If you are a small hotel, offering limited service, you probably thought you would never need hospitality software. Yes, a fat thick ledger at the front desk recorded the check-in and check-out for the day; a manager oversaw the small number of hotel staff, and most of your guests were walk-ins or had previously stayed with you.

Then things changed. An increasing number of people began to book their hotel room online. A growing number of people began using their smart phones to book hotel rooms. Guests began to view the hotel online, check pictures of the room and were happy to make a booking without even calling up your front desk. Competition also began growing. Other hotels in your city began using the web booking engine and a number of online travel agents to feature their hotel to the online audience. This helped them increase room booking and sometimes compete with you on rates as well. Getting and retaining trained staff became more difficult. Economically, it is now increasingly making sense to finally adopt a smart and efficient hotel software.

What Kind of Software does a Small Hotel Need?

But finding software for the niche needs of small hotel, lodge, motel, service apartment and even resort is easier said than done. Small hotels do not require software with an elaborate feature set, nor do they require a large number of modules. What they do need however is cost effective software that is robust, easy to use, easy to maintain by way of licenses and hardware, and software that will work efficiently without major investment in upgrades and training.

Discover the Many Benefits of PAX

With over a quarter of a century of expertise in developing and offering a comprehensive hotel ERP and a host of add-on solutions to the hospitality industry, IDS Next has launched PAX - hotel software for the sub- 3 star hotel category. The software has four modules, namely, Front Office, Accounts Receivables, Point of Sale and Telephone. What sets PAX apart from its nearest competition is the extensive expertise it leverages from the pioneers in hotel technology. The software is also light, and self-installable. Automatic patch management means your hotel is constantly using updated software that is easy to use.

With hotels increasingly leveraging the internet to increase room bookings, PAX offers small hotels a real-time two-way connect between their hotel software and a host of traditional, non-traditional and mobile online rooms sales channels and this is a key differentiator of PAX. The Rexlite dashboard is visually rich and lets hotels push room inventory on a number of connected channels.

The obvious benefit of PAX is that is automates a large number of processes that were once done manually at your hotel. It also reduces your dependence on manpower. PAX introduces transparency into your hotel and lets management monitor room status, revenue and a host of other details all through mobile devices including tablet and phablet.