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Practical, specific guides on the operational and compliance details of running an independent hotel in India - not generic hospitality-industry filler.
RSS feedGST e-invoicing for hotels: what actually changes at checkout
What GST e-invoicing (IRN generation) means for a hotel folio, how the CGST/SGST split works, and what to check with your accountant before it applies to you.
Read more →FRRO reporting for hotels: the basics every front desk should know
What FRRO (foreign guest) reporting actually requires at check-in, why it's easy to miss for a walk-in booking, and how to build a filing habit around it.
Read more →Direct bookings vs. OTA commission: what a hotel actually keeps
A plain-language look at how OTA commission changes what a booking is actually worth, and what it takes to make direct bookings a real second channel, not just a link nobody uses.
Read more →What "works offline" actually means for a hotel front desk
"Works offline" is a claim almost every hotel software vendor makes. Here's exactly what it means in practice - which actions actually keep working through a dropped connection, and which honestly don't.
Read more →Why we don't call it "AI-powered pricing"
A plain explanation of how Hos91's rate suggestions actually work - real, deterministic arithmetic over your own booking history, not a black box - and why that's the more useful thing for a hotel owner anyway.
Read more →Day-use bookings: how to sell the same room twice in one day, safely
Airport-transit guests, a same-day business meeting, a short rest between flights - day-use bookings are a real revenue segment most hotel software treats as an afterthought. Here's what it actually takes to sell a room by the hour without double-booking it.
Read more →GST on F&B vs. room tariff: why hotels get this wrong
Room tariff and restaurant sales are taxed under different GST rules, and mixing them up is a common, genuine mistake. What the confusion actually is, and why the two need to be configured independently.
Read more →No-show and cancellation policies that actually get enforced
A cancellation policy that exists only on your website's fine print isn't a policy - it's a suggestion. What it takes to make one automatic, consistent, and undisputed.
Read more →How to actually evaluate a hotel PMS
A vendor-agnostic list of the questions worth asking before you sign a contract - including the ones that don't show up on a feature comparison chart.
Read more →The hidden cost of running five separate hotel tools
The real cost of a separate PMS, accounting tool, payroll system, and channel manager isn't just five subscription fees - it's every hour spent reconciling data that should have agreed in the first place.
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