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Hotel management tips, ideas, and advice from the iMagic team.
Choosing hotel reservation software for a small or medium hotel
What to check before you buy hotel reservation software: calendars, rates and tax, staff access, desktop or cloud, and what the price really covers.
What a hotel reservation system does
A plain walk through one booking, from the first enquiry to the final receipt, showing what a hotel reservation system keeps track of for you.
Hotel booking system or paper reservation book?
When a paper diary is still fine, where it starts to fail, and how to move a small or medium hotel from paper to a booking system without losing a booking.
Reservation software for inns, motels and B&Bs
How booking software for an inn, motel or B&B differs from a big hotel system, and what to look for if you run a small property yourself.
Taking Online Hotel Reservations
How to put your hotel's room availability online and take bookings from your own website, using iMagic Hotel Reservation and the Online Guest Calendar.
Organizing Events Through Your Hotel for Additional Revenue
How independent hotels can generate additional income by hosting special events, and how to set up multiple confirmation templates in iMagic Hotel Reservation to support them.