With the end of 2012 roaring up on us like a rush-hour taxi, most of us are faced with some year end certainties:

• Tourism in Southern Africa is on the up, but disposable income is not.
• The local market will go on holiday but spend less.
• The in-land holiday destinations will get a larger (than usual) share of the domestic tourism business market, at the cost of the co... Read More

Whilst we are thankful for the rain and the green surrounds that winter brought to the Cape, it is truly good to see the sun coming up when commuting to work.

PSD Africa has had a busy winter. First we had a new arrival, Darrel Allan, a graduate of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology joining the PSD Africa team in June 2012. Darrel has extensive working experience in... Read More

When times are tough

From time to time we receive requests for the software to do more monitoring of people in an attempt to curb theft and fraud. The people who make these requests have an expectation that the computers in their business can perform a big brother like function and monitor every move of their staff. Any waiter with questionable morals and a need for some e... Read More

Real-time Integrated Financial Management

The traditional approach to business management software has always been that Reservations and Front Office are managed in the PMS software up to the point where the guest checks out. The booking debtors totals are then transferred to another program. Similarly the other financial data and processes, being AP (Accounts Payable/Credi... Read More

Indaba 2012 is upon us and the consensus is that the nature of business is changing. There are signs of the light at the end of the recessionary tunnel in the hospitality industry, but with Eskom taking ever more and Iranian oil no longer available, it seems that the cost of living is about to increase significantly. The question to answer at Indaba is therefore, how do we man... Read More

It is that time of the year when we have the most perfect weather in the Cape and on the garden route, but as idyllic as it all feels now, winter is not too far away. The changing of the seasons is always a difficult time for computer hardware and machines that have been working tirelessly (and largely forgotten) often die without warning during spring and autumn. A few simple ... Read More

This seems to be the general sentiment of Wednesday's budget speech in South Africa. Bringing economic equality to the South African society seems like a good idea when considering that it will reduce the gap between the rich and the poor and therefore reduce tension in the society. What does this mean for the Hospitality Industry?

There will be less money available for... Read More

Our dependence on the web as a source of information, entertainment, communication and income has grown exponentially, much is being promised and most people look to the web several times a day (click here to learn more). When considering just how powerful the web is, it is amazing (and sometimes disappointing) just how weak some ... Read More

Technology and knowledge is becoming more accessible in a cycle where more of the one leads to more of the other. As we learn to use Information Technology we gain a firmer grip on knowledge which gives us access to more technology and so on. The web holds the promise of many opportunities and an audience of potentially everybody (who matters?). With opportunity comes opportuni... Read More

The fearsome month of January is behind us and (for most) the financial year end is looming. This means now is the time to do a bit of administrative housekeeping. Our blog for the next few weeks will be focussed on the following areas:

• Debtors – Age Analysis, Unapplied Deposits, Processing Payments
• City Ledger – Managing Cash flow daily
• Creditors – Age Analysi... Read More

2012 is here, the middle east is in turmoil, the Eurozone in trouble and the markets depressed. It will no doubt be a challenging year for tourism in Southern Africa. It is not all bad news however, as travel and tourism business improves in the last quarter 2011 ... Read More