How Independent Hotels are Relying on PMS Technology to Recoup ROI in 2025

Independent Hotels

Independent hoteliers are turning to all-in-one tools to increase consistency on property, reducing friction and improving ROI through new efficiencies.  

By Warren Dehan 

Today’s independent hoteliers often feel trapped between the rising costs of operating their properties and guests’ sky-high expectations for each stay. But with the right tech stack, your hotel could be operating smoothly with tools that pay for themselves over time. In this case, it may require independents to rethink their tech partnerships and how many they need to operate efficiently in 2025. 

Independents yearning for a more efficient operations model are increasingly investigating all-in-one Property Management Systems capable of serving each of their operational needs while integrating with third parties to address anything beyond what the all-in-one includes. Good news: This strategy is more viable today than ever and can help a hotel recoup its return on investment for operations technology in record time. All-in-one PMS technology assists hotels to provide the best possible experience without investing in many different systems, cutting down the number of tech partnerships they need to navigate, and technical integrations that need to be managed.  

Consolidating your independent hotel’s operations technology into the PMS creates a consistent operations environment across all departments, improving operations without adding complications. The more independent hotels reduce operational friction, the more they can focus on hospitality. 

Comfort, Context, and Consistency  

Hoteliers’ time spent decoding their PMS operations often feels like money lost. Operating costs and labor are among the most significant barriers to success today, and an integrated all-in-one PMS is the ideal tool to support independent operators’ labor needs over the long term by creating consistency. The hotel PMS can often feel overwhelming, even for experienced hoteliers, and efforts to familiarize or simplify these tools will create a more stable operations environment.  

Through simplifying operations, hotels can realize cost savings associated with reduced training time, smoother employee transfers between properties, fewer errors, and a more enjoyable work experience for employees. When using fewer integrations overall, independents can focus their attention away from technology and processes and dedicate themselves fully to the hotel experience. 

Consolidating the majority of hotel operations tools to the PMS can also assist with data management between departments. Hotels today excel at leveraging the basics of hotel operations technology, such as inter-property communication and tracking work orders or housekeeping requests. In 2025, it’s time to expand those features to include embedded payment processing to cut down on fees and maintain your brand during all payments. Independent hotels must also consider the impact of loyalty programs on optimizing the guest experience. Through data-driven insights supplied across the PMS, hotels can increase the effectiveness of their loyalty campaigns and more accurately target guests at the right moment. 

Hotels benefit from sharing guest data across departments, especially when each tool is accessible through an all-in-one PMS. The technology is even more impactful when leveraging revenue management tools or across more than one hotel through multi-property management, reducing time spent managing each property’s individual revenue strategy. Combined with an all-in-one PMS in each hotel, a portfolio of independent properties can make individual decisions or operate as a group to increase their agility and strategic positioning. The process becomes second nature when all of these capabilities are under one roof. 

Filling the Gaps 

Even an all-in-one PMS may not always fit every independent hotelier’s unique needs in today’s operating environment. However, the main benefit of an all-in-one system is its wide-reaching integrations and ability to pull data from nearly any hotel department. This allows operators to simplify the technology they use to operate their properties–or it should. Hoteliers must locate a technology partner that not only provides the capabilities they need but is also willing and able to form integration partnerships and seamlessly deploy them at their property. 

This concern is of unique importance to independent hoteliers. These properties can rarely make do with a cut-and-paste solution and may require more attention from their technology partners. Independents should seek out experienced technology partners capable of working with them step-by-step throughout this process. Any unnecessary time spent during the deployment process can penalize a hotel’s path to quickly realized benefits, so choosing a partner who is invested in your property’s success is vital.  

Hotels rely on technology to remain profitable today, but the web of required partnerships and implementations often feels like they are weighing operators down, not lifting them. The time is now for hoteliers to take stock of their needed capabilities and consolidate wherever possible. Your operations teams will thank you, and so will your bottom line.   

About the Author 

Warren Dehan is the President of Maestro, the preferred Web Browser based cloud and on-premises all-in-one PMS solution for independent hotels, luxury resorts, conference centers, vacation rentals, and multi-property groups. Maestro’s enterprise system offers embedded payments and 20+ integrated modules on a single database, including mobile and contact free apps to increase profitability, drive direct bookings, centralize operations, and enable operators to engage guests with a personalized and safe experience. Maestro’s Support Service provides unparalleled 24/7 North American based live support and education services.

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