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Hotel software is designed for all areas of
hotel operation including property management, \accounting,
Internet/GDS reservations, central reservations, reception,
POS/hospitality, spa/club/golf management, guest management,
inventory management, yield/revenue management, accounting, and web
site design. Small hotel software is available for properties with
less than 100 rooms and focuses on basic front and back office
functions and/or reservations and guest management.
One of the major types of hotel software used by the hotel/motel
industry is hotel property management software (PMS). PMS is a
comprehensive software package that manages all aspects of hotel
operations, which has front desk, and back office modules that
handle reservations, guest profile/folio, reporting, night auditing,
and housekeeping, accounting, payroll and asset and inventory
management.
For reservations, there are two types of hotel software a CRS
(central reservation system) and an IBE (Internet booking engine).
An IBE allows guests to remotely make reservations accessing the
hotel’s website. Hotel reservation systems will also have
reservation software capability that allows guests to make
reservations using a GDS service. A CRS books reservations for
multiple properties.
Hospitality management software includes sales and catering
software, which will have a POS module to manage, and track sales
from restaurants, lounge/bar, and room service. Event management is
another important module of hospitality management software. Event
management modules manage group/convention sales, room booking,
function and layout.
Many hotel property management software, hotel reservation system
software, hotel accounting software, hotel front desk software, and
hospitality software companies provide free hotel software downloads
for evaluation to help hotels select the best hotel software package
that meets their operational needs. Free hotel software downloads
can save time in researching the right hotel software package for
your property.
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