Why is information technology important in the hospitality industry?

IT is important in hospitality because hotels need a good system to manage their inventory, budget, rates, and status of all rooms reservations, as well as managing the guest's charges. Hotels generally use computers to accomplish this somewhat daunting task. Managing a large hotel by hand is very difficult, tedious, and time consuming, but may be needed in certain circumstances. Computers store all of this important information in databases, which dramatically simplify the bookkeeping process.