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IDeaS offers podcasts, webinars on managing the COVID-19 pandemic

The company provides tips on using revenue management software in the crisis

REVENUE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE provider IDeaS Revenue Solutions is offering podcasts with tips on managing the COVID-19 outbreak. It also is conducting weekly webinars on using the company’s software to navigate the crisis.

IDeaS’s Unconstrained Conversations Podcast on YouTube series, hosted by IDeaS’ chief evangelist Klaus Kohlmayr, will feature new episodes showing conversations with hotel industry leaders on how they’re coping and what they’ve learned as the situation unfolds.


Topics for the company’s Client Support Webinar Series include “How to Manage your RMS During Hotel Closures” on April 8; “Pricing, Marketing and Competitive Positioning Strategies” on April 15; and “Preparing Your Hotel for When Business Returns” on April 22.

“In these uncertain times, it is more important than ever that we pull together to support our communities,” said Sanjay Nagalia, IDeaS co-founder and chief operating officer. “We are working to provide our clients, and the greater industry audience, with useful, tangible advice and recommendations to help them through this crisis, and we look forward to better days ahead.”

Previously, IDeaS launched the first voice-based interface designed for a revenue management platform.

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