Bonaire Hotel opted for a cost effective solution

(A Case Study of Bonaire Central Hotel, Kralendijk, Caribbean)

A Quick Look: The hotel was looking for a solution that would fulfill their demands and the owner found most of the existing software expensive which required heavy investments. The client found Hotelogix as the ideal solution that was easy to use & extremely cost effective. Hotelogix helped the hotel save on manpower, IT infrastructure, support & maintenance costs. The owner feels Hotelogix is the ideal solution for small & mid-sized hotels.

About Bonaire Central Hotel

Central Hotel Bonaire nestled in the downtown of Kralendijk in the Dutch Caribbean, opened in 2010is a modern boutique hotel with 20 stylish rooms. Central Hotel Bonaire provides facilities as A/C, satellite TV, free internet access and most of rooms feature a Queen bed. A cloud based system that suits the business needs of the small and mid-sized hotels is what exactly the hotel looked for.

“We installed the system for a brand new hotel and there was no transition. Existing Property Management Systems are not suitable for the real small hotels and mostly too expensive for the midsize hotels! The system does everything that is needed”, says BoudewijnScholts, consultant for the hospitality industry in the Caribbean.

A cost effective Property Management System

Scholts was scouring for a solution that would fulfill all the demands of small and midsize hotels. However, he found most of the existing software's expensive, requiring significant investments in the IT infrastructure and training. This was not suitable for the profile of Bonaire. From the leading hospitality software that he experienced, he found Hotelogix as the suitable and only solution that is easy to use, easy to implement and extremely cost effective.

“Existing Property Management Systems are not suitable for the real small hotels and mostly too expensive for the midsize hotels,” says Scholts.

Bonaire Central Hotel, Kralendijk, Caribbean

Simple to use, and user friendly

It was important for the solution to be user friendly and easy to implement. Hotelogix is based on 'cloud' technology and it 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. “It is true, that most of the top hospitality solutions offer the help together with product but with Hotelogix we have the manuals, Demo Videos and live help accessible for 24 hours. Moreover the system is upgrading continually which is the big advantage,” says Scholts.

Conclusion drawn

Central Hotel Bonaire managed to implement Hotelogix within a week's time. Now, they leverage from MIS reports, sophisticated Property Management System and from the beginning they have recorded savings on manpower, IT infrastructure, support and maintenance.

BoudewijnScholts remarks, “With Hotelogix we saved on Manpower, IT infrastructure, Support and Maintenance! I hope this will be the start of many more installation. Hotelogix is very attractive solution for small and mid-size hotels, indeed!”

About Hotelogix

The Hotelogix Management System is an easy-to-adapt and simple-to-use solution that offers everything a hotel might ever need to run your hospitality business smoothly. It is a perfect software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution aimed at businesses that want to reduce overhead costs and use “anytime, anywhere” access to their advantage.