Carsons Management Services (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo has chosen Bangalore based global software company, IDS Software’s Private Limited (IDS) represented locally by Keells Business Systems Limited (KBSL), for all their property management related technology solutions for Pegasus Reef hotel.

Situated on the south west coast of Sri Lanka, the Pegasus Reef Hotel lies in close proximity to a picturesque stretch of coastline near Negombo. Conveniently situated between the International Airport and Colombo (Just 24 km south of the Bandaranaike International Airport and 10 km from the heart of Colombo), the Hotel one of the oldest transit hotels in the country which offers an oasis of tranquility on the palm-fringed shores, will be run entirely on the IDS Fortune Enterprise software. The software is part of the a major refurbishment project which gives a modern look to the hotel and it’s operations, but preserving the ‘traditional values’.

"We are using the latest version 3.3 of Fortune Enterprise at Pegasus Reef Hotel. The software will equip the hotel with facilities like front office management, food and beverage management, store inventory, purchase, engineering maintenance, membership management, finance and accounts, human resource, payrolls, banqueting and conferencing apart from a host of interfaces," said Rajesh P Yadav, general manager - National Sales, IDS Software Pvt Ltd.

The software even enables notification of telephone use, room status, smart card application as well as use of an interactive television wherein one can check bills, activate check-out, order room service, menu display etc. At present the process is still in the implementation stage and will be complete in two months.

"We are focused only on the hospitality industry and have about 900 hotels in 22 countries using our solutions. We are the only non-American, non-European player in the hospitality technology solutions field in the entire Africa, Middle-East and Asia Pacific region who can be ranked among top two vendors in any of these market," concluded Yadav.

KBSL, is a fully owned subsidiary of john keels Holdings which has been in the IT industry since 1987. We have our vision set out in the global market with a clear mandate to be strategic partners with our valued customers in fulfilling their consulting, system integrations and IT enabled services needs. The heart of our success can be attributed to our leadership, competency, technical superiority, versatility and highly dynamic, professional team.

IDS Software’s (Pvt) Ltd, is a global software company headquartered in Bangalore, India. Since inception in 1987, IDS has been designing, developing, marketing and maintaining software solutions for hotels worldwide. IDS is focused on providing holistic, end-to-end software solutions for the hospitality industry. IDS’ products are marketed under the brand name Fortune. Today, more than 975 hotels across 20 countries are benefiting from one or more solutions from IDS.