Hospitality

Hotel Management

A centralized platform connecting hotel reservations, conference bookings, restaurant operations, staff scheduling, attendance, and climate control.

The Problem

Managing a hotel involves coordinating multiple operations, from room reservations and conference events to restaurant services, staff schedules, and building management. These operations often rely on separate systems and manual processes, making it difficult for teams to share information and coordinate their work efficiently. The front desk needed visibility into conference bookings and room occupancy. Restaurant teams needed to prepare for incoming hotel guests and conference groups. Managers needed a clear view of staff schedules and attendance, while building operations required better control over energy usage in unoccupied spaces. The challenge was to bring these interconnected workflows together into one platform, giving teams a shared view of daily operations and reducing the need for manual coordination.

The Solution

We built a centralized hotel management platform that brings the property's core operational workflows into one system. Hotel and Room Management: The platform manages room reservations, availability, guest information, check-in, and check-out, helping staff coordinate bookings and monitor occupancy. Conference and Event Management: Conference bookings are coordinated with room availability, equipment, catering, and event requirements. This helps teams manage events efficiently and avoid scheduling conflicts. Restaurant Management: Restaurant operations are connected with hotel bookings and conference schedules, helping teams anticipate guest arrivals and coordinate food service. Staff and Shift Management: Managers can organize staff schedules, assign shifts, and coordinate staffing requirements with hotel occupancy and upcoming events. Time and Attendance: Digital time tracking records employee attendance, working hours, and overtime, reducing manual tracking and giving managers better visibility into staff availability. Climate and Energy Management: The platform integrates climate controls to help manage temperature settings according to occupancy and schedules, reducing unnecessary heating or cooling in unused spaces. Performance Optimization: We also optimized a billing workflow that previously took 8–10 seconds in some cases. By improving database queries through eager loading, adding a concurrent index, and caching calculated tax totals, we made the workflow approximately 40% faster, reducing worst-case response times to under 2 seconds. By connecting these workflows, the platform provides a unified operational view, improves coordination between departments, and reduces repetitive manual work.

The Results

The platform brings hotel reservations, conference bookings, restaurant operations, staffing, attendance, and climate control into one connected system. Teams have a shared view of room occupancy, conference schedules, and staff availability, making it easier to coordinate daily operations across departments. Check-in, event preparation, and kitchen operations follow connected workflows rather than relying on manually forwarded emails. Attendance and overtime are recorded digitally, while climate settings can be aligned with occupancy instead of relying on fixed schedules. By centralizing these workflows, the hotel can manage day-to-day operations more efficiently, reduce manual coordination, and keep essential operational information in one place.

Technologies Used

Rails
Postgres
javascript
Tailwind CSS
Shadcn UI
Sidekiq
Redis

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