Description:
Beautiful Brand New Boutique Style Hotel
Set in a typical Costa Rican town located less than a mile to the beach.
12 SoBe (South Beach Miami Style Rooms)
The rooms all feature high quality:
Beds, linens and towels.
All rooms have Flat Screen Satellite TVs
Air Conditioning
Safe Boxes
Custom made furniture
High end fixtures and tiles in the bathrooms
Complete Bar-Lounge and Restaurant
We feature one of the best stocked bars and restaurants in the area.
The Restaurant is considered to be one of the best in the region, thanks to a European trained Tico Chef.
This area is between Samara and Mal Pais
In the high season everyday people set out to go from"
Mal Pais ==> Samara or Samara ==> Mal Pais,
almost all of these travelers stop in this middle ground and end up staying often for days.
This is the NEXT hotspot of Costa Rica, it is an unspoiled area that "Lonely Plant" describes as some of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica.
The area features many expats that are the regulars in the bar and restaurant, and the expat community refers many friends and family to this hotel.
The hotel is located 20 minutes from the Punta Islita Airstrip served by Sansa and Nature Air
The staff has been trained and most of the staff live within walking distance to work.
Technology Systems installed at the hotel
POS System
Bar Restaurant Point of Sale System SeePoint Touch Screen Terminal with Cash Drawer and Thermal Receipt Printer. Also a Thermal Kitchen Printer (Prints the food orders as they are entered for the kitchen associates to prepare the food) Thermal Printer in Bar Prints the Drinks for the Bartender to Prepare
POS System Allows for:
Discounts to be applied (locals discount etc)
Happy hours prices are automated (allows the computer clock to start and stop happy hour pricing based on the data you enter if you choose to offer happy hour specials)
Charges to the room accounts with receipt where guests sign and ability to add additional propina
Charges to house accounts (charge accounts for locals)
Receive Cash, Credit Card Payments in both Dolars and Colones (and Euros if you want - Euros Not set up)
Supports Multiple Currency (Clients can pay using colones and dolars and the system calculates the change) You can even pay one ticket with a combination of dolars, colones, room charge and credit card. A client can pay one ticket with some dolars and some colones and the system calculates the change. You control the exchange rate dolars to colones
Tracks sales
Tracks taxes
Tracks tips
Tracks sales/inventory
The server for this system resides in the climate controlled office and is backed up offsite automatically
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can access this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
Attendance System
Computerized Timekeeping Payroll System - A click of a button and you can see what to pay the restaurant and hotel associates (You can track time by venue)
The server for this system resides in the climate controlled office and is backed up offsite automatically
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can access this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
Power Back Up
Bar Area - when the power goes out you can operate the POS (You will NOT lose track of who owes you money)
The system resides in the climate controlled office.
Hotel Property Management System / Front office POS
SeePoint Terminal with two Printers and Cash Drawer
Tracks room reservations/room inventory
Tracks deposits paid on reservations
Communicates with the Bar/Restaurant System to add Bar/Restaurant charges to the room folio.
Communicates with the Phone System to add telephone charges to the room folio
Allows for vendor payments
Vendors can be paid from cash in the cash drawer and the system tracks vendor payments.
The Vendor Payments (Payouts appear on the daily cash flow report with vendor name, amount paid and expense category and this amount is subtracted from cash in the drawer so balancing the drawer at the end of a shift is a quick process)
The hotel property management system also features house accounts - so locals can charge items sold in the reception area.
The Property Management - Reservation System is also a POS (Point of Sale) and can track sundries sold at the front desk (Tours, Transportation, Airlines Tickets, Aspirin, Bug Spray, Cigarettes, Water, Soda etc) It allows for a combination of payments as well - supports multiple currency and has a built in Money exchange program for clients wishing to exchange dolars for colones or colones for dolares
The server for this system resides in the climate controlled office and is backed up offsite automatically
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can access this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
The front office - reception also features a built in music system and power back up.
