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HotelManagementSystemIntegrationServices
1.Introduction
Itisgenerallyacceptedthattheroleofthewebservicesinbusinessesisundoubtedlyimportant.Moreandmorecommercialsoftwaresystemsextendtheircapabilityandpowerbyusingwebservicestechnology.Todaythee-commerceisnotmerelyusinginternettotransferbusinessdataorsupportingpeopletointeractwithdynamicwebpage,butarefundamentallychangedbywebservices.TheWorldWideWebConsortium'
sXtensibleMarkupLanguage(XML)andtheXtensibleStylesheetLanguage(XSL)arestandardsdefinedintheinterestofmulti-purposepublishingandcontentreuseandareincreasinglybeingdeployedintheconstructionofwebservices.SinceXMLislookedasthecanonicalmessageformat,itcouldtietogetherthousandsofsystemsprogrammedbyhundredsofprogramminglanguages.Anyprogramcanbemappedintowebservice,whileanywebservicecanalsobemappedintoprogram.Inthispaper,wepresentanextgenerationcommercialsysteminhotelindustrythatfullyintegratesthehotelFrontOfficesystem,PropertyManagementSystem,CustomerRelationshipManagementSystem,QualityManagementsystem,BackOfficesystemandCentralReservationsSystemdistributedindifferentlocations.Andwefoundthatthissystemgreatlyimprovesboththehotelcustomerandhotelofficer’sexperiencesinthehotelbusinessworkflow.Becausecurrenttechnologiesarequitemature,itseemsnodifficultytointegratetheexistingsystemandthenewcomingsystems(forexample,web-basedapplicationsormobileapplications).However,currentlyinhotelindustrytherearefewtrulyintegratedsystemsusedbecausetherearesomanyheterogeneoussystemsalreadyexistandscalability,maintenance,price,securityissuesthenbecomehugetobeovercome.FromourstudyonGroupHotelIntegrationReservationSystem(GHIRS),therearestillchallengestointegrateEnterpriseInformationSystem(EIS),EnterpriseInformationPortalsystem(EIP),CustomerRelationshipManagementsystem(CRM)andSupplyChainManagementsystem(SCM)togetherbecauseofstandardization,securityandscalabilityproblems,althoughGHIRSisoneoffewintegrationsolutionstoaddorexpandhotelsoftwaresysteminanysizeofhotelchainsenvironment.
Wedevelopedthissystemtointegratethebusinessflowofhotelmanagementbyusingwebservicesandsoftwareintegrationtechnologies.Inthispaper,firstlywedescribeascenarioofhotelreservationanddiscusstheinteractionbetweenGHIRSandhuman.Secondlyweanalyzedetailsofdesignandimplementationofthissystem.TheresultandimplicationsofthestudiesonthedevelopmentofGHIRSareshowninthelaterpart.Finallywediscusssomeproblemsstillneedtobeimprovedandpossiblefuturedirectionsofdevelopment.
2.HotelReservation:
ABusinessCaseStudy
OurinitialthinkingtodevelopGHIRSistominimizethehumaninteractionwiththesystem.SinceGHIRSisflexibleandautomated,itoffersclearbenefitsforbothhotelcustomersandhotelstaff,especiallyforgrouphotelcustomersandgrouphotelcompanies.Grouphotelcompaniesusuallyhavelotsofhotels,restaurants,resorts,themeparksorcasinosindifferentlocations.Forexample,Shangri-Lagrouphashundredsofhotelsindifferentcountriesallovertheworld.Thesegroupshavecertaincustomerswhoprefertoconsumeinhotelsbelongtothesamegroupbecausetheyaremembershipofthegroupandcanhaveindividualservices.
Thefirststepofascenarioofhotelreservationisthattheconsumerplansandlooksforahotelaccordingthelocation,priceorwhateverhiscriteriaandthendecidesthehotel.Thenhemakesareservationbytelephone,fax,internet,ormail,orjustthroughhistravelagent.Whenhotelstaffreceivestherequest,theyfirstlookiftheycanprovideavailableservices.Ifthereisenoughresourceinthehotel,theypreparetheroom,cateringandtransportationfortherequestandsendbackacknowledgement.Atlasttheguestarrivesandchecksin.Thebusinessflowisquitesimple;
however,toaccomplishallthesetasksisburdensomeforboththeconsumersideandthehotelsidewithoutanefficientandintegratedhotelmanagementsystem.
Telephonemaybeagoodwaytomakeareservationbecauseitisbeyondthelimitoftimeandspace.Guestscancallhotelsatanytimeandanyplace.However,itcostsmuchwhenthehotelisfarawayfromthecitywhereguestlives;
especiallythehotellocatesinadifferentcountry.Moreover,ifthereisagroupoffourorfivepeopletomakereservationtogether,itwouldtakealongtimeforhotelstafftorecordalltheinformationtheyneed.Makingreservationbytravelagentsavesconsumers’timeandcost,butthereisstillmillionsofworkforagenttodo.Theygathertherequirementsfromconsumers,thendistributetoproperdestinationhotels.Becausethesehotelsdon’tuseasamesystem(thesethousandsofhotelsmayusehundredsofmanagementsystems),someone,agentorhotelstaff,mustfacetheproblemhowtohandleinformationfromdifferentsourceswithdifferenthotelmanagementsystemstodifferentdestinations.
