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SkyTouch Hotel OS
What Is SkyTouch Hotel OS?
The 100% cloud-based SkyTouch Hotel Operations Platform is for future-thinking Hoteliers who want to have control over their properties. SkyTouch platform is very cost effective. We value service. We are a partner to our customers and provide them with easy-to-use solutions so they can efficiently grow their business. Our hotel property management system (PMS) is built by Hoteliers, so we understand the industry and anticipate your needs ahead of time. Learn more at www.skytouchtechnology.com.
Who Uses SkyTouch Hotel OS?
The SkyTouch hotel operations platform is suited for hotels of virtually any size or type that needs a Reliable, Intuitive, Simple and Cost-Effective hotel management solution for their properties.
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Reviews of SkyTouch Hotel OS
Good, logical product; excellent customer service and support tools! Thank you SkyTouch!
Comments: Logical, easy to use, Tech Support is fabulous!
Pros:
The best thing about the Skytouch HOS varies for me and my staff. For me, it's the Tape Chart, the Community Board (love this communication tool!!!), and the Tech Support team. I also like the variety of ways to access different tools which serves different learning/brain abilities. My staff likes the information accessible in Future Availability, but I'd like the Tape Chart to provide the same information all in one place. It seems it would be easy to incorporate mlos, and room rate into the pop up box for a room.
Cons:
If I could make only one big change in this software, it would be access to past information. In particular, the Tape Chart, one of the most valuable parts of the software is not visible for the "past." For my Front Desk Staff and Risk Management teams, this makes searching for guests, even in the most recent days, sometimes complicated and much more time consuming than it should be. In addition, I cannot get a "visual" on a time period that includes any past days at all. My previous software, and others that I am aware of, provided that visual tool and access to reservations. As an owner, CFO, and the visionary leader in my company that is a HUGE loss to me. Along the same lines, we cannot acquire statistics for more than a 3 month period either making the past difficult/complicated to access and visualize. In addition, the need to delete cookies so often is frustrating to my staff, the Work Order reports are very limited when you need to keep track of rooms or areas in your building, and the Tape Chart pop up box should perform the same mlos, room rate and other info that the Future Availability does without having to go to two different places.
SkyTouch OS
Comments: I've seen SkyTouch OS being used at multiple properties and the only issue I see people having with it is it runs a little slow from time to time. Their support team is amazing and is open 24/7. I recommend you try it, you will not be disappointed.
Pros:
SkyTouch Hotel OS is very easy to use for me and staff and colleagues. SkyTouch OS is basically a smaller version of the SkyTouch software. it shows your occupancy for your previous night and the day of. If you have had SkyTouch for over a year yu can see how many rooms you sold last year to this year. You can also see what the prices were on this day last year. It is super simple to use and well worth it. There is also a house keeping tab as well in SkyTouch OS. You can see things like your stay overs, arrivals, and vacant rooms. This tab also shows you your clean and dirty rooms for occupied and vacant. Up top of the housekeeping tap you can type in a special room and see or even change the status of it. For example you click on room 31 you can change it from dirty to clean. If a guest complains about anything you can flag the room and put in notes on what the problem is so that your matance can fix it with out coming back to the lobby or office to ask you what needs to be done.
Cons:
SkyTouch can be slow from time to time. They also do updates quiet often, whitch is great but running a hotel you need your system up 24/7 and a 2 hour update makes it hard to do that.
Updates seem to make things worse...
Comments: I do like the reports available to management. It makes keeping track of sales and percentages very easy. The Tech support team are wonderful about 90% of the time!
Pros:
I love the customer support team. I use them often.
Cons:
Waiting 3 years to get ALL the credit card user names transferred from the SkyTouch program to Shift4. Now I'm told it isn't a SkyT problem but Shift4. I don't understand how that could happen when 3 years ago Shift4 and SkyTouch talked and figured out it was a SkyTouch problem. There was no problems at all until they updated their program. Another glitch is the Guest Profile/Future Reservations program is highly unreliable. I am told I have to go back to each of the 6 month's worth of reservations and physically attach the profile to the reservation. Ridiculous! All due to an "Update". N Just recently, their auto check in was not working. We would slide the card in for payment and the charge could be found in Shift4 but not in the Guest's folio. We had to double charge the guest to get the money into the folio and go back and delete or refund the guest's original charge.
The EASIEST program to use!
Comments: Skytouch Hotel OS is super user-friendly making it one of the easiest PMS systems to teach to New Hires. The User Admin and Rate Management aspects of the program are superb as well. The implementation of the user profile once it is created is almost instantaneous. It also gives you the ability to customize usernames. The software has helped our team gather the necessary information needed for making reservations, creating group blocks and contracts, as well as providing an E-learning platform that gets straight to the point. A+!
Pros:
Compared to other PMS systems, this is definitely one of the easiest to use. Skytouch Hotel OS is web-based and it's systems are updated regularly--this also allows you to login from external devices--HUGE PLUS. The Home Screen is completely customizable to your teams individual needs, allowing you to link external sites to your Quick Links. You can even leave bulletin messages for your team to see upon login.
Cons:
The worst part about Skytouch Hotel OS is their Reports section. Although there is a search function, it is missing some of the filter criteria needed to run streamlined reports. Another downfall for the OS is being web-based. Whenever you have internet/power issues, you can not login to an offline version of the system.
SkyTouch Ease
Comments: So easy and user friendly. I recommend this product to any hotel owner with 40+ rooms.
Pros:
Very easy and user friendly. Easy to train employees how to use. Customer support has gotten quicker in the last year.
Cons:
Training courses are too simplified. Still an evolving product. Some categories are useless and others can be expanded.
SkyTouch Technology Response
5 years ago
Hello Douglas, Thank you for taking the time to provide an online review of SkyTouch Technology. We really appreciate your feedback. One of our initiatives in 2020 is to revamp our training modules. We've gathered survey data from our customers and we are in the process of finalizing our plans. Keep an eye out for our new modules later this year, and let us know what you think. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or you feel you aren't getting the level of service you deserve. SkyTouch Technology 1-855-749-3530
