Increasing operational efficiency on ‘Cloud’
As pointed out by Jeffrey Rayport and Andrew Heyward, cloud computing has the potential to produce “an explosion in creativity, diversity, and democratization predicated on creating ubiquitous access to high-powered computing resources.” (Veteran in market research from Marketspace).
“Cloud computing is a major technology trending that has permeated the market over the last two years. It sets the stage for a new approach to IT that enables individuals and businesses to choose how they’ll acquire or deliver IT services, with reduced emphasis on the constraints of traditional software and hardware licensing models,” said David Cearley, vice president, Gartner.
With cost-effective alternatives for application enhancement and development, cloud computing provides innovative ways to create competitive industry advantage. Cloud computing affords the hotels a return on investment within weeks, not months or years. Since cloud computing streamlines all stages of the application development cycle, with complete, pre-built applications and project management services, developers can immediately focus on customizing features and functionality.
Cloud Computing is the evolution of a variety of technologies. The cloud proposes significant cost cuts when compared to using an internal IT infrastructure. The “pay for what you use” model of cloud computing is significantly cheaper for a company than the “pay for everything up front” model of internal IT.National Institute Of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines Cloud computing “as a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.”
Users must have near-ubiquitous access to the Internet being on cloud, plus the data security is also an added factor. Being on the cloud technology and managing the operations is indeed a reduced headache, for any small or mid-sized hotel businesses. Hotelogix is the perfect technology solution whether you are a countryside inn, boutique hotel, bed and breakfast, resort, or a hotel.
Hotelogix runs on a browser. All of its features are integrated into a single web-based system eliminating the need for and the cost of implementing additional hardware or software. Hotelogix is superior to other PMS Systems offerings with its unique features – at high as well as low levels that present immense technology advantage.
It for these reasons that more and more hotels are opting for cloud based property management systems. Hotelogix is rapidly being recognized as the best cloud based property management system with SaaS as a delivery model.
Hotelogix celebrating the golden jubilee of CHTA
The crescent shaped island, Caribbean has more to offer than the vivid images of the coconut trees and white sands of the beaches. Tourism is an integral part for this region. The Caribbean remains the most travelled and tourism intensive region of the world.
It is a grandeur occasion for the Caribbean Hotel Tourism Association (CHTA) as it will mark its 50 glorious years in May 2012.The golden jubilee milestone in this region will be marked with the discounts offered by Hotelogix, a cloud based PMS, who will offer a “member to member” discount to the 700 + hotels, which are a member of CHTA to pave its way to the glorious 50. Carbo TTC is the business partner in Caribbean region to resell the Hotelogix services.
As a smaller size hotel, inn, or resort, you too need a business and technology solution that can take care of managing critical business operations, more specifically, the front desk, online bookings, multiple points of sales, housekeeping, marketing and advertising, and integration with travel agents among others. It not only addresses these challenges but also boost the bottom line by using the Hotelogix web-based PMS, hence the unsurpassed business advantage.
Hotelogix felt the need of a cost effective cloud based PMS that is easily accessible to any hotelier in that region. Hotelogix not only provides increased freedom to hotel operators but is also extremely reliable as a technology solution. It is both quick and dependable. The end result is minimal IT expertise. With an intuitive interface, the hotel property management system is very simple to use even for first-time users. So, it was a good forum for Hotelogix to represent in the Caribbean region. Carbo TTC representing Hotelogix in the Caribbean region.
What more could be more effective than the occasion of the 50 glorious years for CHTA, where the discounts announced by Hotelogix, just giving another spirit of festivity to cherish for. To know more on the offer please click here
Investment chapter inked with Accel Partners
Hotelogix gladly announced officially on April 5th, an investment of $1.2 million from Accel Partners as the lead investors wherein Blume Ventures and Mumbai Angels as their Co-Investors.
We believe the small and midsized hospitality industry is largely undeserved globally and that this particular segment has limited options available to adopt technology to manage their operations efficiently, also be able to leverage the business.
Shekhar Kirani from Accel Ventures said, “Accel is very excited about Hotelogix’s team, their product and the market. With more than 16 million hotel rooms in the world, where, most of them will upgrade to a cloud-based hotel management platform soon, Hotelogix’s cloud-based platform is perfectly positioned for this market.”
Hotelogix currently has customers in 40+ countries and would be looking to create serious inroads into North American and South American market with this investment. They also aimed to create a strong brand and market presence creating a concrete channel partner network as a scaling up strategy.
A practice of cultivating relationships, technology, insight and marketing knowledge around a focused set of technology initiatives is the prime focus of the Accel Partners. They have mentored several start-ups in their quarter century of operations worldwide, and their investment in the company is an indication of their belief and the faith entrusted in us.
Aditya Sanghi, CEO, Hotelogix said, “We will now focus on creating serious inroads into the North and South American markets. Having successfully established our channel partner network in regions like North America, Caribbean islands, Far East etc. Building this network further will be a key factor in our scaling up.”
He added, “With Accel’s global footprint, combined with aggressive and successful track record of Blume Ventures and Mumbai Angels, we look forward to leveraging their experience in becoming a world-class organization.”
With these investments we cardinally continue to grow its business globally and deliver the world class could base operational solutions, to the small and mid-sized hospitality industries.
Patong Beach Bed and Breakfast Hotel on ‘cloud’ after opting for Hotelogix
Patong Beach Bed and Breakfast hotel is a mid-sized property hotel with 15 rooms, located in Thailand. The hotel recognized the need of having ‘anywhere and anytime access’ to their property system and hence they were looking for a cloud based platform. The ‘easy to adopt’ and ‘simple to use’ friendly feature of the system is catalytic to the operations of the hotels.
The aim was to look for a cost effective solution that would provide them all the features needed, including security of the data. Patong Beach Bed and Breakfast hotel staff needed only two hours of training for the front office staff, and within days the owner’s and the other departments to learn all the software functions. They saved on IT costs as there is no professional required on board. The Hotelogix high quality support is there for any query 24/7. With Hotelogix, they received transparent reports, which was available every day as a recap of the business in the form of ‘Night audit.’
The smooth and efficient management of the reservations at the front desk office is first of its kind to be initiated by Hotelogix. Also an added benefit is the Web Booking Engine, which supports the group bookings with multiple packages to offer. The extensive Housekeeping management and unlimited Point of Sale terminals, is also a ‘wow’ factor in the system. Hotelogix moves a step further, by extending the market reach with a powerful Web Booking Engine that integrates with the hotels’ website, gets listed on thousands of Online Travel Portals across the world with its GDS Connect.
Data Security has always been a priority for the mid and small sized hotels. With technological advancement, the way hotel functions and stores information are priceless and threat to these data indeed is a big concern for any hotel. As the threat for the data loss increases so does the cost involved in recovering it. This in turn has a direct impact on the finance of the company and might damage the brand as well. So, Hotelogix played a pivotal role in assuring the security of the prized data to the hotel.
Hotelogix featured all important reports for better control over the business. Patong Beach Bed and Breakfast is now able to check all the operations such as the sales, marketing and finance department from any point of the world and can plan the strategy accordingly. More and more hotel establishments are now opting for web based property management systems like Hotelogix to provide an additional data security layer, with added features which are simple to use.