Webservicebecomesthetooltosolvetheseproblems.Ourwebservicesintegratethewebserverandhotelmanagementsystemtogether,andeveryonegetsbenefit.BookingaroomeasilyanywhereandanytimebecomespossiblebyusingGHIRS.ConsumerbrowseswebsitesandfindshotelusinghisPC,PDAormobilephone(WAPsupported),afterhisidentityisaccepted,hecanbookareservation.Twominuteslaterhecangettheacknowledgementfromthehotelbymobilephonetextmessageormultimediamessage,oremailsenttohisemailaccountorjustacknowledgementonthedynamicwebpage,ifhehasn’tleavethewebsite.Theresponsetimemaytakealittlelongerbecausewhenthehotelreceivesthequest,insomecircumstance,hotelstaffshouldcheckifthereiscleanandvacantroomleft.Thewebserviceisastandardinterfacethatalltravelagentscanhandle,gatheranddistributethereservationinformationeasilythroughinternet.Whenthereservationrequestisacknowledged,hotelstaffpreparestheroom,catering,andtransportationforguests.Sincetheinformationalreadystoredinthedatabase,everypartinthehotelchainscanshareitandworktogetherproperly.Forexample,staffinfrontofficeandhousekeepingdepartmentcanprepareroomforguestsaccordingtothedata,staffinbackofficecanstockmaterialforcateringpurposeandhotelmanagercancheckbusinessreportinEnterpriseInformationPortalintegratedwithGHIRSbyhisbrowser.Thenroomrent-ratioreports,roomstatusreports,dailyincomereportsandotherrealtimebusinessreportsaregenerated.Managersofthegroupcanaccessanyreportofanyhotelbythesystem.Inthelaterpartofthispaper,wewillshowhowconsumers,agents,andhotelstaffcanefficientlyworktogetherbyGHIRS.
GHIRSisscalableforsmall-to-largehotelchainsandmanagementcompanies,especiallygoodforhotelgroup.Ittrulysoarswithseamlessconnectivitytoglobaldistributionsystemstherebyofferingworldwidereservationaccess.Italsodeliversreal-time,onlinereservationsviatheInternet.
3.IntegrationofHotelManagementSystem
3.1ExistedSystem
GHIRSisdevelopedonthebaseofanexistedhotelmanagementsystemcalledFoxhisTM.FoxhisTMsharesthelargestpartofsoftwaremarketinhotelindustryinChina.FoxhisTMversion5hasdistributedClient/ServerarchitecturethattheserverrunsSCO-UNIXandclientrunsMicrosoftWindowsandituseSybasedatabaseonUNIX.ThesystemincludesFrontOfficesystem,PropertyManagementsystem,QualityManagementsystem,HumanResourceManagementsystem,EnterpriseInformationPortalsystem(EIP),CustomerRelationshipManagementsystem(CRM)andSupplyChainManagementsystem(SCM).
Thissystemislargelybasedonintranetenvironment.Mostoftheworkisdoneinasinglehotelbythehotelstaff.It’snocustomerself-service.Ifaconsumerwantstobookaroom,hotelstaffinlocalhotelmusthelptheguesttorecordhisrequest,althoughFoxhisTMsystemalreadydonelotsofautomaticjob.
Whenthesystemsaredeployedindifferenthotelsthatarepartsofagroup,sharingdatabecomesaproblem.Justasanexample,ifthegrouphastenhotels,therewouldbeatleasttenlocaldatabasestostoretheconsumers’data.Becausehotelsneedrealtimerespondofthesystem,sothesetenhotelscan’tdeployacentraldatabasethatdoesnotlocateinthesamelocalnetwork.Thusoneguestmayhavedifferentrecordsindifferenthotelsandtheinformationcannotbeshared.Bywebservicesasaninterface,thesedatacanbeexchangedeasily.
3.2Design
RecallthatourinitialthinkingtodeployGHIRSistosavehotelstaff,travelagentsandconsumers’laborworkthesystemistolinkallthetachesofhotelbusinesschains.Figure1showshowconsumers,agents,hotelstaffcooperatetogetherefficientlywiththesystem.
Consumerscouldbedividedintotwocategories.Oneismemberofhotelgroup,whoholdsdifferentclassesofmembershipsandgainsbenefitslikediscountorspecialoffers.Theseconsumersusuallycontributealargepartofthehotel’sprofitthenarelookedasVIP.Thehotelkeepstheirprofiles,preferencesandmembershipaccountstatus.Theothercategoryiscommonguest.Allthesetwokindsofguestsandtravelagentswhomaytradewithmanyotherhotelsfacetheweb-basedinterfacethatletthemtomakeareservation.Forcommonguest,thesystemjustrequireshimtoinputreservationinformationsuchasguestname,contactinformation,arrivalanddeparturethesystem.Thecentralprocessingserverthendistributestheinformationtoappropriatehotel.Sincewebservicestechnologyissogood
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