FCS Unveils Vega, Guest Behavior Business Intelligence System
FCS Vegas works by dividing typical guest-related behavior into five distinct categories, defined by the platform as "Spirits." This is accomplished through comprehensive reports and real-time dashboards, categorized to represent the five specific types of guest behavior, including:
Search- compiles data on search results, such as price and amenities typically found by guests within a variety of media outlets (online advertisements, advertisements etc.) and how such data affects their booking habits
Book- Provides insight into what led to a booking decision (loyalty program, word of mouth etc.). This also records details regarding what other amenities have been ordered like breakfast or transportation needs, along with insight on where the booking was made (hotel website, mobile app, third party website and etc.)
Stay- Offers information on a guest's stay purpose (business related or not), which facilities they opted to use within the hotel, and any preferences, requests or complaints, as well as their manner of checking in (online, mobile app, front desk etc.)
Spend- Furnishes vital statistics on individual guest spending habits that can be broken down and analyzed by demographic and/or season of the year.
Feedback- Provides hoteliers with the opportunity to efficiently compile and analyze guest feedback from either internal/external surveys or social media accounts (Facebook, TripAdvisor etc.)
On top of the 5 "Spirits" of a Guest, FCS Vega also includes the "Three Pillars of Hotel Business," a core business philosophy that separates the five spirits into three distinct areas of hotel management, which are Marketing, Sales and Operations. For example, in working with FCS i-Guest, the Marketing pillar provides an analysis on guest search, booking and feedback behaviors, providing hoteliers with the necessary research to implement an effective brand building campaign. The Sales pillar alternatively works with data gathered from FCS Unicorn and other third party revenue systems, to provide comprehensive analytics on sales performance in several areas, including property-wide amenity sales and convention/event sales, to name a few. Lastly, the Operations pillar heavily relies on FCS e-Solution to provide an accurate representation of the guest experience during their stay at the hotel. By monitoring the quality of front and back office activities along with those of the call center, hoteliers are able to ensure that the services that directly influence the guests' satisfaction are always performed efficiently at a superb level.
FCS Vega is available in two distinct versions. The Standard version is designed for single hotel, available on-premise to maximize integration with other on-site systems or systems hosted in the cloud. Its ability to connect with the FCS Rainbow Solution and other third party systems, allows data consolidation, business analysis and 2-way data transfer for new business rules creation back to all systems tied to Standard Vega. The Enterprise version is for Corporate Office/ Group Level use, which is available in a SaaS model. Each property's Standard Vega, regardless of its location, can automatically transfer its unique data to the Enterprise Vega for a consolidated view and assessment of guest behavior across a chain. Most amazingly, Enterprise Vega allows Corporate Office to create or adjust its existing business practices from the Headquarter back to each individual property.
Within Standard and Enterprise Vega, there are four pre-defined dashboards, or alternatively, allowing management to create any customized dashboard by simply dragging and dropping the desired real-time data onto the dashboard. This functionality allows any hotel to effectively attain a full understanding of their guest spirits and how their operations affect their revenue and profits. Such assessment of those information, allows hoteliers to improve the overall revenue, profits and operations remotely and instantly, for individual property or all properties at a group level.