Application Service Providers (ASP)

Advantages include1. Browser-based capabilities, which reduce workstation requirements;2. Easy deployment: “Simply click on URL andenter a valid user name and password;3. Instant upgrades;4. Minimal up-front costs and technology management burdens on properties or chains.

Chains already use ASP technology, such Utopia Life Style Inns, Marc Hotels and Resorts, and Hotel Collection International.

An application service provider develops software and rents it. It is a third party

agency that manages and distributes Internet-based software services and

solutions to clients from a central data center.

Source: H & A Report

Advantages include 1. Browser-based capabilities, which reduce workstation requirements; 2. Easy deployment: “Simply click on URL and enter a valid user name and password; 3. Instant upgrades; 4. Minimal up-front costs and technology management burdens on properties or chains.