Who Benefits from Using CIA?

No expensive hardware required
CIA programs run on inexpensive PC's and PC networks, do not require a dedicated file server, and have minimal overall hardware requirements.

No per user fees
All our software is licensed per location irregardless of the number of users.

An affordable purchase price
CIA provides simple, straight forward, licensing costs without any hidden costs.

Proven to reduce administrative payroll
Data merges and other features of CIA software have lead directly to reductions in administrative payroll.

Corporate Offices

Standardizes reporting and tracking
CIA's custom programming and data merges standardize forecasting, sales pace, and other reports across all your properties, irregardless of differences in flags and systems.

Improves response time to deadlines
CIA can increase access to property level information with remote access and data transfer, via your existing modem and communication software, or internet and e-mail connection.
Simplify your review process by sharing data and distributing reports over a network or via e-mail

Reduces administrative workload
CIA can add your custom reports, or you can create them for yourself using Excel, Word, Access, or any other MS Office compatible product.

Interfaces to with your accounting and other systems
Eliminate manual transposition of your daily accounting journal , and other property reported information into your accounting and other corporate systems.

Eliminates transposition and typographical errors
No more pouring through reports verifying that key numbers and data match.

Increases ability to look at regional, company wide, and other combined totals
CIA applications include a built in ability to produce multi-property reports, eliminating the confusion of linked spreadsheets, and the need to manually transpose totals.

IT Departments

Minimal hardware requirements
Any PC that can run MS-Office can run CIA products.

All applications are PC Network ready. (Novell Netware, Windows NT, or Windows peer to peer)

No special operating system
32-bit applications operate in Windows98, WindowsNT, Windows2000 or Windows XP.

Uses widely accepted Microsoft components and database formats
Developed in Microsoft Visual Basic 6SP3 and Visual Studio .NET. 

CIA applications use the latest Microsoft ActiveX technology including COM, ADO and OLEDB.

All CIA applications have been developed using multi-tier programming techniques.

Fax and E-mail capabilities use third party software programs.

Property Level Managers

More information available in less time
With CIA applications merged to other property level systems, managers have the ability to view trends and relationships all on one report, without having to view multiple printouts from different systems.  Hour per Occupied room, On Books vs Forecasted values, Month to Date cost vs Month End forecast, etc. all available in one system, at one time.

CIA's standard reports show trends and historical values in a way that helps managers make better decisions, and understand the cause and effect relationships that exist at their properties.

Easy to use applications
CIA applications are straight forward and easy to use, with a minimum of manual input.

Standardization across properties
The standardization of reports and systems makes it easier for managers to compare totals and trends with their sister properties, and eases the transition of managers from one property to another, even if they are different franchises.