There are three ways to keep your Airbnb calendar in sync with the Booking.com calendar. In this article, we will talk about the pros and cons of each. The vacation rental industry has become more popular, and it's now even more competitive. If you are the property owner or operator that wanted to grow your Airbnb business, you need to consider getting your property listed on more than one platform other than the Airbnb app. By advertising the property through multiple channels, there is a high possibility to reach more audiences around the world. It gives more opportunities to generate more bookings.

You love how OTA’s brings your hotel in with more exposure, but you wish you don’t have to pay them a very high commission. Here are a few tips to implement that will help you increase direct bookings in your website without needing to share your revenue with others.

If you haven't read our article about Hotel PMS, I highly recommend you do so. From there, I believe you will be able to understand what PMS is all about and what are the essential features that Hotel PMS should have. 

As of 15th March, there are 5.5M individuals in Malaysia who have registered for the Covid-19 vaccine through the MySejahtera app. As we all know, Malaysia launched the very first batch of Covid-19 vaccine on 24th February 2021, and at that time, The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin was among the Malaysian that received the first shot. By 29th March 2021, Malaysia will complete the vaccine delivery for the first quarter of this year.

The hospitality industry is one of the biggest sectors that was hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is forced to impose lockdown and travel restrictions, putting the hotel industry in the toughest situation. 

Nevertheless, many hotel businesses are now trying to fight and find solutions so that they can operate the business as usual with the new safety measures and adapt to the new normal so that the guests feel comfortable and safe during their stay.

The limitations to human contact and social distancing are now changing the way hotels check in their guests. Many hotels started to stop the traditional check-in and implement a contactless check-in service instead. 

-Updated on 23rd May 2023-

The recent pandemic has taught us about the norm, especially on social distancing. Many businesses are now looking for technology that allows them to reduce human contact in order to avoid the spread of coronavirus diseases. Demand for safety and convenience by customers is also increasing. Hence,  self-service kiosks now are on the rise in the business industry.

The importance of hotel booking engines can’t be denied nowadays. People are becoming more comfortable with online booking, hence the demand for online hotel room reservations is also increasing. The power of booking engines should not be neglected as it gives a lot of benefits, most importantly reducing the number of paid commissions to OTAs. Hotels without online booking engine systems are reducing in numbers and quickly become obsolete. 

Some might say that offering rate parity is one of the fairest ways of conducting rate strategies. So, what does rate parity actually means? 

Hotel rate parity is when the hotels are implementing the same rate across all distribution channels including their own hotel websites. It is a legal agreement between the hotels and Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) where they agree to offer the same rate on all platforms that they sell regardless of how much commission they have to pay to OTAs. Hotels are also not allowed to undercut the room prices that OTAs display on their platforms.

Hotel front desk software is an important tool for front desk staff to manage their task efficiently. By having front desk software or so-called Property Management System (PMS), your staff will be able to handle day-to-day tasks like guest check-in and check-out, housekeeping checklist, room reservations, room availability management, and other functions in a single platform.

This will help in avoiding human error and manual data entry challenges since most of the things will be automated by the system. The moment you use PMS, you will soon realize how much time you save and less effort needed to stay organized.

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Not to forget that technology is growing and changing, neither does the business. In this article, we are going to talk about the reasons why you need the latest hotel front desk software for you to grow your business effectively.

Ever since technology has changed the landscape of the hospitality and tourism industry, and we are now in the year 2021, many hotels have already adopted smart hotel solutions for their business. However, we believe that there are thousands of hotels outside there that missed out on this opportunity, haven’t yet adopted the technology, and maintain the manual work in the daily operation. 

Despite the above mentioned, we know that every hotel's business end goals want to maximize their hotels' revenue. It can be achieved by reducing unnecessary costs, avoiding human errors, driving more bookings and selling maximum inventory. 

In this article, we are going to talk about Property Management System (PMS) and Channel Manager, how both of them work and connect to your online distribution channels so that they can help you to increase more hotel revenue.