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Stay up-to-date on the hospitality industry, technology trends, and IDS Next products by exploring the latest news and articles written by our industry experts.
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Stay up-to-date on the hospitality industry, technology trends, and IDS Next products by exploring the latest news and articles written by our industry experts.
Getting back on track – post-pandemic revival of hospitality
Covid-19 changed the world in unprecedented ways. Unfortunately, the hospitality sector was one of the first industries affected by the pandemic. This was mainly due to the health risks to both guests and employees and the imposed travel...
Sustainability: The conservational trend in hospitality
With the growing population, the consumption of resources is reaching its limit. Therefore, in the 21st century, adopting sustainability practices has become one of the fundamental requirements of a thriving business. Sustainability is the ability...
Mobile Wallets – A Payment Breakthrough for Hoteliers
Mobile technology is increasingly becoming crucial to the entire travel experience. As discussed in the previous article, this is due to their accessibility and ease. Travellers are more drawn to using this payment method than using traditional...
Mobile Wallets – A Payment Breakthrough for Travellers
With vaccines deployed worldwide and vaccine passports issued, the world seems to be reaching stability amidst the pandemic, and the travel industry is slowly reviving.  However, as travellers return, so will the risk of contamination through...
Electronic Waste – How can hotels prevent this ecological hazard?
The increase of digitalisation in the modern world has given birth to much high-tech electronic equipment used daily by almost every individual. However, when this equipment is no longer required, becomes defective, or when they reach the end of...
QR Codes – A new revolution in the hospitality industry
Technological development has provided many prospects of marketing for hotels. QR codes play a key role among the many avenues of marketing. A QR code is a matrix barcode that creates an easy and efficient method to access information. How can...
Revenge travelling after COVID-19 – What will it look like? – Part 3/3
During the height of COVID-19, many people had to cancel travel plans they were excited for – be it a weekend getaway or the trip of a lifetime. Either way, surveys show that people who can, will want to catch up on missed travel opportunities when...
Can technology be the saviour for the turmoil of inventory management in hospitality?
The gradual progression of the hospitality industry has made a profound change to the management and business framework of hotels. Even though the management of a hotel is a broad domain, the common variable for all types of hotels is the hotel...
Revenge travelling after COVID-19 – What will it look like? – Part 2/3
During the height of COVID-19, many people had to cancel travel plans they were excited for – be it a weekend getaway or the trip of a lifetime. Either way, surveys show that people who can, will want to catch up on missed travel opportunities when...
Revenge travelling after COVID-19 – What will it look like? Part 1/3
Revenge travelling after COVID-19 – What will it look like? Part 1/3 During the height of COVID-19, many people had to cancel travel plans they were excited for – be it a weekend getaway or the trip of a lifetime. Either way, surveys show that...
Cyber Security – A modern calamity in the hospitality industry.
The number of users of the internet has inflated up to 4.72 billion as of today. Irrespective of the ease this has provided, the gradual increase in the use of the internet has undeniably created more opportunities for individuals to exploit this...
‘Going Green’ – A Trend On The Rise For The Hospitality Industry?
Millennials are making protests, climate activists are creating awareness, social media influencers are promoting e-friendly products, and some of us are simply re-posting #saveourplanet posts whilst sipping on a plastic straw – because ‘even a...
Millennial Employees and Adopting New Tech
The world, inevitably, keeps spinning around. Times change as humans evolve. New technologies emerge as old ones die away. Every new age, every new decade, and every new year and month sees new trends being set. The hospitality industry is no...
The Crucial Role of AI and Machine Learning in Hospitality.
What we perceived the future to be like back in the day might not exactly resemble what is happening today. We certainly didn’t expect the globe to be battling against a pandemic. Whilst flying cars that zipped along aerial highways might not be...
The Power Of Data Analytics on Hotel Revenue Management
Perhaps the dramatic outcome of the digital revolution is the data explosion. Data created a virtuous circle of data analysis and action, leading to new insights, data creation, and data analysis. In the massively data-driven modern world,...
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