Speakers and Volume Controls
Music in bar, reception and common area bathrooms controlled by an ABUS system (Multiple music source inputs: TV, Internet Radio, iPod, MP3 Player, Sky Satellite Music, 2 Terabyte music storage system (The music storage system resides in the climate controlled office)
Administracion Office Equipment Rack (Climate Controled and Security Monitoring)
Large Aluminum Terminal Rack
IBM Linux POS Server - Hotel Property Management Server and Bar Restaurant Server
Rack mounted Power Back up System - Tripp Lite 2000 Watt Inverter and deep cycle marine battery
Special rack power strip (Keeps someone from plugging items like a vacuum into the power backup system)
Phone System IP PBX System that operates on the LAN and WAN
State of the Art
PBX Phone System 24 Port
IBM Computer installed with PBX software
T1 Card
CAC Bank II Channel Bank
PBX with voicemail to email (when someone leaves a voicemail it is transferred as a wave file to email) check your emails anywhere you have access to your email (like a smart phone)
The phone system features analog phones in guest rooms and SIP phones in administration areas. (The Penthouse has a IP Phone)
The phone system has a fax switch to direct faxes to the fax machine from any line.
The phone system has music (or message) on hold
The phone system has Analog Lines ICE (2 ICE lines)
Digital VoIP lines with both Costa Rican number and USA number.
USA # is a North Carolina number (the last four digits are the same as our main ICE number)
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can access this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
Ability to place and receive calls on or off property with iPhone app "or other smart phone"(anywhere you have an internet connection and smart phone)
Telephone Accounting System - Integrated with the Property Management System
Allows calls to be added to guest folio at check out
You can set the rates in this system
Current rates set to: 50 cent connection fee
Costa Rica 10 cents per min
USA 25 cents per min
The rest of the world $1.00 per min
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can acess this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
Telephone FOB
This is a browser based call monitoring system (often time used by quality control supervisors in call centers) It allow you to see in “real time” current call activity by all extensions and see the status of the inbound lines both POTS lines and SIP Trunks
I often monitor the phone calls in real time from the USA
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can access this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
Remote Phone Extensions
It is possible to have an extension of the phone system in a remote office.
You can even install a SIP phone on your PC or iPhone and answer calls anywhere you have these devices connected to the internet
Example - you can have your consultant in San Jose help with calls by putting a remote extension in their office.
A owner that lives in another country can also install a remote extension in their home or office in another country or city, or simply on their PC - Smartphone or Tablet
Wifi Hotspot
IRG configured for hotel operations
WiFi configured for guest use (guests cannot acces hotel operations)
Uses a Ubiquiti High Power Bullet HP Radio (Wireless Internet Blankets the property as well as the bus stop, restaurant Pizza Tree, Ropa Americana, and 7-11 Convenience Store)
Additional wireless connection for administration to access hotel systems using wifi on mobile devices (laptop, tablet, smart phone)
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can acess this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
We have two forms of internet access (we use ICE 3G as a back up)
WiFi Air Conditioning control
WiFi enabled thermostats in the guest rooms. These thermostats are:
Easy for the guest to operate.
Allow associates of the hotel to check the status of the AC remotely.(Anywhere you have an internet connection - the system also has a smart phone app) We have turned the AC units on from the parking lot at the airport while waiting for the guests plane to land using the iphone application
The reception can access the thermostats using the front desk computer. This allows us to turn on AC while the guests are checking in and turn it off when guest check out (saving money and providing better guest comfort)
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can access this system remotely (you can also access from smart phone or tablet)
Guests lose, damage and remove batteries in the air conditioning remote controls. Additionally many guests do not understand the remotes and cannot get comfortable. Also air conditioning left on can waste dolars. Now they have an easy to understand thermostat mounted on the wall that cannot be misplaced. If they have trouble they can call the reception and the AC can be adjusted without sending someone to the SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can access this system remotely
Remote Z Wave Technology
The administration office features remote control of lighting, the lights can be controlled from anywhere you have an internet connection. The office also has a door contact and motion sensor to monitor activity in the office.
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
If you have a PC and an internet connection and the correct login credentials you can acess this system remotely
High End Security Systems and Cameras - allow for piece of mind. (Very high end systems for the best security management)
THE BEST THING ABOUT ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS IS SUPPORT!!!!!
These Systems are supported via remote acess by a great Technolgy Company that specializes in the Hospitality Industry
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