IT strategy for membership bodies: five questions for trustees
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Trustees answer to members for the promises a membership body makes, and technology carries nearly all of them. Five questions connect each promise to the cost line that pays for it. When technology reaches a board agenda, it usually arrives as a figure, such as a renewal quote, a supplier invoice or a budget line
- Published in IT Support
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AI in hospitality: how to tell real operational gains from hype
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Much of the AI that hotels and restaurants are buying in 2026 will be hard to judge, because few businesses set a baseline, a named owner and clean data before they start. Put those three in place first and you can measure the return. Without them, you are paying for a subscription on trust. AI use
- Published in AI
Restaurant Training at Scale: Why Onboarding, Refresher Training and New Site Launches All Need the Same Technology Readiness
Monday, 05 October 2026
A digital training platform can standardise what your restaurant group teaches. It can’t standardise the technology underneath it, and that gap breaks the same way in three different circumstances: onboarding a new hire, refreshing an existing team, and opening a new site. Three Circumstances, One Shared Failure Training happens for one of three reasons. A
- Published in IT Support, Managed IT
Why Membership Bodies Underfund Technology
Monday, 28 September 2026
Membership bodies run on the basis of keeping overheads low while keeping member trust high. This instinct generally serves them well, but it does mean that they tend to underfund technology which, quietly and when applied without distinction, erodes the very systems the mission depends on. Trustees will spend an entire afternoon debating a five-figure
- Published in IT Support, Managed IT
Hotel Revenue Management Technology: As Important as Your PMS, From Day One
Monday, 21 September 2026
Every hotel plans around its property management system from day one. The revenue management system, the technology that decides what each room actually sells for, deserves exactly the same attention, and modern RMS platforms now make that investment pay back fast. A property management system (PMS) is the system every pre-opening plan is built around.
- Published in IT Support, Managed IT
From Spreadsheet to Scale: The Technology Turning Points Every Growing Membership Body Hits
Monday, 14 September 2026
A membership body’s infrastructure is tested continuously as the organisation grows, and the associations that handle growth well are the ones that check their systems against each new stage rather than waiting for something to break. We’ve found that most membership bodies discover this the hard way: a renewal process that worked fine for years
- Published in Managed IT





