Moving beyond the monolith
The shift away from out-of-the-box hotel management solutions
Until recently, hotels - and most enterprise businesses, for that matter - had been stuck with one singular approach to their tech: a closed, out-of-the-box solution to manage nearly all their business needs. For hotels, this system was built by the PMS provider. Legacy systems tried to do it all, attempting to cover everything from reservations and inventory to loyalty programs to business intelligence tools and more.
In the last few years, a new architecture has emerged. One which has been embraced by major brands like Netflix, Amazon, Google, and Hulu. It is a microservices approach. This approach is API-driven and allows different pieces of the product or platform to work independently of each other while communicating through APIs. The latest generation of hotel technology takes a similar approach, using many lean systems that connect seamlessly. This approach makes it faster to develop/release new features and functionality, makes it easier to connect systems, and creates a more stable environment. It also allows hoteliers to pick and choose best-in-breed solutions rather than stick with what one legacy provider has to offer.
Many hoteliers have already embraced the new approach; however, some still have the mindset to search for one system with an exhaustive feature set. In the next five years, when less than 40% of hotels plan to keep their current PMS setup (h2c), it is worth exploring these two different approaches to understand which is best for your business. This whitepaper explores the two different approaches to hotel software, the pros and cons of each, and offers an outlook on how it impacts the future of hotel technology.
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