is highly transmittable, people follow strict social distancing and they try to highly avoid physical contact and interactions. Restaurant owners understand this trend is going to stay for long even if the restrictions are lifted, so they are trying to come up minimal contact ideas. Even though QR based digital menus have been here for a while, restaurants were hesitant to use them. Since hygiene and safety concerns arise because of pandemic digital menus are gai

Best Use of Technology in Small Hotels

  For hoteliers of this generation, technology comes easy and they know how important it is to use the latest and new technologies to stay in the game and keep business flowing. Technology has been a huge milestone in the development of ways to make daily living easier for man. Many industries have owned this paradigm shifting aspect of technological implementation and this has led to a lot of success stories in the respective sectors it has been implanted in. The hotel industry has been no different with many advancements having been put in place to assist with the daily running of hotels by use of hotel management software for the managerial staff. For small hotels, there are a number of the many ways in which technology could help boost their businesses to new and higher levels without using up a lot of capital. Generally, hoteliers are first to adopt any guest-facing technology but surprisingly, when it comes to their own back of the house operations, they still run with old syste

Why Hotels Should Move From Pen, Paper and Excel to Online PMS

  Before the advent of the revolution in technology, both large institutions and the more simple ones had to come up with a system of managing their affairs. For most of the less sophisticated institutions, the way out of getting into a messy state of things was by use of pen and paper. On the other hand, the more complex ones used more of spreadsheets like Excel for their operations. In the world we are living in today, things have completely taken a different turn. Technology and the internet are the point of reference in this generation and have spilled over to the activities in industries. One of the components of the industry tree that’s much affected by this is hospitality. In this sector, the current and most effective asset is hotel management software and we’ll go ahead and show just why it should be the preferred method of management. To really appreciate the importance of online software, let’s examine the shortcoming of manual methods of record keeping. Shortcomings of Manu

Can Hotel PMS help save money while boosting revenues?

  A subject of frequent discussion has been the properties and functions of cloud PMS. This, however, is not complete without knowing how it can be of benefit to you and your business, especially for cutting costs. In addition to that, it can also be used in making processes and guest services more efficient which result in better revenue. We’ll discuss the ways in which sitting back and allowing your cloud based hotel software to do the heavy lifting for you will elevate your productivity and help you to save money. 1. Enables You to Increase Results Without increasing Staff In previous years, it was a common thing to find property owners being forced to employ more people for more productivity. This concept of having the rate of productivity being commensurate to the number of workers was however cut off by improved technology. With the advent of more innovations, especially in the internet arena, many hoteliers prefer using technology rather to adding more workers. One of the leadi

"mycloud"​ Can Add a Lot of Value to Your Hotel Business

The hospitality industry is one of the most lucrative business in the world. However, as a result, the competition is quite severe in the market, and sometimes it is impossible to get recognized or to maintain your success and reputation without investing a lot of your time and effort in your property. As an owner, you are expected to have an efficient team that can provide top quality services in order to attract new customers, keep them satisfied, as well as to earn good profits. Today every business is dependent on technology, hospitality is no less and today every traveler/guest uses technology to find a property, understand its service offering, discounts and services based on personalization. Therefore, in this article, I will be focusing on incredible benefits our own platform “”mycloud””, a comprehensive cloud based hotel solution can bring to your hospitality business, as well as the powerful features it offers. Benefits of “mycloud” There are various great benefits our softw

Common PMS Challenges of Running Independent Hotels and Chains

Modern hoteliers are facing challenges on an everyday basis, as running an independent hotel or a hotel chain puts a lot of obstacles in their way. Complexity in management due to large amounts of collected data, accessing multiple properties, providing personalized services, managing guest complains and feedbacks, monitoring revenues, organizing bookings, hotel and departmental P&L are just some of the challenges that hotels face every day. Fortunately, with the proper use of cloud-based hotel PMS, hotels can consolidate data and control information across brands to provide better customer services and user experience. In return, hotels get a chance to increase customer satisfaction and, of course, revenue. Integrated single hotel software platform definitely offers an array of capabilities and features that make business management easier and allows for better productivity at the same time. Guests expect memorable experiences and services and it’s up to hoteliers to provide the

All-In-One Cloud-Based PMS Solutions: The Future of Hotel Management

Cloud technologies date back to the 1950s and we only learned about them during the 90s when “cloud computing” was introduced. Ever since the start of the 2000s, cloud solutions have been adopted commercially with constant growth. When it comes to the hospitality industry, cloud-based hotel software solutions are the manifestation of the cloud. These systems come with many benefits such as cost-saving, greater customer satisfaction, and improved operations. However, there are still a lot of hoteliers that don’t use cloud-based hotel PMS tools even though their business would benefit a lot from them. At the same time, there is a new generation of all-in-one cloud PMSs that offer even greater benefits. Since we are all about “the cloud”, let’s discuss its benefits and how all-in-one solutions have taken them to a new level. Improved usability and flexibility With so many systems deployed and a large number of departments, modern hotels have become difficult to manag