2) ASI Front Desk – Anand Systems

ASI Front Desk system is designed by Anand Systems which is a fairly new company
situated in California’s Silicon Valley. The company also has a support from its development
centre in India. The PMS Software provided by Anand System Includes hotel management
software, Guest Reservation Software, billing & Accounting software’s. Along with the
software the company also offers Multiple Property Data Collection software which could be
helpful in case of chain/group of hotels.

The Anand Systems thrive to exceed their customers’ expectations. As they mention in their
Website, that they understand the various needs and requirements of different businesses and
markets. They examine the requirements of the business, evaluate the available solutions and
suggest the most suitable. While if there is no solution available they will offer a proposal to
develop a solution for your business. The PMS is mutable on all operating systems. The
advantages of choosing such a system would be high reliability, exquisite support & service,
moderate prices, speedy implementation, and a wide range of services. The goal of
developing a product like ASI as quoted on the website is ‘‘the goal of ASI is to offer to our
clients a very wide variety of extremely high quality software development services at a
competitive price.’’

 System Features

Hotel Status from main screen with easy Check-in & Check-out: The hotel Status is
easily available, with the operation of Check-in & Check-out made easy, reliable and
more importantly ‘Quick’. During the Check in procedure the operator has a lot of
options to input various amount of information about the guest and save their
preferences as they might be required on their next visit.

Reservation & Group Management Systems: The Reservation system is very flexible
and simple, it can handle large number of groups for booking and can take multiple
entries on required occasions. The system has the ability to allocate the rooms
according to the requirements of guests, for e.g. if a customer in a group reservation
 requires a particular type of room or other service then it can be arranged by the
system while entering it in the booking system.
Direct Billing & City Ledger: The ASI software has the ability to provide unlimited
company accounts with functions like credit limit, overpayments and part-payments.
The data can be adjusted to show any changes made in the folio. E.g. if a customer is
booked by the company, once he checks out the payment is processed to the company.

Guest Snap: This feature allows the user to take pictures when the guest checks in,
checks out & during the payments. Its easy to use & doesn’t require even a click.

Well Designed Back up & Restoration Database: The Back Up and Restoration
function is an effective function feature which can help if the program or system
occurs a failure. The restoration function helps to set the program back to different
restoration points, which is helpful if some data would need to be checked and
restored.
Address Book, Guest Recording and Guest Feedback: This feature provides the
function to save the valuable guest data which could be implemented on the guest’s
visit. The guest feedback function provides the guest to give the feedback online with
the option of anonymity. This could be a very useful tool as it could provide valuable
data.

 System Requirements

The ASI is a very compatible system; it is workable with any platform of the software
available in the market. The minimum system requirements are:

 Pentium 4 or better processor

 256 MB of RAM
 20 GB of free hard disk space
 Colour monitor: resolution 1024*768 pixel
 USB port
 Mouse
 USB storage for backup
  Laser or jet printer
 Windows vista or XP operating system

  Network

 TCPIP network
 Public IP or VPN if access from outside of local area network is required.
 100 MBS network speed is recommended
 
  Server Computer Requirements
 Pentium 4 higher processor
 1 GB RAM
 100 GB disk drive
 Windows Vista Business or XP Professional recommended as operating
system on server computer

 Hotel Style Suitability

The Software is suitable for Small to large hospitality organizations. This Software is
suitable for the Dublin hotel as per its requirements.

 Integration with other software within the hotel

The ASI is compatible with almost all types of software in the hotel like key card, in-
room entertainment. The most important is the reservations software, as per the website
ASI is compatible with most of the online booking sources as well as it provide interfaces
for Expedia, Hotel.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, Booking.com, Hotwire and many more
industry leading IDS networks.

 Pricing
The pricing of the software is flexible, there is even a freeware version of the software
available to download for trails. The website has a detailed calculator to determine the
correct prices and installation prices. There is also an option of a annual maintenance
contract at the end of the calculator which could tell you the total cost of the software.
The rough price for the hotel would be €35,000.

 Client Testimonials

Bobby Newman - Imperial Motel, Oakland, CA

“ASIFD is the easiest to use PMS software I have come across. With the free upgrade to
version 5.0 it has taken care of all the features, I needed. Thank You ASI Team!”
(http://www.anandsystems.com/hospitality/testimonial.htm).

 Bhanu Patel - Cali Inn, Carson, CA

“The check in process in this hotel software is so easy that any operator can get
accustomed in minutes. In just less than 5 minutes, I can train someone to use the
system.” (http://www.anandsystems.com/hospitality/testimonial.htm).