Mahaweli Reach Hotel, Kandy has chosen Bangalore based global software company, IDS Softwares Private Limited (IDS) represented locally by Keells Business Systems Limited (KBSL), for all their property management related technology solutions.

Situated in Kandy, from a little over two hours journey from Colombo, through some stunning mountain scenery – the last stronghold of the Sinhala kings. Here, at the crossroads of history, on the banks of the Mahaweli, Sri Lanka’s longest river – (and just a few minutes from Kandy town) stands Mahaweli Reach Hotel with 114 tastefully decorated rooms and 2 magnificent suites- The Executive Suite and The Presidential Suite, the first hotel to obtain a 5 star rating in the hill Capital will be run entirely on the IDS Fortune Enterprise software.

"We are using the latest version 3.3 of Fortune Enterprise at Mahaweli Reach 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 at Mahaweli being a premium five start in up country, are mindful of the ever changing customer needs; in order to satisfy them we constantly up grade our product. In this process we have recognized the importance of having a good “Management Information System” so we began our search for a comprehensive Property Management system for our hotel. After a careful evaluation process we are confidant IDS Softwares (Pvt) Ltd “Fortune Enterprise – Property Management System” marketed by Keels Business Systems Limited will satisfy our requirement and budget.” Said Mr. J.M. Faider, Financial controller of Mahaweli Reach Hotel.

"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 Softwares (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